Cricut Class – Making Spring Decor Adhesive Vinyl
Beginner Cricut class will be held on Friday, May 8th at 3:00 p.m. at the Prophetstown Library for any who would like to be able to have some basic beginner knowledge for Cricut crafting. This class will focus on adhesive vinyl and creating a Spring Decor vinyl for May. An instructor will be there to walk you step by step through the process. Feel free to bring your laptop if you have a design you would like to use. Please call or email the library to sign-up so we know how many will attend for materials: 309-714-2699 or hcadams1@yahoo.com.
Seed Library for the Community
The Prophetstown Library has received a generous donation of seeds from the Whiteside County Extension Unit. There is a huge variety of vegetable and garden seeds for anyone who utilizes our local library to have free of cost!
Pen Pal Club Begins!
Prophetstown Library is hosting a Pen Pal Club in cooperation with a nationwide program for people of all ages to write to a Pen Pal. The program is for ages 5 to 100! Once you get signed up, the administration will let us know a good match with a person of corresponding age and we will let you know what library they are from. There is no sharing of personal addresses. The person who writes the Pen Pal letter will drop off the letter at the library, and we will mail the letter to the corresponding library where you Pen Pal is a patron at that library. Once they write back, the letter will get sent to Prophetstown Library and we will either email or phone you to let you know your letter is in. Please stop by the library to sign up.
Prophetstown is Proud to Read Program
This is an incentive reading program which will run throughout the summer of 2026, June 1st-August 1st. The program is built to encourage kids to read through incentives which have been kindly donated by our local area businesses. Children that sign up for the Summer Reading Program and are committed to read throughout the summer months will be presented with a tracking sheet (that the library or a parent can hold on to) meant to keep track of points earned from each book read.
All books can be checked out at Henry C. Adams Memorial Library and tracked by the Library Director. After reading the book, the child will have their parent sign the tracking paper, and as the child turns in the book the librarian will add the points to the tracker. The tracker has a maximum of 30 points for the Summer Program. Gold Level will complete the whole tracker at 30 points and above. Silver Level will complete at least 15 points of the tracker. When the child has completed the tracking card with their books read and signed by parent or librarian, they will then receive a certificate to receive a local area business reward. Please follow us on Facebook to see a sneak peek of businesses that have generously donated to our Reading Program. The reading program ends by August 1st with all certificates to be spent by October 1st. Please stop by the Prophetstown Library for details and to sign up for our Summer Reading Program.
After School Crafting Club with Raven
All kids are invited every Wednesday and Friday for an afterschool crafting club at the library. Come hang out with Raven Newman and craft some fun new projects! The club will be from 3:00-5:00 p.m. All supplies will be provided.
Summer Reading Sign-Up Begins
Summer Reading sign-up is now open at the Prophetstown Library! Feel free to stop in and sign-up for the June Summer Reading Program. The program runs every Tuesday in June for kids in pre-k through 8th grade. Cost is $3 and this includes all 5 weeks of June activities.
Dungeons & Dragons RPG Club
A Role-Playing Game Club, Dungeons & Dragons, meets every Monday from 3:30 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. at the Prophetstown Library. This is for anyone ages 10 to adult. All materials will be available unless you would like to bring your own dice, pencils, books, etc. Please stop by or phone the library at 309-714-2699 with any questions.
Book Club to Meet for May
The next library book club meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 19th at 2:00 p.m. and the book will be “The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride” by Joe Siple. If you would like to join the book club, please email or phone the Library, and we will get the book ordered for you: 309-714-2699 or hcadams1@yahoo.com.
School of Rock in Session at the Prophetstown Library
Calling all future musicians! We WANT to see a future with music in it. Prophetstown Library is offering a new program to discover the joy of music! Our first installment will be on the violin. All kids (and adults too) are invited to attend a violin jam session with local violinist and instructor, Jenna Scifres from Forge & Fiddle in downtown Prophetstown. Jenna will be showing how the violin works, different styles of music you can make with the violin, and we will be making percussion to go along with her violin. See everyone on Friday, May 29th at 10:00 a.m.
Lego Club
Lego Club will meet on Saturday, May 30th at 10:00 a.m. All ages are invited. Snacks will be provided!
Crochet Class to be Offered for May/June Sessions
Spring crochet classes will be held in May and June on Saturdays from 10-noon, led by Prophetstown crocheter Nikol Hamstra. Cost will be $10/class to participate and this includes yarn and hook. Classes will be offered one at a time so individuals can come when their schedules are open. Youth and adults are encouraged to sign-up by calling the library at 309-714-2699 or emailing hcadams1@yahoo.com.
Reptile Meet and Greet Coming in June
Christal’s Exotics and Erie Reptiles will host a “Reptile Meet and Greet” at the Prophetstown Library from 11 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13th. These great friends have teamed up to bring a nice collection of snakes and lizards, all non-venomous! This is a family friendly event!
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