Summer Reading Program

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Summer Reading has arrived! The theme this year is “Unearth a Story”.

Registration sheets were sent home with all the school age kids of Cunningham last week. If your child is not yet school age, and you are wanting to register for the Summer Reading Program, come on down to the library and grab your sheet. When you turn in your registration sheet, take an activity book home with you!

Make sure to mark your calendars with these great activities! Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am we will have a kids activity. Most Tuesdays will be story-time. As always, the K-State Extension office will be facilitating STEM events on Thursdays at 10am. We will have a few family events sprinkled in. Please keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages in case of added events or rescheduling!

June 2026 Calendar of events
July 2026 Calendar of events
August 2026 Calendar of events

Make sure to keep track of your reading logs this summer. We have some great prizes this year. More details will come as we get closer to starting; mostly, I am still working out details. Kids will have the opportunity to earn prizes such as a day pass to Exploration Place, tickets to the Kansas State Fair, and food from Cozy’s here in town! I am so excited to finalize those details. Keep checking!

March 2026

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March is National Nutrition Month, and Women’s History Month. Come check out our relevant books on display!

During March, you also have the opportunity to join the celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary by participating in a bookmark challenge. Follow the link:

https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/celebrating-americas-250th-anniversary/bookmark-design-challenge

Feel free to use the library to print the template and/or instructions. We can also help you submit your entry. You have until March 31st to enter.

As always, check us out on Facebook and Instagram for updates and additions to programming! I look forward to seeing you.

Hobby Parade Continues

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With weather and sickness slowing us down, we have rescheduled a few classes and added one! Keep checking facebook, instagram, or this page for updates.

Come see if you can do the scavenger hunt! We are open 9-11:30 am
New Date! Same great hostess!
Come make some fun book art with Jana! All ages welcome.
Don’t forget to print off your Christmas pictures and scrapbook with Debbi and Deana! Kids welcome!

Hobby Parade is Here!

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January is a time of newness. New year, new goals, new habits, new hobbies. The library is here to help you with your goals. There are non-fiction books on many hobby topics, and classes galore for your learning pleasure!

Kicking us off is Joyce Depenbusch with her knitting class.Monday, January 12th at 5pm. Come to learn, get help on a project you have started, or just be around others while sharing the space and time. Let the library know your skill level or interest level to make sure Joyce has enough supplies to help you.
Next you will have the opportunity to learn cross stitching with me! All ages welcome. Saturday, January 17th at 9:30am. We will be using yarn kits to be the most user friendly introduction. If you love it, up your game with the traditional string methods. These skills will also translate easily to diamond art.
Eileen Crick will teach us how to sew on buttons Saturday, January 24th at 10 am. You won’t want to miss that! There will also be a basic sewing repairs class coming soon.
On Monday, January 26th at 6pm bring your Christmas pictures. Debbie Mills and Deana Bolen will be leading a scrapbooking class.
January 31st at 10 am Casey Renner will be running a houseplant rehab. Come let her diagnose your struggling houseplant, teach you how to care for it best, or get a new plant if yours has bitten the dust. We have a lot of gardening books on hand too to help you plan your summer garden.

Wednesday,January 28th is National Library Shelfie Day. No cool graphic for this, but come in and take a picture with your favorite part of the library! Just because it would be wrong not to celebrate.

There may be more! Check back to see if there are more fun things to learn in February from talented locals.

Joys This Season at the Library

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As I look back on this first year as your librarian, I am so grateful for all of the things I have learned about this community. The support has been wonderful! Our summer program was a hit. Thanks, in part, to the South Central Kansas Library System (SCKLS) and their new program grant. With their help, I was able to purchase the gift cards used for the adult summer reading program, along with new and noteworthy books, and our cute Cunningham Library canvas bags. I look forward to repeating this program next summer with all that I have learned to help make it even better! SCKLS was also instrumental in helping to replace one of the libraries copiers.

Thank you all for the overwhelming support during our book sale in October! The funds raised far exceeded our expectations and will help greatly as we improve the exterior of the library building.

And our final thanks!