Mon-Thu 9-8; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-3
6th – 12th Graders: Join Emily at the library on Tuesdays, from 2:30 to 4 PM, for a variety of activities to give back to the library and community! We will have a different project each week, posted in advance in the Teen Corner. Feel free to come with your own ideas as well. We can’t wait to collaborate with you! If you can, register in advance so we know how many snacks to provide!
The Mendon Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday December 24, 25, and 26. The library will re-open on Saturday, December 27th at 9:00 AM. Hope to see you then!
Monday, December 29th, from 2 – 4 PM, test your puzzle-solving skills against other puzzle builders in a jigsaw puzzle competition. You may form your own team of up to 4 people -OR- sign up as an individual and you can choose to compete solo or be assigned to a team at the event. Each team will randomly be given a different 500-piece jigsaw puzzle. Once the host gives the signal to start, teams will race to complete their puzzles. Sponsored by The Friends of MPL. *** IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Please sign up your Team Leader and indicate how many “guests”, or Team Members, will be attending/competing with the Team Leader ***
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!
Mendon Public Library is pleased to share the recent illustrations by ceramic and illustration artist Carrianne Hendrickson through January 31st. The works on display are primarily original pencil drawings with some giclee prints of her drawings.
The Mendon Public Library will be closing early at 1 PM on Wednesday, December 31st, and will be closed all day on Thursday January 1st for the New Year Holiday. The library will re-open on Friday, January 2nd at 9 AM. Hope to see you then! W E L C O M...
Ages 10 – 18: WHO: You! ; WHAT: Super Smash Bros Tournament + Free snacks and prizes! WHERE: Mendon Public Library ; WHEN: Saturday, January 3rd, 12 – 2 PM; Registration is required. There are 20 spots available.
On Thursday, January 8th, from 6:30-7:30 PM, learn about succulents; they are fun, easy to grow and care for, and can be enjoyed indoors and out. Find out how to use succulents throughout your home. A link to the virtual event will be emailed to registrants. (For...
Tweens and Teens join Miss Emily for crafting/creating time on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from 2:30 – 3:30 PM at the library! Please register in advance. Menders, Makers, & More is currently scheduled for these days: Dec 18, Jan 15, Jan 29, Feb 5, Feb 19, Mar 5, and Mar 19.
The Amerks Reading Power Play is returning for its 20th season! Including the Hat Trick Reading Challenge which runs through Saturday, January 31, 2026. Participants could win family tickets to the Sunday, February 15, 2026, home game! Every 3 books earns an entry...
All ages and skill levels are invited to drop in at the Mendon Public Library on Monday, January 19th, anytime between 10 AM and 1 PM, to join us making art! Stay as long as you like, Kathryn Bevier from The Mill Art Center will be hosting and bringing plenty of...
Stop by the Mendon Public Library on Monday, January 19th, between 11 AM and 1 PM to enjoy the Kiwanis Hot Cocoa Bar! Volunteers from the Kiwanis will be on hand to serve up this sweet treat and read a story or two.
The Wired for Opportunity program is technology training classes provided at no cost to students. The classes will range from basic computer and phone skills to courses like social media and web development and will award the students with a free device, either a Chromebook or Google Pixel Tablet, depending on the class curriculum’s device focus. Each student will be provided a device to use on site for the course’s four class duration. These courses will run from mid-2025 through 2026 and be available at a variety of locations across the county. *** Please note that devices will be awarded one per person per household, while supplies last ***
Our 2025-2026 VIP (Very Important Places) Passes and our New York State Empire Passes are now in circulation! Click through to see what is available.
The Mendon Public Library has 4 new book discussion kits! Each kit contains 7 copies of the book, assembled in a tote bag with 7 discussion guides for that title. The selected books are: Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson; The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams; Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim; and North Woods, by Daniel Mason. This addition to our collection is from the United for Libraries and Penguin Random House Grants to U.S. Rural and Small Libraries. The tote bags were donated by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
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.
Using your Mendon Public Library card, you can now access Kanopy, a free movie streaming service with no ads and no subscriptions. Kanopy offers an expertly curated collection of films we think you will enjoy. We are pleased to bring this streaming service to our community. To use Kanopy, you will need to enter your library card information and create a Kanopy account. We recommend doing this in a web browser, but you can also set up your account in the Kanopy app for iOS or Android. To get started with Kanopy visit: https://mendon.kanopy.com
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!
Mendon Public Library is pleased to announce the arrival of our new DIVERSE VOICES BOOK DISCUSSION KITS. The Rochester Regional Library Council and The Friends & Foundation of Rochester Public Library awarded a grant from the Harold Hacker Fund for the Advancement of Libraries to make the creation of these kits possible. Twelve Diverse Voices Book Discussion Kits were created. Each kit contains seven copies of a particular title and seven copies of a book discussion guide, conveniently circulated in a special tote bag. Titles were selected to represent diverse characters, authors, and topics. The intended audiences for the Diverse Voices kits are both established and new book groups, and anyone who may wish to host a single book discussion for their friends, family, coworkers, etc. The book kits have an extended 8-week loan period.