Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• July 15, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Community
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Do you need a keiki ID card or to update the photo on a current one? Officers from the Hilo Police Department will be here to do just that. This is a free service and prior registration is not required.

About keiki ID’s:

The Hawaiʻi Police Department provides free keiki IDs at community events around the island throughout the year. A photograph of the child is taken and laminated onto a department-issued identification card with emergency information about a child. Parents are then given the keiki ID card. Remember to update your keiki’s photo at least yearly as there will be changes to physical characteristics with age.

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.

• July 16, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Join Kumu Edna to learn important aspects of Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian language

• July 16, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Join Kumu Edna to learn important aspects of Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian language

• July 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Books, Community, Reading programs
• Contact: 808-933-8890

     Meet our newest therapy dog Adaka!  This  program is designed to give children and teens a chance to enjoy reading aloud with no pressure and no judgment. However, if you don’t want to read to the dog, you can just visit.  All the dogs that participate are specially trained and can help kids of all ages practice reading aloud without judgment.  If you want a comfortable setting to practice your reading fluency, reading comprehension, or comfort with canines in general, this is the event for you.  Registration is not required.

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.

• July 21, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Learning, Writing
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Tweens, teens, and adults are invited to join this special author talk and writing workshop. Vanessa Fowler is the author of “A Tale of Two Sparrows”, a young adult book about two seventeen-year-olds forced into a frozen wilderness together, with danger closing in on them from every side. Guards, ghostly creatures, and the weight of their own painful pasts are all working against them. But survival will mean learning to trust the one person you have every reason not to, and discovering how hard and how beautiful it can be to let someone in when you’re already fighting just to stay alive.

Participants will be able to take home a  complimentary copy of her book while supplies last. To learn more about Vanessa and her book please visit her website: Vanessa Fowler webpage

This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Hilo Public Library. Registration is not necessary, and inquiries are welcome

• July 23, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Join Kumu Edna to learn important aspects of Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian language

• July 23, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Join Kumu Edna to learn important aspects of Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian language

• July 28, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Let’s play with pasta! Children will be given an assortment of dry colored pasta shapes to create a work of art. Other crafting supplies will be available to create with. Make your art while visiting the library or take home to create. Registration is not required and materials will be provided on a first come, first served basis.

This program is free and suitable for children ages 4 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Mahalo to the Friends of the Hilo Public Library for generously funding this program.

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. 

• July 30, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Join Kumu Edna to learn important aspects of Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian language

• July 30, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Culture, Learning
• Contact: 808-933-8890

Join Kumu Edna to learn important aspects of Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian language