Closed for Independence Day
The July will be closed on July 5 to observe Independence Day. There will be no Books and Blankets Storytime on that day.
Regular hours will resume on July 6.
News
Summer Library Reading Program!
The George Culver Community Library is inviting everyone join us for “Tails & Tales” this year’s summer reading program. Children, teens and adults are encouraged to sign up for the reading program on our digital logging service, Beanstack or pick up paper logs at the library.
The Summer Library Reading Program begins on Monday, June 14 and you can start registering on Tuesday, June 8. Click here to learn more.
Closed for Memorial Day
The library will be closed on Monday, May 31 to celebrate Memorial Day.
Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, June 1.
Closing at 4:00 pm on 5/25
The library will be closing at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, May 25 for a staff in-service. Thank you for understanding and giving us this time to prepare for summer.
Regular hours will resume on Wednesday, May 26.
Katelyn’s Spring List
COMING SOON TO A LIBRARY NEAR YOU!
Spring 2021
PLACE YOUR HOLDS ON THESE NEW
BOOKS OR SOON TO BE AVAILABLE BOOKS
Albert, Susan Wittig – The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily: Darling Dahlias
Archer, Jeffrey – Turn a Blind Eye: Detective William Warwick
Baldacci, David – A Gambling Man: Archer
Barclay, Linwood – Find You First
Bohjalian, Chris – Hour of the Witch
Bowen, Rhys – The Venice Sketchbook
Box, C. J. – Dark Sky: Joe Pickett
Brennan, Allison – Tell no Lies: Quinn & Costa
Brown, Dale – Arctic Storm Rising: Nick Flynn
Childs, Laura – Haunted Hibiscus: Tea Shop Mystery
Coben, Harlan – Win
Coster, Naima – What’s Mine and Yours
Cussler, Clive – Fast Ice: NUMA Files
Deaver, Jeffery – The Final Twist: Colter Shaw
Deveraux, Jude – Meant to Be
Dickey, Eric – The Son of Mr. Suleman
Evanovich, Janet – The Bounty: Fox and O’Hare
Feehan, Christine – The Lightning Game: GhostWalker
Garcia, Gabriela – Of Women and Salt
Graff, Andrew – Raft of Stars
Graham, Heather – Danger in Numbers
Greenidge, Kaitlyn – Libertie
Grisham, John – Sooley
Hepworth, Sally – The Good Sister
Hillerman, Anne – Stargazer: Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito
Hunter, Stephen – Basil’s War
Ishiguro, Kazuo – Klara and the Sun
Jackson, Joshilyn – Mother May I
Jerkins, Morgan – Caul Baby
Jenoff, Pam – Woman with the Blue Star
Kelly, Martha Hall – Sunflower Sisters
Kingsbury, Karen – A Distant Shore
Koontz, Dean – The Other Emily
Kubica, Mary – Local Woman Missing
Lahiri, Jhumpa – Whereabouts
Leon, Donna – Transient Desires: Commissario Guido Brunett
Lupica, Mike – Robert B. Parker’s Payback: Sunny Randall
Mallery, Susan – The Stepsisters
Margolin, Phillip – Matter of Life and Death: Robin Lockwood
Mbue, Imbolo – How Beautiful We Were
McLain, Paula – When the Stars go Dark
McMahon, Jennifer – The Drowning Kind
Michaels, Fern – No Way Out
— Hidden: Lost and Found
Monroe, Mary Alice – The Summer of Lost and Found
Newland, Courttia – A River Called Time
Nguyen, Viet Thanh – The Committed
Oyeyemi, Helen – Peaces
Patterson, James – The Red Book: Black Book
— 21st Birthday: Women’s Murder Club
Perry, Anne – Death with a Double Edge: Daniel Pitt
Quick, Amanda – The Lady has a Past: Burning Cove
Quinn, Kate – The Rose Code
Roberts, Nora – Legacy
Rollins, James – Kingdom of Bones: Sigma Force
Rosenberg, Joel – Beirut Protocol
Rosenfelt, David – Animal Instinct: K Team
Ross, Ann – Miss Julia Happily Ever After: Miss Julia
Rowley, Steven – The Guncle
Sandford, John – Ocean Prey: Lucas Davenport
Scottoline, Lisa – Eternal
Steel, Danielle – The Affair
— Finding Ashley
Sweeney, Cynthia – Good Company
Thayer, Nancy – Family Reunion
Ward, J. R. – Lover Unveiled: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Weiner, Jennifer – That Summer
Whitaker, Chris – We Begin at the End
White, Karen – The Last Night in London
Willig, Lauren – Band of Sisters
Winspear, Jacqueline – The Consequences of Fear: Maisie Dobbs
Woods, Stuart – Double Jeopardy: Stone Barrington
Yejide, Morowa – Creatures of Passage
Pandemic Guidelines
The George Culver Community Library is re-opening on Monday, January 18.
