Defiance Public Library System
@dplslibraries.bsky.social
Serving Defiance County, OH, with locations in Defiance, Sherwood, and Hicksville.
The Winter #Reading Challenge for all ages has begun!
Register at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log reading this month for a chance to win gift cards. (Don't forget to download the #Beanstack Tracker app so you can log from your phone!)
❄️ Read details: defiancelibrary.org/read
Register at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log reading this month for a chance to win gift cards. (Don't forget to download the #Beanstack Tracker app so you can log from your phone!)
❄️ Read details: defiancelibrary.org/read
January 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Winter #Reading Challenge for all ages has begun!
Register at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log reading this month for a chance to win gift cards. (Don't forget to download the #Beanstack Tracker app so you can log from your phone!)
❄️ Read details: defiancelibrary.org/read
Register at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log reading this month for a chance to win gift cards. (Don't forget to download the #Beanstack Tracker app so you can log from your phone!)
❄️ Read details: defiancelibrary.org/read
👉 The 2026 Winter Reading Challenge starts *tomorrow*
Register now at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log your reading through the month for a chance to win a prize.
🫘 Details: defiancelibrary.org/read
Register now at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log your reading through the month for a chance to win a prize.
🫘 Details: defiancelibrary.org/read
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
👉 The 2026 Winter Reading Challenge starts *tomorrow*
Register now at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log your reading through the month for a chance to win a prize.
🫘 Details: defiancelibrary.org/read
Register now at defiancelibrary.beanstack.org and log your reading through the month for a chance to win a prize.
🫘 Details: defiancelibrary.org/read
❄️ January at your #DefianceCounty libraries! ❄️
December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
❄️ January at your #DefianceCounty libraries! ❄️
💚 December at your Defiance County libraries! 💚
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
💚 December at your Defiance County libraries! 💚
🦃 November at your Defiance County libraries!
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🦃 November at your Defiance County libraries!
Reposted by Defiance Public Library System
Beloved librarian @mychal3ts.bsky.social will take the helm as host of the reboot of 'Reading Rainbow' when it returns this Saturday, October 4! 🤩🌈
Read more: https://bit.ly/3WelbAT
Read more: https://bit.ly/3WelbAT
September 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Beloved librarian @mychal3ts.bsky.social will take the helm as host of the reboot of 'Reading Rainbow' when it returns this Saturday, October 4! 🤩🌈
Read more: https://bit.ly/3WelbAT
Read more: https://bit.ly/3WelbAT
October at your Defiance County libraries! 🍂🎃🕯️
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
October at your Defiance County libraries! 🍂🎃🕯️
July 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
July at your Defiance County libraries! 🎆
June 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
July at your Defiance County libraries! 🎆
👉 Coming Monday!
Roz Puppets will return to the libraries on June 16 to present “Percy the Purple Cow.” 💜🐮
Schedule:
Johnson Memorial Library (Hicksville): 10:30AM
Sherwood Branch Library: 1:00PM
Defiance Public Library (Summer Reading tent): 6:00PM
Roz Puppets will return to the libraries on June 16 to present “Percy the Purple Cow.” 💜🐮
Schedule:
Johnson Memorial Library (Hicksville): 10:30AM
Sherwood Branch Library: 1:00PM
Defiance Public Library (Summer Reading tent): 6:00PM
June 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
👉 Coming Monday!
Roz Puppets will return to the libraries on June 16 to present “Percy the Purple Cow.” 💜🐮
Schedule:
Johnson Memorial Library (Hicksville): 10:30AM
Sherwood Branch Library: 1:00PM
Defiance Public Library (Summer Reading tent): 6:00PM
Roz Puppets will return to the libraries on June 16 to present “Percy the Purple Cow.” 💜🐮
Schedule:
Johnson Memorial Library (Hicksville): 10:30AM
Sherwood Branch Library: 1:00PM
Defiance Public Library (Summer Reading tent): 6:00PM
May at your Defiance County libraries! 🌷
April 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
May at your Defiance County libraries! 🌷
New at the Storywalk! 🍪
Enjoy the warmer weather with a trip to the Bronson Park Storywalk, where we've got a new book for you: 'The Cow Loves Cookies' by Karma Wilson.
We hope you're in the mooooo-d for a great read! (Sorry...) 🐄
Enjoy the warmer weather with a trip to the Bronson Park Storywalk, where we've got a new book for you: 'The Cow Loves Cookies' by Karma Wilson.
We hope you're in the mooooo-d for a great read! (Sorry...) 🐄
March 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New at the Storywalk! 🍪
Enjoy the warmer weather with a trip to the Bronson Park Storywalk, where we've got a new book for you: 'The Cow Loves Cookies' by Karma Wilson.
We hope you're in the mooooo-d for a great read! (Sorry...) 🐄
Enjoy the warmer weather with a trip to the Bronson Park Storywalk, where we've got a new book for you: 'The Cow Loves Cookies' by Karma Wilson.
