City of Sherwood

Miniature Castle Contest
2025-07-03 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-04 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-05 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-06 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-07 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-08 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-09 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-10 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) and 3 more dates | OR
It’s time for the yearly Miniature Castle Contest! Make a little castle to display at the library. You may even win an award.
Use whatever materials you’d like to make a castle no bigger than 7 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches. This is smaller than in previous years. Our display case was overflowing last year! Castles can be made alone or in groups by people of all ages. Entries are accepted July 1-13th.
Castles will be voted on by library staff and the Maid Marian court. Winners will be announced on July 18th to coincide with the annual Sherwood Robin Hood Festival. Learn more about the festival here.
For more details or to download an entry form, see the pdfs attached at the bottom of the webpage. Make sure to print your form at the default size (not scaled) if you’d like to use the 7 inch template to measure your castle.

Supplemental Materials

2025 Miniature Castle Making Contest Details
Detalles del concurso de construcción de castillos en miniatura de 2025

Hora de cuentos en el parque / Bilingual Storytime in the Park
2025-07-03 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-10 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-17 10:30 - 11:30 | OR
Este programa está en español e inglés. This program is in Spanish and English.
Disfrute de libros y canciones en español, almuerzo gratis para niños, actividades de manualidades, libros gratis y un juego al aire libre en esta experiencia similar a un campamento para niños y sus familias.
3, 10, 17, 24 Julio -Stella Olsen Park. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
¡Bienvenidos todos!
Enjoy storytime, free lunch for kids, craft activity, free books, and an outdoor game at this camp-like experience for children and their families.
Stella Olsen Park, July 3, 10. 17 and 14. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Everyone welcome!

Library Closed for Independence Day 2025
2025-07-04 00:00 | OR
The Library will be closed on Friday, July 4th, in observance of the Independence 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. As always, you can access your account online 24/7 @ wccls.org.

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting CANCELLED
2025-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Sherwood City Hall, Community Room, 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Jingle Dress Dance
2025-07-08 11:00 - 11:45 | OR
This is part of our Summer Reading series!
Join us at Cannery Square for a spectacular cultural experience!
Keeli Littleleaf brings her award-winning Jingle Dress Dance to us to celebrate Native American culture and tradition.
Everyone Welcome.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

All Ages Storytime Session 1
2025-07-09 09:30 - 10:15, 2025-07-16 09:30 - 10:15 | OR
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
2025-07-09 10:15 - 11:15, 2025-07-16 10:15 - 11:15 | OR

Adult Book Discussion: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
2025-07-09 18:00 | OR
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 Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, which may 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:
A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen–one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.

Music on the Green Concert Series
2025-07-09 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Stella Olsen Memorial Park, 22256 SW Washington Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Summer Art Walk
2025-07-10 17:00 - 20:00 | OR
The library is a stop on the Art Walk!
Bring your passport to get stamped and meet artists Darla Boljat and Jesse Stephenson.
You can also start your Art Walk at the library by picking up a passport.
Drop your completed passport at Sherwood Center for the Arts to enter the grand prize drawing–baskets full of cool stuff including merch!

Summer Reading - Kids Claim Second Free Book
2025-07-12 00:00 - 23:59 | OR
Summer Reading is for everyone!
The second prize book is for kids, 0-17 who complete their reading goal. If you’ve reached your reading goal, you can also enter the grand prize drawing.
Stop by the library for more details.
Summer reading ends August 31.

Read to the Dogs
2025-07-12 11:00 - 12:30 | OR
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.

en Taiko
2025-07-15 11:00 - 11:45 | OR
This is part of our Summer Reading series!
Join us at Cannery Square as en Taiko brings us an interactive, cultural drumming experience.
The word, “Taiko” in Japanese literally means great or wide drum. It refers most commonly to a distinctive form of drumming that has its roots in ancient Japanese culture. But Taiko also describes the art form of modern Japanese drum ensembles, as well as the physical drums used by these groups.
Everyone Welcome.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

City Council Meeting
2025-07-15 19:00 | Sherwood City Hall, Community Room, 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States

Library Advisory Board Meeting
2025-07-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Sherwood City Hall / Library, Exec Board Room (Conference Room A), 22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood, OR, 97140, United States
