Autumn fun and events at your library

Autumn is in full swing here at the library. October was full of leaves, ghouls, and pumpkins. Our bulletin board changed throughout the month, with the leaves falling from the trees just like the ones outside. Our young patrons helped by creating the leaves and adding their pumpkins. 

In November, they can let us know what they are thankful for. We’ll show off their quotes for all to see.

Did you see a large group of witches, ghouls, and creatures roaming the sidewalks the day before Halloween? That was us! We had so much fun on our Halloween walk on Friday, the 30th, going to the Court House, Sheriff’s office, and the Post Office. The kids have so much fun showing off their costumes. Why only wear it for one day? We have some adorable pictures on our Facebook page, Big Horn County Library-Basin.

November is the month to get ready for the holiday season, and here at the library, we love to decorate! This month, our young patrons will be helping the community by creating ornaments that will be used for our tree entered in the “Festival of Trees” raffle at the Basin City Arts Center. We’ll even have some to decorate our own Christmas tree here at the library. The kids love seeing their creations displayed for everyone to see. 

In honor of our veterans, the Basin Library will be closed Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran’s Day.

We have a new activity planned for this month: a Speed Puzzle challenge. On Wednesday Nov. 12, come by and put together a 100-piece puzzle as fast as you can. We’ll be timing you. We will be competing against the fastest puzzlers from Lovell and Greybull. The three overall winners will have the chance to compete against Powell and Cody in January. Call or come by and sign up.

We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving! The library will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 and 27. Then we will be totally focused on Christmas. As with previous years, we will be open during the “Home for the Holidays” parade and community celebration on Saturday Nov. 28. So, stop by and warm up with hot beverages & snacks from 5 to 8pm. The kids will have crafts available to keep them busy.

This month’s Book Club meeting has been rescheduled to December 2nd. The book is “Being Santa Claus” by Sal Lizard. We’ve talked about reading this one for a couple of years, so I’m really excited about it.

The activities never stop at our library. Friday afternoon clubs and story time are active all year long. You can check out the schedule for Lego, Chess, STEAM, and art club on our Facebook page: Big Horn County

Library-Basin or our website https://www.bhcwylibrarysystem.org/.

See you among the bookshelves.