We hope you're in the mooooo-d for a great read! (Sorry...) 🐄
☘️ March at your Defiance County libraries! ☘️
February 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
☘️ March at your Defiance County libraries! ☘️
👏 Congratulations to the week 1 winners of the 'Teen Winter Craze' Reading Challenge!
The challenge for grades 6-12 continues through the month. Sign up here (defiancelibrary.beanstack.org) for a chance to win prizes just for reading! ❄️
The challenge for grades 6-12 continues through the month. Sign up here (defiancelibrary.beanstack.org) for a chance to win prizes just for reading! ❄️
February 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
👏 Congratulations to the week 1 winners of the 'Teen Winter Craze' Reading Challenge!
The challenge for grades 6-12 continues through the month. Sign up here (defiancelibrary.beanstack.org) for a chance to win prizes just for reading! ❄️
The challenge for grades 6-12 continues through the month. Sign up here (defiancelibrary.beanstack.org) for a chance to win prizes just for reading! ❄️
❄️ Grades 6-12 can win prizes just for reading during Defiance Public Library System's 2025 Teen Winter Craze Reading Challenge, which kicks off tomorrow (2/1) and continues through February!
❄️ Details: defiancelibrary.org/craze
❄️ Details: defiancelibrary.org/craze
January 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
❄️ Grades 6-12 can win prizes just for reading during Defiance Public Library System's 2025 Teen Winter Craze Reading Challenge, which kicks off tomorrow (2/1) and continues through February!
❄️ Details: defiancelibrary.org/craze
❄️ Details: defiancelibrary.org/craze
❤️ February at your Defiance County libraries! ❤️
January 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
❤️ February at your Defiance County libraries! ❤️
👉 Reminder: All DPLS libraries will be closed Monday, 1/20, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and partially closed (from 10AM-1PM) on Wednesday, 1/22, for staff training!
January 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
👉 Reminder: All DPLS libraries will be closed Monday, 1/20, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and partially closed (from 10AM-1PM) on Wednesday, 1/22, for staff training!
This week at your Defiance County libraries!
January 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This week at your Defiance County libraries!
Register here: defiancelibrary.beanstack.org
Registration is open now for the 'Be a Reading Machine' Winter Reading Challenge!
Read (or listen to audiobooks) for at least 240 minutes this month for a chance to win prizes! Details: defiancelibrary.org/machine
Registration is open now for the 'Be a Reading Machine' Winter Reading Challenge!
Read (or listen to audiobooks) for at least 240 minutes this month for a chance to win prizes! Details: defiancelibrary.org/machine
January 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Register here: defiancelibrary.beanstack.org
Registration is open now for the 'Be a Reading Machine' Winter Reading Challenge!
Read (or listen to audiobooks) for at least 240 minutes this month for a chance to win prizes! Details: defiancelibrary.org/machine
Registration is open now for the 'Be a Reading Machine' Winter Reading Challenge!
Read (or listen to audiobooks) for at least 240 minutes this month for a chance to win prizes! Details: defiancelibrary.org/machine
❄️ January at your Defiance County libraries! ❄️
December 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM
❄️ January at your Defiance County libraries! ❄️
❄️ This week at your Defiance County libraries! ❄️
December 16, 2024 at 4:45 PM
❄️ This week at your Defiance County libraries! ❄️
This week at your Defiance County libraries! 🥰
👉 Reminder: We will be closed (all locations) from 11:30AM-2:30PM on Wednesday for a Staff Appreciation Luncheon.
👉 Reminder: We will be closed (all locations) from 11:30AM-2:30PM on Wednesday for a Staff Appreciation Luncheon.
December 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM
This week at your Defiance County libraries! 🥰
👉 Reminder: We will be closed (all locations) from 11:30AM-2:30PM on Wednesday for a Staff Appreciation Luncheon.
👉 Reminder: We will be closed (all locations) from 11:30AM-2:30PM on Wednesday for a Staff Appreciation Luncheon.
Santa will arrive at Defiance Public Library TOMORROW (Friday, December 6) at 5:10PM to join us for a special holiday Storytime session!
Plus, kids crafts from 1-5PM and carolers at 4PM! Open to all, sponsored by the Friends of DPL and Defiance Development & Visitors' Bureau!
Plus, kids crafts from 1-5PM and carolers at 4PM! Open to all, sponsored by the Friends of DPL and Defiance Development & Visitors' Bureau!
December 5, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Santa will arrive at Defiance Public Library TOMORROW (Friday, December 6) at 5:10PM to join us for a special holiday Storytime session!
Plus, kids crafts from 1-5PM and carolers at 4PM! Open to all, sponsored by the Friends of DPL and Defiance Development & Visitors' Bureau!
Plus, kids crafts from 1-5PM and carolers at 4PM! Open to all, sponsored by the Friends of DPL and Defiance Development & Visitors' Bureau!
🎀 December at your Defiance County libraries! 🎀
December 3, 2024 at 6:30 PM
🎀 December at your Defiance County libraries! 🎀
This week at your Defiance County libraries!
November 25, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This week at your Defiance County libraries!