Visit the Children’s Department at Defiance Public Library from May 4-9 during open hours and celebrate Children’s Book Week with a book-character scavenger hunt, a bookmark-making station, and a would-you-rather activity. No registration needed. Happy reading!

Defiance Public Library on May 11 from 5:00-7:00PM

Patrons can bring in at least one puzzle (can be used or new, but must have all pieces) to trade with other patrons. Patrons may take several puzzles during the exchange. A small selection of puzzles will be available at the start.

Open to all ages. No registration is needed.

All ages are invited to join us for a PlayDough Party at Sherwood Branch Library from 10AM-noon on the following dates: January 17, March 21, and May 16. No registration is needed. Let’s get creative!

Join us on May 18 from 4:30-5:30PM at the Bronson Park Storywalk in Defiance as we read “Keep Up Duck” by Ivan and Rachel Bates, and enjoy a craft/activity under the park pavilion, while supplies last. Geared to children and families. No registration is needed.

Space is limited and registration is required. Register beginning April 20 on this page or by calling 419-899-4343. This free craft class is geared to pre-K and school-age children.

Feelin’ groovy? Join us at Sherwood Branch Library on May 18 from 5:00-6:30PM to construct a far-out, abstract art piece!

Join Sherwood Branch Library and the Defiance County Board of Developmental Disabilities at the Inclusive Book Club. Meet us at Sherwood Branch Library, 117 N. Harrison St., Sherwood, for a morning of books, crafts, socializing, and fun!

The club meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month from 10:00-11:00AM. No registration is needed, and all are welcome. For more information call the library at 419-899-4343.

School-aged children are invited to Johnson Memorial Library on the last Tuesday of the month from 4:00-5:00PM for Lego Club! We’ll give you a theme, and you let your imagination run wild! No registration is needed. Lego Club does not meet in December.

Stop by Sherwood Branch Library on Monday, June 1st during our open hours to receive the materials to make a tiny art creation. Packs will include a tiny canvas, paint brush, and paint. Available while supplies last. Please return your tiny art by June 18 with your name, the title of your creation, age, and phone number on the back. We will have a tiny art gallery showing on June 30 at 5:00PM at the library to display your beautiful creations! All ages are welcome to participate.

Free Summer Lunches for kids will be available again this year at Sherwood Branch Library Mondays through Thursdays from 12:15-12:45PM in the Community Room at the library, Ney Park, and Farmer Center Church. Lunches are available to those ages 0-18, or 19-21 with a disability. For more information, contact the library at 419-899-4343. No signup or registration is needed.

Thank you to our 2026 sponsors:

St John Lutheran Sherwood
Sherwood VFW Post 5665
Hearts and Hands
Fairview Kindergarten Classes
Don and Ann Hange
Sherwood Food Pantry

The 2026 ‘Unearth a Story’ Summer Reading Challenge for all ages will take place June 1-July 25. Register for the challenge beginning May 1 at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and be sure to download the Beanstack Tracker app for easy, on-the-go logging! In addition, we’re hosting a full slate of dinosaur and archeology-themed programs for you to enjoy. Unearth your next great read at Defiance Public Library System!

About the Adult & Teen Challenge

Log the minutes you read each day, and for every 60 minutes you read, you’ll be entered into a weekly prize drawing for a $5 gift card to a local coffee or ice cream shop. If you log at least 480 minutes/8 hours of reading this summer, you’ll be entered in to win our Grand Prize — a $40 Meijer gift card and 2 $5 gift cards to a coffee shop and ice cream shop of your choice! Also, make sure to stop in to pick up your coupons and registration prize.

About the Children’s Challenge

Read, attend programs, and complete activities to win prizes! Registrants age 3 to grade 6 will receive a book, necklace, brag tags, and beads, plus additional beads and charms for completing the challenge, and a chance to win tickets to King’s Island!

Children under the age of 3 will receive a book and toy links upon registration, plus additional links and a chance to win King’s Island tickets for completing the challenge.

(King’s Island ticket winners will be notified by email.)

June 1 from 10:00AM-7:00PM at Defiance Public Library.

Wrangle up some donuts and dinosaurs during our summer reading sign-up celebration! It’s the first day of summer reading: let’s celebrate by eating donuts and finding dinosaurs. Join us anytime between 10AM-7PM for a sensational scavenger hunt, where you will be challenged to find many different types of dinosaurs both indoors and outside. While here, grab a donut (while supplies last), sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge, and collect your sign-up rewards!

Geared to grades K-6. No registration is needed. Sponsored by the Friends of DPL.

Visit the Summer Reading Tent on the Fort Grounds outside Defiance Public Library every Tuesday and Wednesday from June 16 through July 15 from 11:00AM-noon for a special summer storytime filled with dino-mite stories, songs, and rhymes! Geared to ages 0-6. No registration is needed.

Visit the Fort Grounds outside Defiance Public Library on July 2 from 11:00AM-12:30PM and celebrate America 250 by cooling off with fun water games and activities! Geared to children and families. No registration is needed. Wear clothes that can get wet, and don’t forget your sunscreen!

Visit Sherwood Branch Library every Thursday at 1:00PM from June 4 through July 23 for Summer Family Storytime, featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more geared to ages 0-8 (but all are welcome!) No registration is needed.

July 6-11 during open hours at Hicksville’s Johnson Memorial Library.

Rumble into the library and tell us what kind of dino shares your eating habits by placing a dinosaur under the foods you crave. Are you an herbivore, a carnivore, or an omnivore? All ages are welcome to participate.

July 6 at 11:00AM at Johnson Memorial Library

It’s Christmas in July for our dinosaurs! Enjoy a variety of games, along with crafts and of course, a story. To top it off, we’ll have frozen hot chocolate! Geared to school-aged children. No registration is needed. Sponsored by the Friends of Johnson Memorial Library!

Roar! Enjoy crafts inspired by dinos and ancient civilizations at 1:00PM at Sherwood Branch Library on the following dates: June 8, June 9, July 6, & July 14.

These crafts are geared to pre-K and school-aged children, and no registration is needed.

This free, come-and-go activity for children and families will be available at Defiance Public Library (in the Children’s Craft Room) on July 6 between 1:00-4:00PM. No registration is needed.

Check out the ever-changing earth beneath our feet! Try out the augmented reality of the AR sand table and see for yourself how water flows, landforms take shape, and how changing elevations are so much fun! This will be a ‘come & go as you please’ event with a limited number of participants at a time in the room. Other passive activities will be available while waiting!

Presented by the Defiance Soil and Water Conservation District.

Visit the Summer Reading Tent on the Fort Grounds outside Defiance Public Library every Tuesday and Wednesday from June 16 through July 15 from 11:00AM-noon for a special summer storytime filled with dino-mite stories, songs, and rhymes! Geared to ages 0-6. No registration is needed.

July 7 at 11:00AM at Johnson Memorial Library

Join us at the library and make your own fossils out of salt dough, then take them home and bake them! (Fossils can also air dry.) This free program is geared to school aged children, and no registration is needed.