July 2026
Celebrate the 50th Birthday of WCCLS This Summer!
WCCLS is celebrating their 50th birthday with special events at each library. Join us at Cannery Square on Tuesday, July 14 at 11:00 a.m. for Sherwood’s party, with music from Andy Z. Enjoy free fun, cupcakes, stickers, community, and more. Mugs will be given as party favors to the first 50 guests.
 
Explore the libraries of Washington County this summer! Pick up a WCCLS Passport at the library and get it stamped at each area library. Collect all 16 stamps and get a commemorative Wallace puzzle while supplies last. Full details for all 50th birthday celebrations at wccls.org.
Thank You Summer Reading Sponsors!
Plant a Seed and Read!
I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets
I'm So Happy You're Here
by Mychal Threets

Dubbed the Internet's librarian -- and now host of the relaunched Reading Rainbow -- Mychal Threets invites all to take a look and find themselves at the library Perfect for little readers who are regular visitors and those who might be stepping into the stacks for the first time. This heartwarming debut picture book from Mychal extends an invitation to anyone who could use a little library joy and a reminder that libraries are for everyone.
More suggestions for children here
To All the Boys I've Loved Before the Graphic Novel by Jenny Han
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han

Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent. The graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling YA novel.
 
More suggestions for teens here
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick by Caro Claire Burke
Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke

A social media celebrity, a wife and mother who sells her fantasy pioneer lifestyle of sourdough and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of followers, suddenly wakes up cold, dirty, and hungry in the year 1805 and must uncover the nature of her terrifying new existence in this sensational debut novel.
More suggestions for adults here
Library Events and Activities
All are free and open to the public
Events for Everyone
MINIATURE CASTLE MAKING CONTEST
Just in time for the yearly Sherwood Robin Hood Festival, show off your creativity in our 7th annual Miniature Castle Making Contest! Submit a homemade castle 7 X 7 X 7
inches, or smaller, between July 1 and July 13, and it may be displayed at the library or even win an award. More rules and information at: sherwoodoregon.gov/library.
Contest runs Wednesday, July 1, through Monday, July 13.
Winners announced Friday, July 17.
HULA HOOP HARVEST
Shanda Button brings her unique talent of hula hooping skills to you! Located at Cannery Square -- corner of SW Pine and SW Columbia.
Tuesday, July 7, 11:00-11:45 a.m.
All ages.
ANDY Z
Join us for music and movement with original songs by Andy Z! Located at Cannery Square -- corner of SW Pine and SW Columbia.
Tuesday, July 14, 11:00-11:45 a.m.
All ages.
LION DANCE COMPANY
It is the year of the horse, and Lee’s Association Lion Dance Team is here! Sponsored by Stan and Diana Stanley in honor of Theresa Kaishin Stanley.
Tuesday, July 21, 11:00-11:45 a.m.
All ages.
POKÉMON PARTY
Our last Tuesday Summer Reading event is all about Pokémon. Crafts and fun!
Tuesday, July 28, 11:00-11:45 a.m.
All ages.
 
 
 
Events for Youth and Family
YOUTH SUMMER READING
Pick out a free book. No registration required. Choose your reading goal and pick up a prize book when you reach it, from July 12 to August 31, and enter our prize drawing.
Through August 31. Ages 0-18.
BILINGUAL STORYTIME IN THE PARK // 
HORA DEL CUENTO BILINGÜE EN EL PARQUE
Enjoy a Spanish/English Storytime. This is our 10th year! Free lunch for kids from Helping Hands Food Pantry, games with Sherwood YMCA, and crafts with local businesses.
New location -- storytimes at Cannery Square.
Thursdays, July 2 - 30. All ages welcome.
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Disfrute de una hora de cuentos en español e inglés. ¡Es nuestro décimo año! Almuerzo gratuito para niños ofrecido por Helping Hands Food Pantry, juegos con la YMCA de Sherwood y manualidades con negocios locales.
Nueva ubicación: sesiones en Cannery Square.
Jueves, del 2 al 30 de julio. Para todas las edades.
READ TO THE DOGS
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, July 11, 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.
 
Events for Teens
SMASH BROS TOURNEY
Calling all Tweens and Teens who want to battle it out in a Smash Bros. Tourney using the Nintendo Switch console.
Registration required. Ages 10 and up.
Saturday, July 25 & Tuesday, August 4, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Click here to register for Saturday, July 25.
Click here to register for Tuesday, August 4.
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.
DIGITAL NAVIGATOR TECH HELP
Drop-in Digital Navigator Tech Help is every Saturday in July, except July 4. Need device help? Have technology questions? Want help with job searches? Bring your own device or use library computers. Provided in partnership with AmeriCorps and WCCLS.
Saturdays, July 11, 18, & 25, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliADULT BOOK DISCUSSION
Read. Be inspired. Discuss. We are discussing The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali -- about two childhood friends who are forced to navigate class divides and the political shifts in Iran over decades. Sponsored by Friends of Sherwood Public Library.
Wednesday, July 8, 6:00-7:00 p.m. Registration encouraged. Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
TriMet Summer Pass -- For High Schoolers
We have partnered with TriMet to be a distribution site for its Summer Pass program. High Schoolers can head to Sherwood Public Library to pick up a free Hop card. Go on trimet.org/summerpass to register and load the hop card for free summer use.
NEW Accessibility Tools
We have many new tools at the library to help assist with accessibility needs. We have JAWS* screen reader and TypeAbility* teaching software for blind and low-vision users, in-house computer accessories such as ergonomic mice* and large print and Braille keyboards*, and much more!
 
* Paid for by a notable grant won by Sherwood Library Foundation from the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 5 and the National Institutes of Health.
Library Hours
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY, JULY 4, IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE 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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