Story Time for Children

Children's Story Time began October 5 with 17 children attending. This is the largest size group we've had yet! The children all listened to stories and did an age-appropriate craft. They all brought a parent with them so there were lots of helping hands during craft time...thanks to everyone! Story Time is held each Tuesday morning beginning at 10:00

Join the Poetry Circle

Everyone is welcome! Each week we read and enjoy a selection of timeless poems from the world's master poets. We stay with each poem, share our responses, and discover how the words come alive and speak to us. Drop-ins are welcome. This is poetry beyond the usual. We meet Mondays from 10:30-12:00, but the schedule may change so call to confirm time: 541-937-0150

New Books

We are adding new books to the children's collection weekly. Thanks to a very generous grant from the Libri Foundation and a private donation from Julie Edwards we are able to add over 600 new titles to our children's and young adult collections. Come on in and check them out!

Summer Reading Program Ends

On the final day of the SRP we had a water party and picnic. The kids loved getting wet in the water relay and water balloon toss! They also liked getting our teen volunteers wet whenever they got the chance!! We have been putting goldfish crackers into a goldfish bowl throughout the program - one for each 15 minutes of reading - and the kids all guessed how many crackers total to win a prize. There were 1116 crackers total! All the kids really read up a storm and turned their logs in each week. And, thanks to our generous supporters, the Libri Foundation, Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation, Chambers Family Foundation, and the Lane Library League we were able to offer many new titles to both the little ones and the young adults. Congratulations to everyone who attended the program.

Book Sale Continues

Many thanks go out to everyone who attended our book sale on July 25! Lots of books and other materials found good homes, but we still have many, many selections. The book sale will continue, during open hours, throughout September (depending upon weather) and new items are being added to the continually so stop by and check it out!

Book Sale

The library will be having its annual book sale this Sunday, July 25 from 9am to 3pm in the library parking lot. We have thousands of selections and other miscellaneous items for sale or donation. A Dexter Fire Department firetruck will be there from 9:30-12:00 for families to see and learn about while they look for books. Free ice cream all day. All proceeds directly benefit the library so come on down and add some great books to your home library!

Summer Reading Kids are Stellar!

Our summer reading program has been going along swimmingly so far! Water is the main theme this year and the kids have watched flowers turn color, made marbled paper from watercolors and shaving cream and created many other works of art with the help of water. Everyone is reading up a storm, turning reading logs in each week, and adding goldfish (crackers!) to the fishbowl. Who will guess closest to the actual number of goldfish in the bowl?? We will find out at our last program day, next Tuesday morning, during our final day festivities! Many thanks, again to the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation and the Lane Library League for their sponsorship of this educational and fun-filled program.