Boyden Public Library
Boyden Public Library
609 Webb Street, Boyden, IA 51234
Phone: 712-725-2281
Fax: 712-725-2224
E-Mail: boylib1@premieronline.net
Website: http://www.boyden.lib.ia.us/
Welcome! We invite you to spend a few moments looking at our library Website. With help from the State Library of Iowa, we are able to create a place on the Web where you, our customers, can explore, learn and get help with all your information needs.
Hours
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Wednesday: 1:00pm-7:00pm
Thursday: 1:00pm-5:30pm
Friday: 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-12:00 noon
Library News & Events
**Check out our NEW online catalog** Click HERE for our online catalog!
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME TO OUR DAD’S BELGIAN WAFFLE
SUPPER AND SHOWED YOUR SUPPORT!!
*Mark your calendars*
We are excited to welcome Angela Kennecke, a news anchor from KELO-TV to Boyden on May 15 at 7:00pm at the Demco Center. She will share the heartbreaking story of her daughter's death from a fentanyl overdose. This event is sponsored by the Boyden Public Library, State Opioid Response Grant, Premier Communications and Compass Pointe. Please make plans to attend this special event.
APRIL
Spring Story Hour at the Library!
Dates are Tuesday mornings OR Tuesday nights April 2, 9 and 23 9:30AM-10:15AM OR 6:30pm-7:15pm. All 3-6 years old are welcome! Please sign up at the library! Any questions please free free to ask.
Scavenger Hunt….Kids make sure to check out our weekly scavenger hunt at the library. The first 2 weeks in April will be a National Library Week theme and then the last 2 weeks will be an Easter theme. Small prizes will be awarded.
Celebrate National Library Week April 7-13!
To thank our patrons, we will have the coffee on and goodies available on Tuesday, April 9 from 1:30 – 3:00. Come and help us celebrate National Library Week!
Lego Day…we are doing just one day this month. Wednesday, April 10. All 1st - 8th graders are welcome to come to the library and use your imagination with legos after school. 2:45pm-4:00. Snack will be provided.
Read to Me “Leeme cuentos” Thursday, April 11 at 6:15pm A special Easter-themed story time in Spanish! We will be reading a book in Spanish, doing an activity and having a snack. This story hour will be geared towards children who are in preschool (ages 3-6) and who speak Spanish or are bilingual. If you have any questions please call Jessica Diaz at 712-541-8650.
Club 56 will be held at 3:45 pm on April 15th. Club 56 is a club for all 5th and 6th grade girls.
The Boyden Book Club is reading “The Life We Bury” by Allen Eskens this month. The monthly book club meeting is April 15, 2019 at 7:00pm in the library. New members are always welcome!
MAY
Wednesday, May 8 will be the Summer Reading Program sign up at the library. More details will be coming in the near future.
Do we have your correct addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses on file? Don’t be surprised if we check with you while you check out at the library. Feel free to contact us with your current contact information!
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***Keep in mind we have many online services for your reading enjoyment. Whether it be Tumblebooks (online animated books for kids) Zinio (online magazines) or Bridges (online e-books and audio books) we have you covered! See below!
***Do you sometimes forget when the next book club is, or when the next story time is? We are hoping this awesome new offering at the library will help you stay connected. We, at the Boyden Public Library, are now signed up with Remind. This program will send you texts reminding you of upcoming events at the library. We have info at the library on how to sign up for it or follow these directions. Please ask if you have any questions!
Text @cchfkk to the number 81010. You'll receive a welcome text from Remind. If anyone has trouble with 81010, they can try texting @cchfkk to (469)-888-8271.
***Reminder to parents....please be familiar with our library hours and make sure that when it is closing time your child has been picked up. Thank you for your consideration.
***Volunteers please...Is there anyone who would be willing to donate snacks to the library when we have after school programs? These snacks could be homemade or bought. Please let us know if you have questions or if you are interested in helping your library! Thank you!
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What is BRIDGES: Iowa's e-Library? This is a new E-book and Audiobook Consortium for Iowa Libraries to provide you with over 16,500 e-books and 7,500 audiobooks. You can download the e-books with your library card number. This Bridges Site is also has the name OVERDRIVE in the app stores. |
 Tumble Books! E-Books for kids!
What is Tumble Books?
The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), TumbleTV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books, and Tumble Puzzles & Games.
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Online learning platform featuring over 770 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and basic skills improvement.
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Search all of Sioux County's Newpapers dating back from the late 1800's to today!
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Click HERE for our online catalog!
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Gale Database
Use the Gale Power Search button to search All Gale Data bases or click on each icon below.
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