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March Newsletter

"March" with colorful birds, butterflies, flowers, clovers, and grassy hills on a black chalkboard-style background.

 

Director's Corner,

 

Is March coming in like a lamb?  Oh, I do hope so.   I guess time will tell.  Meanwhile, your library has lots of things to offer you.  You have a few more days for our Winter Reading Challenge.  Be sure to get your challenge sheets into us soon.  The challenge ends March 8th.  There are  lots of prizes waiting to be claimed. 

If you know of children between the ages of two to five and they are available on Tuesday mornings, please bring them to our Rhythm and Rhyme Story Time.  Paige is the coordinator and she would love to see you stop by. 

Would you like to know more about your families past?  If so, we can help you find information quickly using Ancestry.  Come in and we can get you started.  You will be amazed at what you will find.

Kaylee and Paige are busy getting our Annual Coloring Contest going.  Stop in and pick up your coloring sheet.  It is open for all ages.  Your finished sheets will be displayed for all to enjoy.  We ask  that all coloring sheets be returned to the library by April 8th.  Let’s see how creative you are!  Good luck.

We asked for pictures of your cats and we received some great pics.  We will have a new “Library Cat of the Month” picture each and every month.  Be sure to check it out.  Thanks again for sending us your spoiled cat pictures.

 March is Reading Month!  Get out of the house and come to the library to start reading your favorite author or maybe find a new author.  This is an exciting month for all ages to celebrate March!

Have a great March.  Hopefully we will see robins and flowers and the snow/mud will be gone.  I can dream.

 

LuAnn

A fluffy cat wearing a green leprechaun hat and bow tie, set against a green background.

 Cat of the Month!

Since we post a different cat for every month, we thought why not let you all show us your cats! So we introduce Cat of the month.  Each month we will pick a cat to put in our enewsletter. You can send them to us through messenger or comment on our Facebook post with their name. 

 

Meet Steve and Stella!  Our Library Cats  for March!                                                                    

Two orange cats lounging on the back of a couch, looking relaxed and comfortable.

 

 

Student Trustee Application

Eight diverse people with backpacks, books, and smiling expressions, standing side by side.

We are looking for a Student Library trustee for our PBTDL Library Board! They would serve as a representive for the teens in the Potterville area as well as represent the school, community, and the youth in the community. 

The requirements for the role is that you must attend monthly meetings that are at 6:30 on the first Monday of the month. You must have a card at our library and live in either Potterville or Benton  Township. You must also be in 10th, 11th or 12th grade for the 2025/2026 school year. 

The application is at the library for you to pick up.

 

Coloring Contest!

With Easter coming around the corner here soon, we want to see your best Easter picture! We have the coloring sheets ready for you.   All you need to do is color them and bring them back to us by April 8th! We can't wait to see what your creative minds do. Come in to pick up your sheet today!

Three rabbits in a basket with colorful Easter eggs and flowers.

 

 Our 2025 Winterlicous Reading Challenge

"Hooks and Books!"

Our Winter Reading Program is about to wrap up!  It started January 20th and will end March 8th. Finish those challenges and come in to collect your prizes!

A person ice fishing, holding a fish in a bag over a hole in the ice, wearing winter clothing.

 

A collection of LEGO creations on a wooden surface, with figurines and vehicles. St. Patrick's Day decorations in the background.

See our wonderful lego snowman from our Winter Reading Program! This is one of the many challenges you can complete.

 

Person repairing a pipe under a sink with the text "You totally can do it. Home Improvement Source." MeL logo.

 With content related to bathroom budgets, building code and design guidelines, fixtures and materials, and even a photo gallery, Home Improvement Source from MeL.org has everything you need to refresh or remodel to create the bathroom of your dreams.  Check it out!

 

We have FREE Covid-19 Tests!

If you are feeling under the weather,  we are giving away Covid tests. Two tests per box. If you have a family of four,  you can get four boxes.  Stay safe out there!

 

Ancestry has arrived!

Ancestry logo with the slogan "Discover your family's history" on a dark background.

Ever wonder what your grandpa was doing before you came around? Well wonder no more as we now have Ancestry here at the Library! Come inside and get on a comupter and see what your family was up to before your time.  You will learn so much about your family with just a few key strokes.

 

We have Tutor.com!

It is about that time of year where kids have to take the  ACT and SAT. Don't worry, though, because we have Tutor.com! Tutor.com has review tests so your kids can get prepared for the SAT.  Look it up to prepare for that big test!

Logo for tutor.com, a service of The Princeton Review, on a blue circle background.

 

 Looking to save by maintaining your own vehicle? Auto Repair Source from MeL.org includes information such as understanding diagnostic codes and replacing your battery and cabin air filter for vehicle models from 1974-2025.

