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Wintertime Play Group: Friday mornings at 9 am

Starting this Friday, we’ll be opening the children’s room at 9 am (an hour before library opens) for a Wintertime Play Group for babies, toddlers, parents, and caregivers. Use the children’s room entrance on the left side of the building. If school’s cancelled because of bad weather, so [...]

Summer story times

Our summer story times, taking place on Fridays in July at 10:30 am, have featured a special guests from our community each week. This week, Madison Fire and Rescue’s Chief Judkins and Firefighter Colcord came to read stories about firefighters and fire safety and to allow the children to get an up-close look at a fire engine. Next [...]

Sign up for Summer Reading Program

Time to start your summer reading! Kids age 4 and up, teens, and adults are all invited to join in the fun, this year with an international theme. Stop in and fill out a registration form today! Can’t make it to the library? Don’t be left out, sign up online.

At 3:30 pm on June 28, [...]

School vacation week happenings

The Madison Library is closed on Monday, February 21 in observance of Presidents’ Day. Programs planned for this week are a sock puppet program on Tuesday, February 22 at 1 pm for children 4 and up. Bring a clean sock, adults may be asked to assist with sewing on button eyes. Tuesday evening at 7 [...]

Game night Thursday, Feb. 3!

Looking to beat winter boredom? Adults, teens, and kids 10 and up are invited to come to the library and play Settlers of Catan every other Thursday at 6 pm through the end of March. This internationally popular board game is easy to learn and quick to play. Catan allows for complex strategies–players trade, plan, [...]

Let it snow! and other vacation week news

We’re happy to see snow for school vacation week. As the storm continues on Monday, the Madison Library will be closed as our town’s road crews work hard to clear roads first, then parking lots like ours once the blizzard is done.

We have two children’s programs lined up for this week:

Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 2 [...]

“Make a Splash-READ!” Magic Show Saturday

Join us on Saturday, July 17 at 10 am as award-winning Magician Debbie O’Carroll fishes for books in a delightful, participatory magic show created especially for the summer reading program. Audiences ages 3 to 10 will have great fun as they meet some of the amazing and legendary creatures of children’s literature. They will play [...]

Book sales and summer reading programs!

We’re starting summer with a kids’ book sale today (June 22) until 5 pm. Come grab some books for beach bags, camp, to keep in the car for long rides. Next Tuesday, on June 29, our summer reading programs kick off when Stacy Sand brings a wet and wild “Make a Splash” afternoon of games, [...]

School vacation week at the library

We’ll be open our regular hours, so stop in for books and movies, to read a magazine in one of our comfy chairs, play in the children’s room, check your email. Remember, the wifi is always on. Special things to note:

On Tuesday at 3 pm, kids 4 and up are invited for Earth Day stories [...]

PJ book club off to a good start

Last evening, 7 children came for the first meeting of the PJ book club. We handed out copies of the book we’re reading for next month’s reading, Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, and talked about what kinds of books that they would like to read for future meetings.The group decided on Dial-A-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson [...]