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Creature Craft
Creature Craft
Each week a themed craft will be available for pickup from the library as a part of our Exploration Kits. Please stop by the library to pick one up and follow along with the craft instructions in the booklet or on our Facebook page. Availability of Exploration Kits will be on a first come first […]
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Tuesday Tails and Tales | Online Storytime
Tuesday Tails and Tales | Online Storytime
This special weekly Storytime will be full of fun stories and songs that go along with the weekly theme for Tails and Tales summer reading. You can find this video linked on our Facebook page every Tuesday.
Critter Creations | LEGO Challenge
Critter Creations | LEGO Challenge
Every Tuesday grab your LEGOs from home and see if you can build our weekly Critter Creation. Find images of the final build and the pieces used on our Facebook or Instagram.
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Mad Science | Family Program
Mad Science | Family Program
Mad Science will be putting on a show of fire and ice. This spectacular show thrills audiences with impressive science experiments. The event includes foggy dry ice storms and demonstrates how giant beach balls can float in the air. Students are amazed by sizzling, shivering scissors and special bubbly showers! This program will be held […]
Tails and Treats | Recipe
Tails and Treats | Recipe
Pickup an Exploration Kit at the library or go to Facebook to find a weekly Tails and Treats recipe. Each recipe will focus on the weekly theme.
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Shake Your Tail | Bookmobile Dance Party
Shake Your Tail | Bookmobile Dance Party
Every other week the Bookmobile will be out at Brookside park near the playground by the pool. They will be hosting a dance party to have kiddos shake their tail to the best kid friendly music. (weather permitting see updates on Facebook)
Safari Science | Online Science
Safari Science | Online Science
Get ready to learn and play with Safari Science which can be found in our weekly take home bags. This program includes step by step instructions and questions for kids to follow the Scientific Method. Find this video on Facebook or YouTube.
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Artsy Animals | Online Craft
Artsy Animals | Online Craft
Watch and create along with Artsy Animals which can be found in our weekly take home bags. This program includes step by step instructions and art supplies for kids to create a fun art project. Find this video on Facebook or YouTube.
Summer Reading Wrap-Up Celebration
Summer Reading Wrap-Up Celebration
Stop by the Corner Park to fill up your reading log with last minute reads along with United Way’s Fun Fridays. The Bookmobile will be there with plenty of books to checkout and read. Check out the animals from the Akron Zoomobile.
Fun Fridays with United Way
Fun Fridays with United Way
Join United Way and Ashland Public Library for Fun Fridays! June Entertainment: Mad Science July Entertainment: Tom's Kitchen Table August Entertainment: Akron Zoomobile For more information about Fun Fridays visit United Way of Ashland County's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Unitedwayofashlandoh/
Find-A-Duck | Scavenger Hunt
Find-A-Duck | Scavenger Hunt
Every Friday this summer our new duck mascot will be telling his rubber duck friends to hide at different Ashland parks. Log onto Facebook to find out where they will be headed to see if you can find a special friend to take home.
Among Us Gaming
Among Us Gaming
Every other week the library will host an Among Us game for up to 9 participants. This program requires registration and an email address to send a link to. To register please go to our website calendar at www.ashland.lib.oh.us. If you need Among Us, it can be downloaded as a free app on your smartphone […]
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Teen TOC | Teen Original Creations
Every other Saturday there will be a teen craft available for pickup from the library. Each bag will center around the weekly theme and will include a paper cube sculpture and different origami creatures to fold. Supplies are limited.
Friends of Ashland Public Library | Meeting
Friends of Ashland Public Library | Meeting
Meeting of Ashland Public Library Friends to be held in the Stockwell Meeting Room.
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Celebrate Shark Week
Celebrate Shark Week
Help us celebrate shark week with fun themed videos all week long on Facebook and YouTube. There will be a shark craft to pickup on Monday, Storytimes on Tuesday and Thursday, and a Fun with Food video. Also, on Friday there will be a very special duck hunt. Login online to join along! Monday: Shark […]
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Celebrate Shark Week
Celebrate Shark Week
Help us celebrate shark week with fun themed videos all week long on Facebook and YouTube. There will be a shark craft to pickup on Monday, Storytimes on Tuesday and Thursday, and a Fun with Food video. Also, on Friday there will be a very special duck hunt. Login online to join along! Monday: Shark […]
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Celebrate Shark Week
Celebrate Shark Week
Help us celebrate shark week with fun themed videos all week long on Facebook and YouTube. There will be a shark craft to pickup on Monday, Storytimes on Tuesday and Thursday, and a Fun with Food video. Also, on Friday there will be a very special duck hunt. Login online to join along! Monday: Shark […]
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Celebrate Shark Week
Celebrate Shark Week
Help us celebrate shark week with fun themed videos all week long on Facebook and YouTube. There will be a shark craft to pickup on Monday, Storytimes on Tuesday and Thursday, and a Fun with Food video. Also, on Friday there will be a very special duck hunt. Login online to join along! Monday: Shark […]
Ashland Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Ashland Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Regularly scheduled meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 4:30 pm in the Stockwell Room of the library. All meetings are open to the public. Anyone wishing to be on the agenda must call the library's Fiscal Officer one week prior to the meeting dates at 419-289-8188 ext. 606. Messages for […]
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Celebrate Shark Week
Celebrate Shark Week
Help us celebrate shark week with fun themed videos all week long on Facebook and YouTube. There will be a shark craft to pickup on Monday, Storytimes on Tuesday and Thursday, and a Fun with Food video. Also, on Friday there will be a very special duck hunt. Login online to join along! Monday: Shark […]
Books in the Park
Books in the Park
Join us at various county parks where we will read a story or two as a part of the Ashland County Parks Books in the Park program. Parks staff will lead an educational session, an activity or craft and a hike. July 2nd - Byers Woods (Wetlands) July 9th - Freer Field (Snails & Slugs) […]
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Craft Takeout
Every other Saturday adults can stop by the library to pickup a Craft Takeout box. Each box will contain all the materials and instructions necessary to make the designated craft. Stay posted to Facebook to see upcoming crafts. Supplies are limited.
Rain Beat on Main Street
Rain Beat on Main Street
Come and visit the Bookmobile at Ashland Soil & Water Conservation District's event, Rain Beat on Main Street in downtown Ashland!
Friends of the Ashland Public Library – Public Book Sale
Friends of the Ashland Public Library – Public Book Sale
Stockwell Room This will be a bag sale only. Books will be in brown paper bags and bagged by genre. Each bag will cost $5.
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Ashland County Back-2-School Celebration
Ashland County Back-2-School Celebration
Come and visit the Bookmobile (and say hi to Finny!) at the Ashland County Back-2-School Celebration in Downtown Ashland. All Ashland County Students Pre-K to 12th grade and their families are welcome to come and celebrate the 2021-2022 school year. FREE bookbag with supplies. FREE haircuts Face painting Dunk tanks and more!
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Better Read Book Discussion
Better Read Book Discussion
Join us in person, in the Stockwell Room for our Better Read Book Discussion. In correspondence with the in person discussion we will be posting the questions in our Facebook group linked below. June: "The City We Became," by N.K. Jemisin July: "Never Let Me Go," by Kazuo Ishiguro August: "They Called Us Enemy," by […]
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Shake Your Tail | Bookmobile
Shake Your Tail | Bookmobile
Join the Ashland Public Library Bookmobile at Brookside Park for a kid focused dance party! There will be tons of great songs and fun homemade instruments to play. Stop by with your little ones in the morning so they can get our their wiggles for the day!