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New Lucas Davenport thriller, Book and Audiobook on CD:

• Silken Prey, by John Sandford
• Silken Prey, 10 CD audiobook, by John Sandford, read by Richard Ferrone

While going through your attic, clearing clutter on your bookshelf, or moving to a smaller place, please donate Norwalk yearbooks or Brookwood yearbooks to the library.  If we already have a copy of a particular year the copy in best shape will be kept and the other donated to the Friends of the Library for their booksale, or the Monroe County Local History Room.

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

Norwalk Public Library is closed Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th.  This holiday, once was called Decoration Day, was the day the graves of soldiers were cleaned and decorated.

All we have of freedom, all we use or know –

This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.

~Rudyard Kipling, The Old Issue, 1899

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, June 7^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk on the Couch, by Lee Goldberg, the 12^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “Monk investigates three strangers and murder victims–a security guard, a struggling student, and a beautiful woman–who have nothing in common but a couch.”

Friends of the Norwalk Public Library are having a Book and Bake Sale inside the library Saturday, May 18^th from 8 am to 1 pm.

New Blu-Ray + DVD:

• Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duval, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike.  Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child’s bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

New Audiobooks on CD:

• Daddy’s Gone A Hunting, by Mary Higgins Clark, read by Jan Maxwell
• Don’t Go, by Lisa Scottoline, read by Jeremy Davidson
• The Hit, by David Baldacci, read by Ron McLarty with Orlagh Cassidy
• Unintended Consequences, A Stone Barrington novel, by Stuart Woods, read by Tony Roberts

While going through your attic, clearing clutter on your bookshelf, or moving to a smaller place, please donate Norwalk yearbooks or Brookwood yearbooks to the library.  If we already have a copy of a particular year the copy in best shape will be kept and the other donated to the Friends of the Library for their booksale, or the Monroe County Local History Room.

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, June 7^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk on the Couch, by Lee Goldberg, the 12^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “Monk investigates three strangers and murder victims–a security guard, a struggling student, and a beautiful woman–who have nothing in common but a couch.”

While going through your attic, clearing clutter on your bookshelf, or moving to a smaller place, please donate Norwalk yearbooks or Brookwood yearbooks to the library.  If we already have a copy of a particular year the copy in best shape will be kept and the other donated to the Friends of the Library for their booksale, or the Monroe County Local History Room.

Five-year-old Drew Powell and eight-year-old Dylan Powell won the free kid’s meal prize coupon in the 2013 Culver’s Coloring Contest at Norwalk Public Library.  Every child who completed a drawing received a “Be Our Guest” coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and was entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize of a free Team Scoopie Kids meal coupon.  Nine pictures in all were displayed at Norwalk Public Library through the month of April, and the random drawing was at 6 pm, Tuesday, April 30^th.

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, June 7^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk on the Couch, by Lee Goldberg, the 12^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “Monk investigates three strangers and murder victims–a security guard, a struggling student, and a beautiful woman–who have nothing in common but a couch.”

New fiction:

• The Mystery Woman, A Ladies of Lantern Street Novel, by Amanda Quick

New gardening books:

• Lasagna Gardening, A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!, by Patricia Lanza
• Straw Bale Gardens, The Breakthrough Method for Growing Vegetables Anywhere, Earlier and with No Weeding, by Joel Karsten
• Teeny Tiny Gardening, 35 Step-By-Step Projects and Inspirational Ideas for Gardening in Tiny Spaces, by Emma Hardy
• Terrarium Craft, Create 50 Magical, Miniature Worlds, by Amy Bryant Aiello and Kate Bryant, photographs by Kate Baldwin

While going through your attic, clearing clutter on your bookshelf, or moving to a smaller place, please donate Norwalk yearbooks or Brookwood yearbooks to the library.  If we already have a copy of a particular year the copy in best shape will be kept and the other donated to the Friends of the Library for their booksale, or the Monroe County Local History Room.

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, May 3^rd, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk on the Road, by Lee Goldberg, the 11^th book in the Monk series. From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink: “Determined to show his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, the outside world, Adrian Monk drugs him with sleeping pills and hits the road in a motor home only to become enmeshed in a murder investigation along the highway.”

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

New baseball books have been donated by Ramona Schroeder to the library’s Wisconsin collection.  There is an enormous amount of information in these books about the Milwaukee Brewers and other baseball teams:

• Milwaukee Brewer 2012 Media Guide
• Milwaukee Brewer 2012 Yearbook

While going through your attic, clearing clutter on your bookshelf, or moving to a smaller place, please donate Norwalk high school yearbooks or Brookwood high school yearbooks to the library.  If we already have a copy of a particular year the copy in best shape will be kept and the other donated to the Friends of the Library, or the Monroe County Local History Room.

In celebration of National Library Week,  April 14-20, the Norwalk Public Library joins the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation and Culver’s restaurants in Sparta and Tomah in the “Create your own story” drawing campaign for children 11 and under.  This is the 17^th year local Culver’s restaurants in Wisconsin have sponsored this event, which encourages children to read and celebrate their favorite book characters.  Norwalk Public Library has participated in the contest since 2004 and three children submitted drawings in 2012.  Children can enter the drawing event by picking up drawing sheets from the Norwalk Public Library beginning April 1.  Children are encouraged to draw book characters that they would like to meet at the library.  Every child who completes a drawing will receive a “Be Our Guest” coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and be entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize of a free Team Scoopie Kids meal coupon. Drawings will be displayed at Norwalk Public Library through the month of April.

