Friends of the New Glarus Public Library

04/11/2026

TODAY! BOOK COLLECTION DAY! 10am till 1pm!

Bring your boxes of adult fiction and non-fiction books; children's books, games, puzzles, music, CDs and DVDs to Zwingli house next to Swiss church. Volunteers will be there to greet you.

The Friends appreciate your donations.

04/06/2026

This coming Saturday April 11th is the FRIENDS annual used book drop off collection. From 10am till 1pm bring used books, games, puzzles, music, movies to Zwingli house next to Swiss church. Volunteers will be there to greet you. Please no VHS or other outdated media.

10/29/2025

TODAY! NEW GLARUS CULVERS!!

Donate while you dine... and listen to the Sugar River Dulcimers!
Join us at the Culver's in New Glarus tomorrow Wednesday, October 29th from 11am-1pm and Culver's will donate 10% of sales to the Friends of the New Glarus Public Library.

10/29/2025

TODAY!! New Glarus Culvers!!

Donate while you dine... and listen to the Sugar River Dulcimers!
Join us at the Culver's in New Glarus tomorrow Wednesday, October 29th from 11am-1pm and Culver's will donate 10% of sales to the Friends of the New Glarus Public Library.

08/29/2025

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Thank you for attending the Friends Annual Book Sale! We appreciate you!!

Thank you to all of our volunteers! You helped make the 2025 Book Sale a success! You hauled boxes of books and tables, unloaded the boxes and set up the tables, re-boxed the boxes and cleaned up. THANK YOU! You worked the days of the book sale. You baked. You gave your time and energy. THANK YOU!

Thank you to New Glarus/Monticello Cross Country Team and National Honor Society for hauling tables and for hauling the boxes from storage to the Village Hall.

Thank you, library staff, for all you do for this book sale all year. You are the best!

Looking forward to doing it all again in 2026.

08/19/2025

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

SATURDAY! SATURDAY IS BOOK SALE DAY!

YES! this is a WEEK EARLY!

This Saturday and Sunday is the Annual Friends of the New Glarus Public Library BOOK SALE! August 23rd and 24th 9a.m. - 3p.m.

YES, this is a WEEK BEFORE LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

YES! We have Graphic Novels for you!!! Along with Children's Chapter Books! Also Picture Books, Early Readers, Cookbooks, Knitting Books, Quilting Books, Biographies, Historical Books, Travel Books, Poetry, Adult Fiction Books, Large Print Books! Just naming a few...

You can have all these books! Come to our Book Sale on Saturday and Sunday at 9:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in New Glarus Village Hall.

08/18/2025

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

SATURDAY! SATURDAY IS BOOK SALE DAY!

This Saturday and Sunday is the Annual Friends of the New Glarus Public Library BOOK SALE! August 23rd and 24th 9a.m. - 3p.m.

YES, it is a WEEK EARLY.

YES! We have lots of amazing books, music CDs and DVDs ready for you!

Children's Books, Chapter Books. YA Books, Graphic Novels, Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction.

10/17/2024

This Friday night come find us at 5pm downtown New Glarus to learn more about the Friends and what you can do to help and join us!

09/07/2024

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To all of you who helped make the 2024 Book Sale a success! You hauled boxes of books and tables, unloaded the boxes and set up the tables, re-boxed the boxes and cleaned up. THANK YOU! You worked the days of the book sale. You baked. You donated money for book sale items and baked goods. You gave your time and energy. THANK YOU!
Thank you to New Glarus/Monticello Cross Country Team for hauling the boxes from storage to the Village Hall.
Thank you library staff for all you do for the book sale all year.
Looking forward to doing it all again in 2025!

08/30/2024

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! GAMES! PUZZLES! DVDs! MUSIC CDs! VHS!! Yes, really VHS. We have a variety of VHS tapes!! We even have a few cassette tapes too!

All of this and MORE at the Friends of the New Glarus Public Library book sale!! Sale is Labor Day Weekend Saturday and Sunday 9a.m. -3p.m.

Books include Children picture books, Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult (ie: Cassandra Clare and Rick Riordan just to drop a couple authors).

Adult fiction, adult non-fiction, mystery, romance, westerns, cook books, and biographies, just to name a few. There are lots and lots of great books just waiting for you.

02/11/2021

More info about the library's Community Mapping project!

Also see youareherengpl.org

Art supply kits will be available through April 1st, while supplies last.

For more details, check out youareherengpl.org

01/21/2021

There's a new project in the works for the community to create art for the new library. Check it out!

Part art therapy, part library decor...so much to love about the community mapping project.

More info: https://www.newglaruspubliclibrary.org/press-release-01-18-2021