Fall Programs

Our children's fall programs will begin in September.

Tiny Tales (for ages 2-3) resumes on September 29 and will be held every other week on Thursday mornings.  See more and register here.

Preschool Storytime resumes on September 23 and will be held weekly on Friday mornings.  See more and register here.

Evening sessions of Book Buddies (for kindergartners - 2nd graders) have been added this year.  Choose from Tuesday evening or Thursday afternoon programs.  Each month, both programs will be the same; you can choose the one that best fits your schedule.  See more and register here.

Bookworms (for 2nd - 3rd graders) will resume on Tuesday, September 27 and will be held monthly on Thursday afternoons in October, November, and December. See more and register here.

Chapter Chapters (for 3rd - 5th graders) will resume on Thursday, September 22 and will be held monthly on Thursday afternoons.  See more and register here.

Mother Goose Storytime

 

Trudy Bulkey, as Mother Goose, will present a Mother Goose Storytime on Friday, August 26 at 10:00 A.M. in the Community House (the building across the street from the Senior Center and the police station).

This program is best for preschoolers and early elementary aged children; all ages are welcome.

Please register here.  

Looking for new books?

Are you looking for new books?  You can browse the shelves of new books in our library, see our catalog's home page, or search the catalog for new items.

Showcases of new items are available on the home page of our catalog.

For more specific results:

1.  Go to our catalog.

2.  Depending on the size of your browser window, you will either see "Other Searches" or a "+" to the right of the search box.  Click on "Other Searches" or the + symbol and then choose "Advanced Search" from the options presented.

3.  The second line under Advanced Search allows you to search for the time frame you would like to see.  In the drop down menu, you can choose to see items added to our catalog in the last week, last month, or up to the last 24 months.

4.  You may choose options in the Filters section to narrow your search.

The Libraries options will allow you to choose sections in our library:

Adult

Juvenile - everything in our picture book, early reader, and juvenile (chapter book) sections

Young Adult - everything in our teen section

Juvenile nonfiction - nonfiction books and DVDs in our Early and Juvenile sections

Videos - all DVDs

Adult nonfiction

Easy - everything in our E section: picture books, early readers, early nonfiction

Formats are general formats, e.g. DVDs

Material types are specific to our library, e.g. fiction DVDs and nonfiction DVDs

Audience levels will result in a less complete search than the Libraries option. 
A children's book may be cataloged as Juvenile, Preschool, Primary, Preadolescent, or Adolescent - and only one of those choices.  If you search for Juvenile, you'll only get those cataloged specifically as Juvenile; you won't get those cataloged as Preschool or Primary.  If you opt to use this search, check as many boxes as could be applicable.

You can also set an alert to notify you when new items with the criteria you set are added to our catalog - your favorite author, new books in a series, or books on a subject.  See here for more information.

Summer Reading Program Prize Packets

Everyone who has submitted the 2nd ticket on our reading log (for reading for 10 hours or 20 days) will receive a prize packet containing certificates for a free book, pizza, CheezyBread, bowling, and more.  If you have turned in your 2nd ticket, please ask for your prize packet at the circulation desk.

Thank you to the following for donating prizes:

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

Bel-Mark Lanes

Clonlara School

Collins Center

Friends of Milan Public Library

Hungry Howie's Pizza

Kohl's

Marco's Pizza 

Milan Dairy Barn

Splash Universe

The Morning Owl

Zap Zone Fun Center

Thank you also to the City of Milan for the use of the Wilson Park Pavilion and the Senior and Community Activity Center for our programs and to our patrons who donated to youth programming and funded Crazy Craig's Juggling Show and Lego bricks for Game Days.

Activity Logs

We have Activity Logs to provide you with suggestions for reading-related activities through the end of the summer.  Read with someone, read somewhere you don't usually read, read a different type of book than you usually read, try something (origami, drawing, sign language, etc.) from a book, exercise your mind (with a puzzle, word search, etc.), or exercise your body (play a sport, ride your bicycle, etc.) 

Pick up an Activity Log from the brochure rack in front of the reference desk.  Complete any 12 activities and return your form to the library by September 3 to receive a prize and enter the prize drawing.