Bethel Public Library

06/18/2026

To our amazing library community,

We so appreciate you every day!

📚That being said, we need to revisit the donations guidelines. Because of our limited space, we have to be very specific about what donations we can accept. (We get it, we also think other people should love our books as much as we do!)

👍🏼The good news is that you can just check with Cathy before bringing in donations! She is very knowledgeable about what our patrons are interested in borrowing, and therefore what can be accepted for donations.

😢The bad news is that we are unable to provide a home for all the books dropped at the library during off hours, and it becomes an expense for us to dispose of them.

We thank you for thinking of us, but ask that you check with Cathy before leaving off donations.

06/12/2026

Rest in peace, Jane Yolen. 💔

06/10/2026

Fun event on the 20th of June!!

The WRP turns 30 this year and we invite you to help us celebrate! We’re hosting a Restore & Explore event series to highlight WRP restoration project sites along the White River that also provide public access.

Saturday, June 20: Hiking Outing to Carla’s Meadow in Bethel – Join us for a short hike to Carla’s Meadow, a 10-acre property purchased to protect and restore an active floodplain immediately upstream of Bethel village. We’ll meet at the Bethel soccer fields, then walk a path along the Third Branch about 0.3 miles to tour Carla’s Meadow. We’ll walk back to enjoy refreshments and wrap-up by 4pm. No space limits.

Please RSVP to [email protected]

06/07/2026

We are pleased to have Kris Manning Art on display for the month of June!

Kris works from her studio Rocking & Rolling Hills Farms. Kris is an artist and fabricator. She works on the edge of myth and make believe in her sculpting, molding, and paintings.

Come see her artwork at the library Monday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons, and Saturday mornings.

06/06/2026

https://ruar.org/blog/mirrors-windows-and-sliding-glass-doors-rudine-sims-bishop

Mirrors and Windows (or Windows and Mirrors) is a term that was pioneered by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop and is widely used to describe why children need to see themselves in the books they read.

06/06/2026

🌈It is Pride Month!

🌈This link is the American Library Association’s list that is “curated with LGBTQIA families and children at its heart!” We all deserve to see ourselves reflected in high quality literature!

🌈If you see a book in the list that you’d like to read, come on by or give us a call! If we don’t have in our collection, we can likely request it via Inter-Library Loan!

The 2026 Rainbow Book List proudly presents a curated selection of books thatcelebrate the lives, experiences, and families of LGBTQIA+ youth, spanning from birth through age 18. This year’s list includes more than 160 titles published between July 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025.

06/06/2026

It is Audiobook Month!!

Check out this year’s most popular audiobooks, according to Libby!

If you are interested in accessing Libby through Bethel Public Library, please message us to get more information!!

Discover the most popular audiobooks of the year and of all time, according to library circulation statistics, that you can listen to for free on the Libby app from your library.

06/06/2026

Bethel folks, and neighbors!!! Happening today!!