Washburn Public Library

05/20/2026

05/20/2026

MEETING NOTICE:
The Washburn Public Library Board of the Washburn Public Library will be holding a regularly scheduled quarterly board meeting on 5/26/26 at 7PM in-person at the Washburn Public Library. At the time this notice is being prepared, the governing body expects the agenda to include the following topics:

05/20/2026

Join the Washburn Public Library for our Summer Reading Program events in June & July at the Nettle Creek Schoolhouse! You may register for the reading program at the library starting June 1st. You do not need to participate in the summer reading program to join us for program events.

05/20/2026

Join the Washburn Public Library Tuesday, June 16th, at 6 pm, for our next book club discussion. We will be discussing 'The Things They Carried' by Tim O'Brien. The event is open to anyone interested. Don't have time to join book club? We have extra copies of the book!

05/18/2026

5/15/26 3rd Grade STEAM Kit Field Trip
When we hosted the 3rd Grade STEAM Kit field trip to the library, they had SO much fun trying out GIANT Sorry and Candyland board games, checking out the microscopes and a microfossil dig, working with snap circuits, trying out the marble maze, working on a puzzle, playing with K'nex, building on the Lego table, learning about composting worms, and holding the chicks we raised in an incubator!

05/18/2026

5/14/26 4th Grade STEAM Kit Field Trip
When we hosted the 4th Grade STEAM Kit field trip to the library, they got to make 3D pen keychains, try out a GIANT Sorry board game, play Animal Trivia and Spot the Difference board games, check out the microscopes and a microfossil dig, try out the green energy snap circuits, try out the marble maze, work on a puzzle, use the Lego table, learn about composting worms, and hold the chicks we raised in an incubator!

05/05/2026

5/5/26 Our chick incubator is hatching!!! So far 8 of the 16 chicks are out of their shells. The 5 ducks will take a little longer.

05/05/2026

5/5/26 1st Grade STEAM Kit Field Trip
We had SO much fun hosting a STEAM Kit Field Trip to the library for our local 1st graders. They got to try out a giant Candyland board game, the LEGO table, snap circuits, magnets, K'nex, a marble maze game, the talking microscope, and Keva planks.

04/30/2026

5/4/26 Puppy Tales with Ichabod
A HUGE thank you to our special guests Seamus the highland calf and Farmer Tillie for visiting us at our last children's storytime until next fall!!!