Join us for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for anyone who would like one, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children.

This new Tuesday session of Preschool Storytime will be the same theme and craft as the Monday Preschool Storytime, but patrons are welcome to attend both sessions if they would like to.

NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writers Month. Let's get started writing those 50,000 words! Start strong and make it easier on your self later. I hope you prepped well at our Prep Day on 10/22 instead of just snacking the whole time (I mean that's what I was doing... but enough about me). There will also be a space to read out loud anything that you have written so far in case you want some helpful feedback. Not everyone likes criticism, but many writers find it not only helpful, but even necessary for the writing process. We'll still have writing prompts available for you to use as well.

To see meeting agenda and meeting details for library (and City of Sterling) board meetings, click here.

Meet new authors and experienced authors that live closer than you think. Learn something new and find a new book to read!

If you are a local author and would like to participate in the fair, please fill out our author application form.  This can be found here as a .pdf to print or here as an online form to fill out.

Join Ms. Abbigail for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for the adults accompanying children, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children. 

Join Mike to play Pathfinder 1st Edition. They will meet each Monday from 3:30-7:30 in the Sterling Public Library's conference room.  This is open to anyone 12 years or older.

Pathfinder is a rich and complex fantasy Role-Playing Game that uses the same d20 ruleset at the core of Dungeons & Dragons. Players take on the role of heroic adventurers, often explorers and scholars employed by the Pathfinder Society, who travel the world solving problems, unravelling mysteries and collecting treasure.

Feel free to email Mike at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Are you stuck in a reading rut? Have you read all of the latest romance novels? Fantasy Novels? James Patterson?

The Library has a delightful new way to mix it up. A speed dating style event with books for a partner. You get 5 minutes to read a book and then move on to the next one. Rate each book as you go and at the end you find out what the books are and get the chance to check them out or put them on hold for later. You may be surprised to find out that you actually like historical fiction, science fiction, or westerns. There are so many books in the world written by so many different people. Try something new and see what happens on Monday, November 7th.

Pre-registrarion is requested so we know how many books to have ready for everyone and starts Monday, October 10th.

Join us for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for anyone who would like one, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children.

This new Tuesday session of Preschool Storytime will be the same theme and craft as the Monday Preschool Storytime, but patrons are welcome to attend both sessions if they would like to.

All 6th - 12 graders are welcome to join us for games, snacks, and discussion.  No registration required, just show up to the conference room!

The Library will be closed for Veterans Day.

This storytime will be geared towards children preschool through first grade, but all ages are welcome. During this storytime, we will read books, sing songs and rhymes, and play games. As of right now this storytime will not include a craft, but that may change in the future. Chairs will be available in the community room during storytime. We welcome and encourage adults to participate in storytime with their child as much as possible. We are excited to have this storytime available for patrons who work or have other obligations during the week, and we look forward to sharing a fun Saturday morning with you and your family! 

NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writers Month. How are you doing with your 50,000 word count so far? Still need some help? Need some more prompts? How about a safe space to read it aloud and get some feedback? We're here to help and so are your fellow writers.

Join Ms. Abbigail for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for the adults accompanying children, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children. 

Join Mike to play King Arthur Pendragon. They will meet each Monday from 3:30-7:30 in the Sterling Public Library's conference room.  This is open to anyone 12 years or older.

Pathfinder is a rich and complex fantasy Role-Playing Game that uses the same d20 ruleset at the core of Dungeons & Dragons. Players take on the role of heroic adventurers, often explorers and scholars employed by the Pathfinder Society, who travel the world solving problems, unravelling mysteries and collecting treasure.

Feel free to email Mike at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Join us for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for anyone who would like one, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children.

This new Tuesday session of Preschool Storytime will be the same theme and craft as the Monday Preschool Storytime, but patrons are welcome to attend both sessions if they would like to.

