Blanchardville Public Library

06/13/2026

Thank you to local Blanchardville author, Raine Fallfish, for her delightful presentation on her new book, "Picus: an Elegy." Raine really knows her classical mythology and the audience was rapt to hear her stories and theories on new adaptations. Fans of American Players Theater would enjoy this book!

06/13/2026

New! Fidget blanket, for dementia patrons. Available for check out!

06/11/2026

Remember Eng and Cheng, conjoined twins? With their respective wives, they had 21 children. This new fiction explores their story, written from the perspective of the wives. Sounds fascinating!

06/10/2026

Blanchardville Book Group will meet this Saturday- June 13th at 10am to discuss Miss Lulu Bett, by Wisconsin author Zona Gale.

All are welcome to join, even if you did not read the book.

Miss Lulu Bett is a 1920 novel by Zona Gale that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921, known for its exploration of gender roles and female independence in a small Midwestern town. The story follows the unmarried Lulu Bett, who lives as a domestic servant for her sister's family until a surprising, accidental marriage to her brother-in-law's brother, Ninian, offers her a chance at freedom, though it's complicated by Ninian's prior marriage. The novel was a bestseller and was later adapted into a successful play, for which Gale also won a Pulitzer Prize.

06/09/2026

We're all ready for summer reading fun! This year's theme is dinosaurs and we have created a dino reading cave! (you'll have to stop in to see what's inside!)

Thank you to the Kumor's for donating some black sheets to make our vision come to life. The kids have been having a lot of fun playing in the fort.

06/08/2026

New Public Behavior Policy! And a boiled down "rules of the library" for children. Please review with your kids if they visit the library unaccompanied and remember, no children under 8 without someone 12 or older to accompany them.

06/08/2026

06/06/2026

Congrats to Carmen Danz! She won our May challenge, which was to identify a cut up book within a jar. Which classic novel was it?! (Some clues might be: George and Lennie)

Carmen knew! Mice and Men by John Steinbeck!

(congrats to the other correct entries too, we just drew a name out of the jar)

06/05/2026

Book Face Friday!

06/04/2026

Blanchardville Public Library is honored to be a recipient of the 2026 East Asia in the Upper Midwest grant! Look for new Asian histories, memoirs, manga, cookbooks and kids books soon hitting the shelves!

The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce award recipients for the most recent “East Asia in the Upper Midwest Library Program” competition. Nearly $21,000 in funding will be distributed to 19 libraries across Wisconsin, representing 11 of the state’s 15 library systems.

This is the sixth year of the competition, which offers grants to public libraries with the goal of enriching patrons’ understanding of East Asia through the funding of new programming and materials.