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🍀March at your Defiance County libraries!🍀

The Friends of Defiance Public Library are now taking vendor applications for Art in the Park 2026, set for Sunday, June 28, from 10:00AM-4:00PM at the Fort Grounds. Download a vendor application here: tinyurl.com/5fy9s7fy The deadline to apply is June 13.

Mark your calendar! The Toledo Opera on Wheels will return to Defiance Public Library on April 20 at 6PM to present, "The Bear Who Couldn't Fish." Free & open to all. Sponsored by the Friends of Defiance Public Library! 🐻🐟

Tomorrow (Thursday, 3/19) at Defiance Public Library! Marlene Baker from Heartland Hospice will visit from 3:00-4:00PM to talk about advance care planning, quality of life, and myths/truths of #hospice. This program is free and open to all adults. No registration is needed.

This week the Defiance Public Library System has 46 new books and seven new movies. New items include David, The Housemaid, Strangers, The SpongeBob Movie, Bloodlust, Eat to Hustle, Ella McCay, One Plate at a Time, A Hymn to Life, and Whidbey. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=4426…

Visit Defiance Public Library on 4/6 at 5:30PM as Charity Meuleman of Defiance/Paulding Consolidated Job & Family Services discusses the need for more foster families in the area, and gives information about the licensing process. 🤎 This program is free and open to all adults.

April is National #Poetry Month! Join Susan Paulus on 4/13 at 6PM at Defiance Public Library for a special poetry workshop. Examine several poetry styles, and complete your own poem by the end of the session! This free class is open to all adults, & no registration is needed.

DPL was honored to receive a $10,000 gift recently from the @CarnegieCorp in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary. 👉 Have a look at our feature on their website and read more about how we plan to put this gift to great use: carnegielibraries.org/defiance-oh/

Calling all “FanWings!” Join us at the library on 4/7 at 4:30PM or 4/9 at 10:30AM for a ‘Wings of Fire’ celebration, where we will have a dragon scavenger hunt & Wings of Fire books for checkout. 💚 Available while supplies last. Geared to children in grades 1-6.

The Friends of DPL will host their Spring Book Sale fundraiser on Sat., 4/11, from 10AM-5PM, and Sun., 4/12, from noon-4PM, at Northtowne Mall. Everything is available for a freewill donation, & proceeds support the #library. We hope to see you there! 🌷📚

This week the Defiance Public Library System has 124 new books and five new movies. New items include Judge Stone, You with the Sad Eyes, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mistakes Were Made, Good Boy, The Hunger Code, Hormone Havoc, and A Far-flung Life. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=4426…

Join us next week (Thursday, 3/19) at Defiance Public Library as Marlene Baker from Heartland Hospice visits to discuss advance care planning, quality of life, and myths/truths of #hospice. Marlene also provides education to the community on #Medicare services.

Visit Defiance Public Library on 4/4 at 11AM to hear author Dawn Burns read from her new book, A Green Glow on the Horizon. Read more: tinyurl.com/2s4hydbh

This week the Defiance Public Library System has 92 new books and thirteen new movies. New items include Zootopia 2, The Hybrid Prince, All Creatures Great and Small, Hamnet, The Running Man, Rental Family, Star Trek, Felicia's Favorites, and Dexter. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=4426…

Big milestone for Miss Lydia: She got her first #library card yesterday at DPL! Let the #reading adventures begin! 🫶📚

Congratulations to the Week 4 winners of our Teen Winter Craze Reading Challenge! 🌟 Isabell Mendez (Hicksville) 🌟 Bella Miklos (Sherwood) 🌟 Ava Elston (Defiance)

New at the Bronson Park StoryWalk! 🦉 Visit the StoryWalk to read 'Owl Moon.' In this Caldecott Medal-winning book by Jane Yolen, a girl & her father spend a magical winter night searching for owls in the woods, highlighting themes of family, nature, and patience. 🌛

👉 Registration is open now for April/May/June Lit Kits for adults 18+. A very limited number are available, so sign up ASAP here: forms.gle/595a2yjZzL9vPz… ⭐️ Lit Kits are boxes filled with books (for checkout) selected just for you, plus other free goodies you can keep.

This week the Defiance Public Library System has 117 new books and ten new movies. New items include We the Women, Song Sung Blue, Predator, Wicked, The Crossroads, Bookish Season 1, Kin, Agents of S.U.I.T., Half His Age, and More Than Enough. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=4426…

The #MakerSpace at Defiance Public Library has received an exciting new gift! An anonymous donor recently purchased this @BambulabGlobal H2C 3D printer for the library. You can read details here 👉 tinyurl.com/y3y8eamk THANK YOU to our generous donor!