Skip to content

Accessibility

Search

An Evening with Author with Nick Petrie

Whitefish Bay Public Library, along with Boswell Books, invites you to an evening with author Nick Petrie for his new book The Dark Time.

Sign up to save your spot!

Seeking Community Leaders

The Whitefish Bay Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking applicants who value libraries and are committed to community service. The Library Board provides strategic direction and oversight to the Library Director and staff.

Read more about this exciting opportunity~

Join us for storytime!

Need to buy a new appliance? Read reviews before you buy!

Excite Your Mind with Upcoming Events

event icon

Library Board Meeting

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Tue, Feb 24th


Meetings are typically held in the Library's program room at 6:30PM, on the fourth Tuesday (with some exceptions), with the option to join via Zoom (see Zoom details below).  

learn more
event icon

All Ages Storytime

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Wed, Feb 25th


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.

learn more
event icon

All Ages Storytime

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Thu, Feb 26th


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.

learn more
event icon

All Ages Block Party

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Sat, Feb 28th


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!

learn more
view all events >>>

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...

keep reading
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...

keep reading
view all blog posts >>>
Created with Snap

Quick Links

Search CountyCat / Website / Events

Created with Snap

New on the Shelves

Blue Lock 27 Kaneshiro, Muneyuki View Adults
Definitely maybe not a detective: a novel Fox, Sarah (Mystery writer) View Adults
The Guy You Loved to Hate: Confessions from a Reality TV Villain Pratt, Spencer View Adults
The Bourne revenge Freeman, Brian, 1963- View Adults
The claiming Warga, Jasmine View Adults
A deadly clue Gilbert, Victoria View Adults
Death of a Groom Beaton, M C View Adults
Divine ruin Douaihy, Margot View Adults
Fireflies in winter Shearer, Eleanor View Adults
Firestorm: the great Los Angeles fires and America's new age of disaster Soboroff, Jacob View Adults
Attack Bunnies Gehl, Laura View Adults
Because of a Shoe Fogliano, Julie View Adults
Bunny and Clyde on the Lam: (A Funny Middle Grade Chapter Book Full of Escapes, Mix-Ups, and Big Mistakes - For Kids Ages 5-8) McDonald, Megan View Adults
Call Me Moby Kenseth, Lars View Adults
Camp Monster Messner, Kate View Adults
The Chick-O-Saurus Crull, Kelly View Adults
Cross & Sampson Patterson, James, 1947- View Adults
Each and Every Spark Swinarski, Claire View Adults
Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad Reese, Brandon View Adults
Hummingbird's Big Trip Karas, G Brian View Adults
Cold zero: a thriller Thor, Brad View Adults
Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble Green, John Patrick View Adults
Black Dahlia: murder, monsters, and madness in midcentury Hollywood Mann, William J View Adults
Forever Rogue McMann, Lisa View Adults
Greta Gets the Girl Marr, Melissa View Adults
Cross your heart and hope he dies: a novel Moke, Jenny Elder View Adults
Departure(s) Barnes, Julian View Adults
Gabby Greene Knows Whodunit Tschida, Sam View Adults
The Colors of Nature Barr, Catherine View Adults
The exes: a novel Darlington, Leodora View Adults
Crux Tallent, Gabriel View Adults
Eat yourself healthy Oliver, Jamie, 1975- View Adults
Enough: your health, your weight, and what it's like to be free Jastreboff, Ania M View Adults
Europa Ponti, James View Adults
Fackham Hall View Adults
The forever strong playbook: a six-week, science-based plan to sharpen your mind, strengthen your body, and get healthy at any age Lyon, Gabrielle (Osteopath) View Adults
The Hadacol Boogie Burke, James Lee, 1936- View Adults
Europa Ponti, James View Adults
Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel) Winick, Judd View Adults
All the little houses Cobb, May, 1973- View Adults
The fair-weather friend Garcia, Jessie, 1970- View Adults
Gachiakuta: 9 Urana, Kei View Adults
Being Thomas Jefferson: an intimate history Burstein, Andrew View Adults
A box full of darkness St. James, Simone View Adults
The great shadow: a history of how sickness shapes what we do, think, believe, and buy Bauer, Susan Wise View Adults
