Madison Public Library



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Welcome to the Madison Public Library website.
This website should provide quick and easy access
to information about the Madison Public Library.

Our foremost concern is to produce a warm and creative
environment where Madison residents can partake of a
variety of activities both pleasant and conductive to
life long learning.



YOUR LIBRARY- A LIFELONG LEARNING PLACE


Library Hours

Tuesday through Saturday:  1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday evening - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Friday Morning - 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
   Friday Afternoons  "Wee Wigglers"  4:00 PM- -ages 4 & 5
Sunday and Monday - Closed

COMPUTER ACCESS AVAILABLE
AT THE LIBRARY!!
We have 3 gateway computers
with high speed DSL connection
Madison library-your information station!



adult lecture
max mccoy, author
I, Quantrill
saturday, feb. 5, 2010
sauder community center
7:00 p.m.







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PARENTS AS TEACHERS

MAKE A BOOK! 

SAUDER COMMUNITY CENTER
FEBRUARY 21, 2010


THIS IS A PARENT-CHILD MEETING.  PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A BOOK WITH THEIR CHILD(REN) TO HELP ENCOURAGE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND READING!  PARENTS CAN EVEN BRING THEIR OWN PHOTOS FROM HOME!



watch our site for future dates of activities with Carolyn Cole.
Visit the library to check out books to read to your child.
Educational toys available and books and videos available for check out on parenting children of
this age group.






BEST SELLERS  and new books

Addie of the Flint Hills by Adaline Sorace
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
the geography of bliss by eric weiner
Dewey the Small-Town Library Cat  by Vicki Myron
Making Memories- Simple quilts from cherished clothing by Deb Rowden --Given by KFWC Madison Civic Culture Club
Sins of the Fathers-Facing Today's Global Challenges by Dr. William H. Browning
Spatzies and Brass BB's by Dr. Ken Ohm
Ducks Across the Moon by Dr. Ken Ohm
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Survival of Rural america by Richard e. Wood
Kansas Gold - Kansas Wheat Commission
Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook
Nell Hill's Decorating Secrets by Mary Garrity
Count your Blessings  by Jack Canfield
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
traveling with your pet - AAA travel
Guide to your child's Nutrition -American Academy of Pediatrics
Putting the Heart in your home by Jean Lemmon
Charlatan by Pope Brock
Call me ted by ted turner
Last Lion -The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy
Paul newman a Life by Shawn Levy
The Snowball-Warren Buffett and the business of life byAlice Schroeder



Fiction
 

Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
ford county: stories by John Grisham
The Shack by William P. Young
the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Finger Lickin ' Fifteen byJanet evanovich
True blue by David Baldacci
Southern Lights by Danielle Steel
Corsair by Clive Cussler
This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury
U is for undertow by sue grafton
snow melts in spring by deborah vogts
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Quilter's homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Stephenie Meyer's series-twilight etc.
  The Secret by Beverly Lewis
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The 8th Confession by James Patterson

We now carry Farm & Ranch & Mother Earth News

 YOUNG READERS

Elephant by Roland Smith
Iron Thunder by Avi
Cracker! by Cynthia Kadohata
Billy Creekmore by Tracey Porter
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Airball-My Life in Briefs by L.D. Harkrader
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Wings by William Loizeaux
Diary of a Whimpy Kid THe Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Punished! by David Lubar
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Drita My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
Listen by Stephanie Tolan
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
along for the ride by Sarah Dessen
Don't judge a girl by her cover by ally carter

My Book  Box by Will Hillenbrand
How do dinosaurs go to school? Jane Yolen
harry the dirty dog  by gene zion
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo by Kevin Lewis
Detective LaRue by Mark Teague
I love you because you are you by Liza baker
Help Me! Mr. Mutt.  by Janet Stevens
Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
Marley, a Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Meet Julie by Megan McDonald
Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson
Rabbit's gift by George Shannon given
by Chapter DY PEO in memory of Carole cookson




A humble life - plain poems by Linda Oatman High
Wings on the Wind by Kate Kiesler
World of Water by Rona Arato
Twisters and other terrible storms by Osborne
Children's Guide to Insects & Spiders by Jinny Johnson
The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids
Book of Lists- Fun Facts and Weird Trivia
Can You See What I See? by Walter Wick
They Came From the Bronx by Neil Waldman
Almost Gone -The World's rarest animals by Steve Jenkins


DVD'S
For children:
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
The Mitten by Jan Brett
several new Kipper DVD's
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

For family
The Waltons   Seasons one ,two, three, & four
Little House on the Prairie  Season one

DVD Adult
Fireproof
Oil Dorado:  The Life and Times of an Oil Boom
Sense and Sensibility
Lamont Kansas-A History of the Town
and Remembrances of School Days Past



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                              
 

                                                                  
History Hour
Rev. Bob Robison
History of Madison
Watch for next date and time

Rev. Robison and Local residents give insight into
early Madison history
Lively discussion and refreshments



If you need help using the internet,
here is a good place to learn.

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Library Address and Telephone #

110 S. First St.
MADISON, kANSAS   66860

620-437-2634
Fax - 620-437-2631

e mail:   madison.library@madtel.net



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Site design by Leslie Elliott
Last revised   March 25, 2009