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For the Love of the Library Fundraiser – May 17, 2024
Tickets are now on sale for Stillwater Public Library Foundation's annual fundraiser - For the Love of the Library on Friday, May 17. This year's event features New York Times best-selling author Angie Kim, whose novels Miracle Creek and Happiness Falls have garnered...
Seeking a Naturalist-in-Residence
Stillwater Public Library and Bayport Public Library are seeking a Naturalist-in-Residence to lead a programming series in libraries and outdoor spaces for eight weeks during August–September 2024. The intended audience will be youth and families. The...
Friends Spring Used Book Sale & Book Drive
It's time for the Friends Annual Spring Book Drive & Used Book Sale. Book Donation Drive: Donate your gently used books to the library! We will be collecting books on Saturday, April 20 from 10:30 AM – 3 PM in the library’s parking ramp on Third Street. Drive into...
Valley Reads: The House of Broken Angels
Get ready to join your neighbors in April as we read The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea. Valley Reads in the St. Croix Valley is a one book, one community program that brings together residents around a common book. After nine years of NEA Big Read...
In the Gallery: Robert Snyder
March - April 2024: Visit the gallery in March and April to view the works of Robert Snyder. Bob spent many of his formative years in New Hampshire. It was during this time that he discovered his passion for art, initially gravitating towards pencil portraits from...
Discovery Room: Imagination in Bloom
With the changing seasons come new activities in the children’s Discovery Room! Young visitors and their caregivers can explore the spring theme of “Garden Center” featuring flowers, vegetables, seeds, and other planting fun. Through May, children will delight in...
Top 10 Books of 2023
Wondering what your neighbors have been reading? We've dug into the data and determined the top ten adult titles most checked out from Stillwater Public Library in 2023. These popular books range from gripping thrillers and mysteries to a historical drama and a...
Discovery Room: So Cold
December 2023 - February 2024: The Discovery Room is ready for imaginative play centered around the wintery theme of "so cold" - snowflakes, snow friends, icy winds, and, of course, ice cream! Children can play ice cream parlor as they scoop, serve, and sell sweet...
Mystery Youth Writing Contest Winners
October 31, 2023: Congratulations to all of our Youth Mystery Writing Contest participants! Twenty-nine young writers (ages 8-12) submitted stories to our mystery writing contest based on Long Lost, a middle-grade novel by Minnesota Book Award Winner Jacqueline West....