Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System

🦕🌿 Unearth a Story... and a dino! 🌿🦖

Be sure to check out our newest display case, created by the Galaxy Garden Club in honor of National Garden Week (June 7–13)!

This lush display is packed with beautiful greenery and even a few prehistoric friends hiding among the plants. It fits perfectly with our 2026 Summer Library Program theme, Unearth a Story!

Whether you're digging into a great book, digging in your garden, or imagining a world where dinosaurs still roam, there's something to discover at the library this summer.

A huge thank you to the Galaxy Garden Club for creating such a fun and creative display for our community to enjoy! 💚

📚 Check out a book.
🦕 Spot the dinosaurs.
🌿 Get inspired to grow something.
⛏️ Unearth a story of your own!

☀️🫧 Foam Party Photo Dump! 🫧☀️

It was a hot day but that didn't stop us from having an amazing time at our Summer Library Program Kickoff!

From mountains of foam to lots of laughs, dancing, and soaking wet smiles, our annual Foam Party was the perfect way to launch a summer full of stories, adventures, and fun at CLPLS.

Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated with us. If these photos are any indication, we're in for an incredible summer! 📚🦕💙

🫧🫧🫧 Did you spot yourself in the foam? 🫧🫧🫧

🪨🦴 Calling all explorers, fossil hunters, and rock enthusiasts! 🦴🪨

Join Main Street Columbus, Inc., the Cretaceous Fossil Park, and the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System for a ROCKIN’ good time at:

🔍 Fun With Rocks and Fossils
🗓 Saturday, June 20, 2026
⏰ 10:00am–11:30am
📍 Columbus-Lowndes Public Library

Hear from local fossil enthusiast Susan Wilder as she shares about rocks, fossils, and the fascinating local geology of Columbus and the Luxapalila area! Learn about fossils found right here in our region and discover the fun side of geology and fossil hunting.

Perfect for curious kids, families, and anyone who loves dinosaurs, nature, rocks, and science! 🌎✨

We are so excited to continue our summer of prehistoric fun and learning with this awesome community partnership!

🦖📚 We’re digging into “Dem (Dinosaur) Bones” with Baptist Hospital & Mother Goose! 🦴✨

Join us on Thursday, June 11th at 10am at the Downtown Library for a roaring good time full of stories, learning, fun activities, and dinosaur-themed excitement for little ones and their families!

This special Summer Library Program event combines books, fun, and learning all into one prehistoric adventure! 🦕💙

Come ready to stomp, explore, and unearth a story with us at CLPLS this summer! ☀️📚

📚✨HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!! ✨📚

Looking for your next great read? The Friends of the Library Book Sale is happening TODAY at the Downtown Library, and the shelves are stocked with plenty of treasures waiting to be discovered!

📖 Thursday, June 4th
⏰ NOW UNTIL 5:30pm!

📖 Saturday, June 6th
⏰ 9:30am – 1:30pm

📍 Located in the Upstairs Book Sale Room at the Downtown Library

From bestsellers and mysteries to children's books and hidden gems, you never know what you'll find. Every purchase helps support library programs, events, and services right here in our community.

Come browse, shop, and support your library! ❤️📚

Friends of the Columbus Lowndes Public Library

🌴📚 Get ready for a summer full of stories, laughter, and adventure with Rickquel Rose at CLPLS! ☀️🦖

Rickquel Rose is bringing her exciting Summer Storytime series, “Unearth a Story,” to libraries across the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System this summer! Families can expect fun, imagination, music, storytelling, and plenty of dinosaur-sized adventure along the way.

Catch her at:

🦕 Caledonia Public Library
June 10th at 10am

🦖 Crawford Community Center
July 1st at 9:15am

🦕 Artesia Community Center
July 1st at 10:30am

🦖 Downtown Columbus Library
July 7th at 10am

These programs are part of our 2026 Summer Library Program and are completely FREE to attend! We cannot wait to see our libraries filled with smiling faces all summer long! 💚📚

🦖🦴 Calling all future paleontologists! 🦴🦖

Join us for Library Fossil Finders on Tuesday, June 9th at 10am at the Downtown Library! Kids will dig into a morning full of dinosaur fun, fossils, hands-on activities, and prehistoric adventure as part of our Summer Library Program!

We can’t wait to unearth a story with y’all this summer at CLPLS! 📚✨

How's your Summer Reading going? If you're looking for a place to get started, come to one (or all) of our Book Clubs!

📖 Spice Girls | Currently Reading: Nero by S.J. Tilly
Every 4th Tuesday at 7pm @ Friendly City Books
🗓️ June Date: Tuesday, June 23rd

📖 Memoir Book Club – First meeting ever! Currently Reading: While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger
Meets quarterly @ Mind Body Therapy (124 5th Street North, 39701)
🗓️ June Date: June 13th at 2pm
📩 Melissa has extra copies — email her to reserve one: [email protected]

📖 Books & Bites | Currently Reading: The Hunger Games by Susan Collins
🗓️ June 15th in the Meeting Room of the Downtown Library, bring your lunch and enjoy some great conversation!

📖 Book Club Besties | Currently Reading: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
🗓️ Meets Every Thursday at 7pm @ The Princess Theater

Contact Melissa to get a copy of a book or for more information on any of these book clubs!

Join Melissa this Saturday, June 6th at 10am at Redwood Business & Wellness for Writing to Heal, a community gathering where voices are heard, ideas are shared, and healing happens through the power of writing.

Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just putting pen to paper for the first time, you belong here.

📍 Redwood Business & Wellness Center
📖 Hosted with Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System

Share with a friend who needs this space. 💛

KICKING OFF TODAY! Get yourself to the library between 10am and noon! Bring the kids! Play in the foam, do a craft, and sign up for our summer library program! 📚🦕🦖❤️