Prairie Reads

  Easter Egg Hunt Tuesday, March 26 6:45pm Morris Public Library Ages 10 and under Storytime, Facepainting, Coloring, Chalk and bubbles Take photo with Easter bunny Sponsored by Morris Area Women of Today (Indoors if bad weather)

Students from the MAHS Personal Computing Class will be reading books they’ve created at Storytime this week! Storytime is held at 10:30am on Thursdays. The students’ books are already on display in the children’s section at the library and are  being enjoyed by many people. The students have a craft activity, a coloring project, and [...]

Scott Thoma, Out of the Blue Two Minnesota authors will be here at the library soon.  Scott Thoma will be here on March 21 at 1:00 p.m.  He will talk about his book Out of the Blue.  It is a non-fiction book about the F5 tornado that touched down in Tracy, MN on June 13, [...]

MAHS Computing Class Book Display The Morris Area High School Personal Computing Class, under the direction of Jenny Maras, will have their projects on display here at the library during the month of March.  The class has chosen different children’s books and written sequels to them.  On March 21 at 10:30 a.m., the group will [...]

If you want a job…or a better job…take this opportunity for FREE (just give us three hours) Tuesday, February 19, 2013 from 9am to Noon OR 12:30 to 3:30pm at the Morris Public Library. 102 E. 6th St. Morris, MN 56267 Take the National Career Readiness Certificate assessment at no cost. To reserve your slot, [...]

Please join us on March 2 to celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America! Kids of all ages are welcome from 1-3pm at the Morris Library. Have fun with crafts, a movie, snacks, and reading! This event is hosted by UMM’s EMSP. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more [...]

Yolanda Polman, a vocational rehabilitation counselor with the MN Workforce Center, is now available to meet with people with permanent disabilities in the library meeting room. Ms. Polman has reserved the room every second Friday of the month from 10AM to 3PM. Appointments are not necessary. You may contact her @ yolanda.polman@state.mn.us. This is also [...]

Appliques with Style by Mary Mulari Brazil, a DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat Moon (Wm. Trogdon) Camp Out: the Ultimate Kids’ Guide by Lynn Brunelle (Juvenile book) Fodor’s Alaska 2013 Fodor’s Northern California 2013 Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens by Robert Gottlieb [...]

Morris Public Library now offers a free service for those who cannot get to the library to check out materials. You are eligible for this service if you live within the Morris city limits, have a library card with no fines, and you cannot make it to the library for one of the following reasons: [...]

While others were deer hunting this past weekend, I read Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life by Trevor Blake. The author, an immigrant from England, has fond memories of libraries, books, and librarians from his childhood. Neat! He donated a copy of his book to every library in the U.S. [...]