Show us your love!

We love to see how creative our patrons are! Our plain wooden puzzle with a line drawing of Wallkill Public Library has really taken on a new life. And what a fitting prelude to our summer reading program theme this year, Color Our World.

Help us complete our community puzzle by decorating a piece today! Color the pieces here at the library using the markers provided. (Parents, please supervise your children with the permanent markers.)

As soon as every piece is colored in, the puzzle will be assembled and displayed here at the library.

According to the Tate family, we are the best library ever! They made a sign for us to hang in the Children's Room.

This month’s home school teens tried their hand at pyrography, and wood burned cozy scenes in small pine slabs. Impressive! 

Last week, we served up a cup of love with wood burned wooden spoons! 

During the first session of our Saturday Workshop series, everyone made two homemade bars of soap with Maritza Romero of Heaven Scent Candle Co. using a melt-and-pour base that included goat's milk, shea butter, coconut oil and essential oils. Makers chose their own natural scents and flower petals to customize their bars.

If you have your phone,

you'll always have your library card

This month, the RCLS Go App celebrated its first anniversary! Over the past year, the app has made it easier for patrons to access library services on the go, and we want to keep the momentum going.

With the RCLS Go App, you can access and manage your library account anytime. Browse the collection, discover new titles, check out e-content, place holds, create and view lists, and more!

Haven't tried the RCLS Go App yet? Click the link to download it today: https://onelink.to/rclsgo Users will be redirected based on their phone's operating system. Download the app. Log in once with your library card number and PIN, and you're good to go!

Start at anytime!

Join the 2025 Reading Challenge at the Wallkill Public Library! Ask for your challenge card at the Circulation Desk. Read a book for each month as outlined on our challenge card and earn one raffle ticket for every completed month. Complete three challenges, and you’ll receive a special incentive prize plus an extra ticket for the final prize drawing.

The grand prize will be announced later, and the drawing will be held on Friday, January 2, 2026. Don’t miss out on the fun and the chance to win fantastic prizes while expanding your reading horizons!

Wallkill Public Library will be accepting donations of pre-loved and gently used books, CDs, DVDs, & Blu-Rays between now and mid-April in anticipation of the upcoming Town-wide Yard Sale. So, if you would like to clear some shelves for the New Year and support the library, please drop of your book and disc donations. If you have any questions about what sort of materials we will and won't accept please contact us either by stopping by the front desk, calling us at (845) 895-3707, or sending us a message through our Contact Us page: https://www.wallkillpubliclibrary.org/Pages/Index/225518/contact-us

As a rule of thumb, we will NOT accept the following:

• Items that are clearly damaged
• Textbooks or encyclopedias
• Reference or science books more than 5 years old.

The Saturday Morning Book Club will hold their next meeting on Saturday, March 29 at 10:30 a.m. They'll be discussing Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.

The Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .

If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father? This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

The four Delaney children—Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke—were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that’s okay, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure—but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.

-- Goodreads

Board Game Afternoons

Mondays, 3:00-5:00 PM in the Reading Room

We meet in the Reading Room on Mondays from 3-5:00 pm to play classic games and learn contemporary board games like Dungeons & Dragons, Settlers of Catan, Risk, Mysterium, Sherriff of Nottingham, and others. For teens and adults.

Textile Tuesdays

The Wallkill Quilter's Circle is sponsored by the Wallkill Public Library. The Circle meets for Textile Tuesdays in the Community Room at the Shawangunk Town Hall on Tuesdays from 10 am to 2 pm.

Bring your present project and your lunch and join us! No registration necessary.

Mahjong meet-ups

Every Wednesday at 1 pm and Thursday at 6 pm the library hosts our Mahjong Clubs in the Reading Room. If you’re a player or just interested in learning, join us! We supply the games and (a limited number of) mahjong cards. Just drop in, no registration required.

Forgot your card? Check one out at the circulation desk to use during the game!

Thursdays from 2 - 4 pm

Having trouble figuring out your new phone? Need some pointers on how to send that photo to your relatives? Until further notice, the Wallkill Public Library will be conducting weekly Tech Support sessions every Thursday from 2 to 4 PM. Swing by the library Reading Room if you need a hand, and we'll do our best to get you the answers you need and give you the know how to do it yourself. 

