Events
Tween Art Gallery: Watercolor
In ProgressAll day,For tweens 9-14
For this month's Tween Art Gallery we will be creating miniature watercolor masterpieces. There will be directions on some of the basic watercolor techniques. Create your design here, or pick-up your mini canvas to take home…
Readers' Choice Awards
In ProgressAll day,We don’t think it’s fair that we never get to voice our opinions on which books win awards, so we’re bringing back the Herrick District Library Readers’ Choice Award! We want to hear from our community. Which of this year’s most…
Postcard Book Club: Fantasy Books
In ProgressAll day,For ages 6-11
Drop into the North Branch to check out any of the fantasy books on display. Read a book, write down your thoughts on the provided postcard, then place your postcard in the book return slot at the North Branch library…
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StoryWalks We’re collaborating with the Ottawa County Parks to continue providing StoryWalks this winter! Walk through the pages of a book as you make your way along a park path. These are self-guided programs, and the stories are…
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StoryWalks We’re collaborating with the Ottawa County Parks to continue providing StoryWalks this winter! Walk through the pages of a book as you make your way along a park path. These are self-guided programs, and the stories are…
Lego Club
Join us for a weekly build at Lego Club! Find us Wednesdays starting December 6 from 4pm - 5:30pm at Herrick Northside Branch. You provide the imagination, we provide the Legos. No registration required.
For ages 5+
Wednesdays…
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For Ages 9-13
Come create a mini colorful winter village wreath. Customize the village to your favorite colors and then hang it up all winter long. All materials provided. Note, we will be using hot glue guns. Registration required…
Registration closes December 10 at 12:00am (5 spots remaining)Register for event For kids, ages 6-11
Take your graham cracker gingerbread building skills to the next level! It's up to you to decide which materials will make your structure strong, unique, and spectacular. All materials provided.…
Registration closes December 11 at 12:00am (8 spots remaining)Register for event
For kids, ages 6-11
Take your graham cracker gingerbread building skills to the next level! It's up to you to decide which materials will make your structure strong, unique, and spectacular. All materials provided.…
Registration closes December 11 at 12:00am (17 spots remaining)Register for eventFor kids ages 8-12
Join us at the Main Library every other Wednesday from 3:30-4:30 p.m. to work on your creative writing skills! Each session, we’ll play a writing game and then get the chance to work on your own projects. All…
Lego Club
Join us for a weekly build at Lego Club! Find us Wednesdays starting December 6 from 4pm - 5:30pm at Herrick Northside Branch. You provide the imagination, we provide the Legos. No registration required.
For ages 5+
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For kids 8-14
Explore engineering at the library! Learn from professionals in the field and view chemistry demos, then learn how to make your own soda!
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Beauty and the Beast (85 Minutes, rated G)
Put on your comfy clothes, bring a pillow and blanket, and settle in for a showing of Beauty and the Beast (rated G) at Herrick Northside Branch!
For…
Lego Club
Join us for a weekly build at Lego Club! Find us Wednesdays starting December 6 from 4pm - 5:30pm at Herrick Northside Branch. You provide the imagination, we provide the Legos. No registration required.
For ages 5+
Wednesdays…
Lego Club
Join us for a weekly build at Lego Club! Find us Wednesdays starting December 6 from 4pm - 5:30pm at Herrick Northside Branch. You provide the imagination, we provide the Legos. No registration required.
For ages 5+
Wednesdays…
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Don't want to stay awake until midnight to ring in 2024? Join us as we count down to noon instead! We'll have party hats, dancing, stories, the countdown of course, and maybe a couple of surprises!
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For ages 6-11
Drop into the North Branch to check out any of the books on display that can help you complete our Winter Reading Challenge. Read a book, write down your thoughts on the provided postcard, then place your postcard in the…
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For tween ages 9-14
For this month's Tween Art Gallery we will be creating mini sculptural masterpieces. Sculpt whatever you can think of out of our specialty clay. Create your design here, or pick-up the clay to take home. Materials…
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Ages 6-11.
Come listen to some stories about yummy food and learn about Kids’ Food Basket, 652 Hastings Ave. Then join us while we make customized Apple “Nachos” in the Kids’ Food Basket Kitchen! KFB will also provide Sack Suppers for…
Drop in anytime between 2 and 3 p.m. For kids ages 6-11. No registration required.Groundworks and the North Branch are partnering up to offer four days of STEAM activities the week before school starts. Learn about some of the…
