By JEANNE RICE | Norwalk Public Library director
The Norwalk Public Library will host an open house from 12–6 p.m. Friday, May 1.
The Norwalk Public Library participated in the Winding Rivers Library System ECHO (Exploring Cultural History Online) project, and several photos of Norwalk baseball teams will be printed out. People will be invited to help identify those whose names we don’t know.
Coffee and cookies will be served. Also, we will place in a jar the names of all who visit the library that day, and we’ll have a random drawing for two book bags and other items at about 5:30 p.m.
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Please donate children’s books, novels and current nonfiction, paperback or hardcover, to the Norwalk Public Library for our annual book sale. The book sale will be Saturday, May 16.
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Try our new program, Spring Into Reading @ the Norwalk Public Library! The rules are the following:
• Pick up a book at the Norwalk Public Library.
• Read the book.
• Write a short book review.
• Do this once for a free instant hot cider packet.
• Do this again for a free instant hot cocoa packet.
• Do this a third time and get a free glass jar with a handle and an instant hot coffee packet.
And, yes, we are using up the instant cider, cocoa, coffee packets and our glass jars with handles from our winter Hot Reads for Cold Nights program.
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The Culver’s Coloring Contest started April 1. Celebrate your favorite book by drawing a picture about it. It can be a character, event, scene or anything you liked about the book. Return the drawing to the librarian, and you’ll receive a certificate for a free single scoop of Culver’s frozen custard in a cake cone or dish. You’ll also be eligible to win a special prize in a random drawing at your library. You must be between 4 and 11 years old and may submit only one drawing. The contest ends Thursday, April 30. The random drawing will be Friday, May 1, at 5 p.m.
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The mystery-book group’s next meeting will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, when we’ll discuss William Kent Krueger’s “Windigo Island,” the 14th book in the “Cork O’Connor” mystery series.