Please take a few minutes to complete the 2025 Whitefish Bay Public Library Survey and share your thoughts about the library. Your feedback will help shape our next strategic plan and guide decisions that make the library even better for our community. All responses will be kept confidential and reported only in combination with others. Please share your input by Sunday, October 19.

The library will be closed on Monday, October 13 for a Staff Development Day. The library will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, October 14. All materials returned during this period will be backdated to match the date returned.

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Friday, October 24, 10:30AM

 

All Ages Storytime
Begins the week of October 20 
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
From 10:00-10:30AM

Join us for stories, songs, and more at an all ages storytime! What's Storytime? Storytime is a time to share books, stories, songs, and fun while building early literacy skills.

Toddler Time for One Year Olds
Tuesdays, 10-10:30AM
Begins October 21
12mo-24mo with an adult caregiver.  (Siblings are welcome.) 

Toddler Time is back! Join Miss Valerie for stories, songs, lap bounces and more, followed by a playtime for our little ones.

Halloween Storytime

Friday, October 31, 10-10:45AM

Ages 0-5 with caregiver. Registration open now.

Come to the library in your costume to enjoy (not so) spooky stories and songs, then show off your costume in our parade around the library!

Save the date for this event planned and organized by Bay Bridge hosted at the library.

Drop-In Craft: Paper Trophies for National Spread Joy Day!
Saturday, October 11
All Day During Open Hours, All Ages

October 11th is Spread Joy Day and you're invited to decorate a paper trophy for someone you love!  Stop by when the library is open and make a colorful creation and spread some joy.

Egg Carton Ghost Portraits
Thursday, October 16, 4-5:30PM
All Day During Open Hours
All Ages (Young children welcome with an adult caregiver).

Create an adorable and aesthetically pleasing ghost portrait using paint and ordinary household objects!  

Drop In Pumpkin Craft!
Saturday, October 25
All Day During Open Hours, All Ages

Stop by during open hours to make an adorable Pumpkin craft in honor of Whitefish Bay's famous Great Pumpkin Festival.

Whitefish Bay Public Library has done away with two different fees! First it no longer costs you to replace your library card. Cards are now free at any time (Keep in mind if you get a new card you also get a new number.)

The bigger news is that we no longer charge for not picking up your holds! We would still appreciate you being good library stewards and cancelling or having us cancel your items if you are no longer in need of them. That way they can move the next person in a timely manner. Please ask for assistance if you need help cancelling your holds.

 

Mystery Book Club
Wednesday, October 8, 6:30PM

Our Mystery Book Club meets once a month and is led by librarian Sharon Nagel. This month we are reading Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec.

Mystery Book Club offers hybrid meetings. You can attend in-person at the Library or online via Zoom. This month we'll be meeting in the first floor Storytime Room.

 

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Find your local number:https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdEIb3aV8wThis month we are reading Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec.

Tea Time Book Club
Wednesday, October 15, 2PM

Our Tea Time Book Club meets once a month is led by Library Director Nyama Reed. This month we are reading My Friends by Fredrik Backman. 

 

Four teenagers form a deep friendship that offers them refuge from troubled home lives and inspires the creation of a mysterious painting. Twenty-five years later, Louisa, a young artist, inherits the artwork and sets out on a journey to uncover its origin. As she pieces together the story behind the painting and its creators -- Joar, Ted, Ali, and the reclusive artist -- Louisa discovers not only their lasting impact on one another but also how art and connection can change lives. Blending humor and emotional depth, Backman explores themes of friendship, healing, and self-discovery.- From CountyCat

Discussions will be facilitated by Mary Sussman, who previously led Shakespeare and Company (2003-2005), dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare; and League Café, dedicated to books about racial equity (2018-2023).

About the book: "The Liars’ Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr’s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D. Salinger’s—a hard-drinking daddy, a sister who can talk down the sheriff at age twelve, and an oft-married mother whose accumulated secrets threaten to destroy them all. This unsentimental and profoundly moving account of an apocalyptic childhood is as “funny, lively, and un-put-downable” (USA Today) today as it ever was."

Environmental Sustainability Book Club 
Monday, October 20,  6-7:30PM

Environmental Sustainability Book Club is a led by members of the Whitefish Bay Garden Club in partnership with the Whitefish Bay Public Library which will meet once a quarter. This month we're reading Nature's best hope: a new approach to conservation that starts in your yard by Douglas Tallamy.

About the book: "Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature's Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of government policy. Even more important, it's practical, effective, and easy--you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard. If you're concerned about doing something good for the environment, Nature's Best Hope is the blueprint you need. By acting now, you can help preserve our precious wildlife--and the planet--for future generations."--provided by publisher.