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June 2024

Summer Adventures Await!

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Thank you to our 2024 Summer Library Program sponsors! Their generosity and support of libraries and literacy make these programs possible!

Summer is the perfect time to explore your public libraries!

Reading challenges for kids, teens and adults with great prizes and incentives from local sponsors! Learn more about the Summer Library Program.
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Amazing programs and performances for the whole family. Animals, music, science and so much more! Ask your library about their offerings and check out the schedule of performers sponsored by Bridges Library System!
Take a journey through history and mystery! Set out on a free epic quest to discover amazing treasures at all 24 member libraries and earn chances to win prizes! Learn more about the Library Treasure Adventure!

Award Winning Director

New Berlin Public Library Director Receives the 27th Annual John W. Bauer Employee Excellence Award

The City of New Berlin awarded Natalie Beacom, Director of the New Berlin Public Library, the John W. Bauer Employee Excellence Award for her continued positivity and work ethic.

Congratulations, Natalie!

Learn more

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Around the Libraries

Photo of Jayden Rather, Waukesha County's "Fairest of the Fair" smiling at the camera with a hog.

Outdoor Storytime with the Fairest of the Fair

Butler Public Library

Join Melissa as she welcomes Waukesha's very own Jayden Rather, the Fairest of the Fair, to read at storytime across the parking lot on the Clarke House lawn in Butler.

Wednesday, June 19
11:30 am - 12 pm
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Kiss the Cow City Band Concert

Karl Junginger Memorial Library

Find out which returning champion was voted to smooch the cow at the intermission of the 5th annual Kiss the Cow City Band Concert and support the Waterloo library!

Friday, June 21

7 pm
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Cows in the Courtyard Celebration

Brookfield Public Library

Celebrate National Dairy Month and meet the cows from Cozy Nook Farm in the courtyard at Brookfield Public Library, weather permitting.

Saturday, June 22

10:30 am - 12 pm
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4th of July Prize Basket Challenge

Johnson Creek Public Library

Check out items at Johnscon Creek Public Library for a chance to win a 4th of July Prize Basket! Get an entry for every 4 items you check out. Winner will be drawn June 29.

June 10 - June 28
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