Teens, come to the library and learn to create image transfers that add dimension and depth to various art projects from a video in Creativebug. Supplies to learn the different ways to transfer images will be provided.

Ron Harrington will amaze you, your family, and your friends with his entertaining, fact-filled program about hawks. Learn how to identify them, where and how they migrate, and other interesting facts about these birds that fly over Mendota and Washington County in the fall.

Kids can try their luck at pulling a string for a prize at the Mendota Branch Library during the Mendota Hawk Festival.

Threads of Life: Discover how our ancestors gathered fibers and plants to make cloth. Learn why tasks once performed out of necessity are still practiced today by an ever-growing number of people who find them both relaxing and creative. Deborah Prescott will demonstrate the traditional crafts of spinning, weaving and natural dyeing from 10 am […]

Kids of all ages can compete in a donut eating contest at the Mendota Hawk Festival. Can you be the one to go home with the trophy? Contestants will have their hands behind their backs and try to be the first one to consume a donut hanging on a string.

Children can search through sand to find items in a scavenger hunt at the Mendota Hawk Festival.

Make a cute wiggly worm puppet!

Join us as we discuss the book "Josie: A Story of Forgiveness" by local author Karen G. Bruce. Refreshments will be provided! You may pick up a copy of the book at Mendota library.

Crafters, join us at the library for a fun fall DIY craft. Transform a roll of toilet paper into a beautiful pumpkin!

Participate in our Community Read by watching the film "Wonderstruck" at Mendota library. “Wonderstruck” interlaces two stories set fifty years apart, switching frequently between them, with the older storyline filmed in black and white. Each tells the story of a child’s quest. In 1927, young deaf girl Rose runs away from her father’s New Jersey […]

Teens, give a doll a morbid makeover! (All supplies provided, no brain eating permitted.)

Express yourself with a single word! Make Single Word Blocks for the upcoming holidays. This free program is for teens.