Got a book you absolutely LOVE and want everyone to know about it? Then do it! At 11:30 am SPL will be hosting our very first 5 Star Reads Book Club. Feel free to drop by and recommend your favorite book or a book you recently read that you would rate 5 out of 5 stars.  It doesn't matter if it's fiction or non-fiction, biography or not, any genre you care to share. We want to know what you have read and why you loved it.

And hey, you never know, you might find your next 5 Star Read while you listen to someone else rave about theirs.

Also, there'll be snacks. Who doesn't like to talk about books and eat snacks?

Join us for a conversation with Caitlin Doughty, mortician, bestselling author, and advocate for death acceptance. Hailed by The New York Times as "a relentlessly curious and chipper tour guide to the underworld,” she’ll discuss reform of Western funeral industry practices and much more with Mark Bazer (The Interview Show).

Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, advocate, and bête noire of the traditional funeral industry. Her educational webseries "Ask a Mortician" has been viewed almost 250 million times and her three books were New York Times bestsellers - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She founded a Los Angeles funeral home as well as the funeral reform collective The Order of the Good Death, which spawned the death positive movement.

Mark Bazer is host and creator of “The Interview Show,” a talk show in a bar. Aired on Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, and filmed at The Hideout, it features conversations as substantive as they are entertaining.

Register for this free Zoom program here.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. 

This is for all school aged children and will use all sorts of LEGO blocks to create projects!

Registration is required. Call or stop by the library's children's desk.

NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writers Month. How are you doing with your 50,000 word count so far? Still need some help? Need some more prompts? How about a safe space to read it aloud and get some feedback? We're here to help and so are your fellow writers.

Join Ms. Abbigail for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for the adults accompanying children, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children. 

Join Mike to play King Arthur Pendragon. They will meet each Monday from 3:30-7:30 in the Sterling Public Library's conference room.  This is open to anyone 12 years or older.

Pathfinder is a rich and complex fantasy Role-Playing Game that uses the same d20 ruleset at the core of Dungeons & Dragons. Players take on the role of heroic adventurers, often explorers and scholars employed by the Pathfinder Society, who travel the world solving problems, unravelling mysteries and collecting treasure.

Feel free to email Mike at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Join us for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for anyone who would like one, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children.

This new Tuesday session of Preschool Storytime will be the same theme and craft as the Monday Preschool Storytime, but patrons are welcome to attend both sessions if they would like to.

Join us on Tuesday, November 22, from 2-3:30pm, to celebrate the Sterling Public Library's 117th birthday! This program will be geared towards 1st through 5th grade, but this age range is not strict. We will start with a tour of the library, then do birthday and library-themed crafts and minute-to-win-it games. Feel free to drop by even if you come late or need to leave early!

The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.

The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.

NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writers Month. How are you doing with your 50,000 word count so far? Still need some help? Need some more prompts? How about a safe space to read it aloud and get some feedback? We're here to help and so are your fellow writers.

Join Ms. Abbigail for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for the adults accompanying children, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children. 

Join Mike to play King Arthur Pendragon. They will meet each Monday from 3:30-7:30 in the Sterling Public Library's conference room.  This is open to anyone 12 years or older.

Pathfinder is a rich and complex fantasy Role-Playing Game that uses the same d20 ruleset at the core of Dungeons & Dragons. Players take on the role of heroic adventurers, often explorers and scholars employed by the Pathfinder Society, who travel the world solving problems, unravelling mysteries and collecting treasure.

Feel free to email Mike at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Join us for storytime every Monday morning from 10-10:45am. We will sing songs and rhymes, read books, play games, and make a craft. These storytimes are geared toward preschoolers, but all ages are welcome. We will have chairs available for anyone who would like one, and adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in the songs and rhymes with their children.

This new Tuesday session of Preschool Storytime will be the same theme and craft as the Monday Preschool Storytime, but patrons are welcome to attend both sessions if they would like to.

NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writers Month. Oh No! November is almost over and you haven't finished your 50,000 word count? We're still here offering the same thing we have all month long. A safe and quiet space to work, free wifi, writing prompts, and a community of fellow writers to help you out when you need some feedback. Let's finish strong!