ADULT SERVICES

• April Special: Digital Harry Potter. For this month only, the ebook of the first title in the series—Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—is always available, in a multitude of languages.  That means no holds, no waiting.  Same for the e-audiobook, performed by the legendary Jim Dale.  Just go to the library’s Overdrive digital catalog (also accessible through the free Libby app) and look for the link.
• Book Cover Challenge. Using whatever you have around the house for costume and props, recreate your favorite book cover, theme or character.  Submit your photos as a comment on our Facebook post or email them to us at cmichael@minlib.net and we’ll share them.  Take a log at our blog at waylandlibrary.org to see how some intrepid staff members have risen to the challenge.
• Explore Cookbooks on Libby. Are you missing the library’s great selection of cookbooks?  Daily recipes getting boring when you can’t dine out?  Fear not!  The library’s Libby/Overdrive ebook catalog contains a fantastic variety of digital cookbooks available to you at the push of a button (or tap of a touch screen) under its “Cooking & Food” category.
• Bonus Borrows on Hoopla. In order to provide relief to libraries and more content to patrons during this difficult time of sheltering at home, Hoopla has created a Bonus Borrows Collection with more than 1,100 top titles and Hoopla favorites: ebooks, e-audiobooks, movies, and more.  Now through April 30, you can borrow any of these always-available titles with no debit against your monthly limit of five.  To create an account, just go to waylandlibrary.org and click on the Hoopla logo.
• New Remote Access to Ancestry. Ordinarily, you’d have to be in the library to use Ancestry.com, the most popular genealogy database.  But now you can log in from home just by entering your card number.  Then you’ll enjoy access to Ancestry’s vast trove of census records, birth and death records, military documents, and more.  This service is available to Wayland residents only.

YOUTH SERVICES MOVES ONLINE

• Weekly Facebook Live Storytimes. Join Ms. Carly for a Facebook Live storytime on the Wayland Public Library’s facebook page. Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements.  Tuesdays, March 31, April 7, 14, and 21 at 10:30 a.m.
• Weekly Sing-alongs posted on Facebook. Check out our Facebook page for prerecorded sing-alongs and storytimes created by Ms. Carly, Ms. Laura, Ms. Janet, Ms. Pam and others on our Youth Services team. Check out our Facebook page on Fridays, April 10, April 17 and April 24 to see the new posts. (Or anytime to see what has already been posted.)
• Weekly Craft programs posted on Facebook. Children’s Librarian Elise Katz will demonstrate easy crafts you can do at home with your children. These short videos will be posted on the Wayland Facebook page on Wednesdays, April 8, 15, 22 and 29.
• Parent/Child 4^th and 5^th grade Book Club Moves to Zoom. We will be discussing Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord. This book club is for 4^th and 5^th graders with a parent. If you would like to join our online meeting, contact pmccuen@minlib.net to join the Zoom Group. Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m.
• Daily Blog Post for Activity of the Day: A Little Something.  Check out the Wayland Library webpage every weekday for daily activities to do with your children during this extended at home time. You will find the blog on the scrolling feed on the front page of the Wayland Library webpage. Feel free to read past posts as well…there are many ideas up there for you.
• Youth Online Resource Highlight of the Week: Hoopla for Teens. Teen readers looking for a new book can check out the offerings on Hoopla! Sign in using your library card and browse the “Young Adult” category to find awesome books for teens. Titles on Hoopla are instantly available for checkout.