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Please view each of our locations’ programs below. Call us or email us with questions or concerns.

Chocolate Kings

Chocolate Kings

Thursday, February 6th

6:00 P.M.

Join us for Historian,Leslie Goddard, for a presentation on the rivalry between Hershey and Mars. In chocolate history, few names are better known than Hershey and Mars. Milton Hershey brought milk chocolate to the masses with his Hershey bar. Frank and Forrest Mars dominated American sweet tooths with the Milky Way, Snickers and Three Musketeers bars. In this program, Leslie Goddard will explore how these two legendary companies began – and how their rivalry changed chocolate forever.

Register: https://2ly.link/20IhG

Illinois Libraries Presents: An Evening with James McBride

Illinois Libraries Presents: An Evening with James McBride
Tuesday, February 4
7:00 – 8:00 PM
https://bit.ly/ILP_JamesMcBride
Illinois Libraries Present James McBride, an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, was published in 1996 and his novel, The Good Lord Bird, won the National Book Award for Fiction. His 2023 novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2016, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.

Illinois Valley Area Libraries Love your neighbor Food Drive

Illinois Valley Area Libraries Love your neighbor Food Drive
Show your love for your community by helping provide for those in need. Food Items will be collected from 24 January – 28 February at your neighborhood library.
Most needed items: Unexpired non-perishables including: canned meat, canned fruit, and vegetables, tomato sauce, paper plates, and paper towels. Cash donations are also accepted.

Illinois Valley Area Libraries Love your neighbor Food Drive

Illinois Valley Area Libraries Love your neighbor Food Drive
Show your love for your community by helping provide for those in need. Food Items will be collected from 24 January – 28 February at your neighborhood library.
Most needed items: Unexpired nonperishables including: canned meat, canned fruit, and vegetables, tomato sauce, paper plates, and paper towels. Cash donations are also accepted.

Illinois Libraries Presents: Love and Laughs with Michelle Buteau

Illinois Libraries Presents: Love and Laughs with Michelle Buteau

Tuesday, January 23

7:00 PM

https://bit.ly/ILP_MichelleButeau

Michelle Buteau, an American stand-up comedian, actress, television host, producer, and podcast host. Buteau published her first book in 2020, a collection of personal essays titled Survival of the Thickest, which was adapted into a series on Netflix.

Rule of Rum

Rule of Rum

Thursday, January 23rd

6:00 P.M.

Join us for Food Historian, Cynthia Clampitt for a presentation on rum. Cynthia will share the reason rum arose where and when it did, how pirates got involved, and who really said, “yo ho ho” (not the pirates), but also how rum helped united the Thirteen Colonies, why it became one of the issues that led to the American Revolution, how it also led to a revolt in Australia, and how it affected culture and history after that.

Register: https://2ly.link/20Icp

Library Closed

Library will be closed January 20th for MLK day. We will reopen Tuesday, January 21st.

Open eBooks…Books for Free, Read for Fun

Open eBooks…Books for Free, Read for Fun
Open eBooks is an eBook resource, made possible through First Book that provides access to a rotating catalog of thousands of popular and award-winning children and young adult titles. No library card is needed to access the collection; however, users will need to request a unique code/pin combination from staff. Stop by any of our branches to learn about this service.

Read 1000 Books before Kindergarten

Putnam County Public Library District will be offering a new service.
Read 1000 Books before Kindergarten.
Do you have a child between the ages of 0-5? We will be offering prizes for every 100 books that are read to your child until they reach 1000 books. For more information stop by any of our library branches to pick up your first logbook.

Hennepin

Winter Craft Workshop

Winter Craft Workshop

Heart Yarn and Nail Art

Thursday, February 13th

Pick up and take home or make at library.

All Ages.

Cricut Makerspace Workshop

Cricut Makerspace Workshop

February 10 – 14

Come in to learn how to use the Cricut Maker

Crafty Adults welcome!

All Day event. Call ahead to schedule your appointment.

Valentines Bags

Adult Painting Evening

Adult Painting Evening

Thursday, February 6th

6:00 P.M.

Stop by to paint Valentine’s Wine Bottle.

Puzzle Swap

Puzzle Swap

Friday, January 17th

1:00 P.M.

Stop by to swap puzzles with others.

Winter Craft Workshop

Winter Craft Workshop

DIY Winter Faux Fire Starters

Thursday, January 16th

Pick up and take home or make at library.

All Ages.

