Event Series Paws to Read with Therapy Dog

Paws to Read with Therapy Dog

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Meet Atreyu! This pup is all ears and ready to hear you read to him during our Paws to Read hour. Pick a book from our shelves and read to Atreyu or visit with him. If you are shy around dogs, you can watch Atreyu while you do the small craft provided. For safety, we […]

Unboxing a Sewing Machine

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Have you been considering or are considering purchasing a sewing machine? Or are you simply interested in an overview of sewing on a sewing machine? In this mini-workshop our Assistant Director Sarah will open the box on a new sewing machine the library and show us the steps of setting up the machine, threading the […]

Fiction Addiction Book Club – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Fiction Addiction Book Club will be discussing Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. […]

Sign Language Basics

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Our Collegedale neighbor and library patron Ms. Sharon will be here to teach us some of the basics of ASL communication. She will demonstrate greetings, basic words and emotions in order to greet our deaf friends in the community. Have you ever wished you could sign welcoming communications when greeting deaf or hard of hearing […]

Family Sidewalk Chalk Art – National Good Neighbor Day

In recognition of "National Good Neighbor Day" (September 28, 2023) we invite the community to come by and decorate the sidewalks and parking lot with positive messages and drawings to encourage our neighbors on this community-driven day. Please join us outside the library's glass entrance doors to gather your chalk and get started on this […]

Banned Book Trivia and Scavenger Hunt

Join us for a trivia hour to answer banned book trivia for prizes! Questions will be geared towards ages 13 and up. Trivia will start at 6pm and last until 7pm. Afterwards, while you are here, all ages can complete a scavenger hunt of banned books for prizes. Scavenger hunt is open to be completed […]