Library Closed
Putnam County Public Library District will be closed Saturday, December 24th & Monday, December 26th for the Holidays.
All Libraries
Please view each of our locations’ programs below. Call us or email us with questions or concerns.
Author James Janko
Don’t miss it!
Award-winning author James Janko will discuss his new novel
Wednesday, December 7 from noon to 1 p.m.
Illinois Valley Community College, CTC 124-125.
Published by the University of Wisconsin Press
The dreams and desires of residents of the “sundown” town of rural Orville, Illinois, collide and intersect as they navigate life and coming of age in the 1960s. In Janko’s masterful hands, the darkness of prejudice, privilege, and power threatens to overwhelm everything. The novel forces us, as well as its characters, to acknowledge the cost of hiding our true selves and of judging others based on the color of their skin or the longing of their hearts.
Granville Memorial Donation Thank You’s
The Granville Library Branch would like to thank those people who so generously donated to the library in the memory of some very special and irreplaceable people. LINDA BRYANT – MEMORIAL Marlene J. Stevenson Spring Hill Apartments LLC Bernadette Egan & Family John B. & Diane Holmbeck Diane R. Wilson Lisa & Barry […]
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
Holiday Painting on Canvas
Thursday, December 15th @ 6:00 P.M.
We will be painting this holiday image on the canvas. Please sign up to attend!
Holiday Family Day
Saturday, December 10th @ 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
Santa, the Grinch, Face Painting, and more will be here at the library. Stop by the library to see all the fun activities we have in store!
Cricut MakerSpace
Thursday, December 8th & Friday, December 9th
Come in to learn how to use the Cricut Maker on select Thursdays and Fridays.
Crafty Adults Welcome! All Day event. Call ahead. This month is Christmas Cards.
Hennepin Story Time
Hennepin Story Time
Every Tuesday starting December 6th @ 11 A.M.
Story and Activity
Bad Art Craft
Bad Art Craft
All month of November
Craft to go project. Pick up during library hours. This month is Oreo Turkeys.
Homework Helper
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
New Year’s Eve at Noon
Wednesday, December 28th Begins at 11:00 A.M.
Pre- K – school age. Parents must attend with children under 8. Count down, Activity stations and pizza.
Sign –up required.
Christmas ornament Make & Take for Kids
Wednesday, December 21st During Library Hours
Beth Dellatori from the University of Illinois Extension Office
Holiday Guitar Music
Tuesday, December 13th @ 5:30 P.M.
Ken Troyan will be playing holiday guitar music at the library.
NASA
Tuesday, December 6th @ 6:00 P.M.
Scott Pellican is a retired Senior Manager, having worked for a large multi-state contract cleaning company. As a nine-year-old in 1967, he sent a hand-written letter to NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, asking for any information available. When the rocket posters and photos of astronauts arrived in the mail, he was hooked for life. Like all Americans his age, he watched man walk on the Moon with his parents on their black and white TV. To now be able to be a NASA volunteer is a truly exciting opportunity.
December Friday Grab & Go crafts
Every Friday, get creative with a holiday art and craft station.
Grab & go holiday ornament/ craft will be available too.
Santa Letters
Santa is setting up a North Pole Mail Station at our
library. Nov. 29 to December 11th, you can fill out
an official Letter to Santa form and return it to the
North Pole Mailbox in our Santa Mailbox.
Once Santa has written back, his elves will deliver
your letter back to the library and we will call you
when it’s time to pick it up.
February Touchdown door prize
February Touch Down with a good book then enters your prediction for the Super bowl. Participants win a Pizza from Casey’s!
Homework Helper
Homework Helper
Tuesdays until 7:00 P.M.
Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours.
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.
McNabb
Bad Art Craft
Bad Art Craft
All month of November
Craft to go project. Pick up during library hours. This month is Oreo Turkeys.
Homework Helpers
Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours on Wednesdays.