Help us decorate the library with cute colorful caterpillars and enter to win two tickets to see “The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favorites” at the Merryman Performing Arts Center in Kearney. The performance will take place on Tuesday, October 16th at 6:30 p.m.  K- 4th graders interested…

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Lego Club will be meeting on Saturday, October 13 instead of Saturday, October 6. We will be meeting downstairs in the Library Community Room from 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. See you there!

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Tuesday Tales Preschool Program begins tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Children’s Library. We have some awesome new story readers! Come and meet our first reader tonight.Tuesday Tales is for children who are two through five years old and their parents. See you there!  

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      The Holdrege Area Public Library is celebrating Banned Books Week. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship and highlights the value of free and open access to information. The…

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Fall preschool story programs begin on Tuesday, September 11 and Wednesday, September 12. Jingles & Rhymes (18 months to 3 years) Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Alphabet Soup ( 3 to 5 years) Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. Please note: Tuesday Tales (2 to 5 years old) 6:30 p.m. will begin in October.  

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During our summer programs we had a special challenge for our adult readers. The challenge was to read books whose setting was in one of the states that the Oregon Trail crossed or was written by an author from that state. Several adult summer readers participated. The Grand Prize Drawing…

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I’m Michael Burris, and I’m very enthusiastic about my new position here as Director of the Holdrege Area Public Library. The library has always been a major influence in my life, and my focus is to make all the library’s services and programs available to make your lives better.  …

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