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The Art of Building with Clay

Join us for an evening celebrating the craft of historic faience tile found in many Whitefish  Bay homes.  Local tile artist and architectural historian, Ben Tyjeski, will discuss the major techniques and craftsmen whose tiles are found in the village,

Join us for this illuminating talk!

Excite Your Mind with Upcoming Events

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All Ages Storytime

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Wed, Jan 21st


Join us for stories, songs, and more at an all ages storytime! What's Storytime? Storytime is a time to share books, stories, songs, and fun while building early literacy skills.

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Tea Time Book Club

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Wed, Jan 21st


Tea Time Book Club Our Tea Time Book Club meets once a month is led by Library Director Nyama Reed. This month we are reading Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. Tea Time Book Club offers in-person meetings at the Library in the 2nd floor Program Room on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2PM.

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All Ages Storytime

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Thu, Jan 22nd


Join us for stories, songs, and more at an all ages storytime! What's Storytime? Storytime is a time to share books, stories, songs, and fun while building early literacy skills.

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All Ages Block Party

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sat, Jan 24th


Join us for a fun time building at our all ages, drop-in Block Party! We'll have a variety of building materials perfect for a variety of ages, and you're invited to come and build. Stop by for 15 minutes of building or stay for the entire session!

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From our Blog

Staff Pick Their Favorite Reads in 2025

January 9, 2026

Library staff share with us their favorite books read in 2025! We're always happy and willing to make a recommendation...

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Edible Book Festival Winners 10th Anniversary 2025

May 20, 2025

2025 was the ten year anniversary for our Edible Book Festival! This year we did things a little different than...

