Baby Storytime
2025-04-10 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-04-17 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-04-24 09:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Baby Storytime is a great way to introduce your child to the love of reading and books.
We lead parents and caregivers in an interactive experience that will have you bouncing, tickling, singing, and enjoying books together with your baby.
This program is designed for both the child, ages 0-12 months, and their adult(s).
Attendees, please bring a blanket for your baby to be on and your own toys.
15 minutes of playtime follows this storytime.

Fun for Ones Storytime
2025-04-10 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-04-17 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-04-24 10:15 - 10:45
Fun for Ones is the perfect next step for your walking one-year-old.
We will sing, dance, read, and create an experience for you and your child to grow the love of books and reading at this in-person event.
This program is designed for youth, ages 12-23 months, and their caregivers.
30 minutes of playtime follows this storytime.

Enjoy our storytime activity sheets!
Alphabet-themed coloring sheets.
Letter Knowledge worksheets.
Letter Matching Worksheets.
Alphabet Pages with Math Concepts Coloring Sheets.

Fiction Friends
2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:00
Fiction Friends is a book club for youth 6th-8th grade.
If you like to read, this is the program for you!
We read the book in advance, then discuss it during the meeting. Every meeting ends with an activity.
When you register, you receive a free copy of the book, while supplies last. Register by calling (503) 625-6688, stopping in at the library, or emailing askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov.
This program is a hybrid meeting. We meet in-person and in a Zoom room. If you attend in-person, meet in the Community Room (off the City Hall lobby). If you join us in the Zoom room, you will get the link for the program a day in advance.
2025
January 9 – Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
February 13 – The Story That Cannot Be Told by J. Kasper Kramer
March 13 – Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee
April 10 – Slugfest by Gordon Korman
May 8 – Ghost Book by Remy Lai
June through August, Fiction Friends will take a break. Fall schedule to be determined.

Library Open House for National Library Week
2025-04-11 00:00
Millions of people across the country visit their libraries each week. What’s the draw? Everything! At Sherwood Public Library, we invite you to visit the library during National Library Week, April 6-12, to explore all we have to offer. This year’s theme is “Drawn to the Library.” Join us for our Open House on Friday, April 11, for cake and refreshments, prizes, and fun activities for all ages!

Technology petting zoo from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Look for “golden tickets” hidden in the library on April 11. Find one and bring it back to get a $20 Target gift card. We are hiding 5 tickets in total.
Games and self-led activities 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Play large versions of classic games, enjoy a coloring table, and play on the Wii U during the technology petting zoo times.
Stop by various stations in the library to share your ideas. Fill up your “idea card”, then choose from a selection of prizes and be entered in a raffle to win one of 6 $10 gift cards to the nearby Symposium Coffee.

All events are free and open to the public.

Read to the Dogs
2025-04-12 11:00 - 12:30
Build reading confidence and improve reading skills by reading to a dog!
Gershwin and Missy and their trainers will listen with compassion and without judgment as you read.
Sign up for a 20 minute session.
You can bring your own book or choose one from the library shelf.
Each time you read to Missy or Gershwin, you will get a free book from the Friends of the Library book sale shelf. After 5 visits, you get to choose a NEW book from our Read to the Dogs book box.
This program is for kids who read by looking at the pictures to tell a story (PreK) and kids who are reading words on the page.
Sign up for a session by calling 503 625-6688 or emailing askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov
Session 1
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Session 2
11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
(Break 11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.)
Session 3
11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Session 4
12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Digital Navigator Tech Help
2025-04-14 10:00 - 14:00
Digital Navigator Tech Help is held every other Monday from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. in the library. Need help with devices? Have technology-related questions? Want help with job searches? Bring your own device or use library computers.
Reservations can be made for 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Reserve your timeslot through WCCLS Events here.
Drop-in hours are 12:15-2:00 p.m. (and if no one signs up for reserved time).
No Digital Navigator help during holiday closures.
This free program is provided by a visiting Digital Navigator and is in partnership with American Connection Corps & The Washington County Broadband Action Team.
Also see our Tech Help Appointments offered by library staff.

Toddler Storytime
2025-04-15 09:30 - 10:15, 2025-04-22 09:30 - 10:15
Unfortunately, we need to cancel Storytime this morning. Open Play will be available in the Community Room in its place.

Are you ready to sing, dance, play and listen? Then you’re ready for Toddler Storytime!
We create an interactive experience for you and your child to grow the love of books and reading at this in-person event.
This program is designed for ages 2-3 years and their caregivers. However, any ages is welcomed to attend.
15 minutes of playtime follows storytime.
At our storytimes, we understand that your child might not sit still during the whole program. Storytime is a place to practice skills your child will need when they enter school. Attending storytime regularly will make a difference.
We understand that you might need to leave during the program because your child is feeling a lot of emotions. If you leave, you are allowed to reenter the room at anytime. Or, come back when you can, another day.
If your child has sensitivity to light or sound, please let us know—we can make adjustments.

