September 2025
Library Card Sign-Up Month -- With Prizes
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when we join the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to remind everyone about the valuable resources available with a library card.
 
Sign-up for your own library card during the month of September to be entered to win one of four $25 e-gift cards. Sign-up is easy at Sherwood Public Library. Find out more at wccls.org/get-card. Some restrictions apply. Cardholders must have a Sherwood address to be eligible for a prize.
Register to Vote -- November 4 Election
Proposed Measure 34-345 for Countywide Library Services is on the November 4, 2025, ballot. The last day to register in time for the election is October 14. Ballots are mailed to all registered voters October 15. Track your ballot status through BallotTrax. More information at washingtoncountyor.gov/elections. Find out more about voting at sherwoodoregon.gov/library/VotingResources.
Join the WCCLS League of Library Lovers!
This September and October, WCCLS is running a library ambassador campaign. Tell your friends and neighbors all the reasons you value the library and earn 2 limited-edition prizes (while supplies last) that will help you show off your love for libraries! Here's how to participate:
  • Pick up a punch card at the library starting Sept. 2, 2025.
  • Tell 10 friends or neighbors how much you value the library!
  • Mark a spot every time you talk with someone who doesn't have a WCCLS library card.
  • Turn in your completed punch card at the library for a prize while supplies last.
  • Pick up a new punch card each month you plan to participate.
September's prize is a sticker for your library card. You can redeem it at the library starting Sept. 24 to Sept. 30, 2025. Limit 1 per person. Check out the WCCLS website to view rules, prizes, and get ideas for conversation starters.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
Danilo Was Here
by Tamika Burgess

Danilo's baseball talent lands him the opportunity to train in the States and find his absentee father, who may be the key to saving the family he abandoned as they deal with the devastating effects of the US's military invasion of Panama.
More suggestions for children here
Chronically Dolores
by Maya Van Wagenen

Dolores Mendoza is not thriving. She was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis. The painful disease isn't life threatening, but it is threatening to ruin her life. Just when things seem hopeless, Dolores meets someone poised to change her fate. Terpsichore Berkenbosch-Jones is glamorous, autistic, and homeschooled against her will by her overprotective mother. After a rocky start, the girls form a tentative partnership.
More suggestions for teens here
Bochica
by Carolina Flórez-cerchiaro

In 1923 Soacha, Colombia, La Casona -- an opulent mansion perched above the legendary Salto del Tequendama waterfall -- was once home to Antonia and her family, who settle in despite their constant nightmares and the house's malevolent spirit. But tragedy strikes when Antonia's mother takes a fatal fall into El Salto and her father, consumed by grief, attempts to burn the house down with Antonia still inside. Three years later, haunted by disturbing dreams and cryptic journal entries from her late mother, Antonia is drawn back to her childhood home when it is converted into a luxurious hotel.
More suggestions for adults here
Library Events and Activities
All are free and open to the public
Events for Youth and Family
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, September 13, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
Fall Storytimes -- Starting September 9
BABY STORYTIME
Introduce your child to the love of reading and books. We lead caregivers in an interactive experience that will have you bouncing, tickling, singing, and enjoying books together with your baby. Designed for babies 0-12 months and their grown-ups.
Tuesdays @ 9:30 a.m. No storytime September 2.
FUN FOR ONES
The perfect next step for your walking one-year-old! Sing, dance, read, and grow a love of books and reading. Designed for ages 12-23 months and their caregivers. Ends with 15 minutes of playtime.
Tuesdays @ 10:15 a.m. No storytime September 2.
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 September 3.
Events for Teens
TEEN VOLUNTEER CLUB
Welcome teens 7th-12th grade who want to make a difference in their community through the library! We welcome newcomers! Reach out to let us at askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to know you're coming.
Thursdays, October 2 & 16, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Events for Adults
ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION
Read. Be inspired. Discuss. We are discussing The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex -- a historical mystery based on the real-life disappearance of thre lighthouse keepers. The first ten participants to register receive a free copy. Sponsored by Friends of Sherwood Public Library.
Wednesday, September 10, 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, September 21, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Registration required. Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
EASY GENEALOGY:
GETTING STARTED ON YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
Join volunteers from the Genealogical Society of Washington County (GSWCO) for an introduction to using Ancestry.com.
Friday, October 3, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Click here 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
SHERWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, FOR LABOR DAY.
 
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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