Winter READ 2017 Coming in February!

The Winter READ 2017: Novel Destinations begins February through March! Does winter make you think of travel and warm locales? Let Heyworth Public Library be your source of great reads to take you on a winter adventure. For adults and teens, we will hold the Fourth Annual “Blind Date with a Book” event during February. We have selected quirky, classic, non-fiction, and popular literature that will take you to a new location, and wrapped them up with a ribbon. Come in and choose a wrapped book as your “blind date”. Give it a read. Then fill out our “Rate Your Date” bookmark and return it with the book. We are not arranging marriages, and not a dime has to be spent! Just try a “blind date” – you never know which new favorite author or genre you might fall in love with. All “Rate Your Date” bookmarks returned will go in a drawing for one of two Tervis Coffee Mugs. The last day to grab a Blind Date will be on February 28, but we will not draw a winner until March 22 to allow readers three weeks to get their “dates” read.

Join us in March and read for prizes all month long for all ages. We will celebrate travel and all things Dr. Seuss. Readers will receive a ticket for every book, audiobook, eBook, or magazine checked out in March for a drawing of prizes. Thank you to Dower Auto Sales for supporting the Winter Read each year with a free 5-quart oil change! We have many other prizes to select from, too. The Winter READ ends March 31 and the drawings will be held on April 3.

Family Story Time returns in February on Thursdays at 6:15 p.m. throughout the month until March 16. Mark your calendars and bring the kids for a great time of stories, music, and crafts.

Don’t forget to checkout our Book Sale area. We are brimming with great reads, music, audiobooks, Disney VHS, and other DVD movies. All for great prices that help support the library in purchasing the extras not in the budget.

Are you looking for free eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, and music for your digital device? If it uses apps from the Google Play or iTunes stores, you can use our FREE library apps. Visit the library website at heyworthlibrary.com for tutorial help sheets with the various e-readers using Overdrive, Axis 360, Freegal, or BookMyne. Alternatively, call to schedule a face-to-face tutorial (473-2313) on using the library’s apps.

We are so much larger than our walls!

The Library will be closed the following days for upcoming holidays:

Upcoming Closures:

Monday, February 20 (Presidents’ Day)

Items the library collects for our community:

Box Tops for Education coupons/Tyson Chicken product labels
Coca-Cola product bottle caps and reward coupons off of cases of Coca-Cola products
HP ink cartridges

Upcoming Programs:

After School Movies

Fridays at 3:20 p.m.
Bring a friend and your own snack! All drinks need to have a screw on cap – no juice pouches or cans please.

Blind Date With A Book

The whole month of February!

Family Story Time

February 2 at 6:15 p.m.
Thursday evenings through March 16
This program is designed for Pre-K through first grade; however the whole family is welcome to join in on the fun. Come explore art, participate in crafts, and enjoy stories.

Heyworth Knitters

February 6 at 6:30 p.m.
This group meets for an hour on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. No third Monday in FEBRUARY due to Monday Holidays.
We are thrilled to offer knitters and crafters a space to create and socialize! This group is very willing to teach anyone who would like to learn to knit. We have yarn, instructions for beginning project, and needles to get you started on a new hobby. If you want to learn how to knit you must sign up to attend so our group can have all you need ready for the evening. If you are a knitter or a crafter looking for a group of knitters in our area, just show up as your schedule allows. Available to anyone 4th grade and up. This group is providing projects to the local Project Linus chapter.

Little Bricks & Big Ideas

February 21 at 3:30 p.m.
K – 8th graders meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month for an hour of LEGO fun! Sign-up is requested.

Senior Info & Assistance

February 22, 10 a.m. – noon
The trained staff of Community Care Systems, Inc. will be here to assist people over the age of 60 and the disabled with filing for local, state, and federal programs. Their next visit will be March 22.

For all programs and more, see our website at heyworthlibrary.com.