Summer Reading Kick-Off
2026-05-21
First Day to Register for Summer Reading – All Ages!
Sign up for summer reading, crafts, snacks, voting, guessing games, and fun!

Activities for the kids:
9-11 am -Prehistoric Preschoolers activities
11am -4 pm -Jurassic Kids – Dino races at 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30
4-6pm – Triassic Teens
5pm – Capture the dinosaur scavenger hunt (ages 11-14)

Bilingual Story Time
2026-05-23 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Bilingual-BilingüeSpanish/English – Inglés/EspañolStory Time/hora del cuento
Children’s Library Event
Stories, Music, Crafts, Snacks, Fun!Cuentos, música, manualidades, bocadillos, ¡diversión!
Funded by a grant from the Pizza Hut Literacy Foundation

CLOSED - Memorial Day
2026-05-25

Wee Read Story Time
2026-05-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-05-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-06-02 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-06-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-06-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-06-10 10:00 - 11:00
Stories, Crafts, Snacks and Fun!
Adults are to accompany children
Target ages are infants through preschool

LEGO Club
2026-05-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-10 14:00 - 16:00
Drop – in the Children’s Library from 2pm – 4pm
Build creations with the library’s LEGOs

Unearthing some fun with Special Guests
2026-05-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-06-04 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-06-11 10:00 - 11:00
Youth program on Thursday mornings with special guests
May 28 – Milford Nature Center
June 4 – Dr. Jerry Simmons Scientist
June 11 – Deputy Depew
June 18 – Dickinson County Farm Bureau
June 22 – Dickinson County Conservation (Earth Balloon at the Community Center)
June 25 – Super Dig with Cassie

Tiger's Name Unveiling!
2026-05-30 10:00 - 11:30
Come to the Children’s Library 10 am to find out the Name of the Tiger! What name won the naming contest?
Snacks and crafts

Monday Movies
2026-06-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-15 14:00 - 16:00
Free Movie in the Children’s Department.
See flyers in the library or call the Children’s Department at 785-263-1303 to check what movie will be showing

Brown Bag Documentary
2026-06-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-09 12:00 - 13:00
Select Tuesdays at Noon, each film starts at noon and lasts just under one hour
Bring your sack lunch
June 2 – Along this road from London to Chichester, discover what lead the Romans to abandon Britian in the 5th century
June 9 – Follow scientists as they work to untangle the complex networks of trees, fungi, and creatures in the forests
June 16 – How some feathered dinos became the birds of today
June 23 – American Revolution: Covers the period of May 1775 through July 1776
June 30 – American Revolution: part 2
July 7 – Explore the rise of Mammals that came after the dinosaurs were wiped out
July 14 – After the young writer, Henry David Thoreau fails at his writing career, he retreats to a cabin in the woods
July 21 – Explore the wildlife and serene beauty of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend

Texas Cattle Drives and the Creation of the Mythic American West
2026-06-04 16:00 - 17:00
Learn about the life of Joseph McCoy, the entrepreneur who brought cattle drives from Texas to the railroads at Abilene. Presented by Tom Luellen

Digging up some fun
2026-06-06 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-06-13 10:00 - 11:30
Saturdays at 10 am
Crafts and Activities
June 6 – Pasta Paleontology
June 13 – Cookie Excavation
June 20 – Paper Airplanes with Dad
June 27 – Dino Wrap up!

Teen Book Talk
2026-06-06 10:00 - 13:00
On the first Saturday of the month, come in and discuss your current reads or favorite books with other teens.
Recommended for ages 13 – 17

Library Board Meeting
2026-06-09 16:00 - 17:00

Late Night Library
2026-06-10 19:30 - 22:00
Spend some time at the library after hours – for Grown ups
WHAT TO DO?

Bring your own craft, crochet, knitting, scrapbooking, journaling, fiber/art or other project to work on
Make a Diamond Art Bookish Magnet
Board Games & Coloring Pages Provided (or bring your own!)
Space for quiet reading
Work on a puzzle
Choose to be social or not!

Featured Board Games:
Happy Little Dinosaurs
Trekking The National Parks
Flip 7

June 10th, 7:30 – 10 pm

Teen Advisory Group
2026-06-11 15:45 - 16:45
Meetings are at 3:45 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
TAG is a group of teens who work to make the library teen friendly. It’s a great way to earn community service hours and to help choose and plan activities and programs at the library.
If you are already a member, Please sign up again, thank you! Print a sign up form HERE Meeting times can be changed if needed. If you have any questions, please email Cassie at cwefald@abilenelibrary.org

Snacks and Scribbles
2026-06-13 09:30 - 13:00
Snacks and Scribbles
Come and join us on the 3rd floor in the Teens & Tech Department for art and coloring. Snacks provided!
Come and go event 9:30 am – 1 pm
All ages welcome – Adults, Teens & Youth
Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month

Monday Musical
2026-06-15 18:00 - 20:45
Movie night at the library
Come see a patriotic musical
Starts at 6 pm
Contact the library for the movie title
