The Library will be closed on Friday, February 16th due to inclement weather.
Thursday, July 10, 2025, @4:00-5:00 p.m.
Join us Thursday, July 10 as MAD Science presents Lights, Color, Action! This hands-on workshop for kids 6-12 will explore the color spectrum with prisms and diffraction glasses, and blend colors to produce white light and split white light into colors. Event spots are limited, so please RSVP with a librarian or register online here: https://forms.gle/idVNEJxTKKNQ9H3R9
Wednesday, July 9, 2025, @10:00-10:45 a.m.
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is gardens and will include a ladybug art craft!
Tuesday, July 8, 2025, @6:00-6:45 p.m.
This month’s craft will be mosaic tiles! It will be a relaxing evening that offers allows room for creativity in style. All supplies will be provided. Click here to register to attend.
Friday, July 4, 2025 and Saturday, July 5, 2025
The Ray County Library will be closed Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July 5, 2025 in observance of Independence Day.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, @10:00-10:45 a.m.
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is 4th of July and will include a patriotic sensory bottle craft!
Tuesday, July 1, 2025, @6:00-6:45 p.m.
Book Club Meeting where a selected book will be discussed. This month’s book is “The Writing Class” by Jincy Willett. Members can also pick up next month’s book, “This Is Happiness” by Niall Williams. Contact the library for details regarding joining the book club.
Wednesday, June 4 – Wednesday, August 20, 2025.
Food for Fines is back! We’re collecting canned goods and other nonperishables for the Salvation Army from June 4, 2025 through August 20, 2025. 1 food item = $1 in forgiven fines!
Monday, June 2 – Saturday, August 9, 2025
Be Inspired, get creative, and branch out with your reading this summer as we Color Our World! With this year’s theme, we want readers to be inspired and imaginative as they select their reading materials and attend related events.
There are two programs, one for adults and one for children and teens aged 0-18 years. Participants who register for the program and children/teens who log 600 minutes of reading and adults who log 5 books can earn badges, free books, and a chance to win one of this year’s great prizes.
Visit the ‘Summer Reading” tab at the top of the webpage for more information!
Friday, June 27, 2025, @10:00-10:45 p.m.
Join us Friday, June 27 at 10 am as MAD Science presents Color Our World, a Summer Reading Program Party! Color Our World Through Science! With the help of prisms and the diffraction of the white light, rainbows will appear. Volunteers from the audience will be needed to help the MAD Scientists out with all the experiments that will go with ROYGBIV’s world. All supplies provided. This interactive science lesson is appropriate for all ages.
Thursday, June 26, 2025, @4:00-4:45 p.m.
Helping people with disabilities enjoy books, friends, and their community. This is a book club meeting where a selected book will be read and discussed, in partnership with Special Needs Services of Ray County. Contact the library or Special Needs Services for details regarding joining the book club.