Karen Horner

The month of March brings the start of spring and this is a great month for all Park County libraries to celebrate our highly successful Seed Libraries. We will be kicking off the spring season with our Spring Forward Expo at the Cody Library on Saturday, March 8 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There will be seed swap stations, crafts, movies, a raffle and lots of gardening advice. Then head over to the Powell Library on Monday, March 10 at 6 p.m. for Starting Your Garden Inside, presented by University of Wyoming Horticulturist Extension Educator Ted Smith. All those who attend can enter a chance to win their own Indoor Garden Starter Kit. The week of March 10-14 the Powell Library will be celebrating the Seed Library with a chance to win a garden starting kit when you visit the seed library and check out some seeds.

National Ag Day is on Tuesday March 18, so join us at 3 p.m. as we celebrate and learn local agricultural facts about our community.

March 14 is Pi Day and at the Powel Library we once again celebrate it with our third annual Pi Day Pie Auction from noon-4 p.m. Mathematicians and pie lovers unite. Make a pie, donate it to the library and come down March 14 to bid on a pie. Contact the Powell Library for more information.

Join us on Thursday March 6  at 3 p.m. or 6 p.m. to Learn Japanese Calligraphy hosted by Heart Mountain Japan Coordinator, Haruka Takaku. Space is limited, so sign-ups are required.

Are you interested in exploring your family history? Then sign up for Family History Friday starting at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 14.

Craft time for all ages will be Friday, March 14 from 1-3  p.m. to make popsicle stick biplanes. This fun craft is for all ages, adults, kids and families.

Craft time for ages 10 and up will be on Friday, March 21 from 1-3 p.m. Join us and make beaded lizard keychains.

Grab your Altered Book Club kit after March 12 and create a desk organizer.

Join us for Adult Craft Night on Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. to make your own basket of carrots. Adult Craft Night will be at the Powell Elks Lodge at 581 Clark St.

The Powell Library is offering three different book discussions for all your literary tastes; all book discussions meet at the Homesteader Hall meeting room. The Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion meets on March 11 at 2 p.m. where we will be discussing “The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat” by Oliver Sacks. Join us for the Fiction to Film Book Discussion on Thursday, March 13 at 6 p.m.  to discuss “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown. The Tuesday evening book group meets on March 25 at 6 p.m. and will discuss “The Bear and the Nightingale” by Katherine Arden.

Join us Tuesday, March 25  as we celebrate Tolkien’s Reading Day.

Powell Library is offering Tech Tuesday. Sign up for a one-on-one session with Park County Library IT who can help you with your device problems. Tech Tuesday will be on March 18, sign ups required.

Homeschool Hour is Wednesdays, March 12-26 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. 

Teen movie afternoon will be on Friday, March 7 at 1 p.m., popcorn provided. Teens come to the library on Friday, March 28  at 1 p.m. for Nintendo Switch Game Day. 

Join us for Sensory Playtime for Toddlers on Monday, March 10  at 10:30 p.m. We will have Baby/Toddler Time every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Join us every Wednesday for Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Sign up to Read to a Dog on Tuesday, March 11 and Thursday, March  20  from 3-4:15 p.m. Parents remember we have Early Literacy Kits as well as tonies for checkout. Also sign up your child for 1,000 Books before Kindergarten. Make sure and check out the new book at the StoryWalk at Homesteader Park.

This month’s story is “What Do You Say Dear” by Sesyle Joslin.