Portland Public Library of Sumner County

06/01/2026

June (AND Summer Reading) is here! Be sure to drop by the library to pick up your reading tracker to earn prizes and join us for fun events all summer long. This summer's theme is Unearth a Story! 📖 ⛏️

🦖 Summer Reading is for adults too! Stop by the library to get a reading tracker to earn fun prizes. Children and teens can register online at bit.ly/3RSlceP.

🥫 Our Friends of the Portland Library are having a food drive this month for the library's food pantry and Hands of Hope Food Pantry - Portland, TN! You can drop off non-perishable food items and extra garden produce at the library all month long.

📚 The Page Turners Book Club will be discussing Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier on June 18 at 11:30. Ask about a copy of the book at the front desk.

🌹 The Roses & Reads (Romance) Book Club will be discussing A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas on June 27 at 11:00. Ask about a copy of the books at the front desk.

05/31/2026

We had a dino-mite time during our Summer Reading Kick-Off! 🦖

And Summer Reading fun at our library is just getting started! ☀️

📖 Adults can pick up a Summer Reading log to earn prizes starting this Tuesday, June 2!

🔗 You can register your child or teen online at bit.ly/3RSlceP

🪄 Our children's programs start back this week! Magician Eric Tyree will be joining us this Wednesday at 3:30 for our elementary age program.

🗓️ Be sure to view our June calendar, so you don't miss out on any of our upcoming events. It will be posted tomorrow, June 1!

📸 Also, follow our amazing Friends of the Portland Library for more photos and information. They fund all of our programs, including Summer Reading!

05/29/2026

Join us tomorrow, May 30, for our Summer Reading Kick-off! 🌞📖

🦖 Drop in between 9:30-12:30 for Summer Reading sign-ups, face painting, games on the lawn (weather permitting), a dinosaur egg dig, and more!

🎁 If you register for Summer Reading by 12:30 PM, you will be entered into a prize drawing!

🎨 We're also celebrating the opening of our 2nd Annual Children's Art Exhibition "Unearth Your Story" sponsored by Friends of the Portland Library! Drop by the library to view wonderful artwork by children and teens in Sumner County and enjoy some refreshments.

🔗 You can register your child or teen online at bit.ly/3RSlceP

We can't wait to Unearth a Story with all of you this summer! ⛏️

05/26/2026

Don't forget! Summer Reading sign-ups are now OPEN!

🦖Sign your child up by 12:30 on May 30th for them to be entered into a prize drawing (3-D Printed dinosaurs, bubbles, and more!)

✨Use this link to sign up (https://forms.gle/gpiHaiv8zDTbvDas9) then come by the library to get your reading logs and event calendars!

🎉Join us on May 30th for our Art Show and Summer Reading Kick-Off event!

Children and teens can sign up online for Summer Reading starting today, May 20! 🎉

🔗 Register your child or teen at bit.ly/3RSlceP

🎁 If you register by 12:30 PM on May 30, you will be entered into a prize drawing!

🦖 Children's programs will resume with our Summer Reading Kick-off on May 30! Drop in between 9:30-12:30 for face painting, games on the lawn, a dinosaur egg dig, and more.

📖 Summer Reading sign-ups for adults begin on Tuesday, June 2!

We can't wait to Unearth a Story with all of you this summer!🌞

05/21/2026

As of yesterday, May 20, Amazon is no longer supporting pre-2013 Kindle devices. Unfortunately, this means that Kindle books can no longer be downloaded to one of these Kindle devices. This includes Kindle books borrowed from Libby.

The following is a complete list of Kindles and Kindle Fire tablets that are no longer being supported by Amazon:

Kindle 1st Generation (2007)
Kindle 2nd Generation (2009)
Kindle DX and DX Graphite (2009 and 2010)
Kindle Keyboard (2010)
Kindle 4 (2011)
Kindle Touch (2011)
Kindle 5 (2012)
Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation (2012)
Kindle Fire 1st Gen (2011)
Kindle Fire 2nd Gen (2012)
Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012)
Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012)

If you own one of these listed older devices, you can still read your existing books, but you will need to upgrade to continue reading new Kindle titles from Libby.

05/20/2026

Children and teens can sign up online for Summer Reading starting today, May 20! 🎉

🔗 Register your child or teen at bit.ly/3RSlceP

🎁 If you register by 12:30 PM on May 30, you will be entered into a prize drawing!

🦖 Children's programs will resume with our Summer Reading Kick-off on May 30! Drop in between 9:30-12:30 for face painting, games on the lawn, a dinosaur egg dig, and more.

📖 Summer Reading sign-ups for adults begin on Tuesday, June 2!

We can't wait to Unearth a Story with all of you this summer!🌞

05/19/2026

We will be closed this Saturday, May 23, in observance of Memorial Day. Our regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 26. 🇺🇸

05/16/2026

🗺️Our Tween Book Club selection for June is Explorer Academy: Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit

🧭Join our main character, Cruz, on a high-stakes adventure to solve a old family mystery and an international secret mission.

🔎Come prepared to decode some secrets here in the library and discuss this exciting first book in the Explorer Academy series!

Sign up at this link: https://forms.gle/tvLg4ExbU8qD16tn7

05/15/2026

Babies and Dinosaurs!
Every Friday we have Lapsit where we have storytime, music and movement at 10:30 for ages 0-2. There will be no storytime for the next two weeks as we prepare for Summer Reading. Lapsit storytime will resume normally in June.

05/14/2026

Join Mrs. Lauren in the Community Room tomorrow, May 15, at 3:30 for an introductory class on hydroponics and indoor tower gardening! 🌿🪴

✨ We ask that any children attending are accompanied by their guardians as this is an all ages, family friendly program.