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Join local Artist Kate Langlais as she leads free drawing classes for ages 16 - Adult. 3rd Floor Makerspace. Drop in. No registration required. All supplies included. Kate is a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Join local Artist Kate Langlais as she leads free drawing classes for ages 16 - Adult. 3rd Floor Makerspace. Drop in. No registration required. All supplies included. Kate is a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for a brief bedtime story! For this 5-week series, we will be sharing all ten of the 2024 Star of the North nominees.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for the first chapter of a fabulous middle grade novel. For this 18-week series, we will be sharing the first chapter of each of the 2023-2024 Maud Hart Lovelace (MHL) nominees.

*REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY! Space is limited! Email Ms. Deni: dbuendorf@selco.info or call the library at 507-334-2089. In December, for one time only both book clubs, Books & Brownies (Grades 2-5) and Pizza & Pages (Grades 6-12), WILL MEET TOGETHER! Prepare by reading any children’s picture book of your choice. (Maybe your favorite from when you were little!) Books & Brownies is an informal book club for youth in grades 2-5. Pizza & Pages is an informal book club for youth in grades 6-12. Each group meets monthly (and separately) during the school year to discuss books we’ve chosen to read from an assigned genre or topic.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for a brief bedtime story! For this 5-week series, we will be sharing all ten of the 2024 Star of the North nominees.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for the first chapter of a fabulous middle grade novel. For this 18-week series, we will be sharing the first chapter of each of the 2023-2024 Maud Hart Lovelace (MHL) nominees.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for a brief bedtime story! For this 5-week series, we will be sharing all ten of the 2024 Star of the North nominees.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for the first chapter of a fabulous middle grade novel. For this 18-week series, we will be sharing the first chapter of each of the 2023-2024 Maud Hart Lovelace (MHL) nominees.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for a brief bedtime story! For this 5-week series, we will be sharing all ten of the 2024 Star of the North nominees.

Join Ms. Deni on the library's YouTube page for the first chapter of a fabulous middle grade novel. For this 18-week series, we will be sharing the first chapter of each of the 2023-2024 Maud Hart Lovelace (MHL) nominees.

The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is for youth in grades 6-12. Contact Ms. Deni for more information about application and membership requirements: dbuendorf@selco.info

Join us in the library's Great Hall on Tuesday, December 5 at 6pm for a live peregrine falcon presentation by Naturalist Jackie Fallon! Come and learn more about the peregrine story, and what is being done right here in Minnesota to help the species and what we have discovered about them after 40 years of research. Jackie Fallon, wildlife biologist, master falconer, and educator for over 30 years, will be our presenter. She is currently the VP of Field Operations for the Midwest Peregrine Society and MN state oordinator for peregrine monitoring and currently manages all aspects of research at over 50 peregrine falcon territories in Minnesota and Wisconsin. This program is being sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Peregrine Falcon Program in Rochester, MN.