Enjoy a new StoryWalk® in the Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden! Through April 30, enjoy the children's book Just Ask!, written by Sonia Sotomayor and illustrated by Rafael López, as you stroll through the library's garden.

A special garden-themed Take and Make kit is available at the end of the StoryWalk while supplies last. Watch this video to follow along with a library staff member as you create your Take and Make.

The StoryWalk is an innovative and delightful way for children — and adults! — to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. The Discovery Garden at Fifth Street and Chipeta Avenue, one block north of the Central Library, is open to the public free of charge from sunrise to sunset.

This video premieres at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 19, on Mesa County Libraries' YouTube, Facebook, and IGTV pages.

In-person attendance for these book clubs is limited. Registration is required. Visit the Event Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org to register.

Creativity can relieve even the greatest stress, and an upcoming art project by Mesa County Libraries and community partners will let Mesa County residents share how they have coped with the pandemic.

Beginning the week of April 12, county residents can pick up an all-ages Take and Make kit that will let them use creativity to share with others how they endured the pandemic. The kits contain a ribbon, and residents can use their unique creativity with the ribbon to express what helped them the most.

Ribbons can be returned to your local library branch the week of April 26, and they will be placed in trees throughout the county in early May. Then they'll be gathered and sewn together into a tapestry that will be displayed throughout the community this fall and winter.

Beginning the week of April 12, these special "Do Art, Feel Better" Take and Make kits will be available at all library locations and The Art Center of Western Colorado while supplies last. There is no charge to participate.

Partners in Do Art, Feel Better include Mesa Count Libraries, The Art Center of Western Colorado, the Grand Junction Downtown Creative District, the Western Colorado Writers Forum, and Museums of Western Colorado.

This Take and Make kit will be available starting April 28 at all library locations while supplies last. You can also reserve a kit when you schedule your next Curbside Pick-Up.

Visit http://bit.ly/MCLTakeMake to follow along with a library staff member as you create your Take and Make.

Stock up on reading material to add to your home library! Friends of Mesa County Libraries will host weekly book sales 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each Saturday April 10-May 22. All proceeds from these sales benefit programming at Mesa County Libraries. 

All sales are cash only, and masks are required. Because of pandemic restrictions, 10 shoppers at a time will be allowed into the sale.

Mesa County Public Heath will provide information on the COVID-19 vaccination, answer questions, and help individuals sign up to get vaccinated. Assistance will be available in both English and Spanish.

This open house will take place 3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, in the Central Library Mesa Community Room. This event is free and open to all. Face masks are required for all in-person events at the library.

Submit up to two original, unpublished poems by 8 p.m. Sunday, April 11, for a chance to win prizes and have your winning poem featured on the library website.

Join us in-person at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, in the Clifton Branch Library, or virtually via Google Hangouts, for craft and conversation! We encourage all ages and all skill levels to bring a crochet, knitting, or other favorite art project to work on. This club meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month. We hope you'll join us!

In-person seating is limited, and registration is required. Please register by visiting the Event Calendar at mesacountylibraries.org.

Check our Event Calendar for full list of what's happening at Mesa County Libraries!