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, April 24^th, & May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, May 3^rd, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk on the Road, by Lee Goldberg, the 11^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “Determined to show his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, the outside world, Adrian Monk drugs him with sleeping pills and hits the road in a motor home only to become enmeshed in a murder investigation along the highway.”

New DVD:

• The Bible: the epic miniseries, starring Roma Downey, Greg Hicks, Paul Brightwell, Diogo Morgado, Darwin Shaw, Sebastian Knapp.  Disc 1:  In the beginning –  Exodus  Homeland.  Disc 2:  Kingdom –  Survival –  Hope.  Disc 3:  Mission –  Betrayal –  Passion.  Disc 4:  Courage.  Breathtaking in scope and scale, The Bible features powerful performances, exotic locales and dazzling visual effects that breathe spectacular life into the dramatic tales of faith and courage from Genesis through Revelation. This historic television event is sure to entertain and inspire the whole family!

New Children’s Books:

• Ramona and her Father, by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Alan Tiegreen
• Ramona the Brave, by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Alan Tiegreen
• The Show Must Go On!, written by P. J. Night
• The Talented Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, pictures by Marla Frazee

New Fiction:

• Cranberry Red, a novel, by Jerry Apps

New Non-Fiction:

• The Daughters of Juarez: a true story of serial murder south of the border, by Teresa Rodriguez
• Trim Healthy Mama: a commonsense guide to satisfy your cravings and energize your life, by Serene Allison & Pearl Barrett

In celebration of National Library Week,  April 14-20, the Norwalk Public Library joins the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation and Culver’s restaurants in Sparta and Tomah in the “Create your own story” drawing campaign for children 11 and under.  This is the 17^th year local Culver’s restaurants in Wisconsin have sponsored this event, which encourages children to read and celebrate their favorite book characters.  Norwalk Public Library has participated in the contest since 2004 and three children submitted drawings in 2012.  Children can enter the drawing event by picking up drawing sheets from the Norwalk Public Library beginning April 1.  Children are encouraged to draw book characters that they would like to meet at the library.  Every child who completes a drawing will receive a “Be Our Guest” coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and be entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize of a free Team Scoopie Kids meal coupon. Drawings will be displayed at Norwalk Public Library through the month of April.

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, April 24^th, & May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, May 3^rd, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk on the Road, by Lee Goldberg, the 11^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “Determined to show his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, the outside world, Adrian Monk drugs him with sleeping pills and hits the road in a motor home only to become enmeshed in a murder investigation along the highway.”

New non-fiction:

• Babel No More:  the search for the world’s most extraordinary language learners, by Michael Erard.  Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who lived in the nineteenth century, was said to speak seventy-two languages.  Alexander Arguelles, still living, knows dozens of languages and teaches the tricks of learning languages.  Erard studies “hyperpolyglot” linguistic high achievers who demonstrated an extraordinary capacity for learning and speaking languages, and explains the sources of such abilities and what it reveals about the nature of memory and language.
• Make: Volume 26:  technology on your time: roll your own:  DIY go-karts, skateboards, scooters and racers, the April 2011 issue published by O’Reilly Media.  Plans for go-karts, motorized wheelchairs, gravity racers, even baking-powder powered submarine potatoes are included.
• Valverde’s Gold :  in search of the last great Inca treasure, by Mark Honigsbaum.  In 1887, two British sailors landed on the coast of Ecuador and set off across the Andes on a secret mission.  Their task was to locate an immense hoard of Inca gold which had been lost for hundreds of years.  A botanist who had recently returned from Ecuador had provided them with documents proving it still existed and gave them the route to find it.  And find it they did – but both perished before they could make their way back to the cave a second time.  Honigsbaum attempts to unravel the riddle.
• Taste of Home Healthy Cooking 2013 Annual Recipes

New Young Adult Fiction:

• Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

New Large Print:

• The Striker, an Isaac Bell adventure, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

In celebration of National Library Week,  April 14-20, the Norwalk Public Library will join the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation and Culver’s restaurants in Sparta and Tomah in the “Create your own story” drawing campaign for children 11 and under.  This is the 17^th year local Culver’s restaurants in Wisconsin have sponsored this event, which encourages children to read and celebrate their favorite book characters.  Norwalk Public Library has participated in the contest since 2004 and three children submitted drawings in 2012.  Children can enter the drawing event by picking up drawing sheets from the Norwalk Public Library beginning April 1.  Children are encouraged to draw book characters that they would like to meet at the library.  Every child who completes a drawing will receive a “Be Our Guest” coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and be entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize of a free Team Scoopie Kids meal coupon. Drawings will be displayed at Norwalk Public Library through the month of April.