 

 

 

The image shows a logo with the text "CRAFT & HOBBY" in orange and grey.

 Are you feeling crafty?

Check out Crafts and Hobby's website for new designs for this season!

 https://www.craftandhobby.com/

To get started  use your 14 digit barcode to login and see all those crafts!

Discover your crafting abilities with step by step tutorials and videos. For example you can learn to cake decorate like a pro,  crochet until you have 15 little squares, and do some woodworking, so you can add that last finishing touch. Let's get started!

 

 

 

Rhythm and Rhyme Story Time

Illustration of two cute lions beside a stack of colorful books with "Story Time" text.

Attention Parents of Toddlers!!

Story Time is on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am.

Stop in for a story, music/dancing and a fun craft. 

 

 

The Happy Bookers: BookAholics Book Club

The Book Club is back in session and they are reading  "Hang The Moon" by Jeanette Walls . If you are interested, please plan on attending the meeting on March 12th at 3:00 PM right at the library or call us at 645-2989 for more details.  We hope to see you there!

Book cover: "Hang the Moon" by Jeannette Walls, features a vintage car, woman in 1920s attire, and praises by The Washington Post.

 

The Well Read Shed

The Well Read Shed has closed for the season!  We hope to open it up in April.

 

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New Books in the Adult Section

Book cover: "You Only Live Once" by Haris Orkin, featuring a silhouette of a spy with a gun, palm trees, and a film strip.
A book cover for "The Spy Who Hated Me" by Haris Orkin, featuring silhouettes of a man and woman with guns.
Book cover of "Goldhammer" by Haris Orkin; includes a silhouette of a man with a gun, Las Vegas sign, dice, and Hollywood imagery.
Book cover: "Once is Never Enough" by Haris Orkin, with a secret agent silhouette and cityscape background.
Cover of "Sweet Vidalia" by Lisa Sandlin, showing a motel and a vintage car in the parking lot.
Book cover for "The Oligarch's Daughter" by Joseph Finder, with silhouette of a person walking in front of Russian architecture.
Book cover: "The Marlow Murder Club" by Robert Thorogood. Text: "These ladies take death seriously."
Book cover: "Death Comes to Marlow" by Robert Thorogood, featuring a mysterious island illustration and a quote from Peter James.
Book cover for "The Queen of Poisons" by Robert Thorogood, featuring a spilled mug and green splash design.
Book cover: "Presumed Guilty" by Scott Turow, author of "Presumed Innocent." Black background with bold white text over red pattern.
Book cover for "Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers" by Jesse Q. Sutanto, featuring an illustration of a woman peeking.
A woman stands against a pink background; text reads "BROOKE SHIELDS IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET OLD: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman."
Book cover of "Good Dirt" by Charmaine Wilkerson, colorful abstract background.
Book cover: “The Librarians of Lisbon” by Suzanne Nelson. WWII story of love and espionage. Woman walking, planes in the sky.
Book cover for "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros featuring a dragon and clouds.
Book cover: "You Only Live Once" by Haris Orkin, featuring a silhouette of a spy with a gun, palm trees, and a film strip.
A book cover for "The Spy Who Hated Me" by Haris Orkin, featuring silhouettes of a man and woman with guns.
Book cover of "Goldhammer" by Haris Orkin; includes a silhouette of a man with a gun, Las Vegas sign, dice, and Hollywood imagery.
Book cover: "Once is Never Enough" by Haris Orkin, with a secret agent silhouette and cityscape background.
Cover of "Sweet Vidalia" by Lisa Sandlin, showing a motel and a vintage car in the parking lot.
Book cover for "The Oligarch's Daughter" by Joseph Finder, with silhouette of a person walking in front of Russian architecture.
Book cover: "The Marlow Murder Club" by Robert Thorogood. Text: "These ladies take death seriously."
Book cover: "Death Comes to Marlow" by Robert Thorogood, featuring a mysterious island illustration and a quote from Peter James.
Book cover for "The Queen of Poisons" by Robert Thorogood, featuring a spilled mug and green splash design.
Book cover: "Presumed Guilty" by Scott Turow, author of "Presumed Innocent." Black background with bold white text over red pattern.
Book cover for "Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers" by Jesse Q. Sutanto, featuring an illustration of a woman peeking.
A woman stands against a pink background; text reads "BROOKE SHIELDS IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET OLD: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman."
Book cover of "Good Dirt" by Charmaine Wilkerson, colorful abstract background.
Book cover: “The Librarians of Lisbon” by Suzanne Nelson. WWII story of love and espionage. Woman walking, planes in the sky.
Book cover for "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros featuring a dragon and clouds.

