Your HPL librarians are here to try new things! Try them with us! After all, how hard can it be? This month we are exploring Hygge to make and try new things!
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Librarian Gabi shares her latest teen read recommendations. The good, the bad, and the must read!
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Join us as we celebrate Ann Bausum's new non-fiction book, Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge. We'll host a LIVE DISCUSSION in the comments during the premiere! Miss the premiere? Watch the video on YoutTube anytime!
"I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children." -- Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944.  With those chilling words Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man - Adolf Hitler.  The furious dictator sought merciless revenge against not only Christa's father and the other Germans who had just tried to overthrow his government.  He wanted to torment their relatives, too, regardless of age or stature.  All of them.  Including every last child.
Ms. Bausum traveled twice to Germany and beyond to research this fascinating, little-known side of the Operation Valkyrie story - the revenge Hitler exacted on the conspirators and their families.  This story of perseverance comes to life through interviews Ms. Bausum conducted with the now adult "ghost children" as well as other primary sources.  

Your HPL librarians are here to try new things! Try them with us! After all, how hard can it be? This month we are exploring Hygge to make and try new things!
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Read great books and discuss them (online) with friends! Read the chosen book for this month, then join in the discussion by responding to questions and prompts shared on the Teen Instagram page @hpl_teens. January Book: Cemetery Boys - by Aiden Thomas

Librarian Gabi shares her latest teen read recommendations. The good, the bad, and the must read!
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for ages 10 to adult
Learn the basics with artist JoJo Liu from the comfort and safety of your own home. JoJo will teach you how to hold a brush, write basic strokes, and write strokes while standing. No experience necessary! 
FREE CALLIGRAPHY KIT 
Registered participants can pick up all the supplies they'll need for this class (calligraphy brush, ink and paper) beginning February 1 at the Children's Desk - or call 608-758-6600 to arrange for Curbside Pick-Up! 

Registration is required. Register online or call 608-758-6585. 
Registered participants will receive the Zoom link via email two days before the class. The class will be recorded and available for participants to view again for one month after the class.

Program Room

Program Room