Fargo Public Library

Fargo Public Library The Fargo Public Library offers a variety of materials, resources, services, & events for all ages. We are a library. Northport Library – 2714 N.

New Service Hours at ALL Fargo Public Library locations start Jan. 3, 2023:

Main Library – 101 4th St. N.
• Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Friday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sunday: 1 – 6 p.m. Dr. James Carlson Library – 2801 32nd Ave. S.
• Monday – Thursday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Friday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sunday: 1 – 6 p.m. Broadway
• Monday –

Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Wednesday – Thursday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Friday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sunday: Closed

06/03/2026

🌈 A reminder today and every day!

🌟We are pleased to announce the winners of the Fargo Public Library's 2026 kids-only writing and art contest. 🎨🖍🖊🖌✏️📷The...
06/02/2026

🌟We are pleased to announce the winners of the Fargo Public Library's 2026 kids-only writing and art contest. 🎨🖍🖊🖌✏️📷
The contest was open to kids in Kindergarten through 6th grade, and 47 entries in writing, art, and photography were recently submitted by area youngsters. Contest categories included short stories, poetry, comics, nonfiction essays, drawing and photography. The first place, second place and honorable mention entries in each category are:
Short Story Winners:
• 1st Place: Lucy Ford, “The Life of Danny Klango”
• 2nd Place: Ava Hamilton, “I Found My Sister Inside a Snowglobe”
Honorable Mentions:
o Cynthia Halie, “Four Girls in a Pirate World!”
o Ashton Finneman, “The Troll’s Lesson”
o Eliana Erickson, “Pinky Gets Adopted”
o River Dodds, “Artificial; Intellegent?”
o Vivan Dahl, “Andy and His Thrilling Adventure”

Poetry Winners:
• 1st Place: Safara Simmons, “The Cougar”
• 2nd Place: Wren Stewart-Gall, “Wildfire”
Honorable Mentions:
o Clara Mace, “Triangles vs. Circles”
o Nala Bonicelli, “Ope”
o Vada Hoffman, “Mexico”
o Amelia Vander Ark, “All Four Seasons”

Comic Winners:
• 1st Place: Calvin Miller, Anton Trygstad Kerzman, Dwight Swanson and Josephine Mastel, “New York Potato”
• 2nd Place: Chaitanya Gopi, “Mouse and the Journal”
• Honorable Mention: Leo Breidenbach, “The Pig, the Man, and Fargo”

Nonfiction Essay Winners:
• 1st Place: Barrett Robinson, “GT Programs are Important”
• 2nd Place: Evelyn Ouren, “Farming/Agriculture”

Drawing Winners:
•1st Place: Zella Susan Stocker, “Light, Dark, and the Dragon”
• 2nd Place: Chaitanya Gopi, “Winter’s Songbird”
Honorable Mentions:
o Tahlia Erickson, “Rainbow Pyramid”
o Hannah Mace, “Heart of the Forest”
o Bo Clarke, “The Other Side”
o Tahmeedul Islam, “Astrospace”

Photography Winners:
• 1st Place: Emrie Nygaard, “Love is in the Air”
• 2nd Place: Skylar Hubin, “Mommy, I found the nest!”
Honorable Mentions:
o Piper Hubin, “Blooming Flowers”
o Matthew Burck, “Lake Sunset”

🎨 THANK YOU to all the young people who participated! We have so many talented young writers and artists in our community.🎨🖍🖊🖌✏️📷
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• All 47 entries will be included in the library’s “Northern Narratives Jr.” online magazine, set to be published June 29.
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, registration for the Fargo Public Library's "Unearth a Story" Summer Reading Challenge for kids, teens & adults is no...
06/01/2026

, registration for the Fargo Public Library's "Unearth a Story" Summer Reading Challenge for kids, teens & adults is now open!
• Get started by pre-registering at fargolibrary.beanstack.org (OR log in and update your account if you already have one). Printed reading logs will be available starting June 8!
• Be sure to make plans to joins us for the Kickoff Party on Monday, JUNE 8 (a week from today), featuring big, dinosaur-sized digging machines and an epic foam party at the Main Library!
• Details at fargolibrary.org/SummerReadingProgram
• See you at your Fargo Public Library this summer!
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We are at the Asian Night Matket tonight (5/30) until 9PM happening at the Fargo Air Museum. Stop out and say “Hello” to...
05/30/2026

We are at the Asian Night Matket tonight (5/30) until 9PM happening at the Fargo Air Museum. Stop out and say “Hello” to our librarians!

Teen Volunteers Wanted! Be a Super Teen Volunteer at the FPL for the summer. Get hands-on experience assisting staff wit...
05/28/2026

Teen Volunteers Wanted! Be a Super Teen Volunteer at the FPL for the summer. Get hands-on experience assisting staff with library events, designing book displays, and planning a teen event.
• Visit www.fargolibrary.org/teens to find an application form link & all the details.
• If you have further questions, call the Teen Librarian at 701.298.6960.
• Weekly Teen Volunteer sessions are also happening at your FPL. Register for these sessions at https://registration.fargolibrary.org
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📣 Time is running out! SUNDAY(5/31/26) is the LAST DAY to submit your best photo to the Northern Focus* photography proj...
05/27/2026

📣 Time is running out! SUNDAY(5/31/26) is the LAST DAY to submit your best photo to the Northern Focus* photography project for Adults & Teens (13+).
• One lucky artist will get their photo on the front cover of the "Northern Narratives" 2026 publication.
• Submit you photo to our Wufoo link:
https://fargolibrary.wufoo.com/forms/northern-focus-2026
• * There is NO submission fee.
• For all the all the details and rules, visit fargolibrary.org/nnnf
• Support for this project is generously provided by the Friends of the Fargo Public Library.

Reminder: Join us TOMORROW (5/28) at the Dr. James Carlson Library at 10AM for an inclusive, sensory-friendly storytime ...
05/27/2026

Reminder: Join us TOMORROW (5/28) at the Dr. James Carlson Library at 10AM for an inclusive, sensory-friendly storytime presented by staff from Anne Carlson Early Intervention.
• Designed specifically for young children who benefit from a gentle, supportive environment, the storytime will offer stories, songs, and movement activities using visuals, repetition, and hands-on sensory elements.
• Families can expect a calm, flexible space where children are free to move, make noise, and participate in the ways that feel comfortable for them.
• Sensory storytime is appropriate for ages 0 to 5 (siblings are welcome).
• For more details, contact the Children's Services Dept. at 701.241.1495 or visit www.fargolibrary.org/kids

Photographer Dorothea Lange was born (May 26) in 1895. The Library of Congress shared some of Dorothea Lange's photo...
05/26/2026

Photographer Dorothea Lange was born (May 26) in 1895. The Library of Congress shared some of Dorothea Lange's photos to mark her birthday. Many of Lange’s photographs of migrant farmers, sharecroppers, and Dust Bowl farmers taken during the 1930s are held today at the Library of Congress.

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