Homeschooled: a memoir Block, Stefan Merrill View Adults
Digital delusion: how classroom technology harms our kids' learning -- and how to help them thrive again Horvath, Jared Cooney View Adults
Football Klosterman, Chuck, 1972- View Adults
Dig me a grave: the inside story of the serial killer who seduced the South Harpootlian, Dick View Adults
The bookbinder's secret Bell, A. D. (Novelist) View Adults
Blue Lock: episode Nagi. 6 Kaneshiro, Muneyuki View Adults
Revenants Return Riley, James View Kids
It's spring! Kurilla, Renée View Kids
What a small cat needs Shaloshvili, Natalia View Kids
Peekaboo Rex! Boynton, Sandra View Kids
Venus!: fierce and fabulous McAnulty, Stacy View Kids
A porcupine wedding Rylant, Cynthia View Kids
Plenty of pancakes Finison, Carrie View Kids
Unfairies Aaron, Huw, 1980- View Kids
Some of us are brave Faruqi, Saadia View Kids
The Barkers: Mind the cats View Kids
Blurmp: A blurmp in time Benton, Jim View Kids
Tractors in space MacKay, Ross, 1986 or 1987- View Kids
Sweet dreams, night animals Marino, Gianna View Kids
Stronger than Grimes, Nikki View Kids
Spirited: it came from the deep Livingston, Liv View Kids
The aftermyth Wolff, Tracy View Kids
Dr. Zeus Patterson, James, 1947- View Kids
Chicka chicka peep peep Chung, Julien View Kids
Gus upstairs Sookocheff, Carey, 1972- View Kids
I'm so happy you're here: a celebration of library joy Threets, Mychal View Kids
No way, wash day Thurman, Adrienne View Kids
The favorite hat Bernstein, Ariel View Kids
Mungo on his own Burgess, Matthew View Kids
Tuck me in! Pyle, Nathan W View Kids
Decoy saves Opening Day Ohtani, Shohei, 1994- View Kids
When I redraw the world Vernick, Audrey View Kids
Dragon flower Chen, Jiang Hong, 1963- View Kids
Just right Maldonado, Torrey View Kids
Found you! Godwin, Jane, 1964- View Kids
Nat the Cat finds a map Lerner, Jarrett View Kids
Make new friends Stein, Joshua David View Kids
There is not usually a hole Hirst, Daisy View Kids
Wrong friend Harper, Charise Mericle View Kids
We can help!: a first book of first aid French, Vivian View Kids
Vans & villains Keene, Carolyn View Kids
Eureka Chang, Victoria, 1970- View Kids
Gone viral Soto, Gary View Kids
The clean-up monster Wehner, Eleni Tassopoulos View Kids
Your forest Klassen, Jon View Kids
Hypergifted Korman, Gordon View Kids
Unsettling salad! Reynolds, Aaron, 1970- View Kids
The Lions' Run Pennypacker, Sara/ Klassen, Jon (ILT) View Kids
Love finds a way Kousky, Vern View Kids
Lola's moving day McQuinn, Anna View Kids
Ramadan for everyone: a Muslim community story Khalil, Aya View Kids
The hardware store =: La ferretería Heuer, Lourdes View Kids
Colors = Colores Sartore, Joel View Kids
Let's find Yaya & Boo on the go!: a hide-and-seek adventure Knapp, Andrew, 1982- View Kids
The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World Haidt, Jonathan View Kids
Oxford blood Davis-Featherstone, Rachael View Teens
Boruto: two blue vortex. 4 Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974- View Teens
Dragon cursed Kova, Elise View Teens
The swan's daughter: a possibly doomed love story Chokshi, Roshani View Teens
We're not safe here Chupeco, Rin View Teens
Self portrait Volbeda, Ludwig, 1990- View Teens
Beth is dead Bernet, Katie View Teens
Blue Lock: 26 Kaneshiro, Muneyuki View Teens
Tokyo these days: 2 Matsumoto, Taiyō, 1967- View Teens
One-Punch Man: 32, Blessing ONE, 1986- View Teens
Kageki shojo!!: 15 Saiki, Kumiko View Teens
Alyte Moreau, Jérémie, 1987- View Teens
The invisible man & his soon-to-be wife: 6 Iwatobineko (Manga author) View Teens
Adachi and Shimamura: 6 Iruma, Hitoma, 1986- View Teens
Villains are destined to die: 8 Suol (Manhwa artist) 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

Meet our Staff

staff profile image

Lainie Yank

Reference Assistant

I started working as a Reference Assistant for Adult Services at Whitefish Bay Public Library in October of 2025. As a current student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I'm pursuing an MLIS degree with a public library concentration and an MA in English with a concentration in literature and cultural theory. I was so excited to start the Reference Assistant position because I hope to work as a full-time librarian after graduation. When I'm not studying, teaching, or tutoring--or at the library--I can be found watching a Brewers game, at a local trivia night, or going to a concert in Milwaukee.

keep reading view our staff

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.

Our Story