Come join other grown-ups in expressing your creativity!

• Sept. 16: Beaded Safety Pin Jewelry – Remember these from the 1990s? 
• Sept. 23: LEGOmania Landmarks! Why let the kids have all the fun?

Share your writing with other storytelling enthusiasts or join to make friends! Join the Creative Writers Club for ages 19+. We will share your favorite piece of writing and talk about why writing is our passion.

Come join your fellow community members for a lively discussion of both classic works and modern masterpieces.

Unless otherwise noted, a limited number of book club reading copies will be available for checkout from the circulation desk about a month prior to the meeting.

FOR SEPTEMBER:

We’ll be reading The Secret River by Kate Grenville.

In 1806 William Thornhill, an illiterate English bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep compassion, steals a load of wood and, as a part of his lenient sentence, is deported, along with his beloved wife, Sal, to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. The Secret River is the tale of William and Sal’s deep love for their small, exotic corner of the new world, and William’s gradual realization that if he wants to make a home for his family, he must forcibly take the land from the people who came before him. 

We hope to see you there!

Madison Library’s Brand New Reading Challenge

All ages can play. We have a bingo card for kids 11 and under, and one for teens and adults 12 and older. Read fun new books and audiobooks and win great prizes!

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Read the challenges and pick a bingo line that most appeals to you.

Step 2: Read a book that completes a challenge. Read another. And another.

Step 3: When you are able to cross off 5 squares in a row on the board, bring your sheet in to the Circulation Desk for a prize and an entry in our monthly drawing. We will have a separate drawing for each age group.

Step 4: Keep reading! You can get as many prizes and entries as there are bingos on the board.

Most Items Located on the East Side of the Building

We have a wide variety of materials for all you learning and entertainment needs!
Having a hard time finding something? Ask a librarian!

Along with Fiction and Nonfiction we also provide the following materials:

• LARGE PRINT – we have both fiction and nonfiction titles.
• AUDIOBOOKS – books on CD.
• eBOOKS and eAUDIOS – downloadable from the Libby app on your phone or tablet.
• MAGAZINES
• MUSIC CDs – in a wide variety of genres.
• DVDs & BLU-RAYs – these are located in the front lobby.
• SPECIALTY COLLECTIONS:
  • COOKBOOKS
  • BIOGRAPHIES
  • GRAPHIC NOVELS and COMICS
  • FOREIGN LANGUAGE COLLECTION – located next to the Children’s materials.
  • IDAHO COLLECTION – materials dedicated to books on Idaho. You’ll find specialty books here on the great gem state, biographies, studies on the flora and fauna, local histories, and books by Idaho authors.
  • SPECIAL and RARE ITEMS – located in the glass cases. These items do not circulate, but can be read in the library.
  • KITS – we have several types of kits:
    • ADULT EXPLORATION KITS – like having a college course in a red or yellow bag!
    • BOOK CLUB KITS – with several copies of the same book and other education materials; in burgundy bags.
    • SPEEDY READER KITS – the entire book series in one bag; in pale blue and grey bags.

Library Appreciation Week is on its way, and we’ve got some great things planned.

Peeps Diorama Contest!

Submit a book-themed potato and Peeps diorama by 5 p.m. April 2 to be considered for a prize.