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Wee Readers Program

Wee Readers is for kids from birth to age 4. Once your reader turns 5, they are able to get their own library card! Pick up a Wee Readers Sheet from the library. Once you have filled out the sheet and read 80 books, bring back to the library for a...

Zoo Passes at the Library

Did you know with a Shell Lake Public Library card you can check out zoo passes?! Adults 18 and older are able to check out the zoo passes for three days. Zoo passes must be checked out and returned at the front desk. Zoo passes are not able to be...

Story Time Tuesdays

Story Time Tuesdays are every Tuesday at 10. Each week we will have a story, snack, and an activity. Our story time is geared toward children under 5, but kids of all ages are invited to join us with their caregiver. Story Time Tuesday is a great...

Free For All: The Public Library movie screening

INDIE LENS POP-UP PRESENTS “FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,” THE STORY OF A SIMPLE IDEA THAT SHAPED A NATION. Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS, and Shell Lake Public Library will host an event featuring a shortened, preview...

Click & Learn

Click & Learn workshop will be held weekly, from 10 to 11 am on Thursdays presented by NWWIB. This Digital Navigator program will be offered at Shell Lake Public Library through a partnership with Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board....

Passport to Northern Waters Library Network

Did you know your library card works at 30 different libraries?! Between now and September 2, 2025 pick up a passport and visit 10 libraries! Each time you visit a library, get your passport stamped. When you've collected your tenth stamp you earn...

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New Items At SLPL

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Gale Courses

Libby: Wisconsin's Digital Library App

eBooks, magazines, eAudiobooks free with your Wisconsin library card!
NoveList Plus

NoveList Plus

A reader’s advisory database of professionally-created reading recommendations, author biographies, articles and lists for fiction and nonfiction books.

BadgerLink

BadgerLink

BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with licensed trustworthy content not available from free search engines.

Shell Lake Public Library

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To occupy, attract, or  involve someone’s interest or attention.

Enlighten

To give greater knowledge and understanding about a subject. 

Educate

To provide the access to knowledge and skills through directed research. 

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