Upcoming Events

MAY 2—CHILDREN’S DAY

CELEBRATION (6:00 P.M.)

MAY 6—TEEN GROUP

(6:30 P.M.)

MAY 8—READ TO EVA

(BEGINNING AT 4:00

P.M.)

MAY 8—MYSTERY BOOK

CLUB (6:45 P.M.)

MAY 13—TEEN TUESDAY

(6:30 PM)

MAY 14—LEGO DAY

(2:00 P.M.)

MAY 26—MEMORIAL

DAY (LIBRARY CLOSED)

MAY 28—READ TO

LADYBUG (BEGINNING AT

3:30 P.M.)

MAY 28—FRIENDS OF

THE LIBRARY (6:30 P.M.)

MAY STORYTIMES 2

FEATURED CHILDREN’S BOOK

2

SUMMER READING COMING SOON

2

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB 3

THANK YOU GREEN TEAM 3

BOOK OF THE MONTH 3

AT THE LIBRARY IN APRIL

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Prairie Reader

Wednesday, May 14, 2:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.

Don't miss the library's next Lego Building Day! Drop in any time be-tween 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to build with the legos

provided. There will be a snack break half-way. This program is appropriate for school-age kids. Contact Beth at 643-8318 with ques-tions.

Lego Building Day

Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 p.m.

What do Scribbles, Hot Loops, and paper fortune tellers have in common? They are all popular crafts from the past (when Meagan was in m i d d l e s c h o o l ) and we’re going to r e v i v e them to-night!

All sup-plies for making “grippy” socks with Scrib-bles will be provided, but you may bring something additional (t-shirt, tote bag, etc.) to paint if you’d like. Since we will be work-ing with fabric paint, please wear old clothes.

This program is especially for grades 6-12. Contact Meagan with questions.

Friends of the Library

Wednesday, May 28, 6:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Ruth Culver Community Library will meet again in May. Anyone inter-ested in supporting the library and sharing ideas is welcome and encouraged to attend. If you are interested in becoming more active in the Friends group but are unable to attend the meeting, contact Jennifer Endres Way, Library Director, at 643-8318.

Friday, May 2, 6:00 p.m.

Don’t miss the 11th annual Children’s Day-Book Day/Día de los Niños-Día de los Libros celebration. The event celebrates the joy of literacy for children of all cultures and lan-guages. You’ll be entertained with a perfor-mance by the Atwood Players! Contact Heather at 643-8318 with questions.

Children’s Day Celebration

with the Atwood Players

Teen Tuesday: Crafts from the Past

The Library will be closed Monday, May 26 in observance of

Memorial Day.

May 3 through 10

It’s Migratory Bird Week in Sauk Prairie! Check out a book from one of the great dis-plays throughout the library. We have materi-als for both children and adults. Thanks to an EYSC grant received by the SPHS Green Team, we also have more binoculars for bird viewing!

See page 3 fore more infor-mation about the grant.

Children are also invited to play our bird game in the library. There will be a small prize for any children who complete the game!

Migratory Bird Week

Enjoy storytimes held in the library’s

community room! Traditional storytimes

will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays

at 10:00 a.m. Beth will share stories,

snacks, music and more with your child.

Musical storytimes (extra songs, no

craft or snack) return for the school

year Fridays at 10:00 a.m.

Our A,B,C, Storytime Trains are nearly

complete! See Beth if you are missing

cars. The new summer storytime bro-

chure will be available this month. It is a

S.T.E.M. summer! (Acronym for Science,

Technology (Tools), Engineering, Math).

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Fridays at 8:15 a.m. Bouncing Babies is a storytime for infants through age 24 months. Beth will share songs, fingerplays and stories. This is a great way to bond with your baby, meet other kids at the same stages, learn valu-able pre-reading activities, develop life-long learners and socialize with other parents and caregivers at the same time!

NO Bouncing Babies May 30!

Bouncing Babies May Storytimes

Summer Reading Coming Soon!

Summer is almost here, and that means we are busy planning for some library fun. Here’s what you should know:

The teen summer volunteer form will be out in early May.

School visits for the summer reading program will be 5/27-5/30. We have a fun, interactive skit that high-lights the library reading program and summer events. There are two new, exciting features you don’t want to miss this year so check out the red brochure when it comes home!

