Week Calendar

Eeek! Things are getting spooky fun around here.

Bethany Library is hosting Eek!tober. Join us all month for seasonal events for various ages. Please follow any link for more info.

Programs include:

When is the last time you took time to sit and breathe? Mindfulness is the practice of being present in a moment and taking a step back from our chaotic lives.

What do birds say on Halloween? 

Answer: Trick or tweet

When is the last time you took time to sit and breathe? Mindfulness is the practice of being present in a moment and taking a step back from our chaotic lives.

Join us for a Spooky fun scavenger hunt!

When is the last time you took time to sit and breathe? Mindfulness is the practice of being present in a moment and taking a step back from our chaotic lives.

Have a spooky good time at the library by searching for literature's most notorious villains. Each week will feature five villains hidden amongst the shelves. Once you locate all five, come to the adult reference desk for a prize. 

When is the last time you took time to sit and breathe? Mindfulness is the practice of being present in a moment and taking a step back from our chaotic lives.

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

When is the last time you took time to sit and breathe? Mindfulness is the practice of being present in a moment and taking a step back from our chaotic lives.

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 ever wanted to know what happens when a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to see it? Step into the Ralph Ellison Library and watch a log as it slowly decomposes and is returned to the soil.

Do you like books? Are you between 12-18? If the answer to both of those are "yes," then we have the thing for you!

Sign up for a book bag and we will try to find you your new favorite book!

Stop by the library and check out our ofrenda in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Learn more about this special holiday and ofrenda tradition by  picking up on of our Dia de los Muertos informational coloring books. 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Come pick up a Macramé Craft Take-Home Kit, perfect for beginners and kids!
Enjoy the fun, colorful yarn as you create your very own hanging wall decoration. 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

Butterflies are Dolly Parton's symbol. Create your own beautiful, colorful butterflies using coffee filters and washable markers! 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

All aboard! Help your child build their own construction paper train while developing essential early learning skills supporting color and shape identification and fine motor skill development. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

Create your own inspiring bracelet that asks the important question: "What Would Dolly Do?" 

Using letter beads, you'll craft a special reminder to approach life with Dolly's kindness, generosity, and big heart. 

This kit requires registration as it includes library books that need to be checked out with an active library card. 

Bookish book bags are ready! Visit the Ralph Ellison library to pick up your Book Bag!! Bags are ready the last Monday of every month and you have a week to pick them up!

Celebrate the lives of those you love and remember. We invite you to contribute to our Día de los Muertos display by bringing a photo of a loved one who has passed away.

Calling all teens or adults who love reading teen books! Bookish is available for adults to check out too!

Make a keychain charm of scrabble tiles with your name on it! Come to the front desk at Almonte to sign up for our Scrabble Tile Keychain Take Home Kit and put down whatever name you want to make with your keychain.

Do you know a Veteran or want to thank him or her for their service? Help us celebrate them by filling out a card and posting it on our gratitude board. Feel free to share a memory or photo of your favorite Veteran as well! 

Have you wanted to establish a writing routine, but are not sure how to get started. Come by the Edmond library and pick up one of our 30 Day Writing Challenge booklets.

Go on a quest for knowledge with Ralph Ellison's newest trivia quiz! The quizzes are take-home kits, so there's plenty of time to test your knowledge. You will get the questions and the answers along with a prize.

Do you like books? Are you between 12-18? If the answer to both of those are "yes," then we have the thing for you!

Sign up for a book bag and we will try to find you your new favorite book!

HELP WANTED: DINO DETECTIVES NEEDED!

Dinosaurs have escaped and are loose in the library! 🦖🦕

Learn how to make an easy crockpot version of the Choctaw and Chickasaw dish of pashofa (tanchi labona). Each kit comes with hominy, instructions, and other relevant information. 

Pages & Prose Parcel is a four-month library book box subscription service geared toward children ages 8 – 14. Children up to age 18 may sign up, but the highest reading level of books selected will be Junior Nonfiction or Juncior Fiction.

Do you have a family member who served in the Armed Forces? We would like to add them to our Wall of Honor to celebrate Veteran's Day!

Finish your scarecrow! Find all of its features hidden in the kids' area. Then draw them on your sheet and return to the desk for a prize!

In honor of Veterans Day, join our community in showing gratitude to those who have served. Stop by the library to create a heartfelt card or note.

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

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! 

Does your child love to tell stories? If your 2nd through 8th grader has a story to tell, we are accepting applications for PICTURE BOOK STORIES written by children through December 21st.

A Missing Man Table is a memorial that’s set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members.