Summer Reading Throwback!
Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends | Shannon Hale Check it out in […]
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Best of the American Girl books
Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link Samantha Saves the Day: A Summer Story | Valerie Tripp Check it out in
Childhood Favorite Reads
Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett Check it out in our online card
Adults, General Info, Happy 250th Birthday, USA!, Kids, Parents, Teens
Summer Reading BINGO Help
Hello, Summer Readers! Jenna Dauer, Smithton PLD library director here! Staff have put together a few lists that can help
Untold American Stories that Matter
Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer Check it out in our online
2026 Summer Reading Program
Smithton Public Library District’s2026 Summer Reading Program FOR AGES 0-100+! Visit the library to sign up the whole family, beginning
A Kid’s Guide to America: 4 Nonfiction Picks for Every Kind of Young Patriot
Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link Kid presidents: true tales of childhood from America’s presidents : stories by David Stabler
Photographer Stephen Kennedy’s Project: 618 Illinois Libraries Collection – Smithton Public Library District
Photographer Stephen Kennedy visited the Smithton Public Library on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 and took some great pictures. Click on
Winter Reading Program
December 1, 2025 to February 28, 2026 Patrons can visit the library to register in-person and pick up a reading
Fun Children’s Books: A Nana’s Perspective
Image Credit: Aspen Card Catalog; Image Link The Bat Can Bat | Gene Barretta Check it out in our online card
Adults, General Info, Parents, Teens
2024 Library Crawl
Do you enjoy visiting other libraries? Visit the library now to pick up your paper passport. The crawl will be
Kids’ Happy Christmas movies:
This is part of our “Christmas in July” series! Elf (2003) PG Check it out in our online card catalog!
Adults, General Info, Parents, Teens
Fun Bookish Recommendations!
Have you ever wondered what librarians use and recommend for their reading time and book-ish accessories? We all know you need
Adults, General Info, Jenna Recommends, Parents, Teens
Free Classes – Resources for 2024
Want to learn a new skill? A new language? Upskill your work skills? Check out this (non-exhaustive) list of places where
A Christmas recommendation from Cinda:
Get inspired for the holiday! Read something you’ve never heard of before. Read something as old as you can find.
Anime with Babies, vol 11
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) PG-13 Summary: The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite
Exploring Native American Perspectives
Keepunumuk – Weeachuman’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten Summary: Consider sharing this story with your
Adults, Non-Fiction, Parents
A list of books about giving thanks or Thanksgiving for young people.
Today’s modern Thanksgiving in America was built with a multigenerational foundation of customs and rituals involving the serving of specific
Various Japanese anime that are GREAT for ADULTS, vol 7
“Watch these for yourself before sharing with kids depending on their maturity level. Death, war, orphans, neglect, disease, independence, and
Children books I have read to my children
Curious George | Margret and H.A. Rey Summary: First published in 1941, Curious George is an orphaned monkey in Africa.