Our Summer Reading program has tons of great events this month, including our Native Innovations exhibit, Tidepool Tango, and Journey Under the Sea!

For a detailed view of all our events in August click HERE

Storytelling Festival

Saturday, August 24, 2024

2:00 PM

Come join the Sandy Public Library as we host an animated retelling of some of your favorite children's stories. Presented by our teen intern and a group of local teens, this will be fun for the whole family!

Tidepool Tango

Wednesday, August 7

2:00 PM

Meinig Park Gazebo

Thursday, August 8

2:00 PM

Hoodland Library

Join the Oregon Coast Aquarium for a tidepool themed dance party! Learn how your favorite invertebrates move—and don’t move—with the rhythm of the tides.

This program is offered by the Oregon Coast Aquarium as part of the 2024 Summer Reading Program.

Journey Under the Sea

Wednesday, August 21

10:00 AM

Sandy Library

Wednesday, August 21

2:00 PM

Hoodland Library

Dive into an ocean of hands-on science fun while exploring Oregon's underwater environments. Discover the amazing variety of life beneath the waves in beautiful kelp forests or rugged, rocky reefs. Engage in activities and investigations that will inspire you to protect Oregon's diverse ocean habitat.



This program is offered by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History as part of the 2024 Summer Reading Program.

Special Exhibit: Native Innovations

August 13 - September 10, 2024

Sandy Library Fireplace Room

Beginning August 13, the Sandy Public Library will be hosting the special traveling exhibit, Native Innovations.

Celebrate engineering innovations designed and used by First Nations in Oregon. This exhibit will explore how Native Americans have used knowledge, creativity, and ingenuity to solve problems for thousands of years, and continue to do so today. Participants will be invited to try their own hand at engineering, while learning from examples of traditional Indigenous technologies related to housing, travel, tools, recreation, resource management, and more.



This program is offered by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History as part of the 2024 Summer Reading Program.

Sandy Seed Library: Composting with Garden Debris & Worm Bins

August 15, 2024

6:00 PM

Sandy Community Room



Master Recycler, Kris LaMar will present on how composting with garden debris is easy and cheap, and you will have a strong and healthy garden when you add compost. Use compost to provide nutrients, to reduce your need for fertilizer and to improve the quality of clay or sandy soil. It also can be used as a mulch to control weeds and save water.



A worm bin can eliminate most of your food waste and at the same time provide soil amendments and fertilizer. Redworms are recyclers that transform kitchen waste to humus-rich soil conditioner in just a few months. To make them work for you, you need only supply them with a home, furnished with bedding and food.