Share your youth's handmade crafts and artwork with the community! The Youth Maker Market is for upper elementary, middle and high school students; vendors must be entering grades 3-12. Applications must be submitted by a parent or guardian by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 15. Apply now: 👉 chesterfield.gov/library/youthmakermarket
Maker Market Dates and Locations:
📅 Meadowdale Library, Saturday, July 18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
📅 Midlothian Library, Saturday, July 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Planning a trip? Let us help you!
- Passport services
- Travel guidebooks
- Learn the language
- Print travel documents
- Downloadable e-books, audiobooks, magazines, music, movies and shows. Read more on our blog, “Get Ready for Summer Travel with the Library
🔗Link in bio
🌟🎉 Each year, we recognize and honor the staff members whose hard work and dedication make Chesterfield’s world class library services possible. 💚📚
✨Check the list of award winners for staff at your local library at our link in bio.
🐦 May is Older Americans Month and in recognition of the wisdom of the ages and the success of “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans, here are ten book recommendations featuring mature protagonists navigating life’s challenges. Find your next read in our link in bio.
What does it take to read 10-20 books picked by experts, share your knowledge with confidence, and cheer on your classmates?
Grange Hall Elementary School’s Battle of the Books team showed us! Their love for reading and school spirit made this year’s competition one for the books. 📖
Find out what they thought about this year’s books and maybe pick up a suggestion or two for your own summer reading. 📚️😎
Read more on our blog ➡️ Link in bio.
We’re updating our email system for sending announcements, hold notices, due date reminders and newsletters.
Starting Monday, May 11, you may notice that our messages look a little different as we transition to the new system. You don’t need to do anything to continue receiving notices—the information in your library card account will carry over to the new system automatically.
Our new messages will come from [email protected].
Ensure that your library notices land in your inbox by adding our new address to your contacts or safe-sender list. Please don't send messages to or reply to that address.
Swim Starters Water Safety Story Time 💦
Saturday, May 23, 10:30-11 a.m., Central Library
Wednesday, May 27, 10:30-11 a.m., North Courthouse Road Library
🛟 Summer can be a splash, and it's important to stay safe!
Come to our Swim Starters Story Time and learn how to be safe around the water through stories, songs and games with the @ymcarichmond . For ages 3-5 and their caregivers.
🏊 Registration begins two weeks before each event. Set an alert and sign up!
🔗 Link in bio.
Stay tuned for more dates and locations throughout June!
🦙 Alpaca Adventures Story Time
The @meadowgatealpacas are back and this time, they’re at Chester Library and Ettrick-Matoaca Library!
Listen to Alpaca stories, play an alpaca game, touch alpaca wool and pet a real alpaca.
‼️ For ages 2-11 with caregivers. Please register everyone in your group.
📅 Saturday, May 23
🕧 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
📍Chester Library
🕧 12:30-2 p.m.
📍Ettrick-Matoaca Library
Link in bio.
Garden Club Series: Canning Basics 🍓🫐
Saturday, May 30, 1-4 p.m., Ettrick-Matoaca Library
Learn the basics of food preservation by making your own jam with berries from our community garden and help from the Virginia Cooperative Extension. For adults. Registration required at our link in bio.
Death Doulas
Learn how to support to support loved ones during end-of-life transitions. A panel of trained death doulas will explain their role in helping families manage these moments. They offer guidance to help prepare for the future.
📆 Thursday, May 14 6-7:30 p.m.
📍 North Courthouse Road Library
✅ No registration required.
Hidden Harm: The Teen Experience of Opioid Addiction
Learn how opioid addiction impacts Virginia teens and families. Author @studiojjk joins panelists Darien Kay and Jill Cichowicz to share their stories. A student from Chesterfield Recovery Academy also speaks.
You will receive a free copy of the graphic novel "Hey, Kiddo". Krosoczka will sign books after the talk. This program is for high school students and adults.
Friday, June 5
6 to 8 p.m.
Midlothian Library
Register today
https://bit.ly/4w1xsJE
UPDATE - Access restored.
Internet Access at Library Locations is Limited.
Library phone services are not available at this time.
Public computers are not available
