Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• December 8, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Listen to a story or two as you enjoy an after-school snack of fresh, hot popcorn! This program is suitable for children K-6 or younger if accompanied by an adult. Popcorn available while supplies last.

Sponsored by the Friends of Molokaʻi Public Library and facilitated by member and volunteer Della Brown, a retired elementary school educator.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 9, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Join the Molokai Public Library and ʻOhana Readers, an affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, to read a different story each month and complete a new activity each week. Receive a free book bag the first time you attend and collect a button for every story! Earn entries weekly toward the monthly prize drawing.

December:  Rocket Ship, Solo Trip, Chiara Colombi

Register Maui County keiki from birth to 5 for the ʻOhana Readers program to receive free books in
the mail each month.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 10, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Community
• Contact: 808-553-1765

“Those of the uplands share their crops, those of the seaside share their catch.”

Join us for a community Barter & Trade gathering every SECOND WEDNESDAY of the month! Bring your homegrown or farm-fresh fruits and vegetables to share with others! We also welcome and encourage value-added products made from locally sourced, homegrown, or farm-fresh ingredients.

General Guidelines

By maintaining these guidelines, a community barter & trade system can thrive, fostering sustainability, unity and cultural preservation.

1. No Cash Transactions
   • Money is excluded entirely
2. Fair Trade
   • Trade items of similar value (e.g. 3 avocados for 1 loaf of banana bread)
3. Trust & Honor
   • Participants trust each other to offer equitable exchanges without oversight
4. Quality Standard
   • Ensure traded items are fresh, clean and safe for consumption

Added-Value Guidelines

1. Transparency
   • List ingredients and note any allergens (e.g. ʻulu chips made with peanut oil)
2. Ingredient Sourcing
   • Prioritize using farm-fresh, homegrown or locally sourced ingredients
3. Packaging
   • Use eco-friendly packaging
4. Quality Standard
   • Added-value products should comply with DOH food safety standards

This month featuring live music; Ono Ono sherbet for trade; and ʻono food from Naʻike LLC and more for purchase.

Presented in partnership with ROOTed, ʻĀina Momona, Sustʻāinable Molokai and Kanaeokana.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 10, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Books, Music, Reading programs
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Join us for an evening of fun read-alouds, music, and reading resources! Families and educators welcome!

We will be reading Everybody! You, Me & Us and Be Kind.

Registration is required to attend the event, so that we can provide you with the free book, activity supplies, etc.

Register for Read to Me International Family Literacy Night

If you have any questions, please email Read To Me International Foundation or call/text Dannah (pronounced like Day-na) at 808-674-7667.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• December 15, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Listen to a story or two as you enjoy an after-school snack of fresh, hot popcorn! This program is suitable for children K-6 or younger if accompanied by an adult. Popcorn available while supplies last.

Sponsored by the Friends of Molokaʻi Public Library and facilitated by member and volunteer Della Brown, a retired elementary school educator.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 16, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Join the Molokai Public Library and ʻOhana Readers, an affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, to read a different story each month and complete a new activity each week. Receive a free book bag the first time you attend and collect a button for every story! Earn entries weekly toward the monthly prize drawing.

December:  Rocket Ship, Solo Trip, Chiara Colombi

Register Maui County keiki from birth to 5 for the ʻOhana Readers program to receive free books in
the mail each month.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 16, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Music
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Coordinated by Mercy Ritte of ʻĀina Momona, the E Hoʻomanaʻo program series remembers and celebrates the lives of aliʻi and other historical Hawaiian figures. Join us for presentations of moʻolelo, mele, hula and oli by multiple organizations- from keiki to kūpuna- throughout the year.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.
All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 17, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Branch book clubs
• Contact: 808-553-1765

In person or via Zoom! Join us in reading and discussing the following titles on the third Wednesday of each month:

January 15:  Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah

February 19:  Paddling My Own Canoe by Audrey Sutherland

March 19:  Being Mortal by Atul Gwande

April 16: No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin

May 21: The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson

June 18: The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright

July 16: An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin

August 20: Magellan by Lawrence Bergreen

September 17: Grant by Ron Chernow

October 15: All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley

November 19: James by Percival Everett

December 17: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

New members are welcome to attend! Call (808) 553-1765 for more information and/or Zoom link.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

Molokai Public Library Book Club picks for 2025

• December 17, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Environment, Learning
• Contact: 808-553-1765

The community is invited to listen, learn from and share their views with local, Hawaii and international speakers about a variety of topics through the Global Citizenship Speaker Series.

This illustrated presentation features kumu Ronald Williams Jr., who will join via Zoom, to speak on how the Native-led government of Hawaii, a relatively minute group of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, managed to become a core member of the family of nations that dominated 19th-century international politics. And what the Kanaka ‘Ōiwi leaders did with this status? Join us in looking through the primary-source records to learn more about the Hawaiian Kingdom as a prominent global citizen.

Dr. Ronald Williams Jr. holds a PhD in History with a specialization in Hawaiʻi and Native-language resources. He is a former faculty member at the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at UH Mānoa and was the founding Director of the university’s Lāhui Hawaiʻi Research Center. He served as President of the 132-year-old Hawaiian Historical Society and has published in a wide variety of academic and public history venues including the Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America, the Hawaiian Journal of History, and Hana Hou! Magazine.

The speaker series is presented by the Molokai Bahá’í Community in collaboration with Molokaʻi Public Library to encourage conversations around global issues of importance to Molokai.
Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Please call the library at (808) 553-1765 to request the Zoom link.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.

• December 22, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-553-1765

Listen to a story or two as you enjoy an after-school snack of fresh, hot popcorn! This program is suitable for children K-6 or younger if accompanied by an adult. Popcorn available while supplies last.

Sponsored by the Friends of Molokaʻi Public Library and facilitated by member and volunteer Della Brown, a retired elementary school educator.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.