“Adventure Begins at Your Library”
Summer Library Program
- Summer Reading is for babies/toddlers, children, teens, and adults!
- See all the events in a printable calendar! (Events subject to change.)
- Use a printed reading log or the Beanstack app.
- Earn tickets to enter into weekly and Grand Prize Drawings, when you log your reading minutes and activities you have completed.
- Activities you may complete include Family Programs, Travel Programs, Smokey Bear’s Reading Challenge and programs, Tween & Teen Programs, a StoryWalk® on the Library Nature Trail, Trivia Nighrs, writing book reviews, participating in virtual programs, and so much more!
- Last day to physically turn in your paper form is FRIDAY, August 2, 2024 before 5 pm (closing.)
- Read the full details here.
Read 2 Me (0-3) And Children (4 – 11) Programs
Outdoor Storytimes
Tuesdays June 11 – August 30, 10:15 am
Held outside on the Children’s Patio.
In case of high temperatures or bad weather, Storytime will be held in the
Children’s Room.
Presented by Northwest Connection Family Resources.
StoryWalk® Series
Every week a different book will be posted.
Walk the trail to read alone or bring your family.
At the end of the walk please let the library know you’ve read the book by completing a short survey on Google forms.
May 31 – June 6
If I Had a Gryphon by Vikki VanSickle.
June 7 – 13
Don’t Feed the Bear by Kathleen Doherty.
June 14 – 20
Once Upon a Loon by Scott Rykken.
June 21 – 27
Bob & Joss Get Lost! by Peter McCleery.
June 28 – July 4
Please Don’t Eat Me by Liz Climo.
July 5 -11
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner.
July 12 -18
Lost & Found by Oliver Jeffers.
July 19 – 25
Bowwow Powwow by Brenda Child.
July 26 – Aug. 1
Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin.
Lumberjacks Love Pancakes Storytime
July 30 @ 10:15 am
Come to Storytime on July 30 to hear author Sammie Gates read her book “Lumberjacks Love Pancakes”. We will also have a special craft.
Family Programing
Family Entertainment
Youth/Family – Thursdays @ 10:30 am
June 6, Dragon Training Academy – Dragon Animatronic (There was an error in an earlier publication.).
June 13, Rondini, “Bombastic Bubbles,” presentation & hands-on participation.
June 20, Superior Zoomobile, animals.
June 27, Bob & Trish Juggling, juggling, acrobatics, & more!
July 11, Mischief & Magic, magician.
July 18, Traveling Lantern, performance theatre, “The Quest for the Kakapo.”
July 25, Pam Corcoran, puppeteer, “Three Little Pig Adventures.”
Aug. 1, Mammoth Hunter, learn about mammoths, the Stone Age, & more.
In Library Actvities
ISpy for June and July
Stop by the library to play I-Spy with June’s World Monuments I-SPy tank! Find the objects listed on the provided form. Checkmark them on the form, fill in your contact information, and turn it into the front desk for a fun little prize!
July will be ISpy Monuments in the United States!
Take-N-Make Kits
Kits for ages 0 to 3
June 4 – Hot Air Balloon
June 18 – Pool Coloring
June 25 – S’more
July 2 – Chinese Lantern
July 16 – Lei Necklace
July 30 – Boom-a-Rang
Kits for 4 to 11
June 4 – Camper
June 11 – Peacock Fortune Teller
June 18 – Pool Cupcake
June 25 – Contact Paper Lantern
July 2 – Chinese Dragon Puppet
July 9 – Camera
July 16 – Tiki Necklace
July 23 – Spin Drum
July 30 – Star Art Weaving
Monthly Scavenger Hunts in the Children's Room
Stop by the library to play I-Spy with June’s World Monuments I-SPy tank! Find the objects listed on the provided form. Checkmark them on the form, fill in your contact information, and turn it into the front desk for a fun little prize!
New Scavenger Hunt in July!
Find the Special AIrplane
- Let us know when you found the “Special” Airplane (in many colors) and what number is it.
- The Airplane will move every week and will have a different number on it.
- Turn in the form to get a small prize!
One entry per week per child.
Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger Hunts in the Library
June 3 – 28
Look for the travel items hiding around the Children’s Room and fill in the letters for the answer to the riddle. Bring your completed paper to the front desk for a prize!
Scavenger Hunts in the Library
July 1 – August 3
Look for the U.S. Monuments hiding around the Children’s Room and fill in the letters for the answer to the riddle. Bring your completed paper to the front desk for a prize!
Scavenger Hunts Outside of the Library
Scavenger Hunt – Downtown Hayward
Join us for a scavenger hunt in the Downtown Hayward area. See if you can name the business or building associated with each photo on the backside of this sheet. To participate, pick up a form at the library or the Hayward Area Chamber; fill out a Google Form at: https://tinyurl.com/bderukvz or scan the QR Code at the bottom of this page. Submit your completed forms to the library by noon on July 27, 2024, for a chance to win 4 Movie Tickets to Hayward Cinema. Winners need not be present and will be notified by phone after July 30, 2024.
