In a colorful, creative celebration of March as Youth Art Month, artwork by students of the Fond du Lac School District will be on display at the Main Library downtown and FDLPL Express branch.
Through March, artwork by students in middle school and high school will be on display at the Main Library downtown, and artwork by students in kindergarten through fifth grade will be on display at FDLPL Express Branch, near Festival Foods.
Kids in grades 4-9 are invited to Blast Off: Intro to Robotics at the Fond du Lac Public Library’s Idea Studio at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. The program is free. Space is limited. Registration starts March 20 at the Calendar.
Drop in at the Fond du Lac Public Library’s Idea Studio for a casual evening of littleBits fun 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday March 28. littleBits are easy-to-use electronic building blocks that snap together to create all kinds of inventions – keyboards, flashing lights, buzzers and more. No soldering or knowledge of electronics or programming needed.
To help 3-D printer buffs get more fun out of the cool machines, the Fond du Lac Public Library’s Idea Studio is offering two sessions teaching 3-D design on TinkerCAD at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10, and repeated at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22. TinkerCAD is a free web-based 3-D computer-aided design application designed for beginners.
Celebrating roles the Kelley women played in turning a small family farm into a successful regional attraction, Karen Kelley will present It All Started on Kelley Road, at 2 p.m. and repeated at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
The project to install new carpeting at the downtown Fond du Lac Public Library will force the closure of the Children’s Room for several days starting Monday, February 19. It is expected to reopen by Sunday, February 25.
"Imagine a world in which all children can see themselves in the pages of a book."
I'm borrowing a hopeful statement from a non-profit group called We Need Diverse Books. This group works hard to encourage change within our publishing world to support more books with diverse characters and written by diverse authors.