Sunday, April 6, 2025

National Library Week 2025

 


It's National Library Week here at Bremen Public Library!

National Library Week 2025: Drawn to the Library!

Millions of people across the country visit their libraries every week. What’s the draw? Everything.

From young families stopping in for play and storytime, to students sketching out their next creative project in a makerspace, to seniors seeking tech help and everyone in between, libraries of all kinds help us connect the dots from one part of our journey to the next. Chart your next literary adventure by browsing the stacks or joining a book club. Let an author color your imagination at an author talk, outline your big business idea at an entrepreneur workshop, or trace your history with your library’s genealogy resources. Make your mark and get involved with your library by volunteering or spreading the word.

Whatever draws you in, the library has something for everyone. Celebrate National Library Week, April 6 - 12, 2025.

About National Library Week

National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.

In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life."

In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!" The 2024 celebration marked the 66th anniversary of the first event.

Read more about the history of National Library Week at American Libraries magazine, and check out the list of past National Library Week themes.

National Library Week will be celebrated April 19-25 in 2026.


We are excited to welcome Mango & Brash to Bremen Public Library! They will be roaming around town on their Spring Break April 7th-11th. Be sure to stop and say "Hello!".


Meet The 2025 National Library Week Honorary Chairs!


About Raina Telgemeier

Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award–winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, and, with Scott McCloud, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Facing Feelings: The Art of Raina Telgemeier is a companion catalog for an exhibition held at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Telgemeier lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com.


About Scott McCloud

Scott McCloud is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art; Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels; Zot!; and The Sculptor. He is also, with Raina Telgemeier, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Scott is a frequent lecturer on the power of visual communication, creator of the international 24-hour comic movement, and, in 2021, was inducted into the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. He lives with his family in Oregon. McCloud’s art and stories are available in more than 30 languages and on the web at scottmccloud.com.


Monday, June 10, 2024

Summer Reading 2024 Week 1!


Summer Reading has offcially begun here at the Bremen Public Library! Week 1 has been off to a great start, with over 40 teens registered for Summer Reading. Already teens have participated in programs such as Paint Your Heart Out and Raingutter Regatta. This summer BPL has partnered with our local Boys & Girls Club to offer programs every Thursday for their teens. Our Teen Advisory Board (TAB) held their first Care Cabinet Drive and had over 100 items donated! For more information about the Care Cabinet click here. There is still plenty of time to register for Summer Reading program. For more information stop by the library! 

Friday, May 31, 2024

First Line Friday!


It's Friday! It's time for our featured First Line Friday book. First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for our YA readers. Each Friday we will post a NEW first line of one of the books from our YA collection! 

Here is your first line!

Once upon a time and ever since, a key turned in a rusted lock, and a woman stepped into a small and dismal cell. 

Check back next Friday for more First Line Friday picks!

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