Counting Birds 2/10/2021
The Great Backyard Bird Count, birdcount.org. is February 12th-15th. The library has books to help you identify birds, build bird houses and feeders: “Birds of Wisconsin” by Stan Tekiela, “Rustic Birdhouses and Feeders” by Colin McGhee, and “Birdhouses” by Mark Ramuz.
Wisconsin Water Week will be celebrated March 8th-12th. Check out this site for more information: https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/lakesuperiorcollaborative/2020/12/18/wisconsin-water-week-2021/ This will be a virtual event with talks specific to Lake Superior on March 11th-12th by Dr. Nancy Langston. The library has a variety of books about water and books specific to Lake Superior: “Water Runs Through this Book” by Bo Flood, “Clean Water” by Elizabeth Thomas, and “Life in a Northern Town: Cooking, Eating, and Other Adventures Along Lake Superior” by Mary Dougherty. We also carry Lake Superior magazine.
Themed Book Bundles available for you to borrow: Tired of Winter? Here are stories that put you at the beach – “Sunset Beach” by Mary Kay Andrews, “Winter in Paradise” by Elin Hilderbrand and “Surfside Sisters” by Nancy Thayer; or books to get your home organized – “Get Organized Answer Book” by Jamie Novak, “New Minimalism” by Cary Fortin, and “Storage Style” by Lesley Porcelli.
Book Bundles for the Little Ones: SPRING – “Step Outside” by Doretta Groenendyk, “North Country Spring” by Reeve Lindbergh, “Kate, Who Tamed the Wind” by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, “Come Next Season” by Kim Norman, and “When Spring Comes” by Kevin Henkes; or FIRETRUCKS – “Curious George at the Fire Station” by H. A. Rey, “Fire Trucks” by Kate Riggs, “Dumpy and the Firefighters” by Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton, “Russ and the Firehouse” by Janet Elizabeth Rickert, and “I’m Brave” by Kate McMullan. We have a nice variety of crafts available to go with your Book Bundles: paper snowman, pipe-cleaner caterpillar, popsicle stick birdfeeder, bird with fan wings, and a valentine heart garland.
We are happy to put together a bag of books of your theme choice or a selection of books by a favorite author. Contact the library by phone, 715-274-8331 or email, jenthewis@mellen.wislib.org to give us hints as to what books to include and schedule a pickup time.
The Library Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, February 16th at 5:30 PM via BlueJeans connection: Phone numbers: 1-408-419-1715 or 1-408-915-6290 or online: https://bluejeans.com/7152748331/?src=htmlEmail. The meeting ID is 7152748331#