December 2025
Donate to Our Annual Holiday Food Drive
Join in the spirit of giving with our Annual Holiday Food Drive December 7 - 13. All donations will support local Sherwood food pantries, which are seeing an increased need for assistance this year. We encourage everyone to drop off nonperishable food items at the library during open hours. Every can, box, or bag of food helps make the holidays brighter for families in our community.
Thank You Voters!
Measure 34-345, the library levy measure, passed in November! Thank you, voters, for securing another five years of revenue to help fund open hours at our library and the 15 other WCCLS libraries, reading support for kids, and central services that efficiently link these libraries into one system.
Visit wccls.org/levy/2025-library-levy-replaced for more info.
Celebrating Family and Friendship
Rebel Girls All Things Friendship: A Guide to Celebrating Old Friends, Making New Ones, and Navigating Sticky Social Situations by Rebel Girls
All Things Friendship
by Sara Jin Li

Celebrate old friends, make new ones, and learn how to navigate sticky friendship situations with this fun and helpful guidebook. Good friends make you laugh until your stomach hurts, support you during tough times, and brighten even the gloomiest of days. But like all relationships, friendships can be complicated. This guide to friendship has you covered!
More suggestions for children here
Flip by Ngozi Ukazu
Flip
by Ngozi Ukazu

Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, the most popular boy at school, who receives Chi-Chi's private video proposal to go to senior prom. But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi in front of their entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6'1" and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi's life. With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, Chi-Chi and Flip must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen.
More suggestions for teens here
All That Life Can Afford: Reese's Book Club by Emily Everett
All That Life Can Afford
by Emily Everett

After a personal tragedy, Anna moves to London to study but is pulled into the glamorous lives of the wealthy while working as a tutor for a rich family. She finds herself increasingly entangled with her new friends in the social elite, which forces her to question who she is and choose between the life she left behind and the one she is building.
More suggestions for adults here
Library Events and Activities
All are free and open to the public
Events for Everyone
COMMUNITY CHESS DROP-IN
Please join us for friendly chess games at our monthly, volunteer-led gathering! Connect with fellow chess lovers and enjoy casual games in a welcoming environment.
Sunday, December 7, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
GOAT PARTY!
Join us for a fun event with goats at the library. It's a goat party full of trip-trapping like the three Billy-goats gruff, and interacting with live goats!
Tuesday, December 30, 10:00-11:00 a.m. All ages.
Events for Youth and Family
STUFFED FRIEND SLEEPOVER
Bring your stuffed friend along for an interactive storytime and craft. Then, leave them to stay the night at the library. Pick up your stuffy the next day and receive photos of the antics the stuffy gets up to in the night.
Friday, December 5, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
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, December 13, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
OBOB PRACTICE SESSION
Parent leaders and their OBOB teams can use this space to practice with other OBOB teams. A staff member will lead this session by setting up the room and providing sample questions and information on what to expect at an OBOB tournament.
Wednesday, December 17, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
BOOKS & BRICKS WINTER READING
Kids keep up their reading habits with our LEGO™-themed reading challenge and a chance to win LEGO™ prizes. Look for a reading log from your Sherwood elementary school or at the library.
December 20 - January 9, 2026.
STEAM SATURDAY /
SÁBADO DE STEAM
Drop in for a dose of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) fun on the last Saturday of every month. Explore stations at our pop-up event including a VR headset (ages 10+), a robot station, Snap Circuits, 3-D pens, and craft station.
Saturday, December 20, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. All ages.
 
Visite la biblioteca para recibir una dosis de STEAM. Explore las estaciones en nuestro evento emergente que incluye auriculares VR (mayores de 10 años), una estación de robots, Snap Circuits, bolígrafos 3-D y una estación de manualidades. *STEAM (abreviado en inglés) = Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería, Arte y Matemáticas.
Sábado, 20 de deciembre, de 11:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m.
Para todas las edades.
NOON YEAR'S EVE PARTY
Welcome all who want to ring in the New Year at a reasonable hour! This event is a way for the whole family to celebrate the New Year. Decorate a party hat, play some games, make a New Year’s goal, dance to music and celebrate the New Year at noon instead of midnight!
Wednesday, December 31, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Winter Storytimes
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 December 23 or 30.
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 December 23 or 30.
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 December 24 or 31.
Events for Teens
AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS
Join us after school for something special. We've had fun activities such as Virtual Reality Headsets, perler beads, collage, and more. Drop in program for kids, tweens, and teens over by the Information Desk.
Wednesdays, December 3 & 10, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
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, December 4 & 18, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Events for Adults
ADULT WINTER READING
Our seventh annual adult reading challenge is here! Read a book in each of the challenges by February 28, 2026, for a chance to win a $25 gift card. More details in the library and at sherwoodoregon.gov/library.
 
 
Adult Winter Reading challenges:
1) Re-read a childhood favorite (or find a new favorite children's book!).
2) Read a book featuring immigrants and refugees.
3) Read a book by a PNW author.
December 1 - February 28, 2026.
SOUND BATH MEDITATION
Relax and rejuvenate with Melissa Felsenstein of Inner Sounds Meditation. Specially tuned crystal bowls and gongs create a sound bath to help alleviate stress and ease listeners into meditative states. Participants are welcome to bring a yoga mat if they prefer to lay down during the sound bath.
Monday, December 8, 6:00-7:00 p.m. and
Sunday, January 11, 3:00-4:00 p.m. 
DIGITAL NAVIGATOR TECH HELP
Drop-in Digital Navigator Tech Help is every Saturday. Need help with devices? Have technology questions? Want help with job searches? Bring your own device or use library computers. Provided in partnership with AmeriCorps and WCCLS.
Saturdays, December 6, 13, 20, & 27, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Funny Story by Emily HenryADULT BOOK DISCUSSION
Read. Be inspired. Discuss. We are discussing Funny People by Liz Moore -- about two people who move in together and pretend to be a couple after both being dumped by their fiancées. The first ten participants to register receive a free copy. Sponsored by Friends of Sherwood Public Library.
Wednesday, December 10, 6:00-7:00 p.m. Registration requested. Email askusSPL@sherwoodoregon.gov to register.
Library Hours
SHERWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL CLOSE EARLY AT 2:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, AND REMAIN CLOSED THURSDAY, FOR THE CHRISTMAS  HOLIDAY. WE WILL ALSO CLOSE EARLY AT 5:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, AND REMAIN CLOSED THURSDAY, FOR THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY.
 
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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