Oxford Public Library
129 South Franklin Avenue
Oxford, WI USA 53952-0032
Phone: 608-586-4458
Upcoming Events
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Thursdays, 10am
Preschool story hour
We have a good story, and then an easy project. The socialization has been especially good, and for this librarian it is the highlight of my week. Come see why!
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News from the Oxford Public Library
You will know it’s summer when you are sitting somewhere beautiful reading a best ever book for the Summer Reading Program. Our program begins at 2pm on June 29th. We target children, but all ages are allowed to participate and win really decent prizes.
Boot Camp happens every Monday and Wednesday at 1 P.M. starting June 20th. It is designed as a remedial program and will be another way around the same mountain. Our teacher, Bette Schneider will be bringing in innovative and tried and true methods to reinforce basic skills and stop the dreaded "summer loss" that so often happens. Just come in on the 20th, sign in and beef up that muscle between your ears.
Before I type all the new books and things in the library I just have to tell you a good one about this community. A patron came in the other day and thought she needed me to call the fire department. Her back tire was smoking and actually threw out flames while she was driving on Highway 82. One of our regular patrons (a woman, no less) ran out to her car and saw that it wasn’t an emergency. She then proceeded to diagnose the problem (using big words and phrases about cars of which I have no knowledge) and suggested a tow. She even offered to drive the woman to her home, some 43 miles if the tow truck couldn’t take her. She calmed the woman down, got her a drink, and basically took over what could have been a very stressful situation. That’s 86 miles there and back at .51/mile or $43.86 (yah, I did the math) of her own coin to help a stranger. Wow.
This sort of thing happens over and over. I see a strong network of people helping one another all the time. There is a lot of good that goes on in this pretty little picture postcard town. A lot of unconditional giving. Wow. Over and over I tell myself what a privilege it is to work here! Thank you!
New at Your Library This Month
Books:
The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester
Lavender Morning, by Jude Deveraux
A Moment in Time, by Judith Gould
Angry Housewives, by Lorna Landvik
Icy Sparks, by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
The Quilter’s Legacy
The Englisher, by Beverly Lewis
Hotspur, by Rita Mae Brown
Stand-in Groom, by Suzanne Brockmann
Nerd Gone Wild, by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Deep in the Heart, by Sharon Sala
Lancaster Brides, by Wanda Brunstetter
If I Am Missing or Dead, by Janine Latus
To be or Not to be Amish, Rumspringa, by Tom Shachtman
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult
Cry No More, by Linda Howard
Mercy Street, by Mariah Stewart
Unspeakable, by Sandra Brown
Short Straw, by Stuart Woods
Katie Brown’s Weekends
Haunted Wisconsin, by Beth Scott and Michael Norman
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Gelman
Trial by Fire, by J.A.Jance
Give Me My Father’s Body, by Kenn Harper
Great Wisconsin Winter Weekends, by Candice Gaukel Andrews
Florida RV Camping, by Marilyn Moore
I Hear Voices, A Memoir of Love, Death, and the Radio, by Jean Feraca
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, by Suze Orman
Stripped, by Brian Freeman
Almost Dead, by Lisa Jackson
When We Were One, Stories of World War II, by W.C.Heinz
Sacred Hoops, by Phil Jackson
Damage Control, by J.A.Jance
CDs
The Great Voices of Christmas
Just Push Play, by Aerosmith
DVD
Monk, Season Three
See even more new books & DVDs added to the library.
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Access to Overdrive Digital Audio Books is made possible by funding from the Winnefox Library System and the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium.
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