Holiday Hours
2025-01-01 | MN
ALL WATONWAN COUNTY LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR’S

Winter Reading Program
2025-01-06 08:00 - 2025-02-28 17:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
All ages, Kindergarten through age 100+, reading program. Just stop into your hometown library, pick up a reading log, and return it when it is full! Check at your library to see what prizes there are!

6th Annual Soup-Off
2025-01-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
To help kick off the winter reading program, the library is hosting a soup pot-luck. Bring your favorite soup, along with the recipe to share with others. Taste test all the other soups and take the recipes home!

Lego Club-Butterfield
2025-01-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-03-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Calling all brick builders! Kids are invited to join us for Lego Club at the library! Bring your creativity and we’ll supply the Legos.

Reader's Choice Book Club
2025-01-15 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
This reader’s choice book club is open to all adults and all books. Maybe you will leave with your next great read!

PJ Party-Butterfield
2025-01-18 10:00 - 11:00 | St. James Library, 125 Fifth Street S, St. James, MN, 56081, United States
Families come in your comfiest PJ’s, read some books, and do a cute winter craft!

All Libraries Closed
2025-01-20 | MN
All Watonwan County Libraries will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Evening Storytime
2025-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Join us in Butterfield for an interactive evening storytime.

Valentine Craft Party-Butterfield
2025-02-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Kids in grades 2-5 are invited to come in and do different lovable valentine crafts.

Alcohol Ink Trinket Dish DIY-Butterfield
2025-02-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Adults will learn how to use alcohol inks to create a beautiful design on a ceramic dish to use for rings and any other trinkets at home. Supplies are provided but spots are limited. To sign up, please call 507-956-2361.

PRESIDENTS’ DAY
2025-02-17 | MN
ALL WATONWAN COUNTY LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR PRESIDENTS’ DAY

I-Spy and Games for Kids
2025-02-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Come in and find things around the library. Also, enjoy reading books, building puzzles, and playing games. Open to kids of all ages!

Sticker Making-Butterfield
2025-03-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Kids can learn how to make their own stickers! All supplies will be provided. Children under the age of 7 need to bring an adult.

Blippi & Meekah Party-Butterfield
2025-03-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Come for activities centered around the beloved Blippi and Meekah characters! Fun for all kids of all ages. Kids under age 7 need to bring an adult.

Bears-Brown, Black & Polar with Stan Tekiela
2025-03-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Butterfield Fire Hall
This talk is based on Stan’s book and covers some of the most amazing aspects of bears. This presentation is packed with amazing images of three species of bear found in North America; Black, Brown and Polar Bear. Stan will explain in his fun and entertaining way all about the different kinds of bears along with telling some of the most amazing stories of his adventures in the wild to capture these incredible images. Hundreds of award winning images are the backbone of this presentation. This presentation is visually fun and full of adventure. **THIS PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AT THE FIRE HALL
This program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Adventure Club-Butterfield
2025-04-14 15:30 - 17:00 | Butterfield-Odin School
In collaboration with the MN Extension Office and Community Ed, we will be holding Adventure Club at the school in the cafeteria. Kids will get information from school about how to sign up.

Perler Beads-Butterfield
2025-04-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Kids in grades 1st and up are invited to come and create with Perler Beads at the library! All supplies will be provided.

Movie Bingo-Butterfield
2025-04-29 15:15 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Let’s play bingo while watching a movie!

Evening Storytime
2025-05-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
Kids and their caregivers are invited to the library for a cute storytime and activity!

STEM Tryouts
2025-05-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States
We recently were awarded a $2,000 grant to put together STEM kits that can be checked out by teachers and caregivers to bring STEM fun into the classroom and the home! We want to invite you to come and “Try Out” the new kits with us. This will be a great opportunity to learn how the kits work, what is available and play around having fun. We have everything from simple coding, circuits, Rube Goldberg type contraptions, robots and even math manipulatives. Open to teachers, parents, families, and even grandparents! We ask that kids come with an adult. *These kits are funded by IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Lego Club
2025-05-15 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-06-09 15:30 - 17:00 | Butterfield Branch Library, 111 N. Second Street, Butterfield, MN, 56120, United States

ALL WATONWAN COUNTY LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY
2025-05-26 | MN

Summer Reading Kick-Off Parties!
2025-06-07 | MN
During each library’s open hours: School aged kids from Kindergarten and up are invited to come and get registered for the summer reading program and have fun with the different activity stations that go with our reading theme, “Color Our World”. Kids get a FREE book to keep when they register!
