Lori Peterson, our 3K instructor extraordinaire at Good Shepherd, is a new grandmother! Congratulations! We made sure she got an FMPL book bundle immediately to share with her precious grandchild and family. Thanks FMPL for this beautiful outreach project and embracing our newest humans into our family of literacy!
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This was a project that was proposed to the library and we love it! All we had to do was suggest at tree. And we communicated our concern that decorations not be harmful to nature. From there, LeaAnn and Jericho got it up and running. Marvelous! We are so happy when our patrons know the
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Did you know that a lunar eclipse always precedes a solar eclipse by two weeks? So overnight of March 24, 2024 will be a lunar eclipse preceding the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse. These charts that I pulled up from timeanddate.com tell the story! I learned about this cool website in a webinar about the
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FMPL are the initials for the Friends of the Muehl Public Library. The logo we have used for FMPL is over two decades old. Patron Barb Brandtner is the designer of the logo. She skillfully took the four initials and blended them into one flowing symbol. We just love it and use it on all
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nVdqbrMxw On the evening of March 21, 2024, Seymour was featured on the PBS program WISCONSIN FOODIE. They did a beautiful job of featuring the highlights of BurgerFest! At the end there was a tribute to Tom Duffey. This was so kind as he was instrumental in creating the Home of the Hamburger. Tom Duffey
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I thought it would be fun to look back at the history of the National Library Symbol which was adopted in 1982 at the ALA (American Library Association) conference. We have this symbol on our book drop outside. Working in the library field, I have seen this symbol displayed in many places and in many
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A gentleman reached out to our library to send him a library card for his library card collection. This caught our imagination and, naturally, we sent him one. What a cool hobby! His name is Cory Peterson and he began collecting library cards as a child. (pictured) From his website, his favorite authors are Bill
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In the foyer of the hallway we have an ongoing StickTogether project. All patrons are welcome to participate. Think “paint by numbers”! But instead the grid has letters on it and you match up the stickers to the letters. For example, A=Blue; B=White, etc. FMPL purchased these kits for us. We are concentrating on the
StickTogether projects are popular at our library! Read More »
Your library has purchased the latest book published by homegrown talent, Joe Schmit. This is his first picture book and it is called THE RIGHT THING TO DO: THE JOE MAUER STORY. It will be added to Infosoup shortly so that you can check it out! We are excited to celebrate Joe Schmit. His positive
Sadly, we lost a lot of top-notch talent from the children’s literature world in 2023. The good news is that their books are their legacies and live on at public libraries. Rest in peace: Ian Falconer, the creator of Olivia. Eve Bunting, wrote loads of books. This is a favorite for Christmas. Byron Barton, wrote
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