Silver Lake Library

06/01/2026

🌈Let’s goooooo!
Pride Month! 🌈
🫶🏽
We see you.

05/31/2026

🌿📚 Dig into a summer full of adventure! 📚🌿

Join us tomorrow, Monday, June 1, from 4:00–6:00 PM at Home of the Flint Hills for our Summer Reading Kickoff Party!

This year’s theme is “Unearth a Story,” and we’re ready to celebrate with:

⭐ Kyler
🎈 Balloon Twisting
🧁 Treats
📖 Summer Reading sign-ups
🎉 Fun for all ages!

Whether you’re a lifelong reader or just looking for your next great adventure, come kick off the summer with us. We can’t wait to see you there!

📚🦖✨

05/30/2026

🦁 The Library is so proud of our Cowardly Lion!

Our very own Connor had the audience laughing all night long with his hilarious portrayal of the Cowardly Lion. He absolutely stole the show!

If you missed opening night (though with a packed house, there may not have been many seats left!), you still have two chances to catch this fantastic production today—at 2:00 PM and again at 7:00 PM.

📍 Lundgren Elementary School
1020 NE Forest Avenue, Topeka

Enjoy a few photos from opening night, and congratulations to Connor and the entire cast on a wonderful performance! 🌈🦁✨

05/26/2026

Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for our Summer Reading Programming!
There are still slots available.

Friends Underground
June 10th
11am - Full
3pm - >8yrs - 9 spots left

Cave Adventures - Make a Terrarium
June 24th
11am - Full
3pm - >8yrs - 6 spots left

Fossil Fun
July 1st
11am - 8yrs - 6 spots left

Mine and Find - Gold Panning
July 8th
11am - FULL
3pm - FULL
Additional sessions TBA

A Geode Time
July 14th
11am - 8yrs - 7 spots left

A Geode Time
July 16th
11am - 8yrs - open

Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge Starts June 1st! June sign-ups June 1st Earthworm Wonders June 8th Friends Under the Ground https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfflMxmNF_qp2nsuBPeU8WcAffg1qQp32xjaY0VaGI2JHlcog/viewform JUNE 10TH Paint a Pangolin June 15th Ant Adventures and Bu...

05/26/2026

We are preparing for the 🦕 Summer Reading Challenge 🦖 and have all hands on deck!
We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, May 27th when the Library reopens with something new!!!

05/24/2026

❤️ THE HEART BEHIND THE LIBRARY ❤️

Some people fill a position.

Some people fill a building with life.

Alexandra and Emily brought heart, creativity, warmth, laughter, kindness, and genuine care into our little library and our community. Their impact cannot be measured simply by programs, books, or job titles — because what they truly created was connection.

And while this chapter is coming to a close, they will be gone… but certainly not forgotten.

So for three days — May 27, 28 & 29 — we want to fill the library with love for the two women who gave so much of themselves to it.

📚 “Checked Out… But Never Forgotten” 📚

Stop by anytime Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday to:
💌 Drop off a card
💐 Bring flowers
🍪 Leave a treat
📖 Share a favorite memory or story

If you’d especially like to catch them in person, these are the best times:

❤️ Emily
Wednesday, May 27 | 2:00 PM

❤️ Alexandra
Wednesday | 2:00 PM
Thursday | 3:00 PM
Friday | 2:00 PM

Let’s cover this library in hearts, gratitude, memories, and kindness — and remind these two amazing women that what they built here mattered.

Because good people leave fingerprints behind long after they’re gone.

And these two left their hearts all over this library. ❤️

05/23/2026

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

What a pleasure it was to have Ruth Maus join us last night to visit with our group about her writing journey, impart her wisdom, and leave the library her books so that we could continue to share her work.

05/22/2026

May is also Asian American Pacific Islander History Month and Silver Lake Public Library has book recommendations here for you.