Rutherford County Library System

📚 Join us at County Library on Saturday, July 11th at 10:30am for family story time! This story time is designed for children of all ages and their families.

📖 No registration is required.

🇺🇸 Kids are invited to join us on Friday, July 10th for a flag design challenge! We will be learning about the origin of the American flag and its symbolism, and each child will get to design their own flag. What a great way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday!

❤️ Haynes Branch: 10:30am
💙 County Library: 2:00pm

🗽 Registration is required. Please call your preferred hosting library (number listed on the flyer) or visit us online at www.rutherfordcountylibrary.org/events to register.

It's Taste the World with Ginny, where we try cuisine from around the world each month!

In honor of our 250th birthday, we’re celebrating American cuisine at Mountains Branch on Friday, July 10th at 1:00pm.

🌍 Teens are invited to join us at Mountains Branch on Thursday, July 9th at 2:30pm to test their geography and detective skills playing GeoGuessr! This game drops participants somewhere in the world using Google maps, and participants must use their detective skills to figure out where in the world they are. There will be prizes!

🌎 Registration is required. Please call Mountains Branch at 828-287-6392 or visit us online at www.rutherfordcountylibrary.org/events to register.

🦋 Adults and teens are invited to Haynes Branch on Thursday, July 9th at 11:30am to some sparkle to their summer! Come join us to make a gem-painted butterfly coaster.

🦋 Registration is required. Please call Haynes Branch at 828-288-4039 or visit us online at www.rutherfordcountylibrary.org/events to register.

We love partnering with Norris Public Library to bring the StoryWalk to Kiwanis Park! ❤️

🦖 Kids ages 5-11 are invited to Haynes Branch on Wednesday, July 8th at 11:30am to learn about fossils and make their own “fossil” with salt dough!

🦕 Registration is required. Please call Haynes Branch at 828-288-4039 or visit us online at www.rutherfordcountylibrary.org/events to register.

Adults are invited to join us at County Library for Tuesday Murder Book Club, our monthly book club for mysteries and thrillers! On July 21st at 11:30am, we will be discussing Lock Every Door by Riley Sager!

Please contact the library at 828-287-6115 if you’d like to reserve a copy!

📆 July's Books and Barks will be on July 8th and July 22nd!

🐶 Beginner and struggling readers are invited to practice their reading skills with Cletus the dog. Children can attend 15-minute segments where they can practice reading aloud to a supportive, non-judgmental French bulldog. Cletus is a certified therapy dog and his trainer will be present at all times. Parents are required to be present at all times. Children can bring their own books to read or may choose a book from the library.

🐾 Registration is required. Visit us online at www.rutherfordcountylibrary.org/events to check upcoming available appointment times.

🇺🇸 Kids are invited to join us to celebrate American history at Mountains Branch on Tuesday, July 7th at 2:00pm! We will be learning about the origin of the American flag and its symbolism, and each child will get to design their own flag. What a great way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday!

🇺🇸 Registration is required. Please call Mountains Branch at 828-287-6392 or visit us online at www.rutherfordcountylibrary.org/events to sign up.