Cornell Public Library https://cornellpl.org Come and check out your next adventure! Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:11:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://cornellpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-Cornell-Library-Centennial-Logo-1x1-1-32x32.png Cornell Public Library https://cornellpl.org 32 32 The Bubble Connection Bubble Fun! https://cornellpl.org/the-bubble-connection-bubble-fun/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:11:57 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2463 Bubble Professionals from The Bubble Connection will be on our library lawn on Tuesday, July 14 at 10:00 am!

They will make hundreds of bubbles, bubble blobs and fantastically HUGE bubbles for one whole bubble hour! 🙂

There will be wands and solution available for kids to play, and there will be an opportunity to meet Sudz the Snake and Chrystal the Caterpillar!

]]> Explore More 2026 Passport Program https://cornellpl.org/explore-more-2026-passport-program/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:22:58 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2444 Stop into any MORE library to pick up your passport. (You can also download and print a pdf version of the passport.) One passport per person.

Visit libraries to collect stickers that earn entry forms. Return your entry forms to any MORE library before August 31, 2025, to be entered into a drawing to win prizes. You can earn up to nine entry forms.

There are three ways to collect stickers to earn entry forms:

1. Visit different MORE libraries to collect stickers. Each library has a unique sticker.

  • 7 different library stickers = 1 entry form.
  • You can earn up to 7 entry forms this way.

2. You can earn one extra entry form with bonus stickers.

  • Visit up to 5 non-MORE libraries to earn one bonus sticker per library. Bring proof of your visit to any MORE library to collect your bonus stickers.
  • Bonus stickers can be used together or combined with library stickers to reach the 7 stickers required to earn one additional entry form.

3. Visit all 55 MORE libraries to be a super explorer and get one extra entry!

If you’re unable to travel you can earn entry forms by calling or emailing libraries to collect codes. You’ll still need to go to the library to get and submit entry forms.

Turn in your entry forms to any MORE library before August 31, 2026.

]]> 2nd Annual Vendor and Rummage Sale https://cornellpl.org/2nd-annual-vendor-and-rummage-sale/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:21:36 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2439 On July 3 we will host our 2nd annual vendor and rummage sale! Vendor fee is $10 to reserve your spot if you wish to sell your treasures!

12:00pm-4:00 pm on the library lawn during the July the 3rd festivities in Cornell!

]]> Summer Reading Program 2026! https://cornellpl.org/summer-reading-program-2026/ Tue, 19 May 2026 19:59:17 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2422 Unearth a Story!

This year our summer reading program begins June 8 and ends August 3! Pick up your reading logs and start reading with us!

We’ll have prizes for those who keep track of their reading and turn in their logs!  In addition, there will be grand prizes for the most books read for each age category! Stop by the library to pick up your reading logs ASAP!

]]> River Source Storytimes with Miss Cody! https://cornellpl.org/river-source-storytimes-with-miss-cody/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:48:44 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2330 Miss Cody will be back at the Cornell Public Library for a once a month story time and playtime! Snack will be provided, and each family will receive a free book! Story time dates are as follows:

June 15th, July 27th, August 24th and September 28th! 10:00am-11:00am

]]> 1,000 Book Before Kindergarten https://cornellpl.org/1000-book-before-kindergarten/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:54:13 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2119 We are excited to announce that we will begin the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program here at the Cornell Public Library! Stop in to register your child, pick up your informational brochure and reading logs and get to reading!! We’re excited to start this journey with you as you prepare your children for school, learning to read, and for academic success!

]]> Children’s Museum Pass https://cornellpl.org/childrens-museum-pass/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:05:25 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=2082 We have some exciting news! The Cornell Public Library has been selected to participate in the Library Membership Program by the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire–generously sponsored by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Beginning July 1st, the pass will allow for an entire family (including any two adults in the household) to visit the Children’s Museum for FREE! For the next year (expiring July 1, 2026), library patrons can check out the Children’s Museum membership card to use for their family.  You will also receive a backpack to take along on your trip, complete with information about the museum and some fidget toys and an LED drawing pad for the car ride.

Patrons can only have the pass checked out for 3 days, so it is important to try to plan your trip ahead of time.  There is a $5/day fee for each day the membership card is overdue, with a $50 charge to replace the card if you do not bring it back.  Other families will be waiting to use the membership, so please be considerate and timely in your use of this great opportunity!

]]> Monthly Storytime Every Third Saturday https://cornellpl.org/monthly-storytime/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 06:00:36 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=1429 Join us at 10 a.m on the third Saturday of every month for a themed story time! We will read a story (or two!) and do a related craft together. Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings and friends are all welcome to bring the special children in their lives to join us for fun!

]]> Exhumed: The History of the Cornell, Wisconsin Cemetery 1928-2019 by Mary E. Flood Carlson https://cornellpl.org/exhumed-the-history-of-the-cornell-wisconsin-cemetery-1928-2019-by-mary-e-flood-carlson/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:57:56 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=1190 A new resource for history and genealogists from author Mary. E. Flood Carlson.

After retirement, Mary E. Flood Carlson’s mission focused on discovering Cemetery Directories on site. She and her spouse “tromped every size cemetery from the back roads of Wisconsin to U.S. National Cemeteries to Ireland” before volunteering for FindAGrave.

“The highlight of the cemetery history project is the dedication of a new historical monument at the cemetery for Julia Rolette Brunet, spouse of Jean Brunet, namesake of Brunet Falls. Julia was buried at the Pioneer Cemetery close to the Chippewa River. In 1947, Julia and eight others were exhumed and moved to the Cornell Cemetery. We discovered her burial site, but the stone was 6 inches below the sod.”

A note from the author: “I have made efforts to maintain privacy when indicated and to document facts and dates accurately. Any errors are mine.”

]]> We are now Fine Free! https://cornellpl.org/we-are-now-fine-free/ Mon, 09 May 2022 17:04:40 +0000 https://cornellpl.org/?p=989 Effective immediately, The Cornell Public Library will not charge overdue fines on adult books, children’s books, audiobooks/CD’s, periodicals, reference materials, DVD’s, puppet kits, and NSP meters, effective immediately.

We will also eliminate all fines on patron’s accounts up until now.
This means everyone will have a fresh start with a zero balance. 

These policy updates are an investment in our patrons and our community.  We do not want to turn anyone away due to an inability to pay

Read on for more details!

 

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