Join Us for Story Time!

We will again be holding a story time for kids of all ages this Saturday, October 29th.  Join us for some great stories and fun!

Fall Coloring Contest

Print out the page here: http://wellman.lib.ia.us/Event/Fall2016ColoringContest

Obstacle Course

Yesterday's weather was perfect for our obstacle course at North Park.  We had a great turn out and this kids seemed to have a blast going through the course.  Many went back through a couple times!

Perler Beads

We had 74, children and adults, join us for Perler Beads last Tuesday.  What an amazing turn out!  We librarians had so much fun seeing the creations the children were making and spent a lot of time ironing.  We saw many cars, hearts, dogs, and more.  We even had a few create their own Minecraft designs.

Blank Park Zoo

 A big thank you Blank Park Zoo for coming out and sharing some of their interesting animals last week!  The children had a great time learning and getting to interact with them.

Craft Today

Join us today for our craft: Perler beads at 1:00 in the basement of City Hall!

Photo Credit: WikiHow

The Summer Reading Program is Off and Running

We had an excellent kick of to our Summer Reading Program!  We had about sixty kids make some beautiful sun catchers during our first craft day of the summer.

We cannot wait for our first program on Thursday!  Come out to Parkside and hear Chuck Miller talk about how to prevent sports injuries.  A great program for all your active kids!

A Great Open Skate

Oh my word, we had such a great crowd at today's open skate!  Thank you to everyone who came out to join us!!!  It was great to see all the smiling faces.  We had 87 skaters, as well as many parents, join in the fun.

We will be hosting another open skate in August to celebrate the end of our Summer Reading Program and send out the summer with a blast.  Hope to see you all there!

Summer Reading Program Activity Logs

Hot off the presses!  The Summer Reading Program is almost ready to begin and the Activity Logs are ready to go.  Be sure to stop by and pick yours up!  Haven't registered for the Summer Reading Program yet?  There's still time!  We are still accepting registrations.  You can either print one from our website or grab one on your next visit to the library.

Summer is Coming

Summer Reading Program shirts are here!  It seems a little hard to believe that in just two summer vacation begins.  We are getting the final details prepped and ready to go for our Summer Reading Program.

We have our weekly prizes ready and are prepping our big prizes.  Big prizes?  Yes, we said big prizes!  Each week your child participates in our program, they get to enter their name in a drawing for one of four big prizes.  At our end of program picnic, we will be drawing our winners.  So exciting!

Thank You!

We are so thankful to live in such a great community.  A huge thank you to all the businesses, groups, and individuals who have contributed to our Summer Reading Program.  This great program would not be possible without your support!  Be on the look out for"Proud Supporter of On Your Mark, Get Set...Read!" signs around the community.

Remember to sign up and join us for this years Summer Reading Program.  It will be 8 weeks filled with fun activities, crafts, and most importantly good books!  You can sign up anytime beginning May 1st. 

Check Out our Children's Computer

Recently, we've added a children's computer to our Children's Area.  It has access to games and education resources online such as PBS Kids Go, ACB Ya, and a subscription to ABC Mouse.  Bring your little ones in and try it out!

Kids Coloring

Did you know, we have a table set up in our children's area with a variety of pages for them to color?  Kids love working on their coloring pages while mom or dad look for a great new book to read. 

Occasionally, we are gifted with their colorful creations,  Such a great present to brighten our day!

A Great National Library Week

We've had such a great week filled with learning about the library, scavenger hunts, games, and more! Thank you to all the students from WE for helping us celebrate National Library Week!!

Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominees

Check out what's new on our shelves!  We just released the Iowa Children's Choice Award nominees. 

Opening Up Some Room to Play

We've been busy rearranging and improving our shelves.  In the process, we were able to take out the bins in the children's area.  Below is an image of the children's area before.  You can see now how the children's area is now more open and inviting.  We love it! 

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

We are proud supporters of 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten.  We know it sounds daunting, but remember each children's book only take a few minutes to complete.  The benefits of reading to your children are so great.  Reading to your children builds their bond with you, builds and expands their language skills, improves their communication skills, enhances their concentration and teaches patience, and so many other positive developmental benefits.  It also teaches your children that reading is fun!

To learn more, check out the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten website!

Butterflies!

Check out what fluttered their way into our children's area!  The weather may be gray outside right now, but it's Spring here in the library.

Looking for a Good Movie?

It's Friday.  What better time to have a movie night?  We have a wide variety of DVDs to suit your needs.  Our collection of over 1,500 titles includes children and family friendly movies, to sci-fi, to drama, action, horror, comedy, and many TV series.  Each week we release new titles to add to our collection.  Be sure to stop by and check them out!  Standard DVDs are a 7 day check out.

A Peek at What We've Been Up To...

As you may have gathered from our blog and Facebook, we are really excited about our fresh, new Summer Reading Program.  This past week, we've been working on designing our Activity Log, in which we'll have participants log their reading minutes and work on some fun activities.  Here's a sneak peek at the design