Hawaii State
Public Library System

• May 20, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Join us for our new storytime series! Each week we will focus on a letter of the alphabet. We will read books and do crafts all about our letter of the week! There will also be options for practicing reading and writing with our letter of the week. This is a great introdction to spelling, sounding out words, and early literacy. All keiki and parents are welcome. This program is recommended for ages 0-5 and anyone starting their reading journey.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. For a list of upcoming library events, visit HSPLS Events Calendar.

• May 22, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
• Categories: Community, History
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Saddle up for this year’s Western Week event! At 4 pm, join us for Paniolo Storytime, where the youngest cowpokes can enjoy some silly cowboy tales and a good old-fashioned library craft. Then at 5 pm, we’ll welcome the Stable Camp Gang, a crew of local folks from the Dias and DeLuz families who grew up, worked, and played at Paauilo’s Stable Camp. They’ll share some tales of the good ol’ days, and answer questions about what life was like on the ranch and plantation. If you have memories from that time and place, please stop by and share them!

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.

• May 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Join us for our new storytime series! Each week we will focus on a letter of the alphabet. We will read books and do crafts all about our letter of the week! There will also be options for practicing reading and writing with our letter of the week. This is a great introdction to spelling, sounding out words, and early literacy. All keiki and parents are welcome. This program is recommended for ages 0-5 and anyone starting their reading journey.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. For a list of upcoming library events, visit HSPLS Events Calendar.

• June 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Rhythm is a key building block of literacy, so let’s get clapping, rhyming, and singing! Join us every Tuesday in June and July for a fun musical storytime aimed at ages 0-5 and their caregivers. We’ll sing a few songs, read a few stories, make a craft, and play with toys.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. 

• June 5, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Categories: Community, Dance, Entertainment, Music
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Please join us in celebration of Summer Reading with an all-ages dance party! This year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme is Mele, so we’ll be outside on the lawn, grooving to classic tunes from Sesame Street. With sidewalk chalk and plenty of kid-friendly snacks, it’s a classic and fun way to welcome summertime! Don’t forget to wear your party clothes…

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. 

• June 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Art Friday returns! Join us every Friday in June and July to try a new project, get a little messy, and make some art. All ages welcome.

Nature stamping: we’ll make greeting cards stamped with found materials from nature, which creates fun textures. All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring items from your own yard to experiment with!

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.

• June 10, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Community, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Rhythm is a key building block of literacy, so let’s get clapping, rhyming, and singing! Join us every Tuesday in June and July for a fun musical storytime aimed at ages 0-5 and their caregivers. We’ll sing a few songs, read a few stories, make a craft, and play with toys.

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 of 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. 

• June 12, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Categories: Books, Branch book clubs, Community
• Contact: 808-775-8881

This month’s book club pick is Nicked by MT Anderson. From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightful work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint. The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. Nicephorous, a lowly monk, and Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter, are on a heist for the ages to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, Nicked is a swashbuckling saga, a medieval noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.

Copies of the book are available at Honokaa Library’s circulation desk. All books we read are chosen by members of the group.

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.

• June 13, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Art Friday returns! Join us every Friday in June and July to try a new project, get a little messy, and make some art. All ages welcome.

Shrinky Dinks: If you weren’t a child in the 1980s, you may not remember this fun craft project! Shrinky Dinks are special sheets of plastic that we can decorate with any designs we like, then we’ll shrink them down to 1/3 the size in just a few minutes using a toaster oven. Then we’ll turn them into keychains for you to take home!

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.

• June 16, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Community, Learning
• Contact: 808-775-8881

Ever wanted to try this fun, portable, and practical craft? Or maybe you already know how, but need help learning to read patterns? Come join a crochet circle led by local resident Khedija Threlkeld. Basic materials will be provided. Bring your own project, or start a new one here with us!

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. For a list of upcoming library events, visit HSPLS Events Calendar.