Sign up for Summer Reading at the front desk at the Library or at www.bowmanlibrary.beanstack.org! This year we are expanding the program to include all ages. Sign up for the adult, teen or children’s program.
Drive-by for Pie Library Fundraiser
Darn this COVID-19! Our usual Pi Day Pie Day held each March 14th was a no-go this year. What to do? Let’s move the Pie Day outside and celebrate Earth Day instead!
Come join us on Thursday, April 22nd at 11:30 AM for homemade PIE! Library volunteers will have pie to go until it’s all gone. Free will offering with all proceeds going toward the Summer Reading Challenge program for Children, Teens and Adults.
We will have other baked goods available as well.
Print and color (or not)
Ok here’s your challenge: we’ve started this drawing now it’s up to you to finish it. How will you do that? Will you continue using a black marker and add more lines? A bevy of geometric motifs? Or will you add COLOR? Maybe just black, white and red? Or an explosion of the color wheel? It’s all up to you!
We want to see your finished work! Share on social media with the hashtag #BOCOmakeanddo
On-site Library Services by Appointment
The Bowman Regional Public Library building will be open beginning Thursday, June 11th by appointment.
Call the library at 701-523-3797 to set up an appointment. Each appointment is 30 minutes in length. One 30 minute time slot per person per day.
Appointments are available between the hours of 10-4 PM.
Your time begins at your appointed time, not arrival time. Please be on time. If you can’t made your appointment, call again and reschedule.
Use the north entrance to the library.
Return your items in the outside Book Return located on the north side of the library building or in the Red return bin at the library’s north entrance. Do not bring returned items to the check-out desk.
Our meeting room is closed to the public.
No STEAM kits. No LEGOs or blocks. No board games.
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Computers are available. The computers are sanitized between uses. Please use hand sanitizer (provided throughout the library) or wash your hands before and after using a public access computer.
No personal electronic devices (like iPads, laptops, cell phones, Kindles) will be handled by the Library staff.
Curbside service will continue to be available. Call the library, message the library or use our online catalog at www.bowmanlibrary.org to reserve your items.
If you want items mailed to you, we can do that too.
The Red cart will continue to be available out in front of the library.
Maker kits and crafts will continue to be available out in front of the library.
If you are not feeling well or have a cough or fever, please do you enter the library building.
Please practice physical distancing and maintain six feet apart.
Masks are strongly encouraged.
Goes without saying but there has been and will continue to be a lot of sanitizing going on. All materials returned to the library are begin cleaned and quarantined for 7 days. Library staff will wiped down high touch surfaces throughout the day.
Remember that the entire library is a high-touch surface by design.
If you have any questions, call the library, message the library, email the library. We will do our best.
Thanks for your patience. These rules will change as needed.
Be well. <3
No-Contact Curbside Pickup service
Curbside pickup begins on Wednesday, May 6th. ❤️
How do you use curbside pickup?
Reserve your items online at the library’s website using your library card. Go to www.bowmanlibrary.com and use our online catalog. Or call the library at 701-523-3797 from 10am – 2pm Monday – Wednesday.
We will bag your items and have them ready for pickup on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Pickup is from 11 am to 2 pm.
To keep this contact-free, your bagged items will be at the front of the library. Your bag will have the last four digits of your phone number written on it.
We reserve the right to tweak this process as we figure out the best way to serve you!
No returns accepted at this time. Keep any current items you have checked out right now and we will extend all due dates and make sure no fines accrue.
Be well. 
<3
Be #NDSmart
It’s a color page challenge. Show your smarts with #NDSmart! Download, print and color these pages. This is a great collaborative project. Maybe every family member can do different pages then hang them together! Show off your work in your windows or on social media #NDSmart https://www.bowmanlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ndsmart.pdf
Brighten up the world with a coloring page!
Print and Color! Let’s see how you finish these flowers! What color or color will you make them? Will you add more to the drawing? Share your creation on social media with the #whatsbloominginBowmanCo
Signs of Spring Scavenger Hunt
Here’s a little something fun to do in honor of Spring while still maintaining the practice of social distancing!
This is your chance to take a break from your phone, get present, and fully be in the moment just observing your scavenger finds. Let it be an opportunity to fuel your creativity by taking your own photos of what you come up with!
Do what you need to and just have fun!!
Tumblebooks
Thank you to Tumblebooks for making their databases available to us for no charge during this time! <3 <3 <3
www.TumbleBookLibrary.com – K-6 children’s ebook database
Username: tumble735
Password: books
www.TumbleMath.com – K-6 math ebook database
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.TeenBookCloud.com – gr 7-12 ebook database
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.AudioBookCloud.com – all ages audio book database
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.RomanceBookCloud.com – a huge collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd!
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
TumbleBooks’ databases are easy to use, and feature unlimited access from home! You can read as many books as they want, when they want, and on any device. There are no check-outs, holds, or bulky downloads. Books are available instantly.
Your access will continue through until August 31, 2020.
Thank you Bowman-Slope Community Foundation!
Thank you to the Bowman-Slope Community Foundation for supporting the Library’s new Calm Down Corner! A calm down corner is a place for angry or upset children (and adults too!) to go to engage their minds, release their anger and regulate their emotions. It’s a comforting space with sensory, calming and engaging activities.
