Please view each of our locations’ programs below. Call us or email us with questions or concerns.
Our Summer Reading Theme is Read, Renew, Repeat! Summer reading prevents the dreaded Summer slide by encouraging good reading habits. Kids up to 12 yrs. can pick up a Summer Reading Swag Bag, it comes with a reading log, reusable water bottle, and stickers! Pick up a reward from the goody basket when checking out your Summer Reading books.
Celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday with us by participating in the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge! Participants will learn about wildfires and the environment by reading books, taking action, and having fun. Stop by any of our branches and pick up a challenge sheet. Follow the directions on the sheet and earn a Smokey Bear pin and certificate. The challenge is open from June through August.
Additionally, visit the Granville branch to view Smokey Bear collectibles and memorabilia, on loan from staff member Rachael Blomquist, during June and August. Take a photo with a life-size Smokey and enjoy a film presentation that chronicles Smokey’s journey from the 1940s to the present day with audio and visual clips.
Putnam County Public Library District will be offering a new service.
Read 1000 Books before Kindergarten.
Do you have a child between the ages of 0-5? We will be offering prizes for every 100 books that are read to your child until they reach 1000 books. For more information stop by any of our library branches to pick up your first logbook.
From Garden to Table; Crafting Fresh Salsa
Thursday, August 22nd 5:30 P.M.
Susan Glassman from the University of Illinois Extension Office. Sign up at the library.
Cricut MakerSpace
August 12 – 16th
Come in to learn how to use the Cricut Maker on select Thursdays and Fridays. Crafty Adults and Teens Welcome! All Day event. Call ahead. This month is Glittered Wine Glasses.
Putnam County Book Club
We meet 3rd Wednesday every month either at Hennepin or Granville Library at 6:30 P.M. Come join us and share your ideas. We choose books together and look forward to completing our list for the next year. Looking forward to sharing our enthusiasm for books. Follow us on Facebook.
Cricut MakerSpace
June 10 – 14
Come in to learn how to use the Cricut Maker on select Thursdays and Fridays.
Crafty Adults and Teens Welcome! All Day event. Call ahead. This month is Patriotic Book Display.
Homework Helper
Anytime during Library Hours
Starting in Hennepin this Spring. Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours.
Solar Art Workshop
Thursday, August 15th 11:00 A.M.
Create one-of-a-kind art using ultra-violet sensitive paper, the Sun’s power, nature, and imagination in this workshop especially for youth and teens.
End of summer at the park!
Friday, August 9th 10: 30 A.M.
Treats, games, and prizes!
STEM Challenge: Be Sun Safe
Tuesday, August 6th, 2:00 P.M.
What does it take to shield oneself from the harmful rays of the sun yet still enjoy summertime? In this fun, hands-on, activity, youth ages six and up, will experiment with a variety of materials using solar-sensitive beads to test how well each material shields against the sun. After experimenting, participants may use their beads to create a Sun Safe armband.
August activities with Katherine Girone
Tuesdays in August 4:30-5:30 P.M.
Katherine Girone from the University of Illinois Extension Office will offer activities.
Sign up at the library. All ages are welcome.
The Illinois Natural History Survey Traveling Science Center
Tuesday, July 30th
10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Hopkins Park in Granville
The Illinois Natural History Survey Traveling Science Center is a 320 square foot mobile classroom featuring informative, engaging exhibits on biodiversity and natural resources that visits schools and communities across Illinois. Visitors learn about the types of habitats and species diversity of their region, as well as ways to protect against threats to that diversity. Since 2006, we have visited over 150 communities and 200 public events and provided structured school programs for up to 30,000 students each year.
Recycling Craft
Wednesday, July 31st Date: TBA
Jyllian Ossola will be here to do the craft for kids.
Friday Fun Story Time
Fridays in June and July 10:30 A.M.
Hopkins Park
Share a story and snack with friends at the park. Stay and play a Nature scavenger hunt, Pick a prize- bubbles, chalk, stickers.
Popsicle Stick Extravaganza
June through August
Embrace creativity this summer with collaborative art! In this program, which runs through the end of the summer program, participants of all ages can decorate popsicle sticks with geometric designs, doodles, or inspirational messages. At the conclusion of the summer program, the sticks will be assembled into colorful squares, framed, and displayed at the Library.
Books & Brunch
First Saturday of the month during library hours. Food, Books, and Friends.
Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Students are welcome to work on homework at the library during library hours on Wednesdays.
Robin Williams
Thursday, August 8th 12:30 P.M.
Historical Presenter Michelle Gibbons will take you into the life and mind of the comic genius, Robin Williams. Gibbons will discuss William’s famous works, movies,
TV shows, and success: his struggles and achievements; as well as the impact he made on others during and after his life. Gibbons will explain how an alien from outer space named Mork became a larger-than-life legend on earth.
