Welcome to Our Library's Newsletter!

In this digital world of information overload, sometimes finding a reliable source is a challenge. The library can help with that. Beyond books, beyond Google or Yahoo, the library offers a wealth of trustworthy and powerful online research tools. For instance, the Auto Repair Reference Center includes vehicle owner & repair guides, enhanced wiring diagrams, OEM Technical service bulletins & recalls, drawing and step-by-step photographs of more than 28,000 vehicles.  Instead of lugging around a thick repair book, this searchable database allows for the quick retrieval of pertinent and printable pages of information based on the vehicle, model, and year. Another noteworthy database is Consumer Health Complete certified by HON for trustworthy health information. Look up diseases and medications from simple fact sheets to scholarly journals. The library's online resources include genealogy sites like the Waushara Obituary Database; downloadable e-books and audio-books using Overdrive; and Learning Express Library which provides practice materials and tests for elementary school to college prep, GED, occupational specific prep, U.S. citizenship, and workplace skills improvement. And there are even more online resources that tap into magazine articles, newspaper articles, biographies, encyclopedias, and on and on. This month I'm encouraging people to take a little time and explore the online opportunities available through the library. There's a surprising wide world of information there, right at your fingertips. Visit Wautoma Public Library's website. 

-Nicole Overbeck,

Wautoma Public Library Director 

Want to know how to make your gardens lush with bulbs from Spring to Fall, keep plants in pots outdoors over Winter and have an early start on blooms, and turn your leaves, grass clippings, and vegetable scraps into gardener's gold?   

Every Thursday in April at 7pm, come to the library because the Waushara County Master Gardens will show you how. Sign up now by visiting or calling the library! 

April 4th: Spring and Summer Blooming Bulbs 

April 11th: Tender Bulbs and Tropical Plants 

April 18th: How to Keep Your Pots Outdoors Over Winter and an Get Early Start on Blooms 

April 25th: How to Make Your Own Compost 

Join us each Monday in April at 4pm to 5pm to dream big, build, and make friends at the second annual Lego Club.  Lego club is open for 1st to 5th graders.  Legos will be provided for, but the imagination and creativity belong to you.   

Each week our Lego Librarian Leader will announce a book-based challenge or theme that Lego Club members will then create.  We'll take pictures of your creations so everyone can see and enjoy your amazing Lego skills. We'll also display a few of the finished works around the library until the next week's date.

Then another theme/challenge will be announced and new creations made. While drop-ins are welcome, please call the library to sign-up at (920) 787-2988 or sign-up at the desk for planning reasons.

New this year: "Star Wars" legos, wheels, and doors!

Children's sign up for our Summer Reading Program begins June 3rd. Mark your calendars because you don't want to miss any of our wonderful performers!   

                                     Exploration Stations at 10:30am.

Thu. June 13: Daryl Rogers, Magician, Dig into the  
                        History of Magic at 5pm.
Thu. June 20: Black Hawk Folk Society, We Dig Music
                        at 4pm.
Thu. June 27: Ms. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus,
                        at 4:30pm.
Thu. July 11: Ryan Radke, Magician 
                      Extraordinare, at 4pm
                      (please note this new and
                       improved time!)
Thu. July 18: Susan Courter, Geologist,
                       Everyday Rocks, Time TBA
Thu. July 18: Mary Tooley, Art in a Suitcase, at 4pm. 

As a new author and illustrator, Wautoma's own Karen Harvey - in collaboration with Merle Wolford - is very happy to announce the publication of their children's book Pau Pua and the Watering Hole. The book will be released by Friesen Press within the next few weeks.  For more information about the book or seeing or hosting an author's book reading, Ms. Harvey can be contacted via e-mail at musart1@charter.net or by calling (920) 787-9122.  

A new movie club is forming! On Wednesday, April 17th at 1:00pm the original The Manchurian Candidate will be showing. Then a week later, on Wednesday, April 24th, the remake of the same title will be shown. Join us for one or both events as discussions will include interesting movie behind-the-scenes, fun facts, and compare and contrasts. Adults only. Refreshments provided. 

4 Stars

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Review #2 

Diane Hughes  

Diane enjoys reading: popular titles.

Book: Me Before You

Diane says: 5 BIG STARS. A book you will want to read in one sitting, but you won't want it to end. Louisa Clark, a young woman, still living with her parents in a small English town, becomes unemployed. Because she has few skills and must help her family financially, she is forced to take a job as a caretaker for a quadriplegic, Will Traynor. Before his accident, Will was a successful businessman, adventurer and traveler. Confined to a wheelchair, he does not want to continue living. Thought-provoking you will put yourself in the characters' situations and wonder what choices you might make. Even though you think you know where the plot is going, it surprises you. The writing is witty; the story is hopeful, but heartbreaking. Have the tissues handy. This book would be a great movie.  

5 Stars     

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Review #3

Erin Kant  

Erin enjoys reading: picturebooks and YA titles mostly.

Book: All By My Selves

Author: Jeff Dunham

Erin says: This book is about the life of the popular ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, how his refreshingly unconventional career started "thanks to a trunk full of dummies," and his rise to stardom. Dunham writes: "All By My Selves is the story of one pretty ordinary guy, one interesting hobby, one very understanding set of parents, and a long, winding road to becoming America's favorite comedian." Fun and witty, I loved how this book actually made me laugh out loud throughout my time enjoying it! 

5 Stars   

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