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Join us for our newest bookclub's next meetup!

Pagemasters is Archbold's newest bookclub!

It's new! It's inclusive! It's free-form! It's casual! It's not your typical book club!

What Pagemasters is all about:

It's a flexible, safe space to discuss, read, and make connections. It's welcome to all readers and all books! Pagemasters meets once a month to unwind and take a break from the daily grind. Join us for good people and good books!

Early Literacy Center Information

First of all...what is early literacy?

Early literacy is everything a child knows about reading and writing before they actually are proficient readers and writers.

What is an Early Literacy Center?

An early literacy center is a place that caregivers and babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-agers up through third grade can go TOGETHER to do the work of emerging and beginning readers and the work of childhood is play. 

Cookin' by the Book: A Cooking Book Club

What is it? How does it work?

Cookin' by the Book is a cooking book club!

Most months, we each check out a copy of the same cookbook, cook a recipe from that book, and bring what we made to share at the meeting! It's a great way to find good recipes and try new foods, and make new friends! 

When is it happening?

Our next meetup is Thursday, May 22nd from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Library's new and improved Community Room.

This month we are all using Molly Gilbert's Sheet Pan Suppers. Check out your copy at the circulation desk today!

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Virtual Event

Death in Mud Lick

Gathering Volumes, Archbold Community Library, and Ohio Northern University Rudolph H. Raabe College of Pharmacy are excited to host a virtual visit with Eric Eyre, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Death in Mud Lick, named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times and nominated for a 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Mr. Eyre will be speaking with the community virtually on the day of the paperback release of Death in Mud Lick, Tuesday, April 6, at 6:30 PM.

Join us for our 2025 Summer Reading Program Kickoff Party!

Prepare to be amazed, dazzled, and bewildered by Story Circus with Yasu Ishida, Magic Story Artist!

This exciting storytelling show makes stories come alive visually through Story-gami, Kamishibai ("Paper Theatre"), and magic tricks! At the end of the show, kids will learn origami!

This event is free! No registration is required! Whether or not you participate in the rest of the Summer Reading Program at the Archbold Community Library, children of all ages are welcome!

Save the date for our annual magazine giveaway!

The Archbold Community Library's annual magazine giveaway will start at 9:30 am on Monday, April 7th in conjunction with National Library Week.

Are you an avid cook, carpenter, gardener, birder, news junkie, or quilter? We've got a magazine for that!

Come take advantage as we let go of our 2024 issues to make room for what 2025 has to offer!

Donations are welcome, but not expected. Tell a friend!

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