A Blind Date with a Book is a hand wrapped book, carefully curated from a wide range of popular genres that is tagged with intriguing clues about the book inside. Each book is an opportunity to fall in love with a surprise book.
Select a Young Adult or Adult Fiction title from our Blind Date with a Book Display.Check it out, take it home, and unwrap it. Read it! Fill out a Rate your Date form and return it to the circulation desk to be entered in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon gift card, a $10 Amazon gift card or a Free Library DVD Rental.
Don’t judge a book by its cover and check one out today
All entry forms must be turned in by February 29, 2020.
Program is subject to change. Contact the library 15 days in advance to request a sign language interpreter, or if special accommodations are needed.
!! Ongoing Enrollment !!
This free program encourages you to read 1,000 books with your child before he or she enters Kindergarten. One of the best ways to encourage learning is to spend time sharing books every day. Reading together helps develop important pre-reading skills that provide a solid reading foundation – a key to school and learning success. Plus, sharing stories together is fun!
Stop by Aiea Public Library to enroll and pick up your reading log folder. Return to the branch after each hundred books read for a sticker and your next recording sheet. Happy Reading!
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days prior to the program date. We will make every attempt to fulfill all requests for accommodations. All programs are subject to change. For a list of upcoming library events, visit www.librarieshawaii.org/events.
Bring your best jigsaw puzzle working tactics, your mind ready for a rousing conversation and have a glass of fresh-made organic iced tea to the library the 2nd Friday of each month. We’ve just put out our newest 2,000 piece puzzle as the challenge. Attendees bring up the conversation subjects and also spend their time working on the puzzle. Meet a different group of people each month!
Do you enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles in your spare time? If you do, Kaimuki Public Library may just have the puzzle for you! A limited supply of puzzles are available to borrow for children, teens and adults at the Adult Reference Desk on a first come, first serve basis during library hours, excluding Saturdays and state holidays. Donations of puzzles are always welcome! For more information about the program and how to donate, please inquire at the Adult Reference Desk.
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days prior to the program date. We will make every attempt to fulfill all request for accommodations. All programs are subject to change. For a list of upcoming library events, visit www.librarieshawaii.org/events
From August 31, 2019 to January 30, 2020, the Manoa Library will be hosting Local Takes, A Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition. The exhibit will be on display in our lobby.
Local Takes features published works by local authors as its inspiration. Each artist chose one work (or excerpt) to interpret through a book form, imagery, or typographic layout.
All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date. For a list of upcoming library events, visit www.librarieshawaii.org/events
!! Ongoing Enrollment !!
This free program encourages you to read 1,000 books with your child before he or she enters Kindergarten. One of the best ways to encourage learning is to spend time sharing books every day. Reading together helps develop important pre-reading skills that provide a solid reading foundation – a key to school and learning success. Plus, sharing stories together is fun!
Stop by Aiea Public Library to enroll and pick up your reading log folder. Return to the branch after each hundred books read for a sticker and your next recording sheet. Happy Reading!
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days prior to the program date. We will make every attempt to fulfill all requests for accommodations. All programs are subject to change. For a list of upcoming library events, visit www.librarieshawaii.org/events.
Sadou, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, is a cornerstone of Japanese culture. One of the most important utensils in a tea ceremony is the chawan, or tea bowl, since the green tea called matcha is made in and drank from the chawan. In Japanese ceramics, nothing is held in higher esteem than the chawan. Shofu Kai has been studying what makes the old, traditional chawan so valuable and cherished.
Chawan will be on display next to the Adult Reference Desk inside the library.
This exhibit is presented by Shofu Kai, a group of ceramists at the Hawai’i Potter’s Guild who meet to study and learn about the artistry of Japanese tea ceremony utensils.
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days prior to the program date. We will make every attempt to fulfill all requests for accommodations. All programs are subject to change. For a list of upcoming library events, visit www.librarieshawaii.org/events.
Instead of throwing out your rubbish, create your own ornaments out of upcycled materials for a chance to win awesome prizes! All ages are welcome to submit entries.
Each person may submit only one entry. Bring in your ornament by Sunday, December 15th to be considered. Ornaments cannot be made out of materials that would attract bugs.
Votes will be cast by you, our community! Maximum one vote per person per day after checking out books from December 16 to January 5, 2020. Winners will be contacted by January 10th.
Winners will be selected for the most creative ornaments made by:
Adult (Ages 18+)
Teen (Ages 12-17)
Youth (Ages 5-11)
Mahalo to our Friends of the Kaimuki Library for generously sponsoring this program!
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days prior to the program date. We will make every attempt to fulfill all requests for accommodations. All programs are subject to change.
Sit down for a little therapeutic relaxation at Kaimuki Library and work on a jigsaw puzzle. Kaimuki Library puts out 1-2 puzzles every month for patrons to work on together in the adult reading room. Ages 7+ are welcome. This is an on going program and available during library hours. If you would like to take home a puzzle, our library also has a lending program, see staff at the reference desk for more information.
Families reading aloud together grows strong readers!
Welcome back to the second year of Let’s Read Together, our family reading program. Stop by the library to pick up your family reading tracker bookmark, color in a circle for each day your family reads aloud together. When all the circles are filled in, bring it to the library for entry into a monthly lucky prize drawing and receive a new book for each child in the family. The prize drawing is on the 16th of every month. All you need is one bookmark per family!