• STEM Challenge: Build Your Own Catapult Launcher!

    Ready for some hands-on engineering fun? Join us for an exciting STEM Challenge where you'll get to craft your very own catapult launcher! Using simple materials like cardboard tubes, rubber bands, and ping pong balls, you’ll design, build, and test your catapult to see how ...more

  • Story-Time: Pre-K

    This Week's Theme: Space! Join us for some summer fun this August at the library! Our storytime is designed for pre-K kids and takes place every Friday morning from 9:30 am to 10:00 am. Each week features a unique theme, including a story and a ...more

  • Stay, Play & Put Away: Building Day at the Library!

    🎉 Calling all builders of every age! 🎉 Get ready to unleash your creativity at our Stay, Play & Put Away: Building Day at the library! Whether you’re a kid, teen, or even an adult who loves to build, we’ve got an awesome collection of ...more

  • Story Time: Pre-K

    This Week's Theme: Fire Safety! Join us for some summer fun this August at the library! Our storytime is designed for pre-K kids and takes place every Friday morning from 9:30 am to 10:00 am. Each week features a unique theme, including a story and ...more

  • Happy 80th Birthday Smokey Bear!

    Celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday at the Valentine Public Library! Join us for a fun-filled event honoring everyone’s favorite wildfire prevention mascot, Smokey Bear! This exciting celebration is brought to you in partnership with the Niobrara Council and UNL Extension Cherry County. We’ve got plenty ...more

  • Stay, Play & Put Away: Building Day at the Library!

    🎉 Calling all builders of every age! 🎉 Get ready to unleash your creativity at our Stay, Play & Put Away: Building Day at the library! Whether you’re a kid, teen, or even an adult who loves to build, we’ve got an awesome collection of ...more

  • Halloween Agamograph Craft!

    Get ready for some spooky fun with our Halloween Agamograph Craft! In this creative activity, kids will make their very own agamograph—a special type of art that changes its image when you move it. Using simple materials, you’ll design two Halloween-themed pictures that will shift ...more

  • Story Time: Pre-K

    This Week's Theme: Pumpkins! Join us for some summer fun this August at the library! Our storytime is designed for pre-K kids and takes place every Friday morning from 9:30 am to 10:00 am. Each week features a unique theme, including a story and a ...more

  • Creation Station: Make a Monster!

    Unleash your creativity and join us at the library's Creation Station: Make a Monster! We’ll provide all the materials you need—paper, glue, and plenty of inspiration. All you need to bring is your imagination! Craft your own unique monster, whether it’s silly, spooky, or totally ...more

  • Shhh! We’re Reading: Book Club Meeting

    Our next Shhh! I'm Reading Book Club meeting for kids will dive into a thrilling discussion of Night of the Twisters by I. Ruckman. This gripping tale, based on true events, takes readers on a heart-pounding journey through the chaos of a series of devastating ...more