Voter 101

Join us at the Litchfield Public Library for Voter 101!

Want to better understand how voting works in Minnesota? Whether you’re a first-time voter, a longtime voter with questions, or just looking for reliable information to share with friends and family, this session is for you.

Hosted by the Litchfield Public Library and presented by the Voter Outreach Director from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, Voter 101 is a free, one-hour informational session designed to help community members feel confident and informed about the voting process.

We’ll cover topics like:

  • how to register to vote
  • the different ways to vote in Minnesota
  • what to expect when voting
  • common election questions and misconceptions.

There will also be time for questions at the end.

We’d love to have you join us for this opportunity to learn more about elections and voting in Minnesota.

Watercade Parade 2026

The Litchfield Library Board and library staff, plus family and friends, had a great time giving free books to children at the 2026 Watercade parade! Thank you to the Litchfield Library Foundation, the Friends of the Litchfield Library, the Wintercade committee, and Thrivent for their funding that made this possible.

They also handed out this year’s new bookmark! Copies will be available at the library once we’re able to reorder, since they were all handed out at the parade.

 

Summer Diamond Painting for Teens

Diamond Painting for teens is happening at the library on Thursday, August 6th, at 10:30 am. If you are between the ages of 11 and 18 you can sign up now for this free program!
Please call the library or stop in to sign up: 320-693-2483. All supplies provided.

Summer Puzzle Exchange

Back by popular demand: the puzzle exchange! A boredom buster for late summer.
Beginning at noon on Friday, July 31, the library’s meeting room will be open for people to drop off used puzzles and take ones they want. The event will run during library hours until 8 p.m. on Monday, August 3.
Need to drop yours off early? You can do that. Please do not put them in the book drop.
Do you need to bring a puzzle in order to take a puzzle? No! Some people will donate puzzles without taking any, and that some will donate more than they take, and vice versa.
Selection will depend on the puzzles that are donated. No money will be involved – puzzles may be donated and taken, but not sold. Please bring puzzles with all of the pieces. The library can’t guarantee that the puzzles you take will have all of the pieces. For all ages.

July Adult Arts & Crafts: Mosaics

UPDATE: Both sessions are full. You may contact the library to be added to the waiting list.

The July Adult Arts & Crafts program will be offered twice in July! Call the library at 320-693-2483 or stop in to sign up for either Thursday, July 23, or Thursday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m. All supplies will be provided to make a small tile mosaic. Free! Adults only.

You may call or stop in to sign up yourself and up to one other person. If you are not registering for the class yourself, you cannot register other people. No bulk sign-ups: just yourself and, if you wish, one guest who will attend with you.

No sign-ups via social media (Messenger) or email.

If you are unable to attend after signing up, please contact the library so that someone from the waiting list can attend.

Reading Challenge for Adults: America’s 250th anniversary

Adults, Litchfield Library is offering a reading challenge for you this summer! To observe the 250th anniversary of the United States, read 5 things from a long list of possibilities, and bring in your completed sheet by August 15 for a small prize. The reading log is available at the front desk. Make sure to check the back of the sheet for all of your options. You can read the core documents of the U.S., read Revolutionary War history or historical fiction, or read about American history and culture across the whole 250 years and more. The semiquincentennial is a great occasion to learn more about all of America, not only its founding or government.

Want a copy of the U.S. Constitution to keep? Pick up a free pocket-sized copy at the front desk!

View the reading challenge here: Adult America 250 reading challenge

Prizes:

Knitting Club

Litchfield Library’s Knitting Club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the library’s meeting room. Bring your knitting or crochet project and work alongside other fiber artists. Get knitting advice from an expert knitter. Open to all ages. No need to sign up. Free to attend.

Dates:

  • June 18
  • July 16
  • August 20

Plant a Seed, Read: 2026 Summer Reading Program

Our 2026 Summer Reading Program, Plant a Seed, Read, is for youth ages 3-18 years.

It is free to sign-up and you do NOT need to have a library card to participate.

Upon sign-up, youth will recieve a bag, a reading log/game sheet, and they can choose a book to keep.

Kids can sign up anytime during the summer. The program runs June 1st -August 31st, 2026.

Completed reading logs/game sheets can be returned for Library Loot, which is used to purchase prizes from the library.

Reading logs/game sheets can be completed all summer long.

Kids’ Craft Time

Back by popular demand: Kids’ Craft Time will be offered once a month this summer! This free program will be held in the meeting room 4:30-5:30 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month: June 16, July 21, and August 18. No need to sign up. Children younger than age 8 must be accompanied and assisted by an adult or teen caregiver.