Some restrictions will remain in place due to the pandemic. Here’s some of what you’ll see in the library when we re-open.
- The Library will be open for regular hours with limited services.
- Contactless Curbside Service will continue to be available during our regular hours.
- No meetings by outside organizations will be scheduled.
- The number of patrons circulating in the building at one time will be limited to 20. (Those using study rooms will not be in this count.) We will post a sign on the doors when we reach capacity and lock the entrance.
- Children must be at least 12 years old to stay in the library without an adult.
- Other than study room users, patrons may not stay in the library longer than an hour.
- Some furnishings are stored to encourage proper social distancing.
- A maximum of two people from different households will be allowed in each study room.
- The children’s play/seating area will be closed to encourage social distancing.
- Patrons are required to wear masks in the building. Masks and hand sanitizer will be provided. Those who are unable to wear masks may use our curbside pick-up service.
- The Library will post advisory signs about wearing masks and hygiene practices.
- There will be protective barriers around the service desk.
Katelyn’s Fall List
Coming soon to a library near you!
Fall 2020
Place your holds on these new and soon to be available books.
Andrews, Donna – The Gift of the Magpie: Meg Langslow
Archer, Jeffrey – Hidden in Plain Sight: William Warwick
Atkins, Ace – Robert B. Parker’s Someone to Watch over Me: Spenser
Backman, Fredrik – Anxious People
Baldacci, David – Daylight: Atlee Pine
Beaton, M.C. – Hot to Trot: Agatha Raisin
Bradford, Barbara – In the Lion’s Den: House of Falconer
Brown, Rita Mae – Out of Hounds: Sister Jane
Brown, Sandra – Thick as Thieves
Butcher, Jim – Battle Ground: Dresden Files
Carr, Robyn – Return to Virgin River: Virgin River
Child, Lee & Andrew Child – The Sentinel: Jack Reacher
Childs, Laura – Egg Shooters: Cackleberry Club
Clark, Mary Higgins – Piece of My Heart: Under Suspicion
Cleeves, Ann – The Darkest Evening: Vera Stanhope
Connelly, Michael – The Law of Innocence: Lincoln Lawyer
Cornwell, Bernard – War Lord: Last Kingdom
Cussler, Clive – Marauder: The Oregon Files
Deveraux, Jude & Tara Sheets – Chance of a Lifetime
Evanovich, Stephanie – Fortune and Glory: Stephanie Plum
Evans, Richard Paul – The Noel Letters: Noel Collection
Feehan, Christine – Dark Song: Carpathian
Flagg, Fannie – The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fluke, Joanne – Christmas Cupcake Murder: Hannah Swenson
Flynn, Vince – Total Power: Mitch Rapp
Follett, Ken – The Evening and the Morning: Kingsbridge
French, Nicci – House of Corrections
Galbraith, Robert – Troubled Blood: Cormoran Strike
Graham, Heather – Dreaming Death: Krew of Hunters
Gregory, Philippa – Dark Tides: Fairmile
Grisham, John – A Time for Mercy: Jack Brigance
Gyasi, Yaa – Transcendent Kingdom
Haig, Matt – The Midnight Library
Hannah, Sophie – The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: Poirot
Hilderbrand, Elin – Troubles in Paradise: Paradise
Hoffman, Alice – Magic Lessons
Johansen, Iris – Chaos: Alisa Flynn
Johnson, Craig – Next to Last Stand: Walt Longmire
Kingsbury, Karen – Truly, Madly, Deeply: Baxter Family
Kinsella, Sophie – Love Your Life
Kline, Christina Baker – The Exiles
Lewis, Beverly – The Stone Wall
Lupica, Mike – Robert B. Parker’s Fool’s Paradise: Jesse Stone
Mallery, Susan – Happily this Christmas
Mayor, Archer – The Orphan’s Guilt: Joe Gunther
McCall Smith, Alexander – How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Michaels, Fern – The Brightest Star
Palmer, Diana – Wyoming True: Wyoming Men
Patterson, James – The Coast to Coast Murders
Picoult, Jodi – The Book of Two Ways
Penny, Louise – All the Devils are Here: Three Pines
Perry, Ann – A Question of Betrayal: Elena Standish
Robb, J.D. – Shadows in Death: Eve Dallas
Roberts, Nora – The Awakening: Dragon Heart Legacy
Rosenfelt, David – Silent Bite: Andy Carpenter
Sanderson, Brandon – Rhythm of War: Stormlight Archive
Steel, Danielle – All that Glitters
Thompson, Victoria – City of Schemes: Counterfeit Lady
Unger, Lisa – Confessions on the 7:45
Online Auction!
