To encourage a love of reading and learning, we sponsor activities for our youth. Some of these activities include:

• Halloween Party with a chili and hot dog supper, followed by games, treats, and a movie
• Easter Egg Hunt
• Summer Reading Program with rewards
• Story Hour is held at various times throughout the year
• Play Area for the younger children

• Children's books
• Easy Reader books
• Young adult books
• Reference books
• Adult fiction
• Christian fiction
• Non-fiction for all ages
• Biographies
• Large print books
• Audio books
• Children's CDs
• DVDs
• Magazines
• Local newspapers

History Education Movies At The Mallard Public Library

• The Lost Pyramid
  
• Doomsday 2012 The End of Days
  
• Moonshot
  
• Manson
  
• Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
  
• Monster Quest
  
• 102 Minutes that Changed America
  
• The Kennedy Assassination 24 Hours After
  
• Art of War
  
• The Sherlock Holmes Collection
  
• How Bruce Lee Changed the World
  
• Ice Road Truckers The Most Dangerous Episodes
  
• The Universe Our Solar System
  
• Music of Ray Charles
  
• Madoff and the Scamming of America
  
• Mysteries of the Freemasons
  
• Angels & Demons Decoded
  
• JFK 3 Shots that Changed America

UPCOMING EVENTS The Mallard Public Library held a Spring Open House on April 24, 2010 to recognize the Palo Alto County Gaming Development Corporation for the grants the library had received for the year 2009 and 2010.  Without the grant we would not have been able to update our library with new the new technology we now have to offer our patrons.  Don Miller, Kay Suhr and Skip Wallace, from the Palo Alto County Gaming Development Corporation, were among those attending the Mallard Public Library Open House.  Thank you to everyone that attended the Open House and made it a success. Our library offers a variety of services to our patrons such as printing pictures from a digital camera, color copies, internet access and several other services.  Our summer hours are Monday 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Wednesday 9:00AM to 5:30 PM and Friday 9:00 AM to 5: 30 PM. We have a summer reading program for all ages with prizes for the most books read in each age group plus an end of the reading program party. We are starting an adult book club.  Anyone interested please contact the Mallard Library 712/425-3330. Our library will also be hosting children’s story hour this summer.  Watch for the date and time. Mallard Public Library will be hosting a Easter Party for children 3rd grade and under at the library on April 3,2010 from 10 AM to 11 AM.  We will have a story, movie and craft activities.  Refreshments will be served.  Join us at the library for  all the fun.

 

Other services available at our library include:

• Meeting room
• Reading area
• Homework area
• Computers with DSL internet access and printers
• Fax machine
• Laminating machine
• Puzzles
• Inter-library loan service