Mentor Public Library

01/23/2025

Puppet Party! Thanks to Great Lakes National Puppet Theater for a Goldilocks show that was 𝐽𝑈𝑆𝑇 𝑅𝐼𝐺𝐻𝑇.

01/22/2025

It's still cold. We're still open! Come by if you need somewhere to warm up.

01/21/2025

🥶 It's six degrees and getting colder! We're open if you need somewhere to warm up.

01/20/2025

❄️ Our Main, Lake & Headland Branches are OPEN their regular hours today if you need a book, movie, or a warm place to hang out!

01/20/2025

PREPARING FOR THE COLD SNAP

Residents are advised that the city of Mentor is closely monitoring the impending cold front which will be arriving in our area on Sunday, January 19, 2025, and bringing frigid temperatures through Wednesday.

City officials are in close contact with other local government agencies and utilities in should the need for a warming center become necessary. In that event, the Mentor Senior Center will be opened to those in our community as a place to take shelter. Notification will be broadcast through the WENS text network, our website, Facebook, X, Instagram, and 1620 AM. Cleveland-area media will be notified as well.

Additional information will be shared in the coming days. In the interim, residents are advised to be prepared for several days of cold weather and to ensure that outside vents are clear and any water lines in your home that are prone to freezing are accommodated for.

01/19/2025

📱💻 Do you have a relative who keeps asking for help with their computer or smartphone? Send them to us! We're offering six free tech classes this January, including introductions on how to use computers, Androids, and iPhones!

We're offering six free computer classes this January at our Main Branch, including introductions on how to use computers, Android smartphones and iPhones. The classes include: Basic Computers and Internet at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28. This is our introductory class to computers and searching the i...

01/18/2025

New vocabulary word: 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑜, the slurping technique used by an olive oil taster.

Chef Stef taught us all about olive oil during her ingredient deep dive at our Main Branch.

01/16/2025

🐹 Kids learned about adopting pets, decorated a carrier, and brought home a new stuffed friend! 🐶

01/15/2025

Anything is possible during Bad Art Night at our Lake Branch. You can transform the packaging for an air purifier into Thor's Hammer!

01/14/2025

Happy Monday! Here is our last round of Escape Room: Escape to Who-ville families who made it out in December. We hope everyone had as much fun as we did and we can't wait to do it again this December! Love, The Children's Department

01/12/2025

Meet Papa Bear and the rest of his family when Great Lakes National Puppet Theater visits on Monday, Jan. 20! You can register for their show here: https://mentorpl.libcal.com/event/13000783

01/11/2025

🚨 Calling all teens who love to read! 🚨

Our Thrills & Chills Book Club meets each month at our Headlands Branch, and it's perfect for you.

The next meeting is 6:30 pm on Monday, Jan. 20. We'll be discussing Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone. Will you be there?

01/09/2025

Connect with other families and test drive toys from our collection during the Toddler Playdate at 10 am on Monday, Jan. 13, at our Lake Branch!

No registration required.

01/08/2025

Kids can help adorable animals like these find fur-ever homes during our Adopt a Pet program at 4 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

They'll also learn about different pets and design a carrier for their new fluffy friend. Our program is open to kids (ages 7-12) and registration is required. Sign up at our website or call us to reserve your spot in the room.

01/07/2025

Families can receive expert advice from experienced educators during a FREE program about early literacy for young kids at noon on Thursday, Jan. 23, at our Main Branch.

The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve will:

• share research about reading
• look at the important role a child’s home life can have in their learning how to read
• share and discuss clips from the documentary "The Right to Read."

This program is open to parents and other family members of children who are starting their reading journey, as well as caregivers and anyone who wants to support early literacy.

Program presented by the Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve. Neuroscience has given us expansive insight into how we learn to read and what children need to become...

01/05/2025

Not to make any assumptions about your Resolution but...

The library has exercise equipment that you can borrow! For more info: https://mentorpl.org/product/exercise-equipment/

01/04/2025

Read something new and win something too during our winter reading challenges!

Read something new and win something too with our reading challenges this winter! Adults and teens (seventh grade and higher) can earn raffle tickets by filling out our bingo card. Get the bingo card one of three ways: Visit mentorpl.beanstack.org Sign up on the Beanstack app (free from the Apple st...