LIBRARY UPDATES:

Weekly story times are held at the library every Wednesday @10:30am. Bring the small kiddos and enjoy fun stories and songs.

 

Craft bags are available every other week at the front of the library. Updates and details on the crafts will be available via Facebook.

 

Kids/tweens are welcome to the library for Wednesday early-out for Wacky Wednesday rotating activities and fun! In April, we’ll feature LEGO, Movie, and Tech Day. Activities start at 1:30pm and run 1-2 hours (depending on the activity). Can’t make it for the official activity? Our LEGO bins will still be out after the activity until close at 6pm.

 

Would you like to support Oxford, Iowa, Public Library? Here is a link with a range of everyday items to new additions that have been put together on the Library’s Amazon Wish list. - https://a.co/i7iQk5S

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Programs:

• 4/2, 9, & 16 @ 3:30-5pm: The Good News Club will be meeting in the children's area on Tuesdays 2, 9, & 16 from 3:30-5:30pm. Have a fun time with Bible lessons, missionary stories, games, songs, crafts, and after school snacks. Good News Club is an outside group reservation sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship. Registration required.

• The library will be closed April 9-10 as the director attends a conference. Due dates set on this day will be extended. Please wait to turn in games, puzzles, kits, DVDs, etc. until you can come into the library to do so. Thank you!

• 4/11 @ 5:30-7pm: Join our crafting group, Sit ‘N Stitch as we come together for another month of connection and crafting. This group meets the second Thursday of each month with no expertise required.

• 4/18 @ 7pm (online): Join us for our latest virtual Local Libraries {LIT} event featuring author and journalist Virginia Sole-Smith. This is a free event, with registration required. Find out more on our Facebook page!

• 4/18 @ 7pm: Join the Table of Context Book Club as we discuss Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson. If you'd like to join this discussion via Zoom, please send us a message for the link.

• 4/20 @ 10:30am: For Movie Morning this month, we’ll be showing Bad Guys on the big screen! See this beloved story come to life with friends and free snacks.

• 4/24 @ 6:30pm: Join us at the library for Author Talk: Time to Ship Another Steer w/ Bill Mueller. Author of Come Drive With Me!, this local eastern Iowa writer shares a fun look at growing up on the family farm with 10 brothers and sisters, along with simple ideas on how to save your family’s history. This program is in partnership with Springmier Library.

• 4/25 @ 7pm: Join the After Hours Book Club as we discuss our April pick. If you'd like to join this discussion via Zoom, please send us a message for the link. Browse our Facebook page or website to learn more about the book chosen for April.

• 4/27 @ 10am-3pm: Stop by the library during Rural Road Trip for our Spring Book Sale! Books of all ages will be available for a free-will donation to the library to support future programming and operations.