 

 

New Books in Young Adult Section

Book cover: "Chronically Dolores" by Maya Van Wagenen, shows sneakers under a bathroom stall.
A person on a chair in water, against a colorful sky, with text "Light Enough to Float" and "Lauren Seal."
Book cover: "Chronically Dolores" by Maya Van Wagenen, shows sneakers under a bathroom stall.
A person on a chair in water, against a colorful sky, with text "Light Enough to Float" and "Lauren Seal."

 

New Books in the Juvenile/Childrens Section

Book cover of "A Little Like Magic" by Sarah Kurpiel, featuring a child in a wheelchair and a whale in a starry background.
Book cover: "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell. Illustration of a boy with glasses. Text: "Sometimes life turns up the heat." Schneider Family Award.
A pink elephant with bunny ears and a polka-dot bow stands next to a mouse and a basket of Easter eggs, with buildings in the background.
Two deer in a snowy forest, with the text "A Magical Winter" by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick.
Book cover of "Tad" by Benji Davies, featuring a frog on a leaf with the text "Sometimes the biggest stories have the smallest beginnings."
Digital healthcare interface, "Exploring AI" text, robotic arms in a greenhouse setting.
A book cover titled "The Story of Books" with images of open and stacked books, colorful buildings, and illustrations.
Book cover titled "The Story of Balloons" with colorful balloons and a red balloon dog.
A book cover titled "The Story of Bicycles" featuring a purple bicycle.
Book cover featuring a Rottweiler with traits like trusting, loyal, and strong highlighted, from "Bigfoot Books."
"Amazing Animal Speed" book cover featuring a cheetah, falcon, and marlin with the text "Animal Superpowers!" and Bigfoot Books logo.
Book cover of "A Little Like Magic" by Sarah Kurpiel, featuring a child in a wheelchair and a whale in a starry background.
Book cover: "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell. Illustration of a boy with glasses. Text: "Sometimes life turns up the heat." Schneider Family Award.
A pink elephant with bunny ears and a polka-dot bow stands next to a mouse and a basket of Easter eggs, with buildings in the background.
Two deer in a snowy forest, with the text "A Magical Winter" by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick.
Book cover of "Tad" by Benji Davies, featuring a frog on a leaf with the text "Sometimes the biggest stories have the smallest beginnings."
Digital healthcare interface, "Exploring AI" text, robotic arms in a greenhouse setting.
A book cover titled "The Story of Books" with images of open and stacked books, colorful buildings, and illustrations.
Book cover titled "The Story of Balloons" with colorful balloons and a red balloon dog.
A book cover titled "The Story of Bicycles" featuring a purple bicycle.
Book cover featuring a Rottweiler with traits like trusting, loyal, and strong highlighted, from "Bigfoot Books."
"Amazing Animal Speed" book cover featuring a cheetah, falcon, and marlin with the text "Animal Superpowers!" and Bigfoot Books logo.

 

New Vox Books in the Children's Section

A collection of colorful children’s books arranged in a pile, featuring titles like "Maxine Gets a Job" and "Goodnight Moon."

New offerings at the library! Check out the read along Vox books that help them to start reading one their own.

 

 

Libby

 

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Important News!
The groups of OverDrive consortia that are participating in the statewide reciprocal borrowing agreement keeps growing. 

 

To add partner libraries to your Libby app:

Tap on the Libby logo in the center 

Select Menu
Select Add Library

Search for one of the Partner Libraries (listed below)
Select Sign In With My Card
Under Partner Libraries select Your Local Public Library
Enter your Card Number and PIN
Select Next
Repeat process until all Partner Libraries have been added


Partner libraries are: Lakeland Digital Library, Suburban Library Cooperative, Download Destination, Great Lakes Digital Libraries, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, Up North Michigan Consortium, Woodlands Downloadable Library, White Pine Library Cooperative, and Metro Net Library Consortium.

 

hoopla

A collage of various media covers (movies, music, books) with the logo "hoopla" overlaying it.

Check out hoopla.  If you are looking for a comic book, ebook, eaudiobook, music or a movie, you can download it in a minute.  If you have not used it before, come and we would be glad to help you get started.

 

Around the Community

 

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Don’t forget, we now offer FREE passes to The Potter Park Zoo. This covers free entry for your household and free parking. Be sure to treat your family to a fun filled day at the zoo!

Click here for their upcoming events. 

 

 

 

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Great news! We have teamed up with Impression 5 Science Center!! We now have a day pass that you can check out for a family of 4. Your family is going to love it! To learn more, click here. 

 

Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 

Library Days and Hours

Monday 12:30 - 5:30

Tuesday 10:00 - 6:00

Wednesday 12:30-6:00

Thursday 12:30 - 5:30

Friday 12:30 - 5:30

Saturday 10:00 - 1:00

Sunday CLOSED

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