Mon-Thu 9-8; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-3
Enjoy family-fun movies in our comfy chairs, air conditioning, and snacks. Friday afternoons, 1 – 3 PM, through August 7. Here is our current schedule of titles (subject to change.) All are rated PG. July 10: Journey to the Center of the Earth, July 17: IF, July 24: Super Mario Galaxy Movie, July 31: Hoppers, August 7: Animal Farm
On Monday, August 3rd, from 1 -3 PM, kids (pre-school – teen) won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn about EquiCenter at 3247 Rush Mendon Road! Participants will get a guided tour of the farm and then rotate to special activities designed with pre-school, elementary, and/or teens in mind. Kindly register each child to save a spot in the tour. Adults will stay with children, but do not need to register. Our thanks to EquiCenter for making this program possible.
Join Miss Kelly each Tuesday morning at 10 AM for Story Time. Preschoolers and their caregivers will read a few stories, sing a few songs, and make new friends. Registration not necessary.
Kids through Seniors: Join us at the library on Tuesday, August 4th, from 1:30 – 2:30 PM, for a special musical program with musician M. Geoffrey Clough who will lead us through a WWII Singalong. Song list includes: Thanks for the Memory, Sentimental Journey, Chattanooga Choo Choo, There I’ve Said It Again, God Bless America and many more. Along with music, Geoff will share interesting stories, memorabilia, and even funny trivia about the songs of WWII and how they were written. Sign up to reserve a seat.
Bring your preschoolers and early elementary students to the library at 10 AM on Wednesdays, starting July 1st, to enjoy a morning of “Unearthing a Story.” A 30+ minute story and creative time for young ones and their caregivers. We will be outside, if possible; no registration required. Wee Ones Wednesdays are scheduled for: July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29, and August 5.
Those interested in history, specifically the American Revolution and its connection to the Erie Canal, will not want to miss this special program at the library on Wednesday, August 5th, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM, with Derrick Pratt, Director of Education & Public Programs at the Erie Canal Museum. This program is free and open to all. Please register to save a seat.
Join us at the library on Thursday, August 6th, from 2 – 2:45 PM, for a special party celebrating the conclusion of our Summer Reading Program. This show is an incredible blend of puppetry, interaction, magic, fossils, and more. Magician Cris Johnson will come dressed as a paleontologist with “Jurassic Journeys” featuring museum-quality fossil replicas, colorful backdrops, music, and more. Also, Kona Ice Truck will be serving up treats following the program thanks to the Kiwanis! Sign up to save your seat.
Miss Lori loves to share stories, songs, and activities with preschool kids and their families! Join us the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, at 10 AM, at the Mendon Public Library, for a half hour of fun. No registration required; just stop in! Upcoming Story...
NEW DATE: School Age Kids: Tuesday, August 11th, at 9 AM, Jen Kuhn of Magpie Glass will bring her glass studio van to share her glass flame working with us. We will work together to design and then help her create a glass dinosaur for the library to keep. Following the dinosaur hot glass demo, each child in attendance will use clay and/or play dough to create a dinosaur or fossil to take home. Registration limited to 25 children.
Our 2026-2027 VIP (Very Important Places) Passes and our New York State Empire Passes are now in circulation! Click through to see what is available.
The 2026 Summer Reading Program “Unearth A Story” starts on Thursday, June 25 and ends Saturday, August 8. Click through to learn about our many activities, programs, raffles, and prizes for all ages. Don’t miss our Opening Party on Thursday, June 25, at 6:30 PM with The Bubble Man’s Juggling and Comedy Show!
The Mendon Public Library will continue to offer Take & Make Craft Kits while supplies last. Our crafts are made possible through the generous support of The Friends of Mendon Public Library. Have fun and get creative!
If you have an interest in starting seedlings, stop by the library and visit our new seed library. The seeds have been collected from donations by local gardeners, patrons, and nurseries, to provide a nice variety of vegetable seeds and flower seeds to choose from.
Thanks to The Friends of Mendon Public Library, our children and their families can enjoy a new collection of screen-free audio players for kids! The Tonies collection includes 3 loanable Tonie boxes (these are the players) that come with headphones and 1 storytelling character. Each character contains a unique story, that plays when placed on a Tonie box. Our new collection also has 41 individual Tonie characters, each with their own unique and educational story. Tonie character stories range in target age up to about 10 years. The characters can be checked out and used on your own Tonie box, or on a library Tonie box.
“LOTE for Kids!” (LOTE = Languages Other Than English) is another perk for Monroe County Library card holders: we have access to electronic children’s books in many popular languages. They also offer the LOTE4Kids app for your smartphone.
Thanks to the Friends of Mendon Public Library, we have a subscription to BookPage in 2025! These publications, printed monthly, will be free for our library patrons to take with them, if they wish.
Monroe County Library System card holders now have free access to “Gale Presents: Udemy”, an online learning platform that connects patrons to video-based courses taught by leading experts in business, technology, and more. Udemy users can explore thousands of continuously updated on-demand video courses that match their professional goals and personal interests. Follow the enclosed link and use your email address to create your Udemy account. ***Udemy is provided by “Wired for Opportunity”, a Monroe County Library System digital equity initiative supported by grant funds from Monroe County***
All teens and tweens are invited to come celebrate the grand opening of our new Teen Corner on Thursday, July 11th at 1:00 PM. We’ll have bubble tea, games, prizes, and more! State Assemblymember Jen Lunsford will help us with a ribbon cutting at 1:30 PM. We’ll also be unveiling our brand new, Manga book section!
Click here to view the book list Civil Rights & Racial Justice Models Book List.
Drop into the Mendon Public Library on the 2nd or 4th Tuesday the month, from 6:30 - 7:30 PM, to say "hello" to Golden Retriever Finley and their handler, Melinda. Finley is a trained therapy dog and loves to be read to! No reservations needed. All ages welcome.