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Beyond the Vikings, what do you know about  Minnesota? Minnesota has so much more to offer beyond its State Fair and  its 10,000 lakes. To learn more about this Midwest state, check out these titles in the library’s catalog! 

Wisconsin is more just the Dairy State and the home of the Green Bay Packers. This state has been home to Progressive Leader Bob La Follette, Olympians Mark Johnson and Bob Suter, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and actors Willem Defoe and Mark Ruffalo.

Have you ever wondered, as you watch the Olympics, what the Olympic Games are really like? The Olympic Games and the athletes that compete have inspired these authors. Many of these fictional books are inspired by stories and individuals that have competed in the modern Olympic Games!

Ready for the 2024 Paris Olympics? While you wait for the Olympic Opening Ceremony to begin, see what Hollywood has to offer about the Olympics!

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One of the cool things that we as librarians get to do is training -- webinars, workshops, etc. For one week in July, one of our Reference Librarians was in Skokie, attending a workshop at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and the topic was how to teach genocide.

Mario. That plucky little plumber that we all know and love. He has been the mustachioed face of Nintendo for literal decades, and like other celebrities, sometimes he gets a little cosmetic work done. 

Every four years, elite athletes from around the globe gather in one place to test their skills. As with other things started by the Greeks, the Olympic games have evolved over the years, but their purpose remains.

Welcome to the New Quincy Public Library Website!

We like to have fun at the library, but we know that there are times when life throws tough things at us. And not everyone has a safe person to talk to. Or maybe we're just embarrassed, and we want to do some searching on our own. 

Summer Reading programs are not a new concept.  Linda Eastman earned herself a place in librarianist history in 1895 for creating the first program ever to engage children with the library during the summer months, and it became the precursor to nationwide summer reading programs.

Do you have a hold on this book? Here are some suggestions of books to read: 

• Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan  

• The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky