All Ages Programming:

#HPLAdventures 

This is a fun event to encourage children & the young at heart to explore the world around them. In this activity we follow recommended “adventures” based from the pages of great books.  These adventures will be posted using the hashtag #HPLAdventures on Facebook. Look out for the hashtag, and complete & track your adventures!

Tech Tues

The 1st Tues of the Month at 5:00pm we have Tech assistance. We either do open tech needs or have a theme/project in mind. –Currently Suspended.

Workout Wednesdays 

Second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 4:30pm. We have an hour of healthy movement in our program area. We have great workout themes that we change up often. This is geared towards our adult or young adult patrons. – Currently Suspended.

Gaming Days at the Library

Thanks to a grant received from the State Library (a sub-grant from LSTA) in 2014, the library was able to purchase a PS4 gaming system.  We are slowly building a collection of games and welcome any donations to help us provide this activity to the children.  We are also collecting board games, card games, etc. for all ages to play – including Adults.

Youth 0-7:

Kansas Reads to Preschoolers

Each year the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book select a book for the Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Week which is usually celebrated during the third week of November.  The library typically will have the selection in our collection and will host a special story time for the event.

Story-time

Second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 10:30 a.m. we have an half hour of fun for those little ones that are not yet in school or are in preschool.  Early literacy events are planned, there’s songs and games, and crafts.- Currently Suspended. We are posting links to live or recorded story-times & events when able.

Youth 7-18:

Maker Monday

The 3rd Monday of each month we have a great activity program. Geared towards middle school aged children we either make crafts, focus on STEM activities or other exciting things to Make It Take It. – Currently Suspended.

Friday Flicks

The 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month at 4:30pm we have a special movie time for all ages. We show a fun movie & sometimes provide free popcorn for all. – Currently Suspended.

Yearly Programming:

Dr. Seuss Week

In honor of Dr. Seuss’ Birthday  we have host a week-long event of imaginative activities.

Spring Break Library Camp

Each year during spring break HPL hosts Spring Break Library Camp. Each day we have a wonderful activity planned for school-aged children. We have Art & STEM activities as well as a Kid Fit Friday event.

NO HUNGER SUMMER

Sponsored by Second Harvest, Hosted by Horton Public Library! Free Lunches for Kids Mon-Fri 11:30am-12:30pm. For the year 2020 it ran through Aug 31st! Adults received a free lunch as well that year.
It was held at the Horton Blue Building, due to Library Closure.

We are always looking for Volunteers; call Library for details. We look look forward to seeing you all the summer of 2021!

Community Shared Food Distribution

Hosted by: Horton Public Library
Provided by: LibertyFruitCo. through the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
Was Thursdays 11:30am from July 2nd- Dec 17th 2020. We did not receive the 5th phase.                                          Locations: Horton Civic Center & the Blue Building. 

The Horton Public Library was honored to host the Community Food Distribution program. This was a weekly event, where we received boxes of fresh produce, meat & dairy for people within our surrounding communities during our Nation’s time of hardship. There were no participatory guidelines or forms required. We were here to provide a helping hand. Boxed Food Delivery was staged as a touch-less system; vehicles lined up to drive through in a snaking manner wit self service available but aid was available to seniors or the disabled. This project was not limited to Horton or Brown County residents. We encouraged the citizens of all our local rural towns (Everest, Muscotah, Whiting, Netawaka, Mercier, Powhatten, Willis, Hiawatha…) to come & receive the assistance. We had people stop in for the distribution who were from Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, Alabama, & even Florida. We had volunteers each week to unwrap the pallets once offloaded from the shipment truck & help distribute the boxes to recipients who were unable to collect them on their own. We provided over 15K boxes of food worth over $600K! 

Summer Reading Program

Each year the Library has a summer library program for area children at heart – all ages.  Our Summer Reading program still has the digital option this year! We are using Reader Zone thanks to the State Library of Kansas hosting a statewide membership. Hop on to Reader Zone to register with codes or we can register you & you can keep paper logs we will provide. Lets start our reading adventure together. We hope you are just as excited as us to celebrate literary Tales with Tails!

Craft & Activities Program Code:992de is for craft & activities bags. If you completed any task from one of our bags you can select “YES” for daily completion on this link.

Program Code: 8f101 is for Horton Public Library Log where you can join one of our Minute Reader Clubs.

Program Code: f6f1c is for Horton Public Library Goals where you can join one of our goal programs set up for readers of varying ages, each group has a different set up for goals.

Tween Week

A time to celebrate being in between – program and/or event geared to those kids who are in  5th and 6th grade. This event usually takes place the first week of December

Teen Week

Each year, the Library celebrates books written just for teens during Teen Read Week.  Usually held in mid-October, teens are encouraged to vote for their favorite book and stop by the library during this week for special events.

Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Week

Each year, the Library celebrates Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Week, usually the 3rd week of November. We host a special story time event & have additional activities when able.