August 2025
Sherwood School District Backpack Donations
The Sherwood SHARE Center is holding another backpack donation drive in preperation for the new school year. You can bring backpacks into the library to donate through Friday, August 22. 
Back-to-School Resources
Make a plan for a successful school year with these great resources available for free with your library card. All students can access live homework help in English, Spanish, and French through Brainfuse HelpNow service. Look up vetted facts on a wide variety of subjects with Encyclopedia Britannica Online or National Geographic Kids. Advanced students, get ahead on your research projects with digital articles through Gale Academic OneFile or Gale General OneFile.
 
Head to wccls.org to get started.
Road Trip Reads
Stuck
by Kayla Miller

Olive is excited to reunite with Max and Bree at Camp Acorn Lake, but the buses have barely pulled away when her two closest camp friends start fighting... and it's not just a little squabble. They refuse to speak to each other and, even worse, try to make Olive choose sides. Any attempt to smooth things over seems to aggravate them more, leaving Olive stuck in the middle.
More suggestions for children here
Dropping Beats
by Nathanael Lessore

Aspiring young rapper Shaun 'Growls' Thompson navigates through embarrassing incidents, family troubles, and friendship challenges, finding support from a new friend and ultimately hatching a plan to save his family from eviction.
More suggestions for teens here
Tilt
by Emma Pattee

When a massive earthquake hits, a pregnant woman must make excruciating decisions toward survival in this riveting, powerfully moving, debut novel set over the course of one day.
More suggestions for adults here
Library Events and Activities
All are free and open to the public
Events for Youth and Family
YOUTH SUMMER READING
All ages can pick out a free book, no registration required. Choose your reading goal and pick up a prize book when you reach it, July 15 - August 31, and enter the grand prize drawing.
Through August 31.
READ TO THE DOG
Build reading confidence and improve reading skills by reading to a dog. The dogs and their trainer will listen with compassion and without judgment as you read to them. Sign up for a 20 minute session. Every month on the second Saturday.
Saturday, August 9, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
Summer Storytimes 
ALL AGES STORYTIME
Join us for interactive storytimes where we read books, sing songs, and play action rhymes. This event is designed for kids birth to 6. All ages welcome.
Wednesdays @ 9:30 & 10:15 a.m.
No storytime August 27 or September 3.
Events for Teens
SMASH BROS TOURNEY
Bowser, Luigi, Link, oh my! Who will battle? Who will win? Only you can determine that if you join us for the Smash Bros Tourney! Ages 10 and up.
Saturday, August 16, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Registration required. Click here to register.
Events for Adults
ADULT SUMMER READING
Summer Reading is back! Pick up a free book at the library, read any book or audiobook you’d like, submit book reviews online or at the library (through August 31). Each book review enters you into weekly and grand prize drawings! 
Through August 31.
REPAIR FAIR
Repair Fairs are events where volunteers with “fixing” skills help others fix broken items. Sign up online to see if volunteers can help fix your item, or volunteer to fix items for others. Registration required.
Saturday, August 2, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Registration required. Click here to register.
ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION
Read. Be inspired. Discuss. We are discussing James by Percival Everett -- a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s point of view.  The first ten participants to register receive a free copy. Sponsored by Friends of Sherwood Public Library.
Wednesday, August 13, 6:00-7:00 p.m. Registration required. Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Author Marie Buckley leads a warm-up exercise and thematic writing session. No experience necessary. Bring writing tools and expect positive feedback. Sponsored by Friends of Sherwood Public Library.
Sunday, August 17, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Registration required. Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Get FREE BOOKS for your child! Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails free high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five! Sign up today at this link.
NEW Library Hours
Sunday: 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Monday-Wednesday: 10:00 am-7:00 pm
Thursday & Friday: 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am-6:00 pm
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