A pdf copy: https://weisscommunitylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-Family-Scavenger-Hunt.pdf
Scavenger Hunts Outside of the Library
Around the County – Local Wonders
July 7 – Aug. 3
Join us for a scavenger hunt throughout Sawyer County and discover some “Local Wonders” even locals may not know. Take a picture of yourself (along with anyone else) in front of an identifying marker at the hidden gem. There are a total of 24 hidden gems to discover. Go and visit at least 6 from Group “A” and
6 from Group “B” and submit your photos.
There are 3 ways you can submit your photos:
Stop by the library and show them to a staff person.
Email the pictures to hlibrary@hayward.wislib.org
Use the google form: https://tinyurl.com/4ycrsr69
To participate, pick up a form at the library or the Hayward Area Chamber; fill out a Google Form at: https://tinyurl.com/4ycrsr69 or scan the QR Code at the bottom of this page. Submit your completed forms to the library by noon on August 3, 2024, for a chance to win a $20 Gift Card from the Hayward Area Chamber of Commerce. Winners need not be present and will be notified by phone after August 7, 2024.
A pdf copy of the form: https://weisscommunitylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-County-Family-Scavenger-Hunt.pdf
Smokey Bear Reading Challenge –
June 3 – Nov. 28, 2024
Flat Smokey Bear
- Pick up a Flat Smokey sheet at the Library
Color and cut out Smokey Bear. - Take Flat Smokey with you on all your outdoor adventures.
- Take a picture of you and Smokey practicing fire prevention and safety with family and friends.
- Post on social media with #FlatSmokeyWI.
- Share your images with us by emailing to hlibrary@hayward.wislib.org and we’ll post the photo in the library.
- Copy of Flat Smokey.
June 4 – Meet Smokey
- Join us to kick-off
Smokey Bear’s Reading Challenge - Meet Smokey Bear
- Take pictures with Smokey
- Bring your stuffie with you
- Stay for a Bedtime Story
- Make a name tag for your stuffie
- Leave your stuffie for a sleepover
- Pick up your stuffie the next day
Smokey Bear & Project Northwoods Program
July 16 @ 6 pm
- Learn about local snakes, how to co-exist with them, how to deal with snakes in their yards, etc. Get a chance to touch some snakes and kids will go home with a craft.
Adventures Into STEM – Ages 9-12
3:30 – 4:30 pm
June 18
July 16
Aug. 6
Programs for 9 – 12-year-olds will be held on the following Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 pm: June 18, July 2, July 16, and August 6. Partnered with 4-H & Youth – Sawyer County Extension. Awesome science activities, including Foam Rockets, Hydraulic Syringes, Circuit Greeting Cards, Regatta Activity, Water Windmill Challenge
Adventure Around the World
July 13 @ 10:30 am
Children and their families are welcome to have an Adventure Around the World on the Library Trail. Please be ready to be outside. The event will be held inside the library in case of bad weather.
Teens & Adult Program
Wednesdays: Tween & Teen Time
Wednesdays 1 pm – 3 pm
Come to the first meeting to choose activities! Crafts, STEM, Games, Anime, Ladder Golf, Crunchy Roll, *D &D and more TBA!
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June 5, 12*, 19*, 26*
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31*
Aug. 7*, 14*, 21, 28
Come to the first meeting to choose activities! Crafts, STEM, Games, Anime, Ladder Golf, Crunchy Roll, *D &D and more TBA!
Tiny Art Show &
Take-N-Make & Exhibit
Geared toward Teens & Adults
- June 12 – Pick up While Supplies Last
- Bring back to the library by July 30 to be part of the Tiny Art Show
exhibit and to be entered in a prize drawing. - Tiny Art Show July 5 – Aug. 30
- Connect with your inner artist for our Tiny Art Show! Starting June 12, you can pick up a Tiny Art Kit, while supplies last. That day you can pick up a 4”x 4” canvas for any media to create art using the theme of “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” Please ask us if you need paint, etc. Turn in your art by July 30 for the Tiny Art Show which will be displayed from July 5 to Aug. 30. All
who return their entries will be eligible for a prize drawing, which will be chosen at random from artwork returned to the library.
Travel Programs
June 11 @ 6 pm – Family Adventures Near & Far
Presented by
the Nelson Family
In July 2011, David and Josie Nelson, their 2-year-old son Karl, and friends Darby and Geri Nelson canoed for three and a half weeks on the Noatak River in Alaska’s Brooks Range. From the headwaters in Gates of the Arctic National Park to the village of Noatak, they paddled 370 miles. The Nelsons enjoyed seeing musk oxen, caribou, wolves, and incredibly diverse plant life, but the trip was truly unique because of the joy and excitement that came from traveling with a toddler.
