🎉 Join us for a super fun storytime with award-winning children’s author Jody Jensen Shaffer! 🎉 She’ll be reading her adorable book “Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater”, leading some silly songs and action rhymes 🦔🎶, and helping us with a fun craft project! ✂️🖍️ 📚 Jody is the author of over 70 kids’ books, including “Prudence the Part-Time Cow”, a […]
» Read moreAll you need is your library card and your smartphone, tablet, or computer, and you can read full color magazines any time! With our free Libby app you have access to more than 5,000 magazine titles throughout the world. Find the app in your app store or visit their website: https://libbyapp.com/library/molib2go
» Read moreMarshall Public Schools has released their supply lists for grades K through 8. Donations are also being collected at Marshall Public Library. The school supply list can be accessed here: https://www.marshallschools.com/documents/parent-resources/school-supply-lists/11600 Marshall Public Library is assisting the MPS Social Work Team on collecting school supplies for this coming school year! Our goal is to fill our large book cart this […]
» Read more🐝 Itching to Protect Our Pollinators? 🦟Join us for the MOSQUITO BUCKET CHALLENGE!📅 Wednesday, July 16, 2025🕠 5:30–6:30 PM📍 Marshall Public Library – 214 N Lafayette Ave, Marshall, MO Help fight mosquitoes without harming our precious pollinators! 🐝🌼The Mosquito Bucket Challenge is a safe, cost-effective, and eco-friendly way to reduce mosquito populations—without toxic sprays. Here’s what to expect:🎨 Decorate your […]
» Read moreHere is a list of new books we added in the month of June 2025. You can access our catalog in the menu above and place books on hold for pickup at our window. Curbside pickup is currently available six days per week. If you find that you’re waiting awhile for a book that is already checked out, you can […]
» Read moreLearn to read the news with a critical eye.Join us at the Marshall Public Library for a hands-on, eye-opening Media Literacy Workshop with special guest Rachael Perry from LibraryUp! Discover how to spot bias, compare headlines, and get a clearer view of current events using the Ground News App—free for all MPL patrons! Just sign up while you’re in the […]
» Read moreWe will be closed on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth. The holiday honors the date when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas in 1865 with 2,000 Union troops to proclaim that more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans in the state were free – two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation […]
» Read moreThis summer the Marshall Public Library has added hundreds of books for our 2025 Summer Library Program : Color Our World. This year’s theme is all about the arts. Matisse’s Garden by Samantha Friedman This volume describes how French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) began cutting shapes out of paper and posting them on his walls, and how this simple pastime […]
» Read moreHere is a list of new books we added in the month of May 2025. You can access our catalog in the menu above and place books on hold for pickup at our window. Curbside pickup is currently available six days per week. If you find that you’re waiting awhile for a book that is already checked out, you can […]
» Read moreWe just added a bunch of new movies and shows on DVD. If you don’t have a DVD player, we have one of those to check out, too! Often there are shows you don’t watch because they’re on another streaming service. We’ve got you covered. Suggestions always welcome.
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