Toddler Storytime
2025-04-15 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-04-22 10:15 - 11:15
Are you ready to sing, dance, play and listen? Then you’re ready for Toddler Storytime!
We create an interactive experience for you and your child to grow the love of books and reading at this in-person event.
This program is designed for ages 2-3 years and their caregivers. However, any ages is welcomed to attend.
20 minutes of playtime follows storytime.
At our storytimes, we understand that your child might not sit still during the whole program. Storytime is a place to practice skills your child will need when they enter school. Attending storytime regularly will make a difference.
We understand that you might need to leave during the program because your child is feeling a lot of emotions. If you leave, you are allowed to reenter the room at anytime. Or, come back when you can, another day.
If your child has sensitivity to light or sound, please let us know—we can make adjustments.

TeenLAB
2025-04-15 16:00
TeenLAB is a Teen Library Advisory Board. It’s aim is to volunteer time to advocate and to improve the library for youth. It’s also a great place to build your resume.
In this 1-hour program for youth 7th-12th grade, attendees gain a variety of skills: working with others, planning projects, completing projects, teamwork, and more.
This program is in-person only and because of the varied projects, meeting location changes according to the project. Arrive at the front desk 5 minutes early to inquire where the group is meeting.
For questions pertaining to this event, please email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov

City Council Meeting
2025-04-15 19:00 | Sherwood City Hall, Community Room, 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

All Ages Storytime Session 1
2025-04-16 09:30 - 10:15, 2025-04-23 09:30 - 10:15
Let’s grow together in literacy! Join us for an interactive program where we read books, enjoy puppets, sing songs, and play action rhymes.
This program is planned for kids ages birth to 6. All ages and abilities are welcome.
A 15 minute playtime follows session 1 and a 30 minute playtime follows session 2 storytime.
We try to create a welcoming environment for everyone. If your child has special needs, please let a staff member know and we will try to accommodate.

All Ages Storytime Session 2
2025-04-16 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-04-23 10:15 - 11:15

Library Advisory Board Meeting
2025-04-16 18:30 | Cannery Square, Pine St and Columbia St, Sherwood, OR, 97140

Library Advisory Board Meeting
2025-04-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Sherwood City Hall / Library, Exec Board Room (Conference Room A), 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Paperback Pals
2025-04-17 15:45 - 16:45
Paperback Pals is a book club for youth 3rd – 5th grade.
If you like to read, this is the program for you!
We usually read OBOB books, so this is a good group if you’re interested in competing for Oregon Battle of the Books. We read the book in advance, then discuss it during the meeting. Every meeting ends with an activity.
When you register, you receive a free copy of the book, while supplies last. Register calling (503) 625-6688, stopping by the library, or emailing askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov
This program is a hybrid meeting. We meet in-person and in a Zoom room. If you attend in-person, meet in the Community Room (off the City Hall lobby). If you join us in the Zoom room, you will get the link for the program a day in advance.
2025
January 16 – Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity by Nicole Valentine
February 20 – Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
March 20 – J. D. and the Great Barber Battle by J Dillard
April 17 – Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
May 15 – Hikaru in the Light! by Mai Matsuda
June through August, Paperback Pals will take a break. Fall schedule to be determined soon.

Police Advisory Board Meeting
2025-04-17 19:00 | Cannery Square, Pine St and Columbia St, Sherwood, OR, 97140

Police Advisory Board
2025-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Sherwood Police Department, Community Room, 20495 SW Borchers Drive, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Origami Toys
2025-04-19 14:00
Playing with toys is fun, but learning how to make toys by folding paper is even more fun!
Join us as Yuki Martin leads us through a variety of skills all while making cute little paper toys.
All supplies included.
Registration is required. Click here to register.
Ages 9 and Up

Cultural Arts Commission Meeting- Cancelled
2025-04-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 Pine St., Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Book Buddies
2025-04-22 15:45
This is a schedule change for Book Buddies that normally meets on Thursday.
For April only, we will meet on a Tuesday from 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Book: Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court: The Case of the Missing Bicycles by Milo Stone
Book Buddies is a book club for youth, Kindergarten through 2nd grade. This is a fantastic program to build the love of reading and make new friends.
When you register, you receive a free copy of the book, while supplies last. Register by calling (503) 625-6688, stopping by the library, or emailing askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov.
This program meets in-person only.

Planning Commission - April 22, 2024
2025-04-22 19:00 - 21:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgX7abXE-oY

Traffic Safety Committee Meeting
2025-04-24 18:00 | Cannery Square, Pine St and Columbia St, Sherwood, OR, 97140
