Homewood Public Library

Carmen Agra Deedy is this year's “Imagine Your Story” Summer Reading Champion and will read and share stories every Friday in June and July from her Facebook page!

Now it is your turn! The Homewood Public Library is challenging any rising K-12th grader in Jefferson County to write a story with just six words. Students can submit two original six word stories via the library’s website. If submitting two stories, please submit them one at a time. Our judges will read each story and

From May 18 - August 2 log what you’ve been reading or listening to on your Beanstack account at Homewood.beanstack.org or on the Beanstack Tracker app. All ages are eligible to participate. There will be separate challenges for youth, teens, and adults. Each challenge is tailor-made for that age group and contains activity badges, weekly

June 8-28 Show us your love for Homewood Public Library by taking a creative photo of you with your Jefferson County Public Library card! Then send us your photo via Facebook Messenger, email it to hwinfo@homewoodpubliclibrary.org, or post it on  Instagram (tag @homewoodpublic and use #librarycardsofhomewood. Our favorite photo will win a gift card. All

(K-5 Grade) Make a cool sewing project with simple stitches!

4-7 Grade) January’s book is Ghost by Jason Reynolds. In this series-starter, Castle -Ghost- Cranshaw is an African American young man with a proclivity for getting into trouble, fighting, and running, stemming from an incident with his now-imprisoned father. When Ghost impulsively races and bests the citywide track team's fastest sprinter, the coach sees potential

(K-5 Grade) Fizz, Boom, Bang! Time for Superhero Science. Experiments will be presented for super strength, flight, and the benefits of chemistry knowledge.