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Wednesday-Friday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Travel with MPL Kits
Travel to another part of the world with our Travel with MPL kits! Learn about another country and culture by reading books, movies, cooking, listening to music, and playing games! We hope that you are able to reminice about places you have traveled, plan a trip for yourself, learn about another culture, or simple escape to another place from the comfort of your home.
Funded in part by a grant from Wisconsin Humanities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Wisconsin Humanities strengthens our democracy through educational and cultural programs that build connections and understanding among people of all backgrounds and beliefs throughout the state.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Each kit has a 3-week checkout period.
Call the library at 608-868-7462 or log on to SHARE to place a kit on hold!
ALASKA
- Alaska Map
- Fodor’s Alaska
- Call of the Wild DVD
- Big Miracle DVD
- Into the Wild DVD
- Alone in the Wilderness DVD
- To the Top of Denali, by Bill Sherwonit
- The Salmon Sisters: Fishing, Feasting and Living in Alaska, by Claire Neaton and Emma Teal Laukitis
- Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska, by Smithsonian Books
- Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival, by Velma Wallis
- Alaska Native Games and How to Play Them, by Tricia Nuyaqik Brown
AUSTRALIA
- Australia Map
- Lonely Planet Australia
- In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson
- Warndu Mai Good Food, by Damien Couthard & Rebecca Sullivan
- Australian Food, by Bill Granger
- Beautiful World Australia, by Lonely Planet
- The Outback DVD
- Life on the Reef DVD
INDIA
- India Map
- Lonely Planet India Travel Guide
- The Henna Artist, by Alka Joshi
- Recipes from an Indian Kitchen: Authentic Recipes from Across India, by Manju Malhi
- Queens of the Rajasthan Desert and Other True Tales: An India Travel Sampler, by Jean-Philippe Soulé
- India: In Word and Image, by Eric Meola
- Monsoon Wedding DVD
- Ludo & Snakes and Ladders Board Game
- Game Includes:
- 1 wooden board
- 1 instruction sheet
- 2 wooden die
- 16 wooden play pieces (four each of yellow, red, blue, and cyan)
- Game Includes:
IRELAND
- Ireland Map
- Fodor’s Essential Ireland 2021: with Belfast and Northern Ireland
- The Very Best Of The Dubliners Music CD
- Real Irish Food: 150 Classic Recipes from the Old Country, by David Bowers
- An Irish Country Doctor: A Novel, by Patrick Taylor
- McCarthy’s Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland, by Pete McCarthy
- Young Skins: Stories, by Colin Barrett
- Secret of the Kells DVD/Blueray
- Ireland’s Wild Coast DVD
- Ireland’s Wild River DVD
- Once DVD
- Wooden Quoit Set
- Set Includes:
- 3 red rope toss rings
- 3 blue rope toss rings
- 2 wooden bases
- 2 wooden pins
- Set Includes:
JAPAN
- Japan Map
- Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook & Dictionary
- Moon Japan
- Cool Japan Guide: Fun in the Land of Manga, Lucky Cats and Ramen, by Abby Denson
- Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami
- Classic Home Cooking Japan, by Asako Yoshida
- Beautiful World Japan, by Lonely Planet
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi DVD
- Spirited Away DVD
- Our Little Sister DVD
- How to Play Go, by Tim Ander
- Magnetic GO Game Set
- Set Includes:
- Go board
- 181 black magnetic stones & 180 white magnetic stones
- 2 Go bowls with lids
- Set Includes:
PERU
- Peru Map
- Fodor’s Essential Peru
- Turn Right at Machu Picchu, by Mark Adams
- Death in the Andes, by Mario Vargas Llosa
- Andina: The Heart of Peruvian Food: Recipes and Stories from the Andes, by Martin Morales
- Peru: The Cookbook, by Gastón Acurio
- Finding GastonF DVD
- When Two Worlds Collide DVD
- Retalbo DVD
- Land of the Incas-Music of the Andes CD
Library Hours
Monday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Last Updated on December 21, 2022.