Fun for Ones Storytime
2025-05-08 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-05-15 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-05-22 10:15 - 10:45 (America/Los_Angeles)
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
2025-05-08 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.

Friends of the Sherwood Public Library
2025-05-08 17:00
Friends of Sherwood Public Library is a volunteer-run non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1975 to provide materials, equipment, and services for the library beyond the reach of the library’s regular budget.
The Friends generate funds through donations, the ongoing book sale, memberships, and merchandise for sale. More information about the Friends, including donations, can be found at www.sherwoodfol.org.
The Friends typically give $4,500-$6,000 annually for Sherwood Public Library programming. Recent programs made possible by the Friends include: Summer Reading, Book Buddies (the book group for Kindergarten-2nd graders), Paperback Pals (the book group for 3rd-5th graders), Fiction Friends (the book group for 6th-8th graders), Teen Book Club, Adult Book Discussion Group, and more.
Friends of the Library board meetings are held quarterly at the Library / City Hall.

Read to the Dogs
2025-05-10 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
2025-05-12 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
2025-05-13 09:30 - 10:15, 2025-05-20 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
2025-05-13 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-05-20 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.

All Ages Storytime Session 1
2025-05-14 09:30 - 10:15, 2025-05-21 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
2025-05-14 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-05-21 10:15 - 11:15

Teen Book Club 2024-2025
2025-05-14 15:30
Are you a teen in high school who loves reading? Join Teen Book Club. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, we’ll meet discuss books, have a snack, and do related activities. Try to read the book before each meeting so we can talk about it.
Free book at registration while supplies last. Sponsored by Friends of the Sherwood Public Library.
Books read in Teen Book Club may contain mature content.
Email us at askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov or call 503-625-6688 to register and get your book to read before the club meeting.
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Dates: Oct 2024-May 2025,
2nd Wednesday of each month

Oct 9th, 2024
Nov 13th, 2024
Dec 11th, 2024
Jan 8th, 2025
Feb 12th, 2025
Mar 12th, 2025
Apr 9th, 2025
May 14th, 2025

Place: Sherwood Public Library Community Room, First Floor Lobby
Book List:
Oct 9th, 2024: Jackaby, by William Ritter
“Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary-including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose. The police are convinced it’s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby is certain the foul deeds are the work of the kind of creature whose very existence the local police seem adamant to deny.”
Nov 13th, 2024: War Girls, by Tochi Onyebuchi
“The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. In a war-torn Nigeria, battles are fought using flying, deadly mechs and soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and artificial organs meant to protect them from the harsh, radiation-heavy climate. Across the nation, as the years-long civil war wages on, survival becomes the only way of life. Two sisters, Onyii and Ify, dream of more. Their lives have been marked by violence and political unrest. Still, they dream of peace, of hope, of a future together. And they’re willing to fight an entire war to get there.”
Dec 11th, 2024: I Hunt Killers, by Barry Lyga
“Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious “Dear Old Dad,” but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father’s wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town’s newest murderer, ‘The Impressionist.'”
Jan 8th, 2025: Dispatches From Parts Unknown, by Bryan Bliss
“Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that only she can hear. But grief can be awfully funny sometimes. National Book Award nominee Bryan Bliss delivers a thought-provoking, one-of-a-kind novel about how to tread the line between moving on and holding on.”
Feb 12th, 2025: Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland
“When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies.
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania– derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. Now laws like the Native and Negro Education Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. But it’s not a life Jane wants. When families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy… and the restless dead are the least of her problems.”
Mar 12th, 2025: Everything We Never Had, by Randy Ribay
“…an emotionally charged, moving novel about four generations of Filipino American boys grappling with identity, masculinity, and their fraught father-son relationships. Told in multiple perspectives, Everything We Never Had unfolds like a beautifully crafted nesting doll, where each Maghabol boy forges his own path amid heavy family and societal expectations, passing down his flaws, values, and virtues to the next generation, until it’s up to Enzo to see how he can braid all these strands and men together.”
Apr 9th, 2025: Night Owls, by A.R. Vishny
“In this thrilling paranormal YA romance debut steeped in folklore, two estries—owl-shifting female vampires from Jewish tradition—face New York’s monstrous underworld to save the girl one of them loves with help from the boy one of them fears before they are, all of them, lost forever.”
May 14th, 2025: Kindling, by Traci Chee
“After the war is over, seven outlawed kindlings–elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives–must confront their pasts, their trauma and their grim fates to reclaim who they once were and fight one last time.”

Sherwood Senior Advisory Board Meeting
2025-05-14 17:00

Adult Book Discussion: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
2025-05-14 18:00
Read. Be inspired. Discuss.
We’re hosting a book discussion in person at the library. If you love to talk about the books you’ve read, join us for a lively discussion of The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods, which will be available as an e-book and audiobook in Libby as well as physical library copies which can be checked out. The first 10 people to register for this program can be given copies of the book provided generously by Friends of Sherwood Public Library.
Registration online is encouraged but not required. Click here to register.
From the publisher:
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found. For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder where nothing is as it seems.

Baby Storytime
2025-05-15 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-22 09:30 - 10:00
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.

Paperback Pals
2025-05-15 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.

Budget Committee Meeting
2025-05-15 18:00, 2025-05-22 18:00

Hands to Hearts Drumming
2025-05-17 11:00
More information coming soon!

Everyone welcome

Cultural Arts Commission Meeting
2025-05-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 Pine St., Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

City Council Meeting
2025-05-20 19:00 | Sherwood City Hall, Community Room, 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

URA Board Meeting
2025-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Sherwood City Hall, Community Room, 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Library Advisory Board Meeting
2025-05-21 18:30 | Sherwood City Hall / Library, Exec Board Room (Conference Room A), 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Book Buddies
2025-05-22 15:45 - 16:45
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.
2025
January 23 – Blippo and Beep: I Feel Funny by Sarah Weeks
February 27 – Science of Fun Stuff: Pulling Back the Curtain on Magic! by Sheila Sweeny Higginson
March 27 – Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
DATE/DAY CHANGE: April 22 – Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court: The Case of the Missing Bicycles by Milo Stone
May 22 – Flubby: Flubby Will Not Take a Bath by J. E. Morris

June through August, Book Buddies will take a break. The fall schedule will be determined soon.

Library Closed for Memorial Day 2025
2025-05-26 00:00
Library services will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.
The drive-up book drop in the parking lot is locked during holiday closures. Please return materials to the book drops located at the Pine Street entrance. Access your library account 24/7 at wccls.org.
