Interactive Learning Room: Costume Shop

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month with costumes and fashion. Investigate displays, toys, games, and books. Play dress up and explore costume and fashion creation.

Bowling Green Library

Technology Thursdays

Looking for someone to help you with your tech questions? Make an appointment to work one on one with our technology expert! In each appointment, you'll get 30 minutes with a member of our tech team where you can get answers to questions involving software, applications......More

Looking for someone to help you with your tech questions? Make an appointment to work one on one with our technology expert! In each appointment, you'll get 30 minutes with a member of our tech team where you can get answers to questions involving software, applications, devices, and more. Appointment time slots are on Thursdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. To make an appointment, call (419) 352-5050, email [email protected], or register with the link below.https://wcdpl.libcal.com/appointments/tech-thursdaysWe are able to provide assistance with laptops, mobile devices, apps, and software. Staff are not able to assist with hardware at this time.

The Learning Lab, Bowling Green Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Costume Shop

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month with costumes and fashion. Investigate displays, toys, games, and books. Play dress up and explore costume and fashion creation.

Bowling Green Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Preschool Stories and Play

Families with preschool children: join us monthly for a themed story and playtime! Hear a story and engage in activities and imaginative play.Themes include:September 13 - DogsOctober 18 - DinosaursNovember 1 - TeddiesDecember 13 - TrainsNo registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Lego Block Party

Spark your creativity with our Lego Block Party every month! Kids can create whatever their imagination decides, including boats, planes, castles, houses, and more. Take your time and create your best Lego masterpiece to be put on display at the library. The focus is on......More

Spark your creativity with our Lego Block Party every month! Kids can create whatever their imagination decides, including boats, planes, castles, houses, and more. Take your time and create your best Lego masterpiece to be put on display at the library. The focus is on fun, creativity, and exploration!

Walbridge Library

Euchre 101

Join us for a few rounds of the Midwest’s favorite card game! There will be an introduction for those who have never player Euchre, or need a refresher on how to play.Playing cards will be provided. Registration is required. To register, call (419) 352-5050, email woodr......More

Join us for a few rounds of the Midwest’s favorite card game! There will be an introduction for those who have never player Euchre, or need a refresher on how to play.Playing cards will be provided. Registration is required. To register, call (419) 352-5050, email [email protected], or fill out the form below.

2nd Floor Programming Room, Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Penta Career Center GED Classes

Penta's Adult Basic Education and Career Readiness program is a student-centered learning opportunity for adults. The classes are available at no cost to adults who want to improve on basic math and English skills in order to obtain a high school equivalency, enter post......More

Penta's Adult Basic Education and Career Readiness program is a student-centered learning opportunity for adults. The classes are available at no cost to adults who want to improve on basic math and English skills in order to obtain a high school equivalency, enter post-secondary education, or prepare for additional workforce training. Penta will prepare students to take the Official GED Test. Penta provides free practice test vouchers for enrolled students.Registration is required and orientation is mandatory. Call (419) 661-6182 to register.

The Learning Lab, Bowling Green Library

Senior Library Lanes

Get ready for some friendly competition and fun! The Senior Library Lanes Wii Bowling League will meet every Thursday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Walbridge Library starting September 22 through December 15.Teams of two will be scheduled to bowl against another team ......More

Get ready for some friendly competition and fun! The Senior Library Lanes Wii Bowling League will meet every Thursday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Walbridge Library starting September 22 through December 15.Teams of two will be scheduled to bowl against another team in a one-hour session, playing two games during that time.At the end of the season, all participants are invited to a celebration banquet on December 15, where we’ll gather to reflect on the fun and friendship of the fall season.A full schedule will be provided once registration is complete. Registration is required. To register, sign up at the Walbridge Library front desk. Once the league is full, additional registrants will be placed on the substitute list.

Walbridge Library

Clues in the Stacks Book Discussion

Join us for a book discussion filled with mystery, suspense, and thrills. Read it, solve it, and let’s discuss it! Meetings are on Mondays at 2:00 pm in the 2nd Floor Programming Room.September 8 - The Maid by Nita ProseA Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarmin......More

Join us for a book discussion filled with mystery, suspense, and thrills. Read it, solve it, and let’s discuss it! Meetings are on Mondays at 2:00 pm in the 2nd Floor Programming Room.September 8 - The Maid by Nita ProseA Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.October 6 - Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva RoseWhile going through their parents' belongings, siblings Beth, Nicole, and Michael stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.November 3 - The Housemaid by Freida McFaddenThe Housemaid tells the story of a desperate woman who finds employment with the enigmatic Winchester family. However, she soon discovers that their seemingly perfect life is really a complex web of dark secrets and lies that are used to corrupt people from the inside out.

