Abilene Public Library

Wee Read Story Time
2026-04-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-04-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Story Time will meet on Tuesdays at 10 am and 4 pm
For infants through pre – school
Adults to accompany children

Brown Bag Documentary
2026-04-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-28 12:00 - 13:00
Bring your sack lunch and watch a documentary film
Spring Schedule
March 3 – Understanding on how corals and fish depend upon each other in the Carribean
March 10 – Explore beloved author Beatrix Potter’s life and her Hill Top Farm that was the setting for many of her stories
March 17 – A journey into Irish heritage and the island’s wonders
March 24 – Follow bird loving experts as they rise to the challenge of understanding and saving shorebirds
March 31 – Celebrate Dr. Temple Grandin’s pioneering work in animal welfare, and autism advocacy
April 7 – Explore this road (Ermin Way) build by the Romans that allowed Romans to exploit Britian’s resources
April 14 – David Attenborough explores a site with rare traces of ice age mammoths and neanderthals
April 21 – Learn about the beginnings of the American Revolution, part 1
April 28 – Learn about the beginnings of the American Revolution, part 2

Library Board Meeting
2026-04-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-12 16:00 - 17:00

LEGO Club
2026-04-15 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-04-22 15:30 - 16:30, 2026-04-29 15:30 - 16:30
Come complete simple challenges and build with friends
3:30 pm on Wednesdays in the Children’s Department

Diamond Art
2026-04-18 10:00 - 11:30
Come learn how to Diamond Paint!
Saturday, April 18th
Drop-in the Children’s Library between 10 – 11:30 am
All supplies provided!

Documentary Screening - Free for all: The Public Library
2026-04-20 19:00 - 21:00
Free for All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today’s librarians who serve the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.
7 pm at the Library, April 20th

Game Club
2026-04-24 15:30 - 16:30
Meets in the Children’s Department at 3:30 pm
Last Friday of the Month

Bilingual Story Time
2026-04-25 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-05-23 10:30 - 11:30
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

Author Talk
2026-04-30 14:00 - 15:00
Veda Rogers will be at the library on Thursday, April 30, starting at 2:00PM She will be talking about her book A Grand Day: The Forgotten Voice of a Farm Woman Through Dust, Depression, and War.
These published diaries of Louisa “Lulu” Ehrichs Schwanbeck chronicle her life and work on her farm in western Kansas spanning the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II.

Teen Book Talk
2026-05-02 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

Teen Advisory Group (TAG)
2026-05-07 15:45 - 16:45
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

Preview Friends of the Library Book Sale
2026-05-07 17:30 - 19:00
Members Only Preview
Friends of the Library Members can shop the Friends of the Library Booksale Thursday evening 5:30 – 7 pm. Memberships are available to purchase at the door!

Friends of the Library Booksale
2026-05-08, 2026-05-09
Spring book sale by the Friends of the Library
Bargain prices on gently used books!

Snacks and Scribbles
2026-05-09 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

Bookmarks for Mom
2026-05-09 10:00 - 11:30
Saturday in the Children’s Library
Make bookmarks for Mother’s Day

A Masquerade Mystery
2026-05-15 17:30 - 20:30
Come spend an evening at the library to help uncover clues and solve the mysterious death of our beloved library director on the night of May 15th 2026, 5:30 – 8:30
recommended for ages 13-17
registration required

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)

CLOSED - Memorial Day
2026-05-25

Wee Read Story Time
2026-05-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-05-27 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
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
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
