In honor of Love Your Library Month the Crandon Public Library is having a
bookmark design contest.

Enter your best design for a bookmark using the Love Your Library theme!

Open to students in Early Childhood– 5th grade.
Entries must be submitted on the official entry form.  One entry per child.
Bookmarks should be submitted by closing time on February 20th.
The winner will be posted the following week.  The Library will publish winning bookmarks and make them available to the public.
Only first names of winners and grades will be released.  Good luck!

Notice:

V-Cat, our shared catalog will be down January 25 to January 28 for a system upgrade.  Library staff and library users will NOT be able to renew, reserve or search the catalog from home or at the library during this time.

The good news:  items can be checked out at the library, the internet will be available as usual, and no library materials are due during this upgrade. Thanks for your patience!

Crandon Public Library’s newest database, the Local History Obituary Index is now available online at www.crandonpl.org under the Genealogy Resources link.  The index includes the name of the deceased, the newspaper, page number and date of the published obituary. This is an ongoing project of local volunteer Wayne Coleman and the Crandon Public Library.   The years covered (as of 01.18.2010) are 1909-1923, 2001-2003 and 2005- to recent issues. There are already almost 1,700 entries in the database.  If you are interested in volunteering for this project please contact us at 478-3784.

Come join us on Thursday, January 21^st for an afternoon of games at the Library. We’ll have a variety of board games available to play, as well as snacks and drinks.  The event is open for students in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grade.  The event will take place after school until 4:30 p.m.  Registration is available by calling the Library at 478-3784 or in the Crandon elementary office.

December 24th
Open 9 – Noon

December 25th
Closed

December 26th
Closed

Merry Christmas from the Staff at the Crandon Public Library!

The Crandon Pubic Library is sponsoring a Holiday Book Drive and is encouraging individuals and businesses to donate a classic children’s picture book to our library’s collection of  children’s books. Continue reading →

This highly anticipated new entry in the popular ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series finds middle school student Greg Heffley ready to enjoy a summer vacation playing video games. But Greg‘s mom has a different vision for an ideal summer. The ensuing war of wills makes for a hugely entertaining new ‘diary.’

Are you in a State of Suspense? The library has created a new display featuring the authors Nevada Barr, Jospeh Heywood, Steve Hamilton and John Sandford. These authors write some great fiction…all set in the U.P. of Michigan and/or Minnesota…a little too close to home

Come and join the Crandon Public Library for our ultimate dance party to celebrate the summer reading program! Wednesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m. Lower Level of the Library There will be lots of dancing, singing and fun for the whole family! There will be prizes along with food and drinks for everyone to enjoy!

Mark your calendars for Monday, July 20, at  3:00 pm. The event, which is FREE, will be held in the lower level of the Crandon Library.  The Bassmeister is a fun and entertaining guy who brings the excitement of fishing into both the lives of children and adults. Kids will learn fishing basics, learn about different types of lures, and get directly involved with demonstrations on stage. His show entitled, “Fishing for Laughs,” will have the audience laughing (adults will have just as much fun as the kids), and the children begging to be the next volunteer to assist The Bassmeister up on stage. The show includes puppetry, a “Bass Beauty Pageant,” smelling stinky stink-baits, “chumming” for kids, and training on how to build your own fishing pole. Children also get involved with critical thinking as related to water safety and lure selection.  Come see the Bassmeister! This community event is sponsored by the Forest Count Library Board Special Project Grant.