2nd Floor Programming Room, Bowling Green Library

Purls of Wisdom: Adult Learn to Knit at the Library

Adults: do you want to start a new hobby? Join us for Purls of Wisdom and learn how to knit! With this introductory course, you’ll learn a basic knit stitch.Knitting needles and yarn will be provided. Registration is required. To register, fill out the form below.

Walbridge Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Fiber Friends Creative Circle

Calling all knitters and crocheters! Fiber Friends is a fun and social program that meets every Tuesday at 10:00 am to chat and create. People of all skill levels are welcome. Even if you’ve never picked up knitting needles or a crochet hook, we can teach you the basic ......More

Calling all knitters and crocheters! Fiber Friends is a fun and social program that meets every Tuesday at 10:00 am to chat and create. People of all skill levels are welcome. Even if you’ve never picked up knitting needles or a crochet hook, we can teach you the basic skills to get your started on your newest hobby. Bring your current project or start a new one with us!Coffee will be provided. No registration is required.

2nd Floor Programming Room, Bowling Green Library

Just Baby 'N Me

Just Baby ‘N Me is a lap-sit storytime ideal for babies from birth through early walkers (12 months). The focus is on rhymes, songs, finger plays, and exploring short books together, and is meant to facilitate interaction between you and your baby, and develop their lan......More

Just Baby ‘N Me is a lap-sit storytime ideal for babies from birth through early walkers (12 months). The focus is on rhymes, songs, finger plays, and exploring short books together, and is meant to facilitate interaction between you and your baby, and develop their language and early literacy skills.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Group

Pizza and Pages is a book group for all area 6th-8th grade students. Students from outside BGMS are welcome to attend if they are available at the time of the meeting. Pizza and Pages meets in the Bowling Green Media Center the second Tuesday of every month, immediately......More

Pizza and Pages is a book group for all area 6th-8th grade students. Students from outside BGMS are welcome to attend if they are available at the time of the meeting. Pizza and Pages meets in the Bowling Green Media Center the second Tuesday of every month, immediately after classes release at 2:30 pm.Books for each month are available to checkout at WCDPL behind the Children's Place Desk. Students only need to read one of the available titles, and are welcome to attend even if they have not finished a book.Students will also enjoy snacks, games, discussion, and giveaways.September: Buckeye Book AwardsOctober: MysteriesNovember: Margaret Peterson HaddixDecember: Fan FavoritesJanuary: Award Winners

Bowling Green Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Paws for Reading

Kids can practice reading with the help of Benny the therapy dog and his owner, Carol Treece! Families can schedule a 15 minute appointment slot to meet Benny and to read to him. Benny is a registered therapy dog and often visits organizations like the Wood County Hospi......More

Kids can practice reading with the help of Benny the therapy dog and his owner, Carol Treece! Families can schedule a 15 minute appointment slot to meet Benny and to read to him. Benny is a registered therapy dog and often visits organizations like the Wood County Hospital. This is a great opportunity for kids to learn about therapy dogs and to inspire a love of reading at a young age!Registration is required. One family or child per 15 minute registration appointment. To register, call (419) 352-8253, email [email protected], or register at the link below.Register here: https://wcdpl.libcal.com/appointments/PawsforReading

1st Floor Meeting Room, Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Penta Career Center GED Classes

Penta's Adult Basic Education and Career Readiness program is a student-centered learning opportunity for adults. The classes are available at no cost to adults who want to improve on basic math and English skills in order to obtain a high school equivalency, enter post......More

Penta's Adult Basic Education and Career Readiness program is a student-centered learning opportunity for adults. The classes are available at no cost to adults who want to improve on basic math and English skills in order to obtain a high school equivalency, enter post-secondary education, or prepare for additional workforce training. Penta will prepare students to take the Official GED Test. Penta provides free practice test vouchers for enrolled students.Registration is required and orientation is mandatory. Call (419) 661-6182 to register.

The Learning Lab, Bowling Green Library

Family Storytime at Bowling Green

Enjoy storytime indoors at the library! Join us in the Bowling Green Library Children's Place for picture book readings, songs, games, and activities. For any questions, contact the Children's Place at (419) 352-8253 or email [email protected].

Bowling Green Library

Family Storytime at Walbridge

Enjoy storytime indoors at the library! Join us at the Walbridge Library Meeting Room for picture book readings, songs, games, and activities. For any questions, contact the Children's Place at (419) 352-8253 or email [email protected].

