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Get your family outside this summer to explore the great outdoors! Come and grab a Backyard Search and Find sheet from Almonte Library. Your mission?

Start your weekly adventure at the library this Summer with a Take Home Craft Kit. Each week a different take home kit will be available starting Mondays at 9am!

Kits available while supplies last. Limit 2 per family.

Here at the Downtown Library, we’re always looking for fun ways to connect readers with our collection of books. Thus the idea of a library book “subscription”, a connection between YOU the reader and US, your friendly neighborhood librarians.

LitFest Adult’s Creative Writing Booklet 

LitFest Interactive Fiction Creative Writing Booklet 

LitFest Kid's Creative Writing Booklet 

Stop in the library for a hoppin' good time! On the way to picking out your books hop like a bunny, jump like a frog, slither like a snake, and watch out for the log! Get your heart pumping in a fun way at your library.

In honor of National Hot Dog Day earlier this month, we present to you this adorable hot dog collage kit! The kit includes a paper plate and craft paper "ingredients" to make and dress your hot dog just the way you like it!

Have you heard of those subscription boxes where you pay to receive a personalized box of goodies every month? Well, this is just like that, except for free! And with library books!

Have you heard of those subscription boxes where you pay to receive a personalized box of goodies every month? Well, this is just like that, except for free! And with library books!

Have you heard of those subscription boxes where you pay to receive a personalized box of goodies every month? Well this is just like that, except for free! And with library books!

In honor of the 2021 launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, you will get a chance to experience the teamwork, research, and planning it takes to make a successful NASA mission to space.

The Metro Library's annual LitFest is coming up at the Downtown Library. Get a jump start on your writing with one or all of these take-home kits, which give you some ideas about what to write about.

It can be difficult to take a moment to stop, slow down, and focus on something that’s good for our well-being. Pick up one of our monthly mindfulness journals filled with prompts to help you focus on your mental health! 

Have you always wanted to explore creative writing but never had the chance? Pick up one of our creative writing chapbooks filled with creative writing exercises meant to strengthen your creative muscles!