Mead Public Library

Mead Library will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29. Happy Thanksgiving!

A new episode of our Movies with Mead Podcast is out and features a look at three movies from 1994 - The Hudsucker Proxy, Serial Mom and Heavenly Creatures.

3 Movies from 1994 | Movies with Mead Listen to 3 Movies from 1994 from Movies with Mead. On this episode we give our thoughts on three movies from 1994, and discuss that year in general.Movies discussed: The Hudsucker Proxy, Serial Mom, and Heavenly Creatures.

🏃‍♀️🏃🦃 Our "Run, Turkey, Run!" obstacle course was a hit this morning and may lead to an extended nap time today for a few little ones.

📚📖 If you have a child who has blown through the super popular Babysitters Club graphic novels - here are some similar series they are sure to love, too! 📚📖

📌 https://blog.meadpl.org/2024/11/22/calling-fans-of-the-babysitters-club/

It’s a great time of year to start researching your family history, and Mead has tools to help you throughout your journey!

📌 Access Ancestry FREE with your library card, along with newspaper archives and other online resources at https://www.meadpl.org/genealogy

📌📌 Join our Genealogy Club (message us for details)

📌📌📌 Ask a reference librarian about the extensive reference resources available at Mead, including our war collection covering Sheboygan County veterans from 1899-1945, along with church records, immigration lists, yearbooks, local newspapers dating back to 1838 and so much more!

Sign up is now open for our 'Catch Me If You Can' program coming to the Children's Library on Saturday, Dec. 14, where kids will hear the classic tale and then try their luck at catching the gingerbread man in our themed obstacle course. With cookie decorating to follow!

Registration required:
https://www.meadpl.org/event/cant-catch-me-im-gingerbread-man-32629

Join us for some Thanksgiving-themed family fun as kids can act out the story of "Run, Turkey, Run!" through obstacle course challenges and hands-on activities from 10 a.m.-noon this Friday, Nov. 22.

Kids can learn to do a monoprint and draw their favorite sea creatures, and then use collage materials to create a seascape in our Art4Fun workshop from 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 20.

✏ Sign Up Here: https://www.meadpl.org/event/art4fun-31204

📅📌 This week's events calendar is packed! As always, all programs are free thanks to our generous donors. Visit our events calendar for more details: www.meadpl.org/events/month.

🍁☁️💨❄️ Check out our staff picks for moody music to listen to as colder, shorter days take hold. 🍁☁️💨❄️

Moody Music For Changing Seasons With the leaves changing color and the recent end of Daylight Savings Time, it’s clear that fall is here. And with the changing seasons comes a gradual but noticeable shift in my mood. I feel…

📣 Calling all preschool parents! We're developing a toolkit to make the transition to preschool easier for children and caregivers - and we need your help!

Fill out the survey below to share your expertise and to help guide this project, which is being led by the Sheboygan Area School District, PBS Wisconsin Education and Mead Library.

As a thank you, you'll be entered into a drawing to win one of several Kwik Trip gift cards and an amazing book bundle!

✏🗳 https://forms.gle/54ad3ku9x5yszB4a7

Sign up for our next Art4Fun workshop from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, featuring art projects for kids led by instructor Mary Tooley. Recommended for grades 2-6.

🎨 Register here:
https://www.meadpl.org/event/art4fun-31204

Planning a big purchase this holiday season? Remember that your library card brings you FREE online access to Consumer Reports and its ratings on thousands of products!

📌 www.meadpl.org/resources/consumer-reports

There are still openings for our afternoon BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) program from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The program, which is open to children ages birth to 2 and caregivers, features an interactive sensory play experience led by early childhood specialists from Progressive Beginnings and the Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County

✍️ Sign up here:
https://www.meadpl.org/event/byob-bring-your-own-baby-31805

All the votes have been tallied, and people chose 'Bookbot' as the new name for our Children's Library robot. Thank you to everyone who voted!

Check out the newest addition to our Experience Pass Collection! View all of our passes and see what's available now at: https://www.meadpl.org/experience-collection/passes.

❤️ And thank you to the Friends of Mead Public Library for funding the collection.