Sign up now for the August Adult Arts & Crafts program! The project will be a seashell candle.

This program will be held in the meeting room on Thursday, August 27, 6:30-8 p.m. Free to attend but space is limited. Call the library at 320-693-2483 or stop at the front desk to sign up. 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 accepted for this program by social media (Messenger) or email.

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

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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.

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:

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

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.

Summer storytimes at the Litchfield Library will begin June 3rd and run through August 14. On Wednesdays at 10:15, Baby/Toddler Storytime will be a simple half hour storytime with music and movement and without a craft, geared to children 3 and younger, but open to all children and their caregivers. On Fridays at 10:15, Kids’ Storytime will be a 45 minute to 1 hour storytime with special programs some weeks and stories, songs, and crafts other weeks, geared to preschoolers and elementary school age children, but open to all children and their caregivers.

Wednesday storytimes will be held in the children’s area of the library.

Friday storytimes will be held on the lawn on the south side of the library in front of the garage, weather permitting. Bring chairs or a blanket to sit on. During inclement weather, the program will be held in the children’s area of the library. The alternative location in case of bad weather for the June 5 storytime would be the Litchfield Opera House.

Children younger than age 8 must be accompanied by an adult or teen caregiver. Caregivers are encouraged to participate with their children. Free to attend. No need to sign up.

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Litchfield Library Foundation bookmark contest! Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Litchfield Library Foundation bookmark contest! Asher’s design will be featured on this year’s library bookmark, which will be handed out at the Watercade parade in July and then made available at the library for the coming year. All three winners will get a cash prize from the foundation. A display featuring the winners and finalists will be set up in the display case next to the copier room in the library through Watercade weekend.