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

Librarians vs. 5th Graders

It's on!  Starting today and lasting through the whole month of October, we librarians have challenged the 5th graders to see who can read more.  While we may be greatly outnumbered, our mere four librarians against whole classes of 5th graders, we are absolutely up to the challenge!

Thomas Nye: Author Visit

It was a great turn out for Thomas Nye's author visit to our library!  We greatly enjoyed hearing him speak about his books, his writing process, and reading one of his favorite passages.  Following his talk, he answered questions from the crowd.

A big thank you to Thomas Nye for coming to speak at our library!  It was a pleasure having you and hearing all you had to say.

Our Open House

 WSPL turns 100 this year!  To celebrate we held an open house last Saturday.  It was great fun visiting with patron, board members, past board members, and past directors. 

 

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday.  Thank you all for making our library a success!  Here's to another 100 years!!

Thomas Nye Event

Fun at the Skating Rink

 We had a great group come out for our open skate last week! The kids (and grownups!) had a blast skating.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our end of summer skate!

Time to Skate!

Join us this afternoon for our open skate at the Wellman Skating Rink!!  Hope to see you all there!

Open Skate: This Friday!

Join us Friday from 1-3 at the Wellman Skating Rink!

Bubbles

Last week, we had so much fun blowing big bubbles at North Park.  The kids had fun blowing bubbles, running around after them, and popping them!

Painting

Last week, we had a great time painting!  Our assistant director guided everyone through a simple painting (pictured above).  The kids had fun picking their colors and following along...or creating their own visions.  Overall, it was a great time!

Join Us For Our End of Program Picnic!

Big Bubbles

Join us at 1:00 this afternoon for our Summer Reading Program.  We'll be having fun with big bubbles up at North Park.

Friendship Bracelets

 

Last week, despite the stormy weather, we had a great group of kids join us for our friendship bracelet craft.  It was fun teaching the kiddos how to make the bracelets and seeing the patterns they created!

Poké Stop

Did you know that our library is a Poké Stop?  Stop by and stock up on Poké balls, potions, revives, and eggs!  While you're here catch a few wild Pokémon.  They seem to be hiding all over the library!

Strengthening and Stretching

We had so much fun stretching and strengthening our bodies as Jamie Clark led us through a series of exercises.  It was quite the work out and we librarians even joined in!

Pony Beads

We had so much fun last week making key chains using pony beads.  Again, we had some crafty and creative minds join us.  We loved seeing what they created!  We are certain some backpacks and key chains received some extra adornment following our activity.

Zumba

We all had so much fun dancing along with Sam Bender last Thursday.  The kids all did great following along, even some parents joined in!

A Recipe for Reading Fun

For some extra reading fun this summer, but sure to try out our recipe for a book sandwich!

Pick a Better Snack

 Amy Green joined us last week to present "Pick a Better Snack" for our Summer Reading Program.  She shared a lot of information about how much sugar is in the foods we eat/drink.  The kids were surprised to see how much sugar is in some of their favorite drinks.