Programs and Events

Pizza & Pages:

Teen Winter Reading Program

December 9, 2024 – March 3, 2025

Pick up your booklet any time before March to start earning raffles and rewards for book tasting a variety of titles. Book tasting means you try out a book – it is optional to finish the book. You can read graphic novels, audiobooks, e-books, printed books, Braille, manga, fiction, non-fiction. Read aloud to others or be read to. Raffles include gift cards towards Culver’s, Fill Inn Station, and Chippewa Candy Store, and also the food and supplies for you to have your own pizza party at home. Rewards include books, pizza cutters, vinyl stickers, pizza plushies, and more. We will host different themed programs throughout the winter, too. All Pizza & Pages participants will be invited to a Pizza Party at the library in March.

Thank you to this winter’s sponsors: Culver’s (Chippewa Crossing location), Fill Inn Station, Chippewa Candy Store, and Friends of the Library. These businesses and organizations have donated gift cards and items for our rewards, raffles, and the Pizza Party.

December TBR- Endings & Beginnings

December 2 – December 23

Our monthly book subscription box, for ages 13-21, includes library books to read then return plus freebies and snacks. December’s freebies will include a varied supply of items and tools for you to create your own Wreck This Journal or anything else you can think up! Resubmit this form each time you would like another TBR box, up to twice each month. More details are available on the form or by contacting Youth Services staff. This service will be paused in January to resume in February.

Left-overs

Monday, December 30.

Drop-In 2-4pm

Help us clear our craft shelves before the new year! Drop by to use left-overs from past programs to create whatever you like – also perfect if you missed an event or want to repeat one! We’ll also have the waffle makers available for you to try waffling random foods.

Read-In

Thursday, January 23, 2025 4:30 to 6:30pm.

Drop by the Teen Area for hot chocolate and snacks. We’ll have books set out to book taste, or bring your own to read.

SAMA: Shrinky Dinks

Monday, January 27 4:30-6pm

Society for the Appreciation of Manga and Anime is open to all 6-12th graders. We meet every other month, typically the last or second to last Monday of the month. In January, we will have Shrinky Dink and coloring supplies available while we watch an episode or more of anime and hang out. Advanced registration is encouraged but not required in order to attend. Snacks will be available.

Pizza Making 101

Saturday, February 1

11:30-1:30pm

(this event is held at the Market on River 128 W. River Street)

Registration is required by January 25- space limited. Learn how to make different types of pizza crusts then taste test a few. We will also experiment with and eat non-traditional pizza making (crackers? potatoes? crustless?). Each participant will get a packet full of pizza and pizza-related recipes. Meet library staff at Market on River – more details about the location will be emailed to you after you register.

Read-In

Wednesday, February 19, 4:30 to 6:30pm.

Drop by the Teen Area for hot chocolate and snacks. We’ll have books set out to book taste, or bring your own to read.

Teen Makerspace:

The YA Area offers space and seating reserved for grades 6-12. Drop in to enter the monthly raffle and for self-service activities, board games, and projects during library hours. These materials and items rotate periodically. This summer’s projects and supplies may include (but are not limited to) coloring tools, fabric painting (please provide your own fabric), embroidery floss, watercolors, 3D pens, button making, color your own stickers, breakout boxes, jewelry making, and more.

Calling Teen Artists!

We would love to showcase your art in the Teen Area. Accepted artwork may be in a variety mediums, including but not limited to photography, sculpture, woodworking, painting, and collages. Learn more about sharing your creation with the public.

Kits and More

Games & Science Kits– CFPL has games and science kits that you can check out then play in the library or at home.

Resources & Services