Spooky Season at Your Local Library: Kits, Crafts, and Creepy Fun for All Ages
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August 15, 2024
Libraries across the Metropolitan Library System are ready for Halloween with take-home kits and in-person events for all ages. Whether you're crafting eerie decorations or enjoying ghoulish fun, there’s something spooky for everyone this season.
Take-Home Kits: Several libraries are offering creative kits to celebrate Halloween at your own pace. Del City Library features a DIY Pumpkin Spice Latte kit available on September 3. Almonte Library offers a Monster Slime Lab kit from October 1-13, perfect for making glittery s...
Metropolitan Library System Partners with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program to Bring the Love of Reading to Children in Oklahoma County
The Metropolitan Library System is launching an exciting new program to bring the joy and pride of book ownership to children across Oklahoma County. As affiliates of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the library is encouraging families in Oklahoma County to sign children ages 0 – 4.11 months up for this book gifting program.
Registering for the program is simple. Parents and caregivers can sign up at supportmls.org/imagination-library. Each month, recipients will receive one age-appropriate, high-quality book each month to start building their own bookshelves to cultivate early...
Goodbye Overdue Fines
Our mission is "connecting our diverse communities with resources and experiences to educate and enrich lives." These past two years have shown us just how important a role the library plays in the lives of our guests and our communities. You shouldn’t have to worry about life getting in the way and preventing you from using the library. To better live out our mission, we made a big decision:
We will be fine free forever on all Metro-owned materials except technology (hotspots, Chromebooks, laptops, iPads), Experience Passes, and titles borrowed via interlibrary loa...
Crazy 8's Math Club
Edmond Library recently started hosting sessions of the Crazy 8's Math Club, and it's been a huge success! Watch Ryn Lewis, Teen Librarian, at the Edmond Library talk with reporter Shelby Love of Fox 25 about the class....
Chill Out and Read this Winter!
Winter break will be here soon! It's important that students continue reading even when they are out of school to prevent the "Winter Brain Freeze." One fun way to keep reading is to participate in the Winter Reading Challenge hosted by Oklahoma City Public Schools.
Students who read for 20 minutes a day during winter break (380 total minutes) can log their time to be eligible for prizes and recognition. To learn more about the Winter Reading Challenge, visit the OKC Public Schools website.
The Winter Brain Freeze is a period of time in which students...
Join us at the Oklahoma Book Festival Oct. 20
Love reading? Since you're reading a blog on your library's website, I'm going to say "yes, you do"! Then you'll definitely want to know about the first Oklahoma Book Festival, organized by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. This big event will take place Saturday, October 20th in the OKC Boathouse District from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Your library will be there, with lots of smiles, answers, high fives-- and a fun temporary tattoo station.
The Book Festival will include presentations from authors, book signings, and exhibitions from publisher...
Join us for Mad Science!
Join us Sat. Oct. 6 for Spooktacular Science with Mad Science!
Spark your child’s scientific imagination through their scientific discoveries in the Mad Science program. Mad Science is an enrichment provider that hosts programs throughout the U.S. to teach children about science concepts in a fun and engaging way. These programs promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), areas of high employment in the U.S. and particularly Oklahoma. These fields make up over 6 percent of all occupations in the U.S.
Workers in STEM fields earn higher wages, and degree hold...