New this month, for students grades 3 - 5, please consider signing up for the tween February Book Club which will feature "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda" by Tom Angleberger. In this book you will meet Dwight, a sixth-grade oddball. He is far from popular but does do one cool thing. He makes origami. One day he makes an Origami Yoda finger puppet that mysteriously starts to give out wise advice and shockingly correct predictions. This isn't your typical book. Nor will the library host your typical book club... this club is for fun! Chock full of laughs & crafts, it will take the "force" out of reading and put the fun back in. The tween book club will meet each Friday of February at 4pm. Sign-up is limited, so call 920-787-2988 or stop in today to reserve a spot.

     And finally, don't forget that the library can also cure cabin fever with books, movies, magazines, online resources, and on-site resources (like Ancestry.com worldwide).

-Nicole Overbeck,

Wautoma Public Library Director 

On Saturday, February 2nd, the Key Club is hosting a movie day at the library at 1pm. Now, while we cannot divulge the name of the movie due to our movie licensing, here is a little bit about the family-friendly animated feature that will be playing....

Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter. This cartoon features the voice talents of stars such as Adam Sandler and Kevin James. 

Wisconsin author, Pat Grahn, will be coming on Monday, February 25th at 3:30pm to give a presentation and book signing  about her book "586 Pounds of Feminine Charm." Join us for this exciting event! 

Get more information about the book here.  

Get ready to get your game on!   

This year's Summer Reading Program's theme is "Dig into Reading!" Watch this newsletter or our website for more exciting sneak peeks later on. For now, we are pleased to announce that magician extraordinaire Ryan Radke will be back on Thursday, July 11th at 11:30am! Mark your calendars because you don't want to miss this!  

* Your name
* What genres of titles you most enjoy (such as fiction, non-fiction, westerns, romance, sci-fi, mysteries, young adult, picturebooks, etc.)
* The book or audiobook's title and author
* 1-3 sentences describing what you liked or disliked (you may also include titles of similar books you have read)
* How many stars you would rate the title:

1 Star = Didn't Like It
2 Stars = It Was Okay
3 Stars = Liked It
4 Stars = Really Liked It
5 Stars = It Was Amazing

What's Wautoma Reading Now? is open to all patrons, all ages, all titles! Here are our very first reviews!

Review #1

Diane Hughes    

Diane enjoys reading: current best-selling fiction, including historical fiction, and non-fiction that read like fiction.

Book:  Agenda 21

Author:  Glenn Beck with Harriet Parke 

An easy, short read.  Like 1984 and The Hunger Games, it presents a grim view of the future.  The book was actually written by Harriet Parke, a registered nurse who specialized in emergency medicine.  She wrote it originally as a short story but she was encouraged by her writing group to keep going.  Glenn Beck, an outspoken and frequently controversial social conservative, bought the right to call himself the book's author. 

It is a work of fiction-take the comments in the back with a grain of salt. 

The first paragraphs draw you in and you must continue reading:

"They took Mother away today. I was on my energy board when they came. They didn't knock. They just came in, men in black uniforms. Enforcers. I shut off my board and stumbled, hitting my hip against the metal sidebar. They didn't say anything but held up their hands in a way that told me to stop and not come any closer..." 

4 Stars

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Review #2 

Mary E. Peterson 

Book: Unstoppable- The Incredible Power of Faith in Action

Author: Nick Vujicic 

This is a book about a young man born with no arms or legs. It is a story of his struggles and trials and his journey to his deep faith.

5 Stars  

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Review #3

Erin Kant

Erin enjoys reading: children's picturebooks, young adult, fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian titles

Book: The Maze Runner

Author: James Dashner   

If you enjoyed The Hunger Games, then you should like this story about Thomas, a teen with no memory who wakes up on an elevator leading him to a glade contained by stone walls that only open during the day to reveal an impossible, ever-changing maze. Once there he finds himself with others that have lost their memories as well and who work each day on discovering a way out. This is the first in a trilogy that's followed by The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure.  

4 Stars  

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