See our auction items here: Bidding Owl
The Sauk City Public Library is moving to the George Culver Community Library!
Our new location is only a few blocks away, at 615 Phillips Blvd, still in the heart of Sauk City. We are excited about the new opportunities that this location will afford us and all the ways it will help us better serve the community. Our move is in progress right now, and we should be finished before too long!
This is where you come in. We invite you to peruse a selection of furniture, antiques, books and collectibles. By purchasing any of these items, you help us progress with our move and invest in our continued service to Sauk City and the rest of South Central Wisconsin.
Bidding begins on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 12:00 pm and continues until Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm.
The auction is open to everyone, but all items must be picked up in person, as nothing will be shipped. Therefore, before you bid, please make certain that you can easily travel to Sauk City, Wisconsin.
If you win an item, we will work with you to figure out the best time for you to pick it up from our present location at 515 Water St.
Thank you so much for all of your kind and generous support. We look forward to serving you better than ever!
Virtual Book Display
Here are some of the children’s books that deal with race, racism and activism at the Sauk City Library. Place one on hold in the catalog or call us to check one out.
Picture Books
- Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
- Freedom Over Me: eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life by Ashley Bryan
- One Green Apple by Eve Bunting
- Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
- Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
- Little Leaders: bold women in black history by Vashti Harrison
- Hands Up! by Breanna McDaniel
- Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas by Dean Robbins
- Only Passing Through: the story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell
- When Marian Sang: the true recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights by Rob Sanders
- The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida
- Freedom on the Menue: the Greensboro sit-ins by Carole Weatherford
- Moses: when Hariet Tubman lead her people to freedom by Carole Weatherford
- Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Non-fiction Books for Grade Schoolers
- Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement by Ann Bausum
- We are One: the story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimner
- Ida B Wells: mother of the civil rights movement by Dennis Fradin
- Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the fight for civil rights by James Haskins
- I have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.
- Let’s Talk about Race by Julius Lester
- Who was Rosa Parks by Yona Zeldis McDonough
- Hand in Hand: ten black men who changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Let it Shine: stories of black women freedom fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Promises to Keep: how Jackie Robinson changed America by Sharon Robinson
- Father Groppi: marching for civil rights by Stuart Stotts
Chapter Books
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
- Bud not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Watson’s go to Birmingham –1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Blended by Sharon Draper
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
- Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conklin
- You don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino
- Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
- Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel Jose Older
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- Jip, his story by Katherine Paterson
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- Paperboy by Vince Vawter
- Rosetta, Rosetta Sit by Me! by Linda Walvood
- Brown Girl Dream in by Jacqueline Woodson
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Teen Books
- Internment by Samira Ahmed
- Love, Hate & other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- A Heart Divided by Cherie Bennett
- Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
- If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
- A Few Red Drops: the Chicago race riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield
- Jefferson’s Children: the story of one American family by Shannon Lanier
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
- How it went Down by Kekla Magoon
- Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
- X by Ilyasha Shabazz
- The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Thank You, Donors!
Out of consideration and respect for our fellow community members during this global health crisis and time of economic uncertainty, the Sauk City Public Library is temporarily suspending our fundraising campaign for the George Culver Community Library renovation project.
We wish to thank all those businesses, organizations, and individuals who have contributed to the building project so far: Craig Culver Family Foundation, David Staff in Memory of James and Dolores Staff, Pines Assisted Living, Paul and Sandra Tomberlin, Tracy Thompson and RE/MAX, Sarah Blum, Papa Murphy’s, Davidson’s Salon/Richard and Beverly Davidson, Friends of the Sauk City Public Library, Tools of Marketing, Ben and Darcy Miller Halloween party guests, Peggy and Roger Heidenreich in memory of Steve Voss, Cheryl Adank Memorials, Marie Engle Memorials, Donald and Carol Mack, Cheryl Lenerz, Sylvia Broderick, Vernon Racek, Mike Wipperfurth, and Jean Unmuth. We also wish to thank McFarlanes’, A1 Movers, and Waterfront Graphics for generously donating their services in preparation for the renovation.
Thanks to the generosity of those listed above, as well as the generosity of the community in the past, we are able to move forward with the project as planned, while potentially resuming fundraising activities in the future. Renovations are set to be completed in June. We look forward to sharing our new space with the community when possible. In the meantime, we will continue to provide as many services as we can to do our part in helping the community come out of this pandemic even stronger than we were before.
Be well!
Sauk City Library Board