5 Great Reasons to Get a Library Card

This month we’re excited to celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month, an annual event where we join with the American Library Association to promote the benefits of a library card for students, families, and learners of all ages.

Anyone who lives (or pays prop...

Get more for free with your library card!

When you think about using your library card, it's natural to think about what you can check out by coming into the library – books, magazines, video games, and more. But your library card also grants you access to digital tools and col...

Books to Celebrate Pride Month!

June is Pride Month, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ Americans. Pride Month is celebrated each June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, and has grown to include celebrations across the country – including here in the Twin Cities.&...

Let's Make Stuff at Home!

Get crafty and learn something new! Join staff from Washington County Library for Let's Make Stuff! at home. Each video has a list of supplies and instructions to complete a fun project. 

Be sure to share your completed craft with us &...

Summer at Your Library begins June 1!

Our annual summer programs are back, with activities,events, and prizes to help you make the most of your summer!

From June 1 - August 31, grab a game card to participate in one of our programs for kids, teens, and adults. You can pick up a game card at yo...

Minnesota Author Project contest open for entries

Entries are open for this year's Minnesota Author Project contest for independently-published young adult and adult fiction. The contest is also accepting entries for the Communities Create category, which seeks written work by Minnesota organiza...

Jazz and Friends National Day of Community Readings

On Thursday, February 25, communities across the United States join The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Welcoming Schools program for Jazz & Friends National Day of School and Community Readings in support of transgender and non-binary you...

Celebrate Black History this month and all year long!

Are you looking for ways for your family to celebrate Black History Month? Our librarians have compiled three lists of exceptional books for you: 

• Black Joy
• Contemporary Voices
• Black History

There are also a variety of online resources that might hel...

Our top checkouts and best loved books of 2020

The end of 2020 is near, and with it comes the change to reflect back on a year of reading. We've tallied the checkouts and gathered our staff favorites to present some of our best reads of the year. You can browse popular and recommended tiles f...

Creative connections: Art and books we want to re-read

Creativity in the arts opens doors to a different world outlook. We seek other’s ideas, especially at a time when we are focused inward due to COVID-19. Amy Zeuli, Andrea Garvey, and Sylvia Roman tell us what books they were inspired to read or ...

Creative connections: Art and children's books

Art, both in paintings and writing, speaks to the community in different voices. Yet both explore and light up the world through imagination, giving us the opportunity to examine ideas through a different perspective.

Kate Buechler, youth services libraria...