Cedarburg Friends of the Library

Merry Christmas to All…

📦 The library received a portion of our Fill the Shelves books! The next step is printing personalized bookplates and printing spine labels. Thank you to all who have donated! 😁

📚Fill the Shelves is an ongoing program that invites individuals, families and organizations to collect funds to replace worn-out books. Call or stop by to learn how you can contribute!

Thank you to Cedarburg Friends of the Library !

🇪🇸 In the spirit of our Winter Reading Program theme, we've added a new kit to the Library of Things Kids Collection! Now available for checkout.

🇲🇽 Our Spanish Language kit includes a Bingo game, visual dictionary, tile spelling game, and 10 early Spanish books for beginners.

Love your library!

The Cedarburg Friends of the Library presented a $5,000 check to Linda Eastwood, Cedarburg Library Director, for the purchase of new books, including books for the Lucky Day and Current Best Seller areas located on the first floor by the circulation desk.
“Lucky Day books are extra copies of popular titles that cannot be reserved, so on any given day a patron may find a popular bestseller on the shelf that would otherwise not be available,” said Eastwood. “They are available on a first-come basis and have a shorter checkout period of 14 days.”

Don't miss our huge CD and DVD sale starting this Wednesday!

Shoutout to the amazing Friends of the Library for making this cinematic experience possible. Grab your favorites before they vanish - see you there! 🍿🎬

Cedarburg Reads 2023: Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler The Friends of the Cedarburg Public Library invite you to enjoy an evening with acclaimed Wisconsin author Nickolas Butler, discussing Shotgun Lovesongs. Fil...

Have a Spooktacular Day!

“Friendship” was the theme of this year’s Cedarburg Writes contest. “Over 140 entries were received,” said Jean O’Keefe, Cedarburg Reads & Writes, chair. “A big thanks to all who took the time and had the courage to put your Friendship story on paper,” she added, “the judges were very impressed by the quality of entries…indeed, there are many, many good writers in Ozaukee County.”

Stories can be found at https://www.cedarburglibrary.org/events/cedarburg-reads/.

Cedarburg Writes Contest Winners: High School - Eliana Lisiecki “Post Office Collection Box”; Nickolas Butler author of “Shotgun Lovesongs”, Cedarburg Reads 2023 book selection; Grade 6-8 - Heather Hilgendorf “Luna Lei; Adult - Deb Krygiel “The Power of Showing Up”; and Grade 3-5 - Emerson Grunwald “Jordan’s Story”.

Book sale time!! The deets…10/2-10/7 when the library is open … thousands of books covering dozens of genres.. and everything just a buck!

Wonderful donation .... all puzzles in the bookstore for just $3 each!

Unveiling the Cedarburg “Reads and Writes” 2023 book selection, “Shotgun Lovesongs,” are CFoL committee members (l-r) Library Director Linda Eastwood and board members Phil Paige and Jean O’Keefe.

Books are available for checkout at the library. The audio book is available for library card holders on Hoopla.

Cedarburg “Reads and Writes” is a community-wide reading program that promotes the value of reading a shared book that engages the community in a common conversation. Ozaukee County residents are encouraged to read the book and participate in one of two book discussions offered on Oct. 9 and 18 at the Cedarburg Public Library. The program culminates on Wednesday, Oct. 25, when author Nickolas Butler will appear in person to talk about the book at the Cedarburg Cultural Center from 6-8:30 pm. The program Is free and open to the public.

In conjunction with “Cedarburg Reads,” the Friends of the Library will also be holding a “Cedarburg Writes” contest for the second consecutive year. This year’s theme is “friendship.” The contest is open to all Ozaukee County residents in the following categories: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, high school and adult. The contest invites aspiring writers to reflect on friends and friendship using 1,000 words or less. The work can be fiction, non-fiction or a memoir relating to friendship. Stories are due Sunday, Oct. 8, at 11:59 p.m. and can be uploaded at cedarburglibrary.org or by emailing [email protected]. Winners will be announced at the Author Talk on Oct. 25.

Thank you to all the volunteers who help us prepare for our used book sales. We couldn’t do it without you!

Stock up on your summer reads at the Cedarburg Friends of the Library used book sale! Sale starts Monday and runs through Saturday the 24th.

Its back! Grab your grub at New Fortune and show them this image to get a portion of your tab donated to the Friends!

The Great Decisions Series, sponsored by the Cedarburg Friends of the Library, returns this March. This time-honored program provides citizens with an in-depth look at some of the issues of the day.

Join Cedarburger and retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, Mr. John Katzka, along with other experts in the political science field as they present lively discussions.

See the CPL online events calendar for more details. No registration required.

Congratulations Nancy!

Thank you to the Cedarburg Lions for including the Cedarburg Friends of the Library today at Winterfest!

Visit the Friends' book sale today - $5 for a bag of books!

Join us for the Cedarburg Friends of the Library annual Buy the Book used book sale, Feb 13-19. Proceeds support your fantastic local library. Starts at 9:30 am each day. End time 8 pm Mon-Thurs, 5 pm Friday, 4 pm Saturday. Sunday 12-2

There's still time to give ... come in and grab an item from the Friends' Giving Tree!

Buy the Book Celebrates Its Big 3!

Buy the Book, run by Cedarburg Friends of the Library, celebrated its third anniversary last week. Located in a former closet where the Friends used to sort books, this little used book store has grown into a big fundraiser for the Friends. Since opening in 2019, over $30,000 has been raised from the sale of donated used hardcover books, trade fiction, mass market paperbacks, CDs, DVDs, children’s books, and puzzles. Books and more are still $3 or less. Hardcover books - $2, CDs and DVD - $1, puzzles - $3, magazines - $1, and most children’s books are 3 for $1.

“This really is a success story,” said Heidi May, Co-President of CFOL. “We were very optimistic when we opened December 2019, then 2020 shut our doors; once reopened we expanded our hours to match the Library’s and haven’t looked back since.”

All books and other items sold at Buy the Book are donated. “We are so impressed by the quality and quantity of items donated to the store,” May continued. “As well, many donations are current best sellers…ones someone paid $20-30 for at a retail store.” Buy the Book is the only bookstore in Ozaukee County. In addition its open 7 days a week for a total of 60 hours now during the school year. “When the Library is open, the bookstore is open,” added May.

The Cedarburg Friends of the Library is dedicated to supporting the Cedarburg Public Library by providing funding beyond the scope of the Library’s operating budget. Proceeds support children’s summer reading programs; purchase of new best seller novels; Great Decisions and Taking the World’s Hot Spots programming; Maker and Tinker labs; 3D and large format printers, audio, and camera equipment; and so much more. To support the important work of the Friends, books, puzzles, magazines, and DVD/CD donations can be dropped off at the Library.

Winter Reading starts in a week! Who's ready?

Giving Tuesday!

The QR code below looks like any other one right? We see them everywhere now with a variety of uses.

But this one is so much more. It will help an incredibly vibrant group to support your public library in ways that are easy to take for granted. Extra copies of popular titles, technology add-ins, summer reading programs - just the very tip of what the Friends of the Cedarburg Public Library do for this community.

So here on Giving Tuesday, if you scan this code and donate, know that you are impacting your library and your community in countless ways and we are so grateful for the support.

This QR Code changes lives.

(Link to Paypal donation site in the comments if QR codes aren't your thing!)

The library will be closed November 24th & 25th. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday! We are so thankful for all our wonderful patrons!