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Library Giving Day is April 1! No Joke!

Spokane Public Library Foundation is raising funds through participation in Library Giving Day, a nation-wide effort to support public libraries. This one-day online fundraising event

Check Out Games from the Library

With all the new additions to our Library of Things, it’s no surprise that we added a collection of board games to play with family and friends! With crowd favorites like Catan: Trade, Build, Settle, Codenames, Sushi Go Party!, Munchkin, Twister, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, and much more, you will

Native American Heritage Month | Chapter Books & Middle Grade

Book descriptions came from NovelList Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids Edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith  Book | Audiobook In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage. Young protagonists will meet relatives from faraway, mysterious strangers, and sometimes one

Extended and Self-Service Hours at the Library

With all the exciting things happening at the Library, we are proud to announce that we will be expanding our service hours! What does this mean for you? You can now visit the Library later and on the weekends. Library Hours Monday – Thursday 9-7 Friday – Saturday 10-5 Sunday

Native American Heritage Month | 2021

While Native American heritage should be recognized and celebrated each day, November marks the national celebration of Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations. It is a time to acknowledge the culture and heritage of Indigenous groups and reflect on our nation’s history to understand that we live on the land belonging

Native American Heritage Month | Picture Books

Book descriptions came from NovelList A Coyote Columbus Story by Thomas King  Book Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell  Book Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew  Book Hungry Johnny by Cheryl Minnema   Book Mission to Space by John B. Herrington   Book

Native American Heritage Month | Young Adult

Book descriptions came from NovelList A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette   Graphic Novel Echo Desjardins, a 13 year-old Metis girl, is struggling with her feelings of loneliness while attending a new school and living with a new foster family. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee’s history class turns extraordinary

Library Giving Day is April 1! No Joke!

Spokane Public Library Foundation is raising funds through participation in Library Giving Day, a nation-wide effort to support public libraries. This one-day online fundraising event

Check Out Games from the Library

With all the new additions to our Library of Things, it’s no surprise that we added a collection of board games to play with family and friends! With crowd favorites like Catan: Trade, Build, Settle, Codenames, Sushi Go Party!, Munchkin, Twister, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, and much more, you will

Native American Heritage Month | Chapter Books & Middle Grade

Book descriptions came from NovelList Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids Edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith  Book | Audiobook In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage. Young protagonists will meet relatives from faraway, mysterious strangers, and sometimes one

Extended and Self-Service Hours at the Library

With all the exciting things happening at the Library, we are proud to announce that we will be expanding our service hours! What does this mean for you? You can now visit the Library later and on the weekends. Library Hours Monday – Thursday 9-7 Friday – Saturday 10-5 Sunday

Native American Heritage Month | 2021

While Native American heritage should be recognized and celebrated each day, November marks the national celebration of Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations. It is a time to acknowledge the culture and heritage of Indigenous groups and reflect on our nation’s history to understand that we live on the land belonging

Native American Heritage Month | Picture Books

Book descriptions came from NovelList A Coyote Columbus Story by Thomas King  Book Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell  Book Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew  Book Hungry Johnny by Cheryl Minnema   Book Mission to Space by John B. Herrington   Book

Native American Heritage Month | Young Adult

Book descriptions came from NovelList A Girl Called Echo by Katherena Vermette   Graphic Novel Echo Desjardins, a 13 year-old Metis girl, is struggling with her feelings of loneliness while attending a new school and living with a new foster family. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee’s history class turns extraordinary