Each month this summer we will have a different genre bingo card! Pick-up a printed bingo card at the library or you can print your own copy HERE. You may also find a link on our website. Show us your completed bingo card and be entered into a raffle to win a small prize.
This month's theme: Biographies and Memoirs

 

 Recipe Club -  Summer Soup

Each month this summer, staff will share a recipe and a step-by-step process making the recipe on our social media. We encourage you to share your own success making the same recipe or share one of your favorite summer soup recipes!

 

 Cooped Up Crafts (for Adults and Teens) 

Tuesday, August 18

Take and Make craft kits for teens and adults! This month we are crafting a Hanging Macrame Plant Holder. Registration is required and begins August 4th. Register by calling 414-302-8500 or online HERE.  Once registered, you can pick up your Take and Make kit between August 18th-25th by visiting the library or scheduling a curbside pick-up. Those of you who do not register can still participate with your own supplies! A how-to video will be posted online the day of the event.

Coloring Club at Home 

Thursday, August 20

For those of you who may be missing coloring club, we invite you to participate from home! Stop by the library to pick-up a coloring packet. Be sure to share your art with us on social media!

 

 Share your Covid-19 Stories 

Your favorite Librarians are available to answer your questions! Whether it's library account questions, help finding general information on a topic, or you are looking for some read-alikes, please reach out! We want to help! To ask a question click HERE and fill out the form or visit our website, westallislibrary.org and click on the Ask A Librarian button. Library staff are also available by phone at  414-302-8500.

 

eBooks, Audiobooks and Movies**

Did you know you have access to thousands of materials for checkout using your computer, mobile device, or even your Firestick, Roku, or other streaming device? Checkout Wisconsin's Digital Library, Hoopla, RBDigital, and more on our website HERE.

 

NoveList 

Want some reading suggestions? NoveList provides access to full text reviews, annotations, publication information, subject headings and more for more than 120,000 works of fiction. In addition, this database can recommend similar titles and authors, provide guides for book discussions and more. Get more information about how to get started HERE.

 

**If you have questions about any of these online resources,
please reach out to staff by calling 414-302-8500 or using the Ask A Librarian form!

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The library is OPEN. Please keep in mind the following when visiting the library:** 

• Visits should be kept at 30 minutes or less.
• Limited onsite services are currently available, including browsing & checkout, copier and FAX services, and reference services.
• At this time, masks are not required for patrons but are strongly encouraged. All library staff will be wearing masks.
• Use of public computers is not available.
• Study rooms are not accessible at this time.
• Furniture has been removed to encourage social distancing and discourage lingering and large groups of people. 
• Toys and coloring supplies have been removed from the Children's Department.
• Curbside service continues to be available.

**Policies and procedures are subject to change based on state and local government guidance.