Dinovember is coming! During the month of November we celebrate DINOSAURS with great books, and the amazing wooden dinosaurs from the Jack Neuzil collection. Come check out books and dinosaurs to learn something new.
Library Programs
November brings our Fall session of Drawing Club for 4th-8th graders. Register for this four-week workshop where we’ll learn how to draw fantasy creatures. Each week we’ll learn a new drawing skill or technique, enjoy free drawing time, and a snack. Mondays in November from 3:45-5:00 p.m. Registration is required.
We’re hosting a guest instructor, Mako, from University of Iowa’s Arts Share Program, who will lead us through a tile painting class. Each registered participant will get a ceramic tile to paint, then the tiles will be taken to the U of I where they’ll be fired in their kiln. Participants can expect to pick up their finished piece approximately two weeks later. Register on our website calendar to join us Friday, November 7, at 6:30 p.m.
Get creative with Book Art for All-Ages Saturday, November 8, at 10:30 a.m. We’ll have supplies for turning old, damaged books into beautiful bookish artwork! We’ll have all levels of book arts from finger painting book pages to book folding sculptures to blackout poetry.
Fun For All Night returns Saturday, November 8! Join us at the Solon Community Center for gym games at 6:00 p.m. and the movie, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken [PG], at 7:00 p.m. Don’t forget your blankets or chairs to get comfy in the gym for the movie! This free night of fun for all-ages is brought to you in partnership with Solon Recreation. Join us on the second Saturday November through April for Fun For All Night.
Library Access
Regular Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. and Friday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed Sundays. Please always refer to our website calendar or call to check hours as weather may impact our ability to be safely open.
The Library’s community meeting room is a polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4. Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Library will be open regular hours, 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. and there will be no library programs.
The Library will be closed Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day.
Everyone is welcome at the Library and our programs. Please contact us with access needs
What We’re Reading
In honor of Indigenous Heritage Month we’re sharing some of the great books we’ve read that highlight Indigenous Peoples’ history, contributions to society, and celebrations. Come check one out and celebrate Indigenous Heritage.
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich. She was named Omakakiins, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakakiins and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a visitor comes to their lodge one winter night, bringing with him an invisible enemy that will change things forever–but that will eventually lead Omakakiins to discover her calling.
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain.
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Eighteenyear- old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug. Follow up this staff favorite with Warrior Girl Unearthed.
We are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell. An approachable overview of our Native American communities that benefits all-ages.