The library has a large collection of nearly 300 jigsaw puzzles.  They check out just like books for two weeks; we are restricting puzzle checkouts to one at a time because of the possibility of mixing up different puzzle pieces.  The collection is designed for adults since most of the puzzles are over 1,000 pieces although we do have some floor puzzles for children.

               

The collection circulates all year long, but is most popular during the winter months.  The puzzles range from 300 pieces all the way up to 3,000.  Some are fairly easy, and some will be extremely hard.  The companies range from Ravensburger to Eurographics to Clementoni to Spingbok.

             

We add new puzzles regularly; just recently we added a big stack of puzzles ranging from scenic to animals.  The newest offerings include “America’s Parks Collection: Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah” as well as two Eurographics 1000-piece puzzles of Oia, Santorini, Greece and Venice, Italy. Springbok has a beautifully-colored 1000-piece puzzle titled, “Water Wheel.” Painter Rebecca Barker’s “Vermont Maple” is a gorgeous fall scene in vivid reds and golds of the Vermont countryside done in 500 larger size pieces for easy grasp.  Ravensburger Puzzles offers “Rolling Hills” in 300 large pieces as well.

 

Fans of Boo, the Internet famed Pomeranian, will enjoy four pictures of him eating French fries, pizza and donuts in “JiffPom.”  And kids and adults will enjoy “Zoo Animals” by Shafig Shawki.  Cat lovers will delight in “Furball” of a white cat sitting in a basket of multi-color yarn. 

 

Among the library’s collection, there are fine art reproduction puzzles including Monet’s “Woman with Umbrella,” Edgar Degas’ “Ballerina,” Renoir’s “The Luncheon,” Van Gogh’s “Wheat Field and Mountains,” and M. C. Escher’s “Up and Down.”

 

We also have several puzzles designed to help those with dementia and Alzheimers.  They have 35 pieces and encourage active minds.  The titles are: “Winter Snow,” Spring Stream,” “Seaside Nostalgia,” and “Seaview.”

 

There are puzzles depicting “Star Trek: The Original Cast,” “Dinosaurs,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Red Rose,” “Quilting Bees,” “Durango Express,” or “White Tiger Face.”  Educational puzzles range from “Famous Writers” to “Flags of the World” to “History of Aviation,” to “Vintage Fire Engines.”  We also have some 3D puzzles such as “Tower Bridge,” “Saint Peter’s Basilica,” “Big Ben” and “Victorian House.” 

 

The collection is kept in the conference room so please ask at the circulation desk if you wish to see it.  There are a lot of choices to keep you occupied this winter.  Our only caveat is that you are responsible for returning all the puzzle pieces in the zip lock bag provided.  If a puzzle is missing pieces when you assemble it, please let us know when it is returned.