Ovid Public Library

10/14/2026

It is with deepest sympathy that we share the loss of one of our board members.

View Rita Lynn West's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

10/09/2026

Today’s Story Hour. Our next story hour will be Friday October 30. Be sure to wear your costume. We will be reading some Halloween related books and making a craft and we plan to do a little trick-or-treating.

10/09/2026

Join us tomorrow, Friday October 9 at 10:30 for our Children’s Story Hour. We will have stories and a craft with a fall harvest theme. We hope to see you there. 🌽📚

09/17/2026

First Grade field trip to the library.
Yesterday we were visited by 4 classes of first graders from Leonard Elementary. They got a tour of the library, followed by a story read by Ms. Shelly and then they made a book mark and picked out a book to take home.

09/11/2026

Small crowd for this months story hour but we still had a royally good time reading stories, singing songs, making a craft and checking out our backyard wild garden.

09/10/2026

Our first preschool story hour for the school year will be Friday September 11 at 10:30. This story hour will be fit for a king or queen. We will be enjoying some regal reads and a very royal craft. Be sure to join us!

09/04/2026

The Ovid Public Library will be closed Saturday, September 5 thru Monday, September 7 for the Labor Day Holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 8 at 10:00. We wish you all a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

08/19/2026

View Cathy Seidel's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

08/17/2026

Summer Reading Program 2026 Wrap-Up
This year we had 275 people sign up for the Summer Reading Program
200 people completed the requirements to earn certificates and coupons.
0-5 age group-49 finishers
6-11 age group-81 finishers
12-18 age group-19 finishers
Adults-51 finishers
Thank you to everyone who participated and to all parents, grand parents, day care providers and loved ones who brought your kids (and yourselves) to all of our programs. Thank you to Main Street Pizza and Buks Party Store for providing pizza and ice cream coupons. Thank you to Ovid-Middlebury Fire (Dan Lupu) for providing end of the year fun. Thank you to everyone who donated prizes or their time to help make our reading program a success. And also special thanks to Renee Denison for all of her volunteer time. We couldn’t do it without everyone’s help.
Now onto planning for next year!

08/14/2026

My how our garden has grown! Thanks to the kids who planted and painted this summer. We love going out and seeing the beautiful flowers. And hopefully we will get some vegetables this fall.