By Joey May

Morrill Public Library

Hope everyone had a great Saturday at the Maple Leaf Festival!

The One Night at the Pumpkin Patch basket is now on display at the library, where you can buy chances to win. It includes a quilted witch hat, a Halloween quilt, Bill Martin Jr.’s children’s book The Ghost-Eye Tree, a flashlight and a mask. We will have the basket at the library until next Monday when it moves to the Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale at the Fisher Community Center. The drawing for the winner will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Proceeds from the book sale and the raffle will go back to supporting the library’s programming and projects, including the Gutter Replacement Fund.

Hours for donations of books:

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7

Hours for the Book Sale:

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10

Don’t forget to bring your kids out to the book sale between 4 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, for a Mini Fall Fest! We will have a fall craft, games and activities and a make & take Halloween treat! Find us in the gym area!

Other upcoming events include a new program Makers Community, which will be on the first Tuesday of the month. The first meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, where farmstand owners, Farmer’s Market participants and home bakers are invited to gather, fellowship, share ideas and take part in activities. This month, the library will sponsor a fall craft.

Looking ahead into next month, the library will be sponsoring a Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest! More details are to come, but start working on ideas to decorate, paint or carve a pumpkin as your favorite literary character. Prizes in four age categories – Elementary, Middle/High School, Adult and Family!

We also plan to be at the Mulberry Pond Pumpkin Patch for our Annual Storytime at the Pumpkin Patch. Finalizing dates, so watch for that soon!

I leave you with a glance at our Kansas Notable Books table, which is located near the Grandfather Clock toward the south wall of the upstairs library. We have featured books about Kansas Wildflowers, Best Biking Trail Guide in Kansas, Nothing But the Dirt-Stories from an American Farm Town, abolitionist John Brown, Native American stories for kids, Soldiers in the Army of Freedom, a Travelers Guide to Kansas Murals, Haunted Houses and other Eerie Tales, A Death at Crooked Creek Campsite in Kansas, Kansas Amphibian and Reptiles and many others!

Call the library at 785-742-3831 or email jmay@hiawathalibrary.org for info on our upcoming programs!