Putnam County Book Club

Putnam County Book Club
We meet 3rd Wednesday every month either at Hennepin or Granville Library at 6:30 P.M. Come join us and share your ideas. We choose books together and look forward to completing our list for the next year. Looking forward to sharing our enthusiasm for books. Follow us on Facebook.

Bingo for Kids

Bingo for Kids

Saturday, February 8th

1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Food and prizes for kids

Hennepin Book Club

Hennepin Book Club meets the third Wednesday of the month @ 6:30 P.M.

Homework Helper

Hennepin

Homework Helper

Anytime during Library Hours

Starting in Hennepin this Spring. Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours.

Granville

Neighborhood Forest

The link to register youth for free trees from Neighborhood Forest is open.
Registration deadline is March 15th.  Trees will be available by Earth Day (April 22nd). The species will not be released until sometime in April. 

Additionally, on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 1p, at Granville, there will be a showing the documentary, Intelligent Trees. This 45 minute film follows how scientists are able to document that trees do communicate with each other. It is an outstanding film. Kanopy has public performance rights.

Here is the direct link to register for the trees: https://2ly.link/237X8. 

Winter Crafts

Winter Crafts

During the months of December, January, and February, the community is invited to stop by the Granville Library to make thematic crafts. The crafts that will be offered are as follows:

· Dancing Bird and Frog(February)

Family Game Night

Family Game Night

Tuesday, January 21

5:00-6:30 P.M.

Bring a favorite game or explore what we have available

Pizza with sign up

Winter Crafts

Winter Crafts

During the months of December, January, and February, the community is invited to stop by the Granville Library to make thematic crafts. The crafts that will be offered are as follows:

· Hibernating Bear(January)

Homework Helpers

Homework Helpers Granville
Wednesday, December 4⋅4:00 – 5:00pm
Weekly on Wednesday

Story Time

Story Time

Wednesdays @ 11:00 P.M.

book and accompanying activity.

Colorful Greetings…

Colorful Greetings…
Turn your Art into Notecards
Create one of a kind art.. Assorted coloring pages will be available as well as colored pencils. If you would like your art turned into a set of notecards, please leave it, along with your name and phone number, with a staff member. You will be notified when your cards are ready for pick-up.

Design a bookmark at the library

Design a bookmark at the library
Stop by during open hours to pick up a “Design a Bookmark” form. After you complete your design, drop the form back off at the library and staff will scan it and print your designed bookmarks for library visitors.

Community Reads…

Community Reads…
Share your favorites
Discovered a good book that you would like to recommend? Stop by Granville branch to fill out one of the slips on the bulletin board. Staff will display it next to an image of the recommended title in the entryway.

Putnam

Books and Brunch

Books & Brunch
First Saturday of the month during library hours. Food, Books, and Friends.

Magnolia

Homework Helpers

Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Story Hour

Story hour in Magnolia
First Saturday of the Month @ 10:00 A.M.

Legos

Legos

Saturday, January 25th

For Kids during library hours

Uno Tournament

Uno Tournament

Saturday, February 1st

For Kids during library hours.

Make Valentines

Make Valentines

Thursday, February 13th

For Kids during library hours

McNabb

Winter Crafts

Winter Crafts

During the months of December, January, and February, the community is invited to stop by the McNabb Library to make thematic crafts. The crafts that will be offered are as follows:

· Dancing Bird and Frog(February)

Read- N – Tell Story Morning

Read- N – Tell Story Morning

Saturday, January 18th

10:00 A.M.

Kids read a book come into the library & tell me friends what you like or didn’t like about the book.

Winter Crafts

Winter Crafts

During the months of December, January, and February, the community is invited to stop by the McNabb Library to make thematic crafts. The crafts that will be offered are as follows:

· Hibernating Bear(January)

Homework Helpers

Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours on Wednesdays.

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Agatha Christie – Woman of Mystery

Agatha Christie – Woman of Mystery

Thursday, January 30th

12:30 P.M.

Nearly everyone is familiar with the works of British author Agatha Christie, particularly gems like “Murder on the Orient Express” and “And Then There Were None”. But what’s not so well-known is Agatha Christie herself. Find out what sort of person the‘queen of mystery’ was really like, uncover the secrets behind her divorce and sudden disappearance, and find out how she knew so darn much about poisons and how they worked.

Cuba!

Cuba

Thursday, February 20th

12:30 P.M.

Discover America’s next door neighbor. Explore the food, culture, government and the people in this unique island. Named Cuba from the Taino Language means “Great Place” or where fertile land is abundant. Mark Walczynski will be presenting this program.