Summer – Adults 2024
The library is transitioning to a winter program for adults in 2025, but we are offering one final creative summer challenge as we close out this program. There are also plenty of other activities occurring at the library this summer!
Summer Activity Challenge
Dive into summer and creatively share your experiences!
Capture and share your summer reading and experiences your way with a creative summer project. Enjoy your summer, read, create memories, and earn an entry into a prize drawing!
Document your summer adventures and books you've read, and present them in a format of your choice.
Events & Activities
Summer Book Bundles
Discover a new adventure with Summer Book Bundles! Check out a themed bag from the library from June through July. For every book bundle you check out, you will be entered into a cash prize drawing. Each bag contains two books. You must have a library card to checkout a Summer Book Bundle.
Let's Talk About It Book Club
- Tuesday, June 25th at 6:30 PM
Let's Talk About It is a scholar-led book club funded by a generous grant from Oklahoma Humanities. We are reading Janet Evanovich's One for the Money, the first book in the Stephanie Plum series. Dr. Roxie James of NWOSU will be presenting and leading the conversation.
Additional copies of the book may be available at the library, or check Libby and Hoopla for the audiobook or eBook.
WPL Book Club
- Wednesday, June 12 at 10:00 AM
Join us to discuss Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods, a hilarious record of the dangers, quirky characters, and awe-inspiring scenery he encountered on his trek from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail.
- Wednesday, July 10 at 10: 00 AM
Reading This is How You Lose the Time War By Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, a tale of two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic story.
Book club copies are available to check out from the library or may be available to download as an eBook or audiobook from the Libby app or Hoopla.
Coloring Crew
- Monday, June 10 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM
- Monday, June 24 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM
- Monday, July 8 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM
- Monday, July 22 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Drop in for a chill coloring experience. Coloring pages, colored pencils, markers, snacks and beverages are provided.
WIP Wednesday
- Wednesday, June 26, between 9:00 - 12:00 PM
- Wednesday, July 24 between 9:00 - 12:00 PM
Bring your current fiber art project to the library to work on and chat with fellow crafters.
Woodward Reads
Join the yearlong reading challenge! Read a different book for each month, based on a different theme. Discover new genres, authors, and perspectives, and earn a drawing entry each month when you log your book. Complete the whole challenge to be entered into the end of the year prize bonanza!
Upcoming Themes:
- June: Adventure – A book about a real-life adventure.
- July: Collaboration – A book written by two or more authors.
The challenge can be started at any time and past months can be completed. Visit the library to pick up a reading log or register now with Beanstack or download the Beanstack Tracker app.