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Family History Month

Celebrate Family History Month with the Midwest Genealogy Center!

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Food For Fines

Bring boxed or canned nonperishable food items to any MCPL location from October 11-17, 2021 to pay off your overdue fines and help out your local community.

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Thundermaker and Other Scary Stories

Join storyteller Jim Wallen for some truly terrifying tales that are not for the faint of heart.

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Book Detective: Ten Little Birds – Diez Pajaritos

Join Dinosaur O’Dell as he introduces us to Ten Little Birds- Diez Pajaritos.

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Technology Programs

Find upcoming virtual technology programs.

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Join Us for Storytimes!

MCPL is offering outdoor events for families at select branches for a limited time this fall, plus virtual storytimes online.

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Early Learning by World Book

Learn new things with stories, games, and more!

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Subscribe today and check out playlists that include classes on using various MCPL resources, how to use Microsoft products, early literacy videos, replays of select virtual programs from Facebook, and more.  

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