This is the season to do jigsaw puzzles; it is cold and icy outside, the perfect weather to stay indoors and read, but also a great time to spend by yourself or with your family working on a puzzle.  The library has a large collection of jigsaw puzzles well over 200 choices.  They check out just like books for two weeks.  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 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.

           

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.”

           

There are scenic puzzles including “Cinque Terre, Italy,” “Exotic Harbor,” “Neuschwanstein Castle in Autumn,” “Tuscan Flair,” “Yosemite Valley,” “Bear Lake,” and “Romantic Bridge.”

           

Animal lovers will want to try assembling the beautiful owl in “Silent Watch” or the horses in “Taking Flight.”  Or they can watch the animals come together in “Northwood’s Moose,” “Autumn Lady,” or “Full House”

 

You can enjoy 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. Our only caveat is that you are responsible for returning all the puzzle pieces in the zip lock bag provided.  The library staff does not have the time to count the 3,000 pieces of “Antique Map of the World.”   If a puzzle is missing pieces when you assemble it, please let us know when it is returned.  And for those who used the collection last winter, we have been adding new puzzles so please stop in and check them out.