Special visitor at Missoula Public Library

The star detective from the mystery series that brought you The Malted Falcon was a visitor at the library. While in the building he checked his email in Web Alley, stopped for a cuppa at Civitella and visited Karen, the librarian, during story time. Patrons were amazed that such a famous name would stop in at Missoula Public Library, but then Chet Gecko knows that the library is the place to be.

It's Easy Being Green

Story time had a special visitor Friday morning- Sammy the Frog!

Sammy and his friend Julie from Missoula Federal Credit Union did a special set of stories on money. And made lots of friends whilel they were at it.

Julie will be back today, Saturday Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. to share more of her story time wealth.

See more photos on our flickr page.

Special Delivery to MPL!

Monday night's Family Storytime had some very special visitors! The theme for this week's storytime is puppies! Four black lab puppies--two boys and two girls--came as a special storytime treat!

My dog, Lily, had a litter of puppies over Labor Day Weekend, and everyone here at the library has been wanting to see them. So I decided to do a special puppy storytime and bring my puppies for a visit!

The puppies even left storytime with new names: Bitey, Sniffy, Tail-Wagger, and Sleepy.

If you're feeling sad that you missed out on all the excitement, never fear! The puppies will visit MPL for an encore visit at our Friday morning (10/26) Storytime at 10:30am.

Direct From the Kid's Department

on behalf of Karen and the rest of the Kid's Department:

On Saturday (April 14), Diann from the County Extension office, entertained children at the Missoula Public Library storytime with stories about construction and homes. The kids all sang along with Old Macdonald Had a Woodshop and each took home their very own carpenter pencil. I like how Diann brought the books in a toolbox and wore a hardhat. She also put up sawhorses that said “Reading Zone”.

We began National Library Week with a performance by Peggy and Rollie Meinholtz. They sang and danced and played music as well as reciting poetry by Vachel Lindsay and Peggy’s original poetry. Very entertaining! It’s also national Poetry Month. We heard several poems including her cowboy poem Coyote’s Tail Peggy also premiered her newest poem, Pate Foie gras. (French for minced fat liver)

The kid's department, as well as the rest of the library have many more programs lined up this week, since it is National Library Week. Stay tuned!