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Adult Summer Reading 2026Why let kids have all the fun? This summer, "Unearth a Story" for the chance to win prizes!Participating branches:Bedford Branch Library Summer Reading for Adults | June 22, 2026 - August 31, 2026 Calling all adult book lovers! Read for any length of time for at least 3 days of the week and you could be a winner! Turn in your weekly reading tracker and be entered to win free books and Kroger gift cards. Pick up an entry card at the Bedford Branch 8575 Jackman | Temperance MI | (734) 847-6747 Don’t forget...

Teen Summer Reading 2026Unearth a Story Running June 15, 2026 - August 31, 2026!How it Works:Grab an entry slip Read three books or six graphic novels to fill out an entry slip Download an entry slip or pick one up at any branch of the Monroe County Library System starting June 15, 2026 Once your slip is complete, redeem it at a branch to receive a scratch off prize ticket Receive a scratch off prize ticket! Every entry slip you turn in will give you a scratch off prize ticket! Scratch a space to reveal exciting prizes.  

National Poetry Month Contest Winners 2026Congratulations to this year's winners of the Monroe County Library System's National Poetry month poetry contest!Adult Category The Camel that Broke the Straw's Back By Gerald Rice The world is upside downAnd I absolutely love Being trapped between the edgesMy tongue right-sided with wrong words, Stretched across the narrow spaceWhere you used to love me, Held by a thingWith no arms, That stares outThrough empty sockets With the driest kissesThat ever told me goodbye Dream sweetlyWhile I...

Ellis Youth Maker's Mart 2026Call for Artists and Crafters! Looking for young artists and crafters (Kindergarten - Grade 12) to sell their handmade creations at the Ellis Youth Maker's Mart.Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Ellis Library & Reference Center | 3700 South Custer Road | Monroe, MI | 734-241-5277Participation Guidelines: Applicants must be students (Kindergarten-Grade 12). Artists and crafters under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Applicants must send the following information to...

National Poetry Month Contest 2026The Monroe County Library System is celebrating National Poetry month with a poetry contest! Submit an original poem by turning it in at your local branch, or via email to [email protected]. Please make sure you have your name, age, and contact information on the page with the poem.Submissions Accepted April 1 - April 30, 2026Guidelines: Poems may be rhyming or non-rhyming Poems must be no longer than one typed page Include your name, phone number, age, and email on the entry Submit...

Adult Summer Reading 2025Why let kids have all the fun? This summer, "Adventure Begins at Your Library" with the chance to read and win prizes!Participating branches:Bedford Branch Library Summer Reading for Adults | June 24, 2025 - August 31, 2025 Read this summer and be entered to win prizes, including Kroger gift cards! For every 30 minutes spent reading, color in a bubble on your bookmark. When you fill up your bookmark, drop it off at the Bedford Branch Library to be entered into a weekly drawing for free books! Pick up an...

National Poetry Month Contest Winners 2025Congratulations to this year's winners of the Monroe County Library System's National Poetry month poetry contest!Adult Category March 2020: Hope By Brandy Dixon the little black bird with drops of red on his wings           sits in the ordinary backdrop of a world in the labor pains of spring while everything is still bleak                                                      and brown                                                                           and dirty   flowers—and all...

Ellis Youth Maker's Mart 2025Call for Artists and Crafters! Looking for young artists and crafters (Kindergarten - Grade 12) to display and sell their handmade creations.Saturday, November 1, 2025 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm At the Ellis Library & Reference Center, 3700 South Custer Road, Monroe, MIParticipation Guidelines: Applicants must be students (Kindergarten-Grade 12). Artists and crafters under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Applicants must send the following information to [email protected]: Maker’s...

National Poetry Month Contest 2025The Monroe County Library System is celebrating National Poetry month with a poetry contest! Submit an original poem by turning it in at your local branch, or via email to [email protected]. Please make sure you have your name, age, and contact information on the page with the poem.Submissions Accepted April 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025Guidelines: Poems may be rhyming or non-rhyming Poems must be no longer than one typed page Include your name, phone number, age, and email on the entry...