Whitefish Community Library

Visit us at 5 pm on Tuesday, June 17 to get first dibs on books when the Whitefish Library Association holds its first book sale of the summer.

Monday, June 16th marks the first day of Whitefish Community Library’s Summer Reading season. Our theme is Relax and Unwind, something that is easy to do with a good book!

Our first event is the ever-popular Wild Wings Raptors – rehabilitators of magnificent birds that they’ll bring to our East Lawn on Thursday, June 19th at 10:30 a.m.

As always, the Summer Reading challenge is open to ALL ages – just check out our Prize List! You’ll find something to read for.

And as always, our readers will support a local nonprofit with their reading and the generous sponsorship of the Whitefish Credit Union. This year’s nonprofit is Miracle League, which is working to rehab their baseball playing field for the benefit of all abilities.

This student is looking forward to adding her stickers to the Miracle League banner, located next to the Circulation desk in the Library. Find out more information and how to get started on our Summer Reading 2025 page.

Our new summer hours start June 2nd:

Mondays: 10-7 (Late Night @ the Library!)

Tuesdays: 9-5 (June through September only)

Wednesdays / Thursdays: 10-6

Fridays: 11-5

Saturdays: 12-5

Sundays: Closed

Whitefish Community Library will close on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26th. The Library reopens Tuesday, May 27 at 10 a.m.

Memorial Day, also known as “Decoration Day,” is celebrated in the United States to remember those who died in service, and was first celebrated in 1865 to honor those fallen in the Civil War. It was later extended to honor all American military personnel who gave the ultimate sacrifice in all wars.

Want to know more about this tradition? Find out on this Library of Congress page which has links to historic U.S. newspaper archives chronicling the history of Memorial Day.

We just received our copy of the Summer Field Trip Guide from the Montana Native Plant Society. I counted 55 different trips from May until December, led by “ecologists, botanists, naturalists and natural scientists” and happening throughout the state. What an opportunity