No registration required! Walk-ins welcome.

Recycling made easy

Wondering what's the best way to get rid of those used batteries rolling around in your junk drawer?

The Library accepts used batteries and cell phones to be recycled! You will find the WeRecycle Battery Box located on our window seat. Please use a plastic baggie (found on the side of the box) to place your batteries or cell phones in before placing them in the battery recycle box. Quick, easy, convenient, and environmentally friendly!

Ack! 

A silly little leprechaun has left little green boot prints all over the Children's Room! Starting on March 4th through March 31st, visit the Children's Room to see how many you can find for a chance to win the leprechaun's special treasure... One submission total per child under the age of 12 please; a winner will be chosen randomly in April.

With apologies, our Take Your Child to the Library Day event on February 1 had to be rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. Join us in the Children's Room on our reboot date, Saturday, March 1 any time between 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, to do a scavenger hunt - once you complete your list, grab a prize and a free book! There will also be snacks... and some other things you can do while you're here - borrow a book or DVD, sign-up for a program, take a tour... and sign-up for a library card, if you don't already have one! Registration is not required - for ages 12 and under. While supplies last.

Zoe the Therapy Dog returns!

After a short winter break, Zoe returns for her next visit with us on March 18 at 10:30 AM. Zoe loves to join in on the fun - she also enjoys being read to and will take some gentle pets along the way…she might even surprise us with some tricks! For children ages 8 & under; please register each child separately at the following link to our online calendar: https://wallkillpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/13476634

In celebration of Agricultural Literacy Week, join Faith Shultz, 4-H Educator from the Ulster County Cornell Cooperative Extension, for a special STEM storytime and activity on Wednesday, March 19 at 11:00 AM. 

Miss Faith will read The Pie That Molly Grew by Sue Heavenrich, a story which illustrates how just one seed can make a difference. The children will then plant their own pumpkin seeds to take home so that they can see the agricultural process come to life! For children ages 3 & up; please register each child separately at the following link to our online calendar: https://wallkillpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/13478388

Music Program Coming Soon!

We are thrilled to announce that a monthly music program for young children will be coming soon to the Children's Room... stay tuned for more details! 

We had a snuggly good time at our pajama storytime this past weekend! In addition to hearing fun stories like Deborah Wood's The Napping House, we sang songs and played games. A fun question to ponder from one of our games: "Would you rather have one eye in the middle of your head or two noses?" Our friends were split right down the middle in their answers!

Special Book Display

Check out our special book display in March, celebrating Women's History Month and all of the amazing contributions of women around the globe!

Take & Makes

Did you know that we have weekly sign-ups for *FREE* craft kits? Register for "Miss Michelle's Take-and-Make Craft" each week by Tuesday to pick-up a take-and-make craft kit on Thursday or after! Recently we made Wiggly Snakes, to celebrate The Year of the Snake, and Pop-up Groundhogs with a little winter poem. For children ages 3 & up. Please register each child separately on our online calendar at the following link: https://wallkillpubliclibrary.libcal.com/calendar/wpl_programs_events

Ongoing children's programming

In the Children’s Room on our lower level

• Storytime is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 AM,
• Crafting Caboodles is on Tuesdays at 11:00 AM, and
• STEM is on Wednesdays at 11:00 AM.
• We also have take-and-make sign-ups again!

Please click on the button below to link to our online calendar to register for these programs.

• Our doors are open for library services including browsing for library materials, making copies, sending faxes, and using the public access computers.
• Our bookdrop is open for contact-free and after-hours returns of library materials. Be sure to secure DVD and BCD cases with rubber bands.
• Curbside delivery of pre-ordered items is available by request. Call the circulation desk at 845-895-3707 to make a pick-up appointment.
• Fine-free returns on everything, except museum/park passes.
• Inter-library loans are available between all RCLS libraries.
• In-person programming for all ages!
• Museum passes are available to Wallkill Public Library patrons for the Empire Pass, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, Historic Huguenot Street Tour Pass, Mohonk Preserve, Motorcylcepedia, Museum Village, and Storm King Art Center. Plus, more print-at-home museum passes available through the Ulster County InfoPortal on the library’s website.
• We are not accepting any donations of books or DVDs at this time.