A special time for our youngest library members and their caregivers.  Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, music and fun. This program is best suited to those not yet walking.  We will meet in the program room nearest the children's area.  Please register as space is limited.

GRADES 2 – 5

🦇 Join us as we welcome Christine Adams back to our library! This time, we will be crafting spooky-cute bats for Halloween that you can hang wherever you like!

📌 Registration required, as supplies are limited.

Diane Israel returns with more technique to paint your own miniature picture

Do you need some help with your laptop, your phone, your Ereader. Every Wednesday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm, the reference department will provide walk in tech help. Our team we will do our best to help with your problem and point you in the right direction as needed. It is a first come first serve basis and this service will only be available from 4-5.Though you do not need to sign up, you may want to call before coming in

     Do you enjoy a good contemporary romance novel? Have a favorite romance trope you’d love to discuss with others? Join us for the library’s new book club, Books to Lovers: A Romance Book Club hosted by romance reader Sherry Maggin. This book club will meet bimonthly and feature books with your favorite romance tropes, maybe a little spice, but light on the trauma, with happily ever after guaranteed for the couples.

     September’s book selection will be The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas. Looking forward to hearing what you think about this enemies to lovers workplace romance with a quick trip to Spain! Books will be available starting mid-August.

Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona 

COME ONE, COME ALL—CELEBRATE READING AT THE GREAT MONROE BOOK BASH!

Join us at Monroe Free Library on Friday, October 23 from 6:00–8:30 PM for an evening packed with books, activities, creativity, music, and fun for all ages!

Activities include:

Book Bingo
Make-a-Zine
Books & Ballads Karaoke
Kids Read Aloud
Book Fortune Telling
Whatcha Reading Speed Dating
Book Tasting
Orchestra of Stories
Bookish crafts and activities
Book Scavenger Hunts
Libby Demonstrations
…and MORE!

PLUS: Can You Bring a Book to Life?
Test your design skills by entering The Great Monroe Book Cover Contest!

As part of the festivities, kids, teens, and adults can enter our Book Cover Contest! Draw a favorite character, unforgettable scene, or moment from a favorite book. Favorite drawings will win prizes and be announced at Book Bash! Submissions are due by 7:30 PM.

Visit https://rcls.libwizard.com/f/bookcovercontest for more information about the Book Cover Contest and to submit original work.

Whether you're a lifelong reader or just looking for a fun night out, come celebrate the books and stories that bring us together.

Friday, October 23 | 6:00–8:30 PM
Monroe Free Library | FREE & OPEN TO ALL

Please register for this event at https://shorturl.at/hoV3z

Contest prizes are provided by our sponsor, ExtraSpace Self Storage!
A special thank you to ExtraSpace Self Storage for supporting this community event. Conveniently located at 52 Commerce Drive in Harriman, this state-of-the-art facility offers a variety of storage unit sizes, competitive pricing, exceptional customer service, and a clean, secure environment you can trust.

Babies, toddlers, preschoolers along with their caregivers are welcomed to join Miss Dorey to learn early sign language while having fun with your child.  

Teaching sign language to very young children is an important early literacy skill. It has proven to foster language and communication, boost brain development and support bonding with your baby. Please register.  This program will be in the program room in the children's area.  

Make an appointment to get some help with writing your resume with our Reference clerk, Bill.  He can work with you if you have specific questions or need some advice on your resume.  Each person will receive 15 minutes.

GRADES 2 – 5

⚡Let's celebrate our love of Pokémon together!⚡

👻🕸️For this month's Pokemon club, join us as we celebrate everything spooktacular about Pokemon! From ghost types to dark types, we will use creepy-cute Pokemon as inspiration to make our very own Pokemon Pumpkin Pails for trick-or-treating on Halloween 🎃

📌 Registration required, as supplies are limited. Feel free to bring your plushies and trading cards as you did last time, but please note we will be using paint and other crafting materials in the room (plushies can take baths, but cards can't!).