Last June, the Nelson kids, now 12 and 15, cooked up a plan with their friends. They wanted to travel from the Nelson home in Hayward to their friends’ home in Stillwater MN solely by human power. The two families walked about 6 miles from the Nelson home to the Namekagon River, then paddled 80 miles on the Namekagon to the Saint Croix River, paddled 120 miles on the Saint Croix River, then walked about a mile from the river to their friends’ home. It was an unforgettable 10 day adventure!
June 27 @ 6 pm – Galapagos
presented by
Mel Baughman
During a one-week cruise on a small ship, we hiked across lava fields and snorkeled along rocky shores twice each day. On land we approached within a few feet of giant tortoises, lizards, and a diversity of birds. The sea was alive with tropical fish, sea stars, turtles, sea lions, fur seals, and penguins.
July 2 @ 6 pm – Woods, Water, Wildlife: Adventure into the Woods
presented by
Michael Dombeck
Mike’s presentation will take us through decades of time and how peoples’ dependence on and relationship with the land (woods, water and wildlife) has changed over the years. Why being good stewards of the land is more important today than ever.
Michael Dombeck is one of the most respected and renowned contemporary conservationists. He dedicated a quarter of a century to managing federal lands and natural resources with an impact on nearly 500 million acres of public lands. Dombeck is the only person to date to lead America’s two largest land management agencies—the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. He graduated from Hayward High in 1966 and wrote a column for the Visitor magazine (published in Hayward) for 40 years (from 1974-2014).
July 23 @ 6:30 pm Betwixt Now & Then
presented by
Thom Holden
Highlighting some of the many Lake Superior shipwrecks found over the past half-century presented by Thom Holden
More than 200 ships lost on Lake Superior are still to be found. This group of “Went Missing” ships has been a challenge to locate and identify. But dedicated recreational divers have stepped up to the task with much success, adding greatly to Great Lakes maritime history. Thom Holden, retired director of Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth, will discuss several of the discoveries in this illustrated talk which is free and open to the public.
Programs for All Ages
paperpie Book Fair
To Benefit the Children’s Book Collection
July 10, 11, and 12 from 10 am to 5 pm
Please help the library build our children’s book collection!
You will help us:
When you purchase books for yourself, your family, & friends, 50% of the proceeds will go to the library.
We’ll use the funds to buy paperpie books. You can also order online at https://paperpie.com/brandpartner/G9094/event/4019173 from June 3 through Monday, July 15 (until 8 pm).
When you purchase books the library would like in the collection, you will get a dedication plate inside the book, and also get the chance to check out the book first!
When you check our Facebook page for a post about the event with a link to purchase books.
Share the post with your friends to be entered in a drawing for a book!
Cable Natural History Museum:
Junior Naturalist and Little Programs
Junior Naturalist - grades K-6
10 – Noon
June 28 – Color Crazy
July 5 – Survivor
July 12 – Insect Investigations
July 19 – Stories in Nature
July 26 – Creepy Crawly Creatures
The Cable Natural History Museum’s
popular Junior Naturalists program is
also in Hayward! Welcoming kids
entering grades K-6 for games, art,
& outdoor exploration at this 2-hour
drop-off program at the Library.
Meet at the Hayward Library back patio for drop-off/pick-up.
FREE, please RSVP at cablemuseum.org/events
or 715-798-3890
Find full series info at
cablemuseum.org/junior-naturalists
Your Little Naturalist - Ages 3 - 6 yrs. old
10 – 11:30 am
June 26 – Five Senses
July 3 – Art in Nature
July 10 – Water Wonders
July 17 – Best Bugs
July 31 – Predator/Prey
Little Naturalists offers the opportunity to
playfully explore our environment using
our sense and imagination. This series
is geared towards children ages 3-6.
Adults are encouraged to stay with
children and siblings are welcome.
Meet at the Hayward Library back patio for drop-off/pick-up.
FREE, please RSVP at cablemuseum.org/events
or 715-798-3890
Find full series info at
cablemuseum.org/little-naturalists
Thank you Sponsors, Partners, and Donors
Sponsors
The Read to Me and Youth Summer Reading Challenges are sponsored by the Friends of the Library in partnership with Northwest Connection Family Resources and the Hayward Library Foundation.
This year the Teen and Adult Summer Reading Challenges are sponsored by the Hayward Library Foundation.
The Beanstack app is provided by the WI Dept. of Public Instruction.
2024 Sponsors, Partners & Donors
Partners and Donors
Advanced Printing
Brule River Canoe Rental
Cable Natural History Museum Summer Schedule
Great Lakes Aquarium
H & R Block – R & C Susedik, Tax & Accounting LLC
Hayward Cinema
Hayward Golf Club
Hayward School District
Jack Links Aquatic & Activity Center
Jump River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Kwik Trip
L & M Fleet Supply
Lori’s Card & Gift
Lynne Marie’s Candies
Northwest Connection Family Resources
Outdoor Ventures
U. S. Forestry Dept.
Walmart