Story and Craft Kit: Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

Join us for a unique program just for preschool and early elementary families! You'll receive a FREE copy of that month's picture book and a simple craft kit to complete together after you have read the book.This month, we will read Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt......More

Join us for a unique program just for preschool and early elementary families! You'll receive a FREE copy of that month's picture book and a simple craft kit to complete together after you have read the book.This month, we will read Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner. Summary:"Explore the secret realm beneath the dirt that brings the world of nature to life. Follow a young girl and her grandmother on a journey through the year, planning, planting, and harvesting their garden—and learn about what's happening in the dirt to help make it all happen. Up in the garden, the world is full of green leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, and ripening fruit. But down in the dirt exists a busy world—earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow—populated by all the creatures that make a garden their home. These secrets and many others are waiting to be discovered up in the garden and down in the dirt in this sweet children's book from Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal, the latest in their beloved series that offers kids a peek into hidden ecosystems." Genres: Gardening, Science, Nature. Animals, Plants, Environment, Nonfiction Books and craft kits will be available while supplies last. Please sign up as soon as possible.Please register only once per family.Kits will be available for pickup at your library branch for one week. Kits not picked up will be distributed to individuals on the waitlist.

301 S. University Ave, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Lego Club

It's time to challenge yourself to build something extraordinary. Get yourself to the library and get creative! Join us for a LEGO build to create your masterpiece.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Friends of Veterans Memorial Library Board Meeting

Friends of the Veterans Memorial Library host a monthly meeting. Anyone interested in learning more about the Friends or being involved with their efforts to support the Library is welcome to attend. For information on how to join, click here.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Chippewa River District Library Board of Trustees Meeting

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Story Learning with Tony

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

4035 N Mission Rd, Rosebush, MI, 48878, US

Story Learning with Maggie

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

257 W Wright Ave, Shepherd, MI, 48883, US

Brown Bag Book Discussion Group

Monthly book discussion group. Please feel free to bring your lunch!This month's book is Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Tech Wednesday - Intermediate Excel

Building off the Intro to Excel class, we will continue by learning how to format charts, move between worksheets, formulas, functions, and sorting.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Virtual Author Talk: Returning to Romance Through Food and Flirty Fun in Fiction with Casey McQuiston

This event is a virtual-only presentation. Please register here to receive your link to watch the live event at home or at a later time, and to submit any questions for the author.Would you like to review Casey's work before the talk? Click here to place an item on hold......More

This event is a virtual-only presentation. Please register here to receive your link to watch the live event at home or at a later time, and to submit any questions for the author.Would you like to review Casey's work before the talk? Click here to place an item on hold.Bring an appetite for sizzling drama as we discuss New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, The Pairing. When two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour, they challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other—except they're not.Theo and Kit have been many things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all.Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but—yeah. It's in the past.All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never took place, valid for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.It's not until they board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have.Please register now to join our discussion about Casey McQuiston's spiciest book yet!About the Author: Casey McQuiston is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of romantic comedies, including One Last Stop, Red, White & Royal Blue, I Kissed Shara Wheeler, and The Pairing. Red, White & Royal Blue was adapted into a movie in 2023 and released on Amazon Prime. Casey was recently named on the 2022 Time100 Next List. Their writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Bon Appétit. Born and raised in southern Louisiana, Casey now lives in New York City with a poodle mix named Pepper.The Friends of Veterans Memorial Library sponsors this event.

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CRDL Teen Take & Make: Howl's Moving Castle

Inspired by the creativity of British novelist Diana Wynne Jones and Japanese animation creator Hayao Miyazaki, we have gathered together a kit of Howl's Moving Castle-themed snacks and activities. If you love fantasy novels or classic anime movies, you won't want to mi......More

Inspired by the creativity of British novelist Diana Wynne Jones and Japanese animation creator Hayao Miyazaki, we have gathered together a kit of Howl's Moving Castle-themed snacks and activities. If you love fantasy novels or classic anime movies, you won't want to miss this kit!For grades 6-12. Please allow extra time if you request a branch delivery for your kit.

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Babytime

Join us for a special story learning experience just for babies and young toddlers. If you would like to experience CRDL Story Class in the comfort of your own home, a playlist of our Virtual Story Classes is available to view here.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Story Learning with Christie

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Music and Movement

Sing and dance with your child! Wave ribbons, play with scarves, tap some rhythm sticks, and shake some shaker eggs in this special story learning program for our most wiggly patrons!

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Rainbow Storytime

Join us for color-themed stories, songs, and crafts while celebrating diversity. This story class is for all ages. You can also enjoy a CRDL Story Class experience in the comfort of your own home. View the playlist of our Virtual Story classes here.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Create, Make & Take

Join us for after-school crafting fun!Can't make it to the event? Stop by the Shepherd Community Library to pick up a kit version of this month's craft.

257 W Wright Ave, Shepherd, MI, 48883, US