Free Books for Kids at Giveaway Event!
Bag of Books Giveaway for Kids (grades pre-k through 5th grade) on Wednesday, June 9th from 6-8 pm. Drive through our parking lot and pick up your free books from the car. Kids can choose a topic of interest (animals, comics, chapter books, picture books, mysteries, etc) and receive at least 3 books in a bag. Parents/Grandparents/Guardians can drive through without children and still pick up a bag of books. Also, be sure to check our calendar (on this website’s summer reading tab) for dates and times of upcoming summer shows on the lawn in front of the gazebo in June and July.
Keep your library card in good standing! Please be mindful about overdue books “hiding” around your house and vehicle. Fines are accruing, starting in June. We are open Monday through Saturday each week (open 10-5 pm weekdays and 10-2 pm on Saturdays). You can renew books in person, email froebuck@madisoncountyvalibrary.org, or by phone 948-4720. Thank you for promptly checking for any library books, movies, and other materials.
Our Doors Are Open!
the Madison County Library will allow patrons to come into the building. A mask is requested, We thank our patrons in advance for following our safety protocols. We are thrilled to have you back in our building! We have lots of new books and audiobooks available for check out. Our computers are available for 2 hour time periods and you are also invited to come in and use our wi-fi.
Wi-Fi Service is available, as always, 24 hours a day and seven days a week from our parking lot, so that you may sit in your car or on our benches and enjoy our connections.
You may send a fax, have copies made, or get something notarized, with or without an appointment. We will continue to offer curbside library orders (by phone or email) for your convenience, as well.
Curbside and Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday 10-5pm
Saturday 10-2pm
Order a Child’s Seasonal Craft Kit And Literacy Activity!
Parents and Guardians:
Please call by Wednesday of this week for a Free Seasonal Craft Kit and Literacy Activity for your child! This kit will be available for pick up at the Madison County Library. Just call us at 948-4720 or email us at froebuck@madisoncountyvalibrary.org. Let us know your name and how many kits you’d like to pick up (curbside or inside the building) for your children. Please ask for one kit per child ages 3 through 7 years old.
*Also, be sure to “Like” our Facebook Page and watch the Storytime video. Miss Fran will share a new book on Facebook each week!
The Library has added several new databases to our research page, including Gale with encyclopedias for each grade level, and Newsbank with 3,500 newspapers, including our own Eagle. Please check them out…they are an awesome resource!
For those of you that have lost your jobs due to COVID-19, here is a link to the Virginia Workforce Connection. Unemployment in Virginia & COVID-19
Update: Don’t forget that Overdrive is available to you online so you can download e-books and audio books. Your library card number gets entered after selecting our library. Then enter your pin number, which is the last four numbers on your library card. No fines will be accrued during this time that we are closed. If you do not have a library card, call the Library between 10-12 Mon-Fri and we can issue you one over the phone.
Look below for things that the kids can do while they’re off.
Fun and Free ways to Learn From Home
Math: Reading:
Prodigy: 2 +2 = ? Squiggle Park and Dreamscape:
https://play.prodigygame.com/ https://www.squigglepark.com/
Khan Academy Storyline
https://www.khanacademy.org www.storylineonline.net
Science: Social Studies:
Mystery Doug History for Kids
mysterydoug.com https://www.historyforkids.net/
Writing:
Typing Club
www.typingclub.com
