Library Card - Best. Deal. Ever.

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a time when the Tempe Public Library joins the American Library Association and libraries nationwide to remind everyone of the value of a library card.

Your Tempe Public Library card is your passport to discovering and exploring at your library and online. With you library card, you can access books, eBooks, movies and music 24/7, help your kids do better in school, explore your family tree, learn new job and computer skills, go to storytime with your kids, get free admission to museums and cultural centers across Arizona and so much more. The amount of information and entertainment available at your fingertips is virtually limitless, and it's free. One card, so many benefits.

Library Cards

Adventure Packs

Explore Arizona's Great Outdoors

The library now has Adventure Packs! These themed backpacks are intended to make outdoor experiences accessible to everyone by providing backpacks, books and equipment to explorers of ages. The library will release a new set of themed backpacks each week in September, with accompanying programs for each of the themes. There are separate backpacks for kids (with age-appropriate items) and adults in each theme. Each pack will contain supplies to explore each subject, including guides, books, equipment, tools and information on additional resources to help you explore Arizona's great outdoors.

The Adventure Packs can be put on hold and checked out for three weeks, just like a book. The packs must be returned in-person to the Answers Desk and not through the automated book returns. Note that a fee of $50 will be charged if any items in the pack or the backpack itself is lost or damaged.

Adults

One Tempe One Book

Oct. 1-31
Tempe Public Library
Come be a part of the inaugural One Tempe One Book, a citywide reading event happening throughout the month of October. By uniting readers around

one book, Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong, the library hopes to build a sense of community, promote reading and develop a shared understanding. For information on how to participate, where to get a free book, resources and a schedule of events visit: tempepubliclibrary.org/OneBook

Hone Your Writing Craft

Meet our Resident Writer for the fall, Charlotte Whitney, for one-one consultations or attend one of her writing workshops. Registration is required for the workshops. If you’re interested in writing, check out the library’s Tempe Writes programs and subscribe to our writing newsletter Pen to Paper.

Mars Exploration

Sept. 25, 6 - 7 p.m.
Ironwood Classroom
Join research scientist and mission operations specialist Kathryn Powell to learn about the Perseverance rover mission and the Mastcam-Z camera system. This camera system is operated by ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration. Each program in the Eclipse Series will include a free pair of eclipse glasses provided by SEAL (Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries) to view the partial eclipse on Oct. 14.

Youth

Baby Bonding

Fridays, Sept. 8-Nov. 17
10 - 11 a.m. in the Storytime Room
Age: 0-18 months
Play is a natural tool for children to develop socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically. Drop in and bond with your baby through play. Toys geared toward 0-18 months will be available for the hour. Group meets every other Friday.

Library StoryWalk®

Coming in September, enjoy a walk through the park at Escalante Community Center while reading a story! Come follow the storybook path for In a Jar, a story written and illustrated by Deborah Marcero. When Llewellyn, a little rabbit who collects ordinary things in jars, meets a young girl named Evelyn, he joins with her to capture the extraordinary. More information.

September Reads

Looking for your next new read? Check all the new arrivals here.

Mr. Kat? Plays Family

Mr. Kat?—a curmudgeon and recent retiree—finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life went wrong and daydreams about getting a dog (which his wife won’t allow). During one of these walks, he is approached by a young woman. She calls herself Mie, and invites him to join her business Happy Family, where employees act as part-time relatives or acquaintances for clients in need, for whatever reason, if only for a day.

Library App

Download the Library App

Download the library's new free mobile app, for streamlined access to your accounts, library collections, events and study room reservations. And you can also keep track of multiple card holders all in one place. Download our app and take the Tempe Public Library anywhere you go!

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