Day Calendar

Young adventurers should come by the library and grab a Dino Dig Take-Home Kit, allowing them to craft their own fossils and then later dig up prehistoric treasures!

Visit Almonte for an interactive display on Juneteenth, plus explore the new Podcast Room to record your oral culture - history, poetry, stories, music, and more!

Kick off an adventurous summer reading with a safari themed search and find! Animals are running rampant throughout the Almonte library. Can you help us find them all?

Libraries are for Everyone! Join us at Belle Isle for passive programs and displays showing YOU can be PROUD at your Library.

Start your weekly adventure at the library this Summer with a Take Home Craft Kit. Each week a different take home kit will be available starting Mondays at 9am!

Kits available while supplies last. Limit 2 per family.

The library will be transformed into life size Candyland that you and your family can do on your own as you visit us this summer! Stop by the reference desk and tell them you want to play. 

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is almost here! This American holiday, observed annually on June 19th, commemorates the emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African Americans in Texas.

It's summer time!! Bring back all those summer camp vibes with this super awesome craft. Directions and supplies will be included. 

As a way to celebrate PRIDE this year, check out one of our PRIDE Book Boxes.  Each will contain a book from our collection with a main character who represents the LGBTQ+ community to check out, a few goodies, and some PRIDE swag.

Help Mothman find his friends at the library! Visit the children's department to complete a fun scavenger hunt and win a prize if you can unscramble the secret word. One prize per person.

We're celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ artists in the month of June! Enjoy our exhibition from local artists and creators on display in Philomathea Hall. 

Traveling? Hosting? Planning tons of summer fun? Make sure to grab a kit of archival supplies from your neighborhood library to save your summer memories.

Celebrate Pride with a DIY colorful Pride Flag garland! This kit will contain all the supplies needed to create a colorful flag garland that celebrates the many different kinds of people in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

This is a take home kit for ages 5 and up. Kit contains the supplies to make a decorated paper butterfly. Young children will need adult supervision and assistance.

Find the national park posters around the adult and teen sections to collect a prize at the reference desk!

Make your own drink charm!  You can put it around your straw, the handle of your coffee mug, or the stem of your wine glass.  

Make a set for those summer get togethers! 

Each kit can make a set of 4 charms.

What are you waiting for?  Adventure is out there -- ready to be discovered!  This take-home kit for adults supports Summer Reading and June being "Great Outdoors Month"!

Take off for adventure by making a paper roll rocket ship. You'll also get a reading list about space, so come get yours while supplies last!

It can be difficult to take a moment to stop, slow down, and focus on something that’s good for our well-being. Pick up one of our monthly mindfulness journals filled with prompts to help you focus on your mental health! 

Have you always wanted to explore creative writing but never had the chance? Pick up one of our special Juneteenth creative writing chapbooks filled with creative writing exercises meant to strengthen your creative muscles!

Have you always wanted to explore creative writing but never had the chance? Pick up one of our special PRIDE creative writing chapbooks filled with creative writing exercises meant to strengthen your creative muscles!