Walbridge Meeting Room , Walbridge Library

Game Day

Visit the library to play some of your favorite games every Wednesday! All are welcome to attend and play pinochle, euchre, and hand and foot. Or, bring your own game and start something new!

Walbridge Meeting Room , Walbridge Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Meet the Author: Sam Goodwin

Join the Wood County District Public Library to meet entrepreneur, bestselling author, and international keynote speaker Sam Goodwin on Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00 pm in the Bowling Green Library Atrium.A former Division I hockey player, Sam co-founded a tech company ......More

Join the Wood County District Public Library to meet entrepreneur, bestselling author, and international keynote speaker Sam Goodwin on Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00 pm in the Bowling Green Library Atrium.A former Division I hockey player, Sam co-founded a tech company and NGO in Singapore and is one of the few people to have traveled to all 193 countries in the world. His book, Saving Sam, recounts his experience of being taken hostage and wrongfully imprisoned in Syria. Sam speaks to audiences worldwide, inspiring others to embrace challenges with resilience. Registration is required. Registration is now open. To register, call (419) 352-5050, email [email protected], or fill out the form below.

Atrium, Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Family Storytime at Bowling Green

Enjoy storytime indoors at the library! Join us in the Bowling Green Library Children's Place for picture book readings, songs, games, and activities. For any questions, contact the Children's Place at (419) 352-8253 or email [email protected].

Bowling Green Library

Technology Thursdays

Looking for someone to help you with your tech questions? Make an appointment to work one on one with our technology expert! In each appointment, you'll get 30 minutes with a member of our tech team where you can get answers to questions involving software, applications......More

Looking for someone to help you with your tech questions? Make an appointment to work one on one with our technology expert! In each appointment, you'll get 30 minutes with a member of our tech team where you can get answers to questions involving software, applications, devices, and more. Appointment time slots are on Thursdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. To make an appointment, call (419) 352-5050, email [email protected], or register with the link below.https://wcdpl.libcal.com/appointments/tech-thursdaysWe are able to provide assistance with laptops, mobile devices, apps, and software. Staff are not able to assist with hardware at this time.

The Learning Lab, Bowling Green Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Read to a Stuffed Animal

What better place to read than inside the library? Bring your favorite stuffed animal or borrow one from us. Kids of all ages can read to their furry friends and practice their literacy skills.No registration required.

Walbridge Library

Reading Buddies with BGSU & Snack

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College o......More

Children's Place staff will serve snacks from Connecting Kids to Meals and coordinate pairing up younger readers to practice with older readers for support, encouragement and fun.BGSU students will include tutors from America Reads as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development.No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Lego Cup Challenge

Builders, we have the perfect challenge for you! Kids can enjoy time constructing and learning more about STEM with our Lego Cup Challenge. Drop by the Children's Place any time between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm to take part in our challenge. Participants will be given a cup......More

Builders, we have the perfect challenge for you! Kids can enjoy time constructing and learning more about STEM with our Lego Cup Challenge. Drop by the Children's Place any time between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm to take part in our challenge. Participants will be given a cup of Legos and an item or structure to build using as many of the Legos in their cup as possible. After building, creations will be put on display for all of our patrons to see!No registration is required.

Bowling Green Library

Family Movie Time

Join us for family movies every month! Showings include:October 25 - ShrekNovember 8 - The IncrediblesDecember 13 - Elf

Walbridge Meeting Room , Walbridge Library

Interactive Learning Room: Playing House

Our Interactive Learning Room is set up for reading and hands-on discovery this month to encourage kids of all ages to play house! We’re set up our dollhouse, play kitchen, baby dolls, and construction bench, as well as other activities for imaginative play.

Bowling Green Library

Julie's Dance Studio Presents a Preview of The Nutcracker: All Jazzed Up

Get into the spirit of the season with a special preview performance from Julie’s Dance Studio! Enjoy a preview of The Nutcracker: All Jazzed Up from Julie’s Dance Studio on November 9 at 2:00 pm in the Bowling Green Library Atrium. Travel with Claire as she is visited ......More

Get into the spirit of the season with a special preview performance from Julie’s Dance Studio! Enjoy a preview of The Nutcracker: All Jazzed Up from Julie’s Dance Studio on November 9 at 2:00 pm in the Bowling Green Library Atrium. Travel with Claire as she is visited by life-sized ornaments, dancing toys, and beautiful fairies. This is a great show for the entire family!This is a special preview of the performances at Owen’s Community College Center for Fine & Performing Arts. You can learn more about these performances and purchase your tickets at www.nutcrackerjazzedup.com.

Atrium, Bowling Green Library