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, April 5^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out, by Lee Goldberg, the 10^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “After he is defrauded of his savings by investment executive Bob Sebes, who is subsequently arrested, and the key witness in the trial ends up dead, obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk must fight his initial urge to blame Sebes for the murder and is soon on a case fraught with too many questions.”

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, April 24^th, & May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters.  Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Celebrate Reading During National Library Week

Culver’s Sponsors Drawing Event in Partnership with Norwalk Public Library

Norwalk, Wisconsin, March 25, 2013 – In celebration of National Library Week,  April 14-20, the Norwalk Public Library will join the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation and Culver’s restaurants in Sparta and Tomah in the “Create your own story” drawing campaign for children 11 and under.

This is the 17^th year local Culver’s restaurants in Wisconsin have sponsored this event, which encourages children to read and celebrate their favorite book characters.  Norwalk Public Library has participated in the contest since 2004 and three children submitted drawings in 2012.  

Children can enter the drawing event by picking up drawing sheets from the Norwalk Public Library beginning April 1.  Children are encouraged to draw book characters that they would like to meet at the library.  Every child who completes a drawing will receive a “Be Our Guest” coupon for a free single scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and be entered into a random drawing to win an additional prize of a free Team Scoopie Kids meal coupon. Drawings will be displayed at Norwalk Public Library through the month of April.

Books expose children to worlds both real and imaginary.  Any time we can encourage a child to read and explore their imagination we want to make that effort.  The National Library Week provides all of us with an important reminder of the positive role a story plays in shaping young minds and developing reading and language skills.

“Dr. Seuss, in I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!, said ‘The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more you learn, the more places you’ll go,’ “ said Jeanne Rice, Director of Norwalk Public Library.

About Library Week

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and state library associations and libraries across the country each April.  The Wisconsin Library Association and WLA Foundation strive to support libraries and the people who work in them to improve and promote library service in Wisconsin. For more information about Wisconsin libraries, go to www.wisconsinlibraries.org.

About Culver’s

Culver’s serves fresh food with genuine family values to each and every guest. Culver’s is an expanding franchise system with more than 425 independently owned and operated restaurants in 19 states. The restaurants’ award-winning customer service is based on small-town, Midwestern values, genuine friendliness and an unwavering commitment to quality and cleanliness.  Signature items include the ButterBurger®, made from fresh, never frozen U.S. Beef, and fresh frozen custard, including the famous Flavor of the Day program. Supporting local communities is a cornerstone of Culver’s giving efforts. For more information on Culver’s, visit www.culvers.com, www.culvers.com/facebook and www.twitter.com/culvers.

All trademarks belong to Culver Franchising System, Inc.

New Biography:

• Lisa’s Triumph: victory over leukemia, Sandra J. Hookham & Patricia D. Sullivan; with Dr. Rolv K. Slungaard.

The Norwalk Public Library will be open from 8 am to 12 pm on Friday, March 29^th, and will close at noon and not reopen until Monday, April 1^st, with regular Monday hours of 11 am to 7 pm.  Happy Easter everyone!

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, April 5^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out, by Lee Goldberg, the 10^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “After he is defrauded of his savings by investment executive Bob Sebes, who is subsequently arrested, and the key witness in the trial ends up dead, obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk must fight his initial urge to blame Sebes for the murder and is soon on a case fraught with too many questions.”

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, April 24^th , & May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters. Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

New DVDs:

• The Virginian.  The complete season three, starring James Drury, Roberta Shore, Gary Clark, Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure.

The N-O-W Traveling Preschool Playgroup will be at Norwalk Public Library from 10 to 11:30 am, Wednesday, March 20^th, April 24^th , & May 22^nd, 2013.  Bring your 3 or 4 year old for a chance to play, hear stories, and have a snack while parents and caregivers will have a chance to talk to the Playgroup presenters. Please feel free to bring younger or older children.

On Thursday, March 21^st 2013, at 12:30 pm, at the Senior Meal Center, 206 West Center Street, Norwalk, Monroe County Health Educator Cynthia Martland will present an Educational Discussion about Other Tobacco Products OTP.  Flavored Products Appeal to Wisconsin Youth and entice our children to use tobacco.  Please call the Norwalk Meal Site number (608)343- 3158 by Wednesday, March 20^th to reserve a meal.  The meal will be served at noon.  The menu is Beef Tips in Gravy, Mashed Potato, Seasoned Peas, and Baked Apples.  The Senior Meal Site is at Norcrest Senior Housing, 206 West Center Street, Norwalk, WI  54648.  Shirley Degenhardt is the Site Manager, and meal serving time is noon.

The Norwalk Public Library will be open from 8 am to 12 pm on Friday, March 29^th, and will close at noon and not reopen until Monday, April 1^st, with regular Monday hours of 11 am to 7 pm.  Happy Easter everyone!

The Mystery Book Group’s next meeting is Friday, April 5^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 am we’ll discuss Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out, by Lee Goldberg, the 10^th book in the Monk series.  From NoveList, provided by BadgerLink:   “After he is defrauded of his savings by investment executive Bob Sebes, who is subsequently arrested, and the key witness in the trial ends up dead, obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk must fight his initial urge to blame Sebes for the murder and is soon on a case fraught with too many questions.”