Happy New Year! May this year bring about dreams, promises for a better year, and enough time to slow down on occasion to enjoy family and friends. January weather can be ominous and bitter, but is such a wonderful month to curl up with a good book and stay cozy at home.

Stop by the Muskogee Public Library to get a stack of goodies: movies, books, board games, and audiobooks. Want to stay warm in the comfort of your pajamas? Download titles on either the Libby or hoopla apps for free with your library card. Both can be downloaded from www.eols.org/download-and-stream or found on the app store.

Cold weather makes me stir-crazy at times, and I like to get out of the house to socialize or just for different scenery. If this sounds like you as well, the Muskogee Public Library is here for you. In January, we have activities set up for the littlest ones all the way up to high schoolers and adults. On Thursday, January 18, the library will be hosting a StoryWalk Party at the Honor Heights Park Arboretum from 4-5 p.m. We will be launching our latest book, “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, and will have a winter scavenger hunt to complete. The Youth Volunteer Corps of Muskogee will be joining us and will be bringing an activity as well.

Also on Thursday, January 18, teens ages 12-18 are invited to join us in our glass room from – p.m. to turn mint tins into a wallet or miniature art piece. Then, on Friday, January 19, from 4-5 p.m., bring your little ones ages 2-6 to spend an afternoon inside having a snow play day. Activities will include ice painting, penguin bowling, a snowball toss, and the reading of a wonderful winter story.

Whatever you do this winter season, we wish you warmth and good cheer. Know that your friends at the Muskogee Public Library are here to help make the year 2024 your best one yet!