We have several great program supporters! Please see page 4 and make sure to thank them!

Beth needs some supplies for our fun events. Please save the following:

Interesting plastic bottles with screw top lids of various sizes with a large enough opening to fill--like the “Simply” brand beverages (need by 5/31)

Large brown paper grocery bags (need by 7/1)

Scales and measuring implements of any kind: cups, measuring tapes, yard sticks, etc. Will be returned so names or initials on them please (need by 7/25, returned 8/4)

Old clocks, time pieces--do not need to be working (need by 8/8, re-turned by 8/18)

Non-working small appliances (will not be returned)

NEWS & NOTES

Thank you to all the helpers and guests at April storytimes, including Summer Acker, Chris Junkins, Pirate John and Brianna Yanke from the Bank of Prairie du Sac! Both of our certified therapy dogs will be at the library in May. Register at the front desk for your time to read to one of them! Eva: Thursday, May 8 15-minute time slots beginning at 4:00 p.m. Ladybug: Wednesday, May 28 15-minute time slots beginning at 3:30 p.m. In conjunction with Growing Wisconsin Readers, we have a new calendar with early literacy activities to complete each day in May. Complete each day’s activity and bring your completed calendar for a small prize!

Schedule:

May 6, 8, 9 Y...Yes day!

May 13, 15, 16 Z...Going to the zoo!

May 19-May 31 NO STORYTIME

Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham, pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky

Zebra is absolutely certain he’ll be able to direct everyone to appear on the correct page, at the

appropriate time, without any mishaps, hurt feelings or un-necessary drama. It’s the ABCs, for good-ness’ sake. How dif-ficult can it be? Oh, dear. Zebra forgot about Moose. --

Summary from book description

We’re finishing up our alphabet Storytime year with this hilarious book. It challenges kids to think about all the things we’ve learned about letter sounds this year. It also depicts behavior chal-lenges with an over-excited, then angry, moose when the alphabet line-up doesn’t include him.

Featured Children’s Book

Thank you to Jordan Small for sharing her collection of dogs with us in April!

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June’s Book Review

The Axe Factor by Colin Cotterill

This mystery is the third adven-ture of Jimm Juree. She is a thir-ty something ex-crime reporter from Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Jimm is forced to move from the city by her former hippie mother Mair to a backwater rural vil-lage on the coast of southern Thailand. Jimm misses the city

and her job as a journalist.

Also living at the run down sea-side resort with her are cranky Grand-dad Jah and her body builder younger brother Arny.

Now Jimm has an assignment from the small local newspaper to interview Conrad Coralbank, a writer from England living in Thailand. Jimm is soon attracted to the older man.

Unfortunately someone is send-ing Jimm threatening letters and has put an axe through her front door! Then a local doctor Jimm had spoken to disappears.

This is a unique series with some, but not too much, violence. The series is also amusing because of Jimm’s caustic remarks. Author Cotterill starts each chapter with Thai information sign translated into English with hilarious effect.

The Hound of the Baskervilles; A Study

in Scarlet and other mysteries by Sir

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead at his manor house in Devon with a look of horror on his face. Footprints of a large ferocious hound found near the crime scene are remi-niscent of an ancient

and frightening legend that has haunted the fam-ily for generations. This is a case for the great Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson. Are you prepared to follow the Inspector and his as-sistant on the trail of this evil hound across the dark and chilling moors? A Study in Scarlet is a potent mix of mur-

der, suspense, cryptic clues, red her-rings and revenge. It introduces us to the world-famous characters of Sher-lock Holmes, Dr. Watson and Inspec-tor Lestrade as they join forces for the first time to track a mysterious killer that stalks London’s streets. --Summaries from book descriptions If you love the hit television series Sherlock, don’t miss this month’s books

selected by Barbara.

Book of the Month

Thank you to all who donated books and shopped at the Friends of the Li-brary spring book sale! Special thanks to those who volunteered: Bob Henseler, Pat Mecher, Angie Ward, Jacob Holsman, Judy Henseler, Bob Straub, Marilyn Straub, Gary Mijal, Nova Mijal, Ellen Paul, Mike Irwin, Bill Campbell, Helen Campbell, Chris Junkins, Jean Gillespie, and Laurie Killam

of Heritage Credit Union.

