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Summer Kickoff Celebration
Start the summer with us at our family-friendly Kickoff! There will be food, friends and lots of fun!
Check out who’s coming and what you can look forward to.
NEW! Print From Anywhere!
Print from anywhere, on any device and send to the library printer!
With a user-friendly app and multiple payment options, Princh makes printing easy!
Explore MORE Libraries!
April 4 – July 15
Have an adventure! Visit & Explore MORE participating libraries to collect passport stamps for a chance to win prizes.
Visit us to get your passport & first stamp today!
Past News
Book It With Bucky is Back!
NOW through the end of April
Bucky is encouraging young readers to pick up a book and read like Bucky for 30 minutes a day! (Grades 6 & below).Find out more about the program and make your pledge to read like Bucky!
Reward game at the Goodman Softball Complex on May 6th.
Stay Connected
The FTC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) helps low-income households pay for internet service and connected devices.
Check it out to see if you qualify.
Tell Us Your Library Love Story
You can help your library!
Tell your short or long story about your favorite thing to do at the library, how the library has helped you out this year, or what keeps you coming to the library.
We’ll share stories with our elected officials on Library Legislative Day (Feb 8) and use your comments to shape our programs and services. Click to fill out a very simple form!
Together We Read
February 7-21
Join the online book club! No waitlists or holds. Download on the Libby app.
“A New Mexican family’s extraordinary year of love and sacrifice.”
Winter Reading Program
January 1-31
Explore diversity, empathy, and action through literature.
Those who complete the Winter Reading 2022 Challenge will be entered into a prize drawing in February!
Princh Coming Soon!
Print from anywhere, on any device and send to the library printer!
With a user-friendly app and multiple payment options, Princh makes printing easy!
More details on their way.
MORE App
Download the NEW More Library App and take your library everywhere!
NASA Reading Challenge
December 1-31
To celebrate the launch of The James Webb Space Telescope, join our NASA Reading challenge and explore the Universe!
Digital Library Survey
Wisconsin’s digital library needs your input to improve!
Brought to you by your library and the WI Public Library Consortium.
Coulee River Trails Survey
They need your input!
CRT is a community group that is exploring the possibility of creating a regional trail system in the Prescott area.
They are seeking feedback about trail use, interests and recreation options in our community.
Book It With Bucky!
1. Sign up in October & November (6th grade or below)
2. Fill in Bucky’s reading log (30 min=1W)
3. Redeem your tickets for the Book It With Bucky reward game on December 12th (at the Kohl Center)
4. Bring your reading log to the reward pre-game and collect cool prizes!
Big Library Read
November 1-15
Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
“A road trip in a snowstorm that turns into bone-chilling disaster”–N. Richards
Join others for the ebook club! Read or listen using Libby. No waiting.
Use #biglibraryread on social media for a chance to win Libby swag, a tablet and signed books by the author.
Banned Books Week
Books Unite Us
September 26 – October 2
See the top 10 most challenged books by year.
Transparent Language Challenge this month!
#oneweekstreakchallenge
Learn a language for 7+ days in a row and be entered to win prizes for you and your library.
Prize: $100 Amazon gift cards
Learn how to enter!
Wisconsin Science Festival
October 21-24
The four-day WI Sci-Fest is a statewide celebration with events across Wisconsin for people of all ages.
Most events are FREE! Take a look and find an event for you!
Goodbye OverDrive App
Starting Feb. 2022 OverDrive will be removing their OverDrive App from app stores. Meet their user-friendly app, Libby.
Chippewa Valley Book Fest
Oct. 24-29
Register for your FREE spot today! Virtual options available for all events.
Authors include Lila Quintero Weaver, Kao Kalia Young, Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Brian Freeman, Kate Moore and Madeline Miller.
Get a FREE book each month!
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services announces the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Pierce & Pepin counties!
Children zero to five are eligible for this FREE program that provides an age appropriate book every month to registered children.
Celebrate the launch August 7th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services or from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Village of Pepin Park
Read Africa
We’re happy to announce we’ve been awarded the Read Africa grant offered by the African Studies program at UW-Madison.
This funding gives us the opportunity to enrich our collection with new titles and enables readers to deepen their understanding of Africa.
Check out a title today!
Healthier Together Survey
Every 3 years the Healthier Together coalition puts out a Community Health Survey to help guide their work.
Help them and take their survey today!
Intergenerational Connections
Developed in partnership with youth and Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) throughout Wisconsin.
This online platform provides creative learning resources that raise awareness around Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia while building the social emotional skills of empathy and resiliency in young people.
Inspired by the children’s book, Grandpa and Lucy, written by high school student Edie Weinstein.
FREE for any Pierce County resident. Sign up & explore!
Big Library Read: April 5-19
No waiting. Download today!
The Art of Taking It Easy by Dr. Brian King
From a psychologist and stand-up comedian comes a practical, yet laugh-out-loud guide to embracing humor to reduce stress and live a happier, fuller life.
Join the LIVE virtual Q&A with Dr. Brian King and the Professional Book Nerds on April 13th at 1pm ET.
Can’t make the Q&A? Share your thoughts on the online discussion board, open until April 26.
Next Big Library Read: June 28-July 12
Libby Updates
Take a tour of Libby’s new look and features!
Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB)
Launching May 12. Get internet for less.
This is a temporary FCC program to help families and households struggling to afford broadband internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. $50-$75 off home internet monthly and one-time $100 to purchase devices.
Book Talk: Modern Jungles
Pao Lor’s memoir recounts a Hmong orphan’s harrowing, war-torn journey to America.
Register for the free book launch virtual talk with Dr. Pao Lor on April 14 at 7 p.m.
Reading for Empathy
To help build empathy for our homeless neighbors, Jenny Ryan and the team at Saskatoon Public Library (Saskatchewan, Canada) built a book list on homelessness.
Women Who Changed The World
App By Learny Land (Ages 4+)
How many female astronauts do you know? How about female painters? History is full of rebel warrior girls who have done incredible things. It’s time to meet them.
The Imagine Neighborhood
Check out the ALA’s Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award winner (and honoree).
A podcast designed to help children & grown-ups grow their social-emotional skills.
For Fans of Bridgerton
What to read while you wait for Bridgerton season 2.
7 Million Checkouts
Wisconsin’s Digital Library saw almost 7 million checkouts in 2020! See the top 5 e-books and e-audiobooks of the year.
#TogetherWeRead
A digital book club connecting readers to the same ebook & audiobook at the same time with no waitlists or holds, begins Feb.10th! The featured title is ‘Love Lettering’ by Kate Clayborn.
WI Digital Library Has E-Magazines
3,000 e-magazines available for checkout! Download through the WI Digital Library website, Libby or OverDrive apps.
Test your home internet.
Help Wisconsin get better internet.
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Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed
Prescott Public Library
800 Borner Street North
Prescott, WI 54021
715-262-5555 (Phone)
715-262-4229 (Fax)
prescottlib@prescottpubliclibrary.org
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