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Milwaukee County Federated Library System
Summer Reading Begins on June 10
Let your summer reading adventure begin at the Whitefish Bay Public Library! We’ve got a program for all ages, whether you are two or one-hundred and two. From babies all the way up to teens, we’ve got paper logs to record your reading.  It’s easy: read on your own, read together, be read to, or read to someone else. Keep track on your paper reading log and earn great prizes! Stop by the Youth Services desk starting June 10 to pick up your paper log.
 
Adults can use Beanstack (https://wfblibrary.beanstack.com/reader365) to track your reading. Adults can also join in the bonus bingo challenge. Join us for a fun summer of reading!
Sign up for Adult Summer Reading
What's It Worth? Antique Appraisal with Mark Moran
Saturday, June 22, 11AM-3PM
To register, please call the library at 414-964-4380 beginning Tuesday, June 4. When registering, please let us know the item you will be bringing. See list of approved items on our website

Join us for an antiques and collectibles appraisal event featuring author and antiques expert Mark F. Moran of Iola, Wisconsin.
 
Formerly senior editor of Antiques and Collectibles Books for Krause Publications in Iola, Wis., he has also been a contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine. He has served as editor of Antique Review East magazine; as producer of Atlantique City, an antique show held in Atlantic City, N.J.; and as editorial director of F+W Media's Antiques Group. 

Moran was also a guest expert on the PBS program, Antiques Roadshow, for 9 seasons.

Doug Armstrong
Author of Sun Dog Memory
Thursday, June 27, 6:30PM

Join us to hear author Douglas Armstrong talk about his most recent book, Sun Dog  Memory.
 
About the book: The girl is a dead ringer for his long-missing sister. And Jed Albright’s chance encounter with her outside a cowtown depot in Sun Dog Memory sets in motion this Depression era saga of a family at war with itself. Following the girl will lead Jed down a trail back to the family’s boom and bust struggles on the vast Kansas plain twenty years earlier. Is it too late for this determined railway mail clerk to restore peace amidst a web of lies and treachery?

About the author: For thirteen years, Armstrong was the movie critic for The Milwaukee Journal, where days of cinematic escape led him to try his hand at fiction in his spare time. His short stories appeared in pulp magazines like Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Magazine, among others. His debut novel, Even Sunflower Cast Shadows, published in 2010 was awarded the Council for Wisconsin Writers Award as the best novel that year. In 2012, he began a series of newspaper novels about the turbulent issues of the 1960s and the effect that protests over the war, civil rights, and the treatment of women had on newspaper reporters covering those events. Life on The Sun and Color of The Sun are currently available. Eclipse of The Sun is due out in 2024
Register for Author Doug Armstrong

Library Closing for Independence Day

The library will close early on Wednesday, July 3 at 6:30pm. We will also be closed on Thursday, July 4. The library will resume regular hours Friday, July 5.

Kids Programming

Looking for news about our summer programs for kids? We'll be sending out a kids newsletter with all our summer programming very soon! Keep an eye on your inbox!

Mystery Book Club
Wednesday, June 12, 6:30PM

Our Mystery Book Club meets once a month and is led by librarian Sharon Nagel. This month we're reading All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

This meeting will be a hybrid meeting, both on Zoom and in person at the library. Click here to join Zoom: 

Join Zoom Meeting
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Tea Time Book Club
Friday, June 28, 12PM

Our Tea Time Book Club meets once a month is led by Library Director Nyama Reed. This month we're reading Hello beautiful : a novel by Ann Napolitano.

 

Tea Time Book Club offers hybrid meetings. You can attend in-person at the Library in the 2nd floor Program Room or online via Zoom. 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81777252388?pwd=TFlEQnE5bHl1dnVHdTFqVnZZeDBkQT09
Meeting ID: 817 7725 2388
Passcode: 33887462

Call In
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 817 7725 2388
Passcode: 33887462
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdteDdY18j

Meet the New CounyCat
Tuesday, June 18 at 2PM
Thursday, June 20 at 6PM
Get ready for the launch of our new and improved catalog in June 2024. Stop by one of these sessions to get a preview of the catalog and ask questions. CountyCat, the online catalog of all the public libraries in Milwaukee County, will soon have an updated interface with new features that allow you to do such things as:

  • Browse collections online
  • View multiple formats of a title grouped together in one place
  • See search suggestions automatically to help you avoid spelling errors
  • Manage Libby holds, check out Libby titles AND access your Libby reading history
  • Link multiple family accounts together and pay fines online for all linked accounts
  • Get title suggestions from the “While You Wait” feature that appears after you place a hold
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Whitefish Bay Public Library  
5420 N Marlborough Drive, Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
Phone: (414) 964-4380
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