NewspaperARCHIVE

Mystery Book Club Thursday, May 8, 6:45 p.m.

The library’s Mystery Book Club will discuss mysteries by Sarah Stewart Taylor in May. Copies are availa-ble on display in the li-brary. New members are always welcome! Contact June at 643-8318 with questions.

Looking for historical newspaper articles? Ex-plore the NewspaperARCHIVE, a database con-taining tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is your online gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers from around the world. NewspaperARCHIVE is provided as part of the BadgerLink Project and can be accessed online at www.pdslibrary.org/databases (choose from the alphabetical list). You may need to enter your library card number if you are using your personal computer. Please ask the staff if you would like help getting started with Newspaper-ARCHIVE.

Many new nature-related titles for children and adults are now available

and will be on a special display by the elevator for the month of May. This

was made possible by the Sauk Prairie High School Green Team 2014 and

their Engaging Youth, Serving Communities Grant. Thanks to their efforts

we’ve been able to significantly enhance our collec-

tion on birding and birds, including eagles. We’ve

also added materials on trees, plants, animal

tracks, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Through

the grant the Green Team also provided more bin-

oculars, birdhouses, kindle titles, and materials for

children’s programming.

Thank You Green Team!

Book Sale a Success

540 Water Street

Prairie du Sac, WI 53578

A member of the South Central Library System

R U T H C U L V E R C O M M U N I T Y L I B R A R Y N E W S

Phone: 608-643-8318

Web: www.pdslibrary.org

Jennifer Endres Way Director

Beth Hays Youth Services

Meagan Statz Teen & Adult Services

At the Library in April

Children had loads of fun

making crafts from a collec-tion of Hello Kitty books in

April. We even gave the books away to some lucky winners!

Thank You Trivia Supporters! The second annual Friends of the Ruth Culver Community Library Trivia Challenge held April 5 was a success! Sincere thanks to all our participants, sponsors, event partners, silent auction contributors and volun-teers for their generosity and

support of our library! Please thank them for making a dif-ference! Our Event Sponsors were Cul-ver's, Merrimac Communica-tions (merr.com), Tools of Mar-keting, Boardman & Clark LLP, Carpenter Enterprise, Davis Electric, Do-All Construction, H&R Block, Prairie Clinic, Vil-lage Family Dental, Plumer Karate America, and the Gag-non Family.

Our Event Partners and Silent Auction Contributors were Lisa & Will Tank, Bank of Prairie du Sac, Family Video, Culver's of Sauk City, Marilyn Van-deberg, Lynn Esser, Peggy Laht i , T r i s h Hags t rom , Maryellen Schou, Sharon Ban-

nan, John and Joann Budd, Claire and Sylvia Richardson, Ace, Reese's Salon, Rhonda Nass, John Travolta, Madison Mallards, H&R Block, Badger-land Financial, Jayne Carlson, ZeFit, Sauk Prairie Safe Com-munity Coalition, American Players Theatre, Marilyn McFarlane, McFarlane's, Sauk Prairie Healthcare, House on the Rock, EAA Airventure, Mu-seum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium, Reflections

by Susanne, The Shoebox, Bandung Indonesian Cuisine, Gigi's Cupcakes at Hilldale Mall, John Joseph Coffee, Green Acres, Taliesin, and Sauk Prairie Star. Thank you to Carol Gagnon

and Will Tank for organizing the event, Travis Hilliard for acting as head judge and all the great volunteers: Amanda Breunig, Alexi Brummel, Fritz Dohm, Sue Dohm, Lynn Esser, Tony Gagnon, Dan Hagstrom, Trish Hagstrom, Beth Hays, Mark Hays, Ian Hutter, Emily Johnson, Katie Johnson, Marina Pedersen, Maddy Rauls, Olivia Rauls, Bob Straub, Marilyn Straub, Lisa Tank, and Marilyn Vandeberg.

Congratulations to the Flying Derleth Brothers, winners of the 2014 Trivia Challenge!

Summer Supporters! Please thank the businesses and organizations that help make our summer programs possible!

Friends of the Ruth Culver Community

Library

Sauk Prairie

Optimists

Madison Mallards

Pizza Hut

Top Secret

Mt. Olympus

Concept Attractions

Timber Falls