Molokaʻi Public Library

Address

15 Ala Malama Ave, Kaunakakai, HI 96748, United States (Mailing Address: P.O. Box 395, Kaunakakai, HI 96748)
Directions

TEL: 808-553-1765

Photo of Molokai branch building

About

Welcome to the Molokaʻi Public Library! Designed by architect Harry K. Stewart, our library opened on May 21, 1937. It is a 3,627 sq. ft. library located in central Kaunakakai and serves as a hub for many community activities.


Ohana Readers and Imagination Library logosThe Molokaʻi Public Library participates in ʻOhana Readers, a literacy program that focuses on reading with family as an affiliate program of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The program offers high-quality, age-appropriate Imagination Library books each month to children who are under the age of five.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program is a ZIP code based mailing program. Families must live in these specific Molokai ZIP codes to participate. 

To register, click your ZIP code to download the registration form or visit the branch. You may return the form by mail or drop it off at the branch. The participating library will also offer programs that complement the books the children receive, and will provide other activities to promote literacy and reading.

For more information, visit the ‘Ohana Readers website.


Upcoming events at this branch

Illustrated book cover titled "Ice Cream Face" shows a smiling child holding a colorful ice cream cone. The background is pink with vertical stripes.

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.

March:  Ice Cream Face, by Heidi Woodward Sheffield

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.

Cover of "There Was an Old Auntie" by John Aardema. Features a smiling woman with gray hair, wearing a red dress and necklace, with arms wide open.

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

This month we will read Fail-A-Bration and There Was an Old Auntie!

Register here:  RTMI & Moloka‘i Public Library Family Literacy Night Registration and complete a post-program survey to take home both titles!

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.

A wooden table holds two folded newspapers, a black notebook with a pen featuring a colorful logo, and a yellow mug filled with coffee.

Gather to discuss local, statewide and world news over a warm cup of coffee or tea. Develop and practice media literacy in a supportive and respectful environment. Consider bringing a news
article to share or reference!

Conversation facilitated by Friends of Molokai Public Library member, Joan Tito. Coffee or tea provided. Please consider bringing your own mug.

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.

Illustrated book cover titled "Ice Cream Face" shows a smiling child holding a colorful ice cream cone. The background is pink with vertical stripes.

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.

March:  Ice Cream Face, by Heidi Woodward Sheffield

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.

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.

More information forthcoming.

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.

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.

A wooden table holds two folded newspapers, a black notebook with a pen featuring a colorful logo, and a yellow mug filled with coffee.

Gather to discuss local, statewide and world news over a warm cup of coffee or tea. Develop and practice media literacy in a supportive and respectful environment. Consider bringing a news
article to share or reference!

Conversation facilitated by Friends of Molokai Public Library member, Joan Tito. Coffee or tea provided. Please consider bringing your own mug.

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.

Book Club

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

January 15:  Table for Two by Amor Towles  

February 19:  Orbital by Samantha Harvey 

March 19:  The Last Aloha by Gaellen Quinn

April 16:  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

May 21:  On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous:  A Novel by Ocean Vuong

June 18:  Born a Crime:  Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

July 16:  There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

August 20:  A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

September 17:  Isola by Allegra Goodman 

October 15:  Extinction Capital of the World by Mariah Rigg 

November 19:  The Three-Year Swim Club:  The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory by Julie Checkoway

December 17:  The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

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.

Calendar of 12 book covers with corresponding dates.

Illustrated book cover titled "Ice Cream Face" shows a smiling child holding a colorful ice cream cone. The background is pink with vertical stripes.

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.

March:  Ice Cream Face, by Heidi Woodward Sheffield

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.

A wooden table holds two folded newspapers, a black notebook with a pen featuring a colorful logo, and a yellow mug filled with coffee.

Gather to discuss local, statewide and world news over a warm cup of coffee or tea. Develop and practice media literacy in a supportive and respectful environment. Consider bringing a news
article to share or reference!

Conversation facilitated by Friends of Molokai Public Library member, Joan Tito. Coffee or tea provided. Please consider bringing your own mug.

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.

Illustrated book cover titled "Ice Cream Face" shows a smiling child holding a colorful ice cream cone. The background is pink with vertical stripes.

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.

March:  Ice Cream Face, by Heidi Woodward Sheffield

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.

Hours

Date Time
Monday 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM -
Tuesday 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM -
Wednesday 12:00PM-4:00PM & 5:00PM-7:00PM -
Thursday 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM -
Friday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday CLOSED - CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED - CLOSED

Access

Parking spots 2
Parking fee Free
Handicap parking spots 1
Book drop off Yes
Restrooms Yes

Services

Computers 7
Magazines 50
Newspapers 5
WiFi Yes
Friends' book store No
Free computer classes Yes
Meeting rooms No
Photocopying Yes
Test proctoring services Yes

ALERT | In holiday observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, all public libraries will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2026.

ALERT | In holiday observance of Presidents' Day, all public libraries will be closed from Saturday to Monday, February 14 to 16, 2026.

ALERT | In holiday observance of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Day, all public libraries will be closed on Thursday, March 26, 2026.