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Test your skills at our online tournament! Players will need to have a Nintendo Online Membership to join.

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Show off your builds, discuss your favorite stories, and share your favorite tips and tricks.

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So much observation of our daytime and nighttime skies can be done without a telescope.

Join Michelle Nichols of the Adler Planetarium as she gives an overview of celestial observations you can do with just your eyes, including Moon phases, eclipses, planets, stars, and much more in a session suited to an astronomy novice.

Register here for Zoom webinar link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UZ1uxYaOTpalQfWKfqw0Qg

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Preschool storytime is geared for 3-5 years. Each week, Monday's and Friday's class will be the same. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Great Beginnings is geared for birth-23 months. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

children of all ages
Turn the lights down low, grab your flashlight, and join us for a virtual shadow storytime! Please include your email address for connection details.

In Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, Sarah Smarsh provides a unique look into the lives of poor and working class Americans to deepen our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our nation.

Presented by Anna Marie MacDonald, Manager Workforce Connection Center at Goodwill, come and learn why behavioral interview questions are asked, how to respond to better brand your skills, accomplishments, and experience and learn more about the future of job interviewing.

Are you into a specific show, or do you want to learn about a different genre?
Come join in, and we'll discuss our personal favorites.
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Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Toddler Time is geared for 2-3 years. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Would you like to earn service hours and make a difference at the library? Join the Teen Library Council! Help put together and run programs, discuss library and community projects, recommend books and materials, and more.

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Create large pompom flowers from colorful tissue paper for your next celebration. Ideas to customize and expand your design will be viewed while we complete our projects. After registering, pick-up your craft kit at the Information Desk or Curbside between September 1-29, while supplies last. Please allow 2 business days to process. Contact bericson@wheatonlibrary.org with questions or color preferences.
Also needed: sharp scissors

WPL is pleased to partner with the Parent's Group DEI200 - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council for CUSD200 to offer the series, "Talking About Race," to be held the first Thursday of each month at 7pm. The aim of this series is to provide a comfortable space for conversation about how to discuss race with others, including your family.

The first program topic will be the issue of being "colorblind." Ideally, everyone would be treated equally regardless of skin color. Join us for a conversation around the concept of being "colorblind" in our imperfect world.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Preschool storytime is geared for 3-5 years. Each week, Monday's and Friday's class will be the same. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

For the whole family
Join us for a virtual family storytime via Zoom! This program is for the whole family to participate in. Please enter your e-mail address for connection details. On registration per family.

Sign up for our monthly DIY bags!
Pick up dates:
September 16 : Slime Stress Balls
October 14 : Tie Dye Face Masks
November 11

Please register with the best email to contact you about pick up details.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Preschool storytime is geared for 3-5 years. Each week, Monday's and Friday's class will be the same. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

The year is 1918. Thousands of United States troops are involved in World War I and millions will die. In the United States, an additional war is forming. It is called “influenza” and it will take between 40-100 million more lives. President Wilson must make a choice. He needs to decide to either quarantine the troops as the war rages on; or to send the troops over to win the war and hope for the best.

Time to get the wiggles out virtually! Join us and we'll move and groove together to fun songs and rhymes! Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

This quarterly book discussion group provides a creative way to engage with literature. Read The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair and then make something at home inspired by the text. No artistic ability required! We will discuss the book and briefly share our projects.

Children of all ages (geared for preschool and younger)
Get ready to tap to the beat with your rhythm sticks over Zoom. Rhythm sticks can be chopsticks, pencils, markers, drum sticks, and so much more. Please enter your email for connection details.

Sheltering in place does not mean high school students cannot continue their college search process. In this virtual presentation, Tom Jaworski, founder of Quest College Consulting will identify resources that will assist families in their virtual interactions with colleges and universities. These strategies will guide prospective students in communicating with colleges of their choice.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Great Beginnings is geared for birth-23 months. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Are you interested in true crime novels or podcasts? Once a week during October we'll be discussing some cases, trading information, sharing our favorite crimes, and just talking criminology.

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