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New on the Shelves

Caterwaul! : A Story of Sorting Stephens, Ann Marie/ Harney, Jenn (ILT) View Adults
Bath Time for the Crayons Daywalt, Drew View Adults
The Bookbinder's Secret Bell, A D View Adults
The Ordinary and Extraordinary Auden Greene Haydu, Corey Ann View Adults
The right to remain Grippando, James View Adults
Skylark: a novel McLain, Paula View Adults
After hours at Dooryard Books Sebastian, Cat View Adults
All these ghosts: poems House, Silas View Adults
Art School in a Book: A Future Artist's Guide to Contemporary Art Tovey, Russell/ Diament, Robert/ Blake, Rose (ILT) View Adults
Blue Lock: episode Nagi. 6 Kaneshiro, Muneyuki View Adults
The first time I saw him: a novel Dave, Laura View Adults
The award: a novel Pearl, Matthew View Adults
Black Butler 34 Toboso, Yana/ Kimura, Tomo (TRN)/ Pistillo, Bianca (CON) View Adults
The burning grounds: a novel Mukherjee, Abir View Adults
Captain's dinner: a shipwreck, an act of cannibalism, and a murder trial that changed legal history Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth) View Adults
The invisible woman Patterson, James View Adults
Is This a Cry for Help? Austin, Emily View Adults
100 rules for living to 100: an optimist's guide to a happy life Van Dyke, Dick View Adults
Surf smart: staying safe online Crane, Cody View Adults
38 Londres Street: on impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia Sands, Philippe View Adults
Across the universe: the past, present, and future of the crossword puzzle Last, Natan View Adults
Against the machine: on the unmaking of humanity Kingsnorth, Paul View Adults
All washed up Cheap Trick (Musical group) View Adults
Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist Thompson Payton, L'Oreal View Adults
The American Revolution: an intimate history Ward, Geoffrey C View Adults
The American Revolution and the fate of the world Bell, Richard View Adults
At midnight comes the cry Spencer-Fleming, Julia View Adults
Autocrats vs. democrats: China, Russia, America, and the new global disorder McFaul, Michael View Adults
The Beatles anthology 4 Beatles View Adults
Behind the mirror: inside the world of Big Brother Armstrong, Taran View Adults
Best offer wins: a novel Kashino, Marisa View Adults
Best wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop: a novel Mochizuki, Mai View Adults
The biology of trauma: how the body holds fear, pain, and overwhelm, and how to heal it Apigian, Aimie View Adults
Black, white, colored: the hidden story of an insurrection, a family, a southern town, and identity in America Noble, Lauretta Malloy View Adults
Black-owned: the revolutionary life of the Black bookstore Adams, Char View Adults
Blank space: a cultural history of the twenty-first century Marx, W. David View Adults
Blue Lock: 24 Kaneshiro, Muneyuki View Adults
Blue Lock: 25 Kaneshiro, Muneyuki View Adults
The bodyguard affair Lea, Amy View Adults
Book of lives: a memoir of sorts Atwood, Margaret View Adults
The botanist's assistant Townsend, Peggy View Adults
Boudicca's daughter Harper, Elodie View Adults
Brace for impact Tata, A. J. (Anthony J.) View Adults
Bread of angels Smith, Patti View Adults
Breakneck: China's quest to engineer the future Wang, Dan (Technology analyst) View Adults
Canticle: a novel Edwards, Janet Rich View Adults
Capitalism: a global history Beckert, Sven View Adults
Adachi and Shimamura: 6 Iruma, Hitoma View Teens
The dead of summer La Sala, Ryan View Teens
Villains are destined to die: 8 Suol (Manhwa artist) View Teens
The invisible man & his soon-to-be-wife: 4 Iwatobineko (Manga author) View Teens
Heart check: a varsity novel Charlotte, Emily View Teens
White lies: how the South lost the Civil War, then rewrote the history Bausum, Ann View Teens
The trespassers Alvarez, Jennifer Lynn View Teens
Good old-fashioned Korean spirit Kim, Hyun Sook View Teens
Akane-banashi: 14, Walk the path Suenaga, Yuki View Teens
Arm in arm: the Grimké sisters' fight for abolition and women's rights Carpenter, Angelica Shirley View Teens
Cry out loud O'Connor, Tara View Teens
Final cut Worley, Olivia View Teens
Leave it on the track Fisher, Margot View Teens
Song of a blackbird Van Lieshout, Maria View Teens
Fascinating fungi: nourishers, killers, connectors, and healers Kenney, Karen Latchana View Teens
The invisible man & his soon-to-be wife: 5 Iwatobineko (Manga author) View Teens
The invisible man & his soon-to-be wife: 3 Iwatobineko (Manga author) View Teens
Mindworks: An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction Shusterman, Neal View Teens
Catching fire: illustrated edition Collins, Suzanne View Teens
As good as dead: the final A good girl's guide to murder novel Jackson, Holly View Teens
Mr. Villain's day off: 2 Morikawa, Yuu View Teens
Mr. Villain's day off: 6 Morikawa, Yuu View Teens
Mr. Villain's day off: 4 Morikawa, Yuu View Teens
Mr. Villain's day off: 5 Morikawa, Yuu View Teens
Money for adulting: fun tips and financial tricks for teens Hung, Michelle, CFA View Teens
Bad boy: a graphic memoir Sims, Guy A View Teens
Mr. Villain's day off: 1 Morikawa, Yuu View Teens
Mr. Villain's day off: 3 Morikawa, Yuu View Teens
Phenomenal Moments: revealing the hidden science around us Frankel, Felice View Teens
The butterfly's sting Harlow, Abbie View Teens
An ocean apart Tew, Jill View Teens
Rewind to us Morris, Molly View Teens
A guide to falling off the map Arnot, Zanni L View Teens
Wayward gods Helander, Amanda M View Teens
The wildest dreams bookshop Page, Gracie View Teens
Seven for a secret Roach, Mary E View Teens
Boruto: two blue vortex. 3 Kishimoto, Masashi View Teens
To the stars and back: Volume 1 Peglo View Teens
K-Jane Kang, Lydia View Teens
Strange world View Kids
Sonic the Hedgehog: Volume 20, Cause & effect Flynn, Ian View Kids
How can I be safe online?: learning how to behave and protect myself on the Internet Geisler, Dagmar View Kids
A kids book about being an introvert Maynard, Josh View Kids
The magic penguin View Kids
Mother Goose the movie View Kids
Wings of fire: the graphic novel. Book nine, Talons of power Sutherland, Tui View Kids
Let's be bees Harris, Shawn (Artist) View Kids
Our lake Kang, Angie View Kids
Snow problem and other stories Pizzoli, Greg View Kids
A snow day for dog Mayer, Mercer View Kids
Better together Bouchard, Natasha View Kids
Mike, the magical coughing cat Takáčová, Magdalena View Kids
Moon song Goade, Michaela View Kids
Nightsong Han, Sally Soweol View Kids
Flick!: the truth about lizards Whipple, Annette View Kids
Menudo Sunday: a Spanglish counting book Águila, María Dolores View Kids
Through the telescope Smith, Charles R., Jr View Kids
Pokémon sword & shield: 14 Kusaka, Hidenori View Kids
Ghost boys: the graphic novel Rhodes, Jewell Parker View Kids
Ellie finds her voice Barkley, Callie View Kids
Rally road racers View Kids
Bluey: more 5-minute stories View Kids
A wonderful winter! Johnson, Nicole (Writer of children's books) View Kids
Ride the waves! Brydon, Alli View Kids
Just in case: saving seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Clendenan, Megan View Kids
We are definitely human Fang, X View Kids
What Is Artificial Intelligence? Crane, Cody View Kids
Matisse: magician of color Desierto, Derek View Kids
The amazing Maurice View Kids
The shindig is coming! Harper, Charise Mericle View Kids
The unlikely aventuras of Ramón and el cucuy: an illustrated chapter book Higuera, Donna Barba View Kids
Star Wars encyclopedia of starfighters and other vehicles Wainerdi, Brandon View Kids
Big cats! Gibbons, Gail View Kids
Robotics Peridot, Kate View Kids
Maptastic!: reimagine the world, one map at a time View Kids
Hut! Hut! Hike! Maraniss, Andrew View Kids
Just one owl Crimi, Carolyn View Kids
Little Red and big, bad Fred Belote, Ashley View Kids
Ten little leprechauns Murphy, Molly (Children's author) View Kids
Light it up! Wu, Ash J View Kids
Pokémon book of evolutions Andreou, Katherine View Kids
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant mayhem View Kids
I hear the snow, I smell the sea Milusich, Janice View Kids
Spirited: fangs for the memories Livingston, Liv View Kids
Little kids first encyclopedia of almost everything View Kids
Lovely Muco!: the happy daily life of Muco and Mr. Komatsu. 4 Mizushina, Takayuki View Kids

Meet our Staff

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Tristin McCreight

Reference Assistant

Hi! I'm Tristin and I started working at the Whitefish Bay Library in late 2024 as a Reference Assistant for the Youth Services Department. My favorite part of this job is the Arts and Crafts programs and helping answer questions from our youngest patrons. I have lived in the Northshore area for most of my life, and recently moved back here after completing my undergrad which is a B.A. in Government and International Politics, and I am currently pursing a dual masters at UWM for Urban Planning and Public Administration. I am an avid reader who loves reading romance, fiction, and short story collections. Besides reading, I love to be in nature either hiking or taking photos and discovering new music. 

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About Whitefish Bay Public Library

A library that is just about lending books seems so last century, doesn’t it?

That’s our philosophy at the Whitefish Bay Public Library, anyway. We believe that everything that we do, we do to make a difference in someone’s life. Creating connections. Building community. Collecting stories. Sure, we have books, but we’re SO much more.

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