Day Calendar

Spring is in the air, and so are the birds! Swoop into the library and pick up a kit to create your very own backyard birdfeeder! We will also include a guide to identify common backyard birds in Oklahoma. See if you can find them all!

Teens ages 10-18 will explore a new city, country, or continent in this new series of take home kits. Fill up your passport and discover all the world has to offer. Each kit will contain a craft, information, and media on a surprise location.

This program is designed for children ages 6-12. Learn about the water cycle while doing this hands-on activity! While supplies last.

This program is designed for parents and children ages 2-5 to do together. Make your own firefly using different materials. While supplies last via curbside service.

For any teen that loves books, or any teen that maybe needs a little help loving books, our Teen Book Bags are for you! Simply register and answer a few questions about yourself, and we'll select a book for you!

Join us for a StoryWalk® around Bethany Library. Enjoy nature and Bethany's walking trails as you read a story. The story changes every month so drop by to catch a different story.

Celebrate National Poetry Month this April with a Blackout Poetry Take Home Kit! Create your own Blackout Poem with items included in kit and share your completed poem with us if you like and we'll post them for others to read!

Weekly Make & Take Craft kits available as supplies last. Great for customers of all ages! Most supplies included, may need some supplemental materials such as glue or markers. Children may require adult help & supervision.

Start preparing your family for emergencies with the Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Take Home Kit.
Each take-home kit contains a few items to get your family's emergency preparedness kit started.

Join us for an at-your-pace, virtual storytime! Skilled librarians will introduce little ones to the library and show parents and caregivers invaluable information on reading readiness and create excitement about reading.

Want to learn about poetry but aren’t sure where to start? Just want to write and colour and learn? Then our Poetry Journals are for you!

Get artistic in April, for National Poetry Month! Create blackout poetry, collage poetry, or a piece of your own making to celebrate the joy, expressiveness, and pure delight of poetry!

April is National Poetry Month! Stop by the Downtown Library pick up your personal poetry kit. When you have finished your poetry, bring your best poem back to the library so we can hang it up in the Children's Department!

Create your very own abstract art masterpiece with a style of painting that is successful for everyone. Put the "A" in STEAM using canvas, paint, and painters’ tape to create a piece of original art.

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Do you enjoy looking at beautiful flowers, birds or colorful art? Here is your chance to create your own beautiful art with this Adult Take & Make kit.

Celebrate National Poetry Month by creating your own blackout poetry.

Request a kit at the circulation desk, when you call in your curbside pickup, or in the notes section of the app. ​​

Celebrate spring! Pick up a "Grab N Go Kit" and create a Spring Suncatcher. Kits are available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

With some comics and glue, learn how to decoupage a box with your favorite superheroes!

Request a kit at the circulation desk, when you call in your curbside pickup, or in the notes section of the app. ​​

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Throughout 2021, Black History Month and Beyond, Ralph Ellison Library is providing a unique visual opportunity by visiting former locations of Black establishments.

Learn how to be more sustainable by giving your clothes more life! Get some practice doing basic mending with this handy kit—needle, thread, buttons, and fabric to practice on.

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

Poetry Month is here! Help us celebrate by designing your very own Blackout Poem with art! Register today and pickup your kit starting April 7th. We would love to see your creation!

Create your own macramé planter in honor of Earth Day! Each kit will include directions and everything you need to make one hanging planter with a seed heart for planting.

Be a backyard bug explorer! With this take-home kit you will make your own bug jar! Enjoy observing bugs you collect and learn more by checking out some books to help identify your bugs and learn how they help us every day.

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, but is not Mexico’s independence day as many people assume. In fact, it is not celebrated nationally in Mexico, but only in Puebla.