Rainier City Library

Rainier City Library Providing diverse learning opportunities to the Rainier community since 1922
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📚Summer Reading starts next Tuesday! Register for the Reading Tracking program at the library from the 9th to the 27th, ...
06/02/2026

📚Summer Reading starts next Tuesday! Register for the Reading Tracking program at the library from the 9th to the 27th, then read or be read to and visit the library all summer to earn cool prizes!

📚🌼 June is here at the Rainier City Library! 🌼📚Join us for a month filled with reading, learning, and community fun!✨ Su...
06/01/2026

📚🌼 June is here at the Rainier City Library! 🌼📚

Join us for a month filled with reading, learning, and community fun!

✨ Summer Reading begins June 9th
🌱 Community Craft Garden – June 24th
📖 Story Time & Herb Garden Activity – June 30th
🎟 Free admission passes available for the Museum at Warm Springs and the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House throughout June

Be sure to check out our full calendar for event details, library hours, and upcoming programs. We look forward to spending the summer with you!

📍 Rainier City Library
📚 Where stories, learning, and community grow together. 🌻

📚🍃 Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman! 🍃📚Today we celebrate the birthday of Walt Whitman, born May 31, 1819.Widely regarded as...
05/31/2026

📚🍃 Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman! 🍃📚

Today we celebrate the birthday of Walt Whitman, born May 31, 1819.

Widely regarded as one of America’s great influential poets, Whitman is best known for his groundbreaking poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which he revised and expanded throughout his life.

His poetry celebrated nature, individuality, democracy, and the shared experiences that connect us all. Though his writing was considered unconventional in its time, Whitman’s work went on to shape generations of poets and writers.

One of his most famous lines reminds us:

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.”

Whether you’re a lifelong poetry lover or discovering his work for the first time, today is a wonderful opportunity to explore the writings of one of America’s literary giants.

📖 What is your favorite poem or poet?

📚💼 Discover the Rainier City Library Business Resource Center 💼📚Looking to grow a business, improve your finances, build...
05/27/2026

📚💼 Discover the Rainier City Library Business Resource Center 💼📚

Looking to grow a business, improve your finances, build new skills, or work toward personal goals?

Stop by the Rainier City Library and explore our new Business Resource Center, created with the support of the Rainier Chamber of Commerce.

This collection includes resources on:
• Small business & entrepreneurship
• Financial literacy & budgeting
• Leadership & personal growth
• Career development & professional skills
• Marketing, organization, and productivity

Whether you are starting a business, planning for the future, or simply looking to learn something new, the library is here to support lifelong learning for our community.

📍 Available now at the Rainier City Library

Your next opportunity may begin with a single book. ✨

Summer Reading starts next month! Read to yourself, be read to, listen to audio books - just read! And turn in weekly re...
05/26/2026

Summer Reading starts next month! Read to yourself, be read to, listen to audio books - just read! And turn in weekly reading trackers to earn prizes and enter to win the grand prize. We also have several events planned, including a community crafting session, two storytimes, a pen and paper rpg adventure, and learning to paint with fiber. Detailed information coming soon!

05/25/2026

🇺🇸📚 Memorial Day 📚🇺🇸

Today, we honor and remembers the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all who have served and to the families who carry their memories forward. Your sacrifice, courage, and dedication will never be forgotten.

As we gather with family and friends this Memorial Day, we pause to reflect on the freedoms made possible through the service of others.

Thank you to all who have served. ❤️

THE GAME IS AFOOT - UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FRI MAY 22 WHEN ALL COMPLETED FORMS ARE DUE BACK AT THE LIBRARY!WHICH MEANS YOU HAV...
05/22/2026

THE GAME IS AFOOT - UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FRI MAY 22 WHEN ALL COMPLETED FORMS ARE DUE BACK AT THE LIBRARY!
WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET YOUR SHEET FROM THE LIBRARY OR PRINT FROM HERE, FOLLOW THE CLUES, FIND THE MISSING BOOK AND GET THE PRIZE! YOU CAN DO THIS! MAKE SHERLOCK HOLMES PROUD ON HIS BIRTHDAY!

🎉📚 Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! 📚🎉Today we celebrate the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born May 22, 185...
05/22/2026

🎉📚 Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! 📚🎉

Today we celebrate the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born May 22, 1859.

Best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle helped shape modern detective fiction and introduced readers to one of literature’s most famous mysteries solvers.

Before becoming a celebrated author, Conan Doyle studied medicine and worked as a physician. During medical school, he was deeply inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, a professor known for his remarkable ability to observe patients closely and deduce details about their lives simply through observation and logic.

Those skills became the inspiration behind Sherlock Holmes’ famous methods of deduction.

In recognition of his literary achievements and public service, Arthur Conan Doyle was granted the title of “Sir” in 1902 by King Edward VII.

📖 Over the course of his career, Conan Doyle wrote:
• 4 Sherlock Holmes novels
• 56 short stories
along with historical fiction, science fiction, adventure stories, and more.

More than a century later, Sherlock Holmes remains one of the most recognized and beloved literary characters in the world.

🔎 “You see, but you do not observe.”

LAST CALL FOR ALL YOU SLEUTHS!Still plenty of time to solve this mystery and win a prize! Return completed form to the l...
05/22/2026

LAST CALL FOR ALL YOU SLEUTHS!
Still plenty of time to solve this mystery and win a prize! Return completed form to the library by 5 pm Friday May 22!
Start with printing this form or getting one from the library. Follow the clues - the first clue is on the form and tells you where to go to find Clue 2, etc. All locations within walking distance of the library in Rainier. All clues can be found in 60-90 minutes. The game is afoot!

05/21/2026

🔍📚 Sherlock Holmes Fun Facts — Part Two 📚🔍

Did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was originally a physician before becoming a famous author?

While studying medicine, Conan Doyle was inspired by one of his professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, who amazed students with his ability to observe tiny details and make accurate deductions about patients. Those methods of careful observation later became the foundation for Sherlock Holmes.

🔎 More Fun Facts:
• Sherlock Holmes is often called the world’s first “consulting detective.”
• The phrase “The game is afoot!” became one of Holmes’ most recognizable expressions.

📖 Through deduction, logic, and observation, Sherlock Holmes forever changed detective fiction and inspired generations of mystery writers.

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