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So much more than just books

Apr 28, 2026 | MJB LIBRARY NEWS

By Karen Kelly | Special to the Times Vedette

Cass Fronapfel shares stories about Earth Day with our young patrons at Story Hour.

The MJB Library Staff wishes to extend a huge thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate National Library Week last week. We are so excited to have so many people stop in to use the library and to see what we offer. The kind words and gestures for our staff last week were so appreciated. Patrons and the Friends of the Guthrie Center Library made us feel so valued. Thank you for the flowers, sweets and snacks that you treated us to. Your generous support of our library is such a valued gift to us.

As the weather is heating up, so are the plans at the MJB Library. Youth Creation Corner will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29. The next LEGO Mania Day will be on Wednesday, May 13, at 2 p.m. Preschool Story Hour will be each Friday at 10 a.m.

Friends of the Guthrie Center Library will meet on May 4 at 6:15 p.m. They will be discussing RAGBRAI and the upcoming golf tournament on June 27.

To celebrate Earth Day, the story hour craft was rainbows made from Froot Loops and marshmallow clouds.

Card players, remember that each Monday from 9-11 a.m., Cribbage players meet. Bridge Class gathers every Wednesday from 9-11 a.m. to play bridge. On the first and third Tuesdays of the month, Canasta Class meets at 1 p.m., so in May, canasta will be played on May 5 and May 19.

This year’s summer reading program (SRP), “Plant a Seed, Read!” is going to be filled with exciting activities. The SRP Kick Off will be a special start to this summer’s events. We will be gathering at the Riverside Park on School Street by the Storywalk. This come-and-go event will be running from 4-5:30 p.m. Participants will have activities including a scavenger hunt, games and ice cream making.

Registration is now open on the MJB Library website, so get signed up to participate in all the activities. The calendar of events is also listed on the website.

Some of the special programs include “Science Heroes Digging It” on Monday, June 8 at 1 p.m., and “Mesozoic Adventures Funny Farm “at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. DNR Naturalist Anne Riordan will have a program on Thursday, June 11, at 1 p.m.

Rich Wicks is the winner of the Friends of the Guthrie Center Library membership drive drawing. The group’s next meeting will be at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, May 4. They are still accepting memberships if you missed the membership drive and want to join.

The Guthrie County ISU Extension Office will present some SRP events during June, including Flower Talk (color changing flowers and seed balls) at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9; The Beeman (build a honeycomb and beeswax candle) on Wednesday, June 17 at 2 p.m.; and on Wednesday, June 24 at 2 p.m., Wax to Crayons (watch how crayons are made and crayon melt).

On Friday, June 26, at 10:30 a.m., we will have the end-of-summer reading party. We will do prize drawings and have a mega foam party to celebrate all the great work our summer readers have done.