NEW Winter Reading Challenge!
WHAT: Reading Menagerie: Meet the Dragons - Winter Reading Challenge
WHEN: January 6 through May 24, 2025
WHO: Readers age 5 to 12
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Happy Birthday, Jamila and Spotty!
STAFF CONTRIBUTOR:
Julie Westby, Youth Services Librarian
A Second Home(school) for Janesville Families
By: Jamie Swenson, HPL Youth Services Associate
One of my favorite moments from 2024 was challenging our Homeschool Idea Lab kids to complete the Pringles Ring Engineering Challenge. That’s right.
New Sensory-Friendly Storytime!
SENSEational Storytime Begins in January
Mariah Smitala, HPL’s Youth Services Librarian, began the process of adding a sensory-friendly storytime to the Hedberg Public Library calendar in 2019.
Exhibit Your Art at Your Library
HPL is looking for exhibit artists for the 2025-2026 season.
Hedberg Public Library offers 2D and 3D art exhibits throughout the building.
Your Greatest Project is Yourself... Join our Wellness Book Club!
Your greatest project is yourself.
Find resources and community in your pursuit of your highest self with our Wellness Book Club!
HPL Offers Birdside, er, CURBside Pickup
Did you know that your library offers curbside materials pickup? These turkeys did! Whether you are on-the-go or unable to enter the library (sorry, no turkeys allowed!), library staff can bring the books to you!
Exhibits Celebrate Native American Heritage Month and Connection to Natural World
November's art exhibits, which include oil pastels, oil paintings, and photography are a celebration of Native American Heritage Month and our connection to the natural world.
We Love a Good Challenge
Checkout Chronicles: Legends & Lore from Library Land, a blog series that features tales from in and around our checkout desk.
Fa La La @ Your Library
We are looking for local musicians to perform holiday music during the month of December as part of our Hedberg Harmony program.
Jackpot Becomes Lucky Day
Dreading the long wait for high-demand bestsellers and DVDs? Stop by our Lucky Day shelf (formerly known as Jackpot) to see what's new and popular.
A Night at the Library 2024: It's a Wrap!
Screams, smoke, and the peculiar scent of singed bat filled Hedberg Public Library on Saturday, October 19 during the 15th annual mingle murder mystery, A Night at the Library: Creatures Ball, presented by the
NaNoWriMo at HPL
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days.
October Art Exhibit
During the month of October, stop by the library to view stunning oil paintings by artist Nancy Dimicelli. Her large and vibrant pieces can be found in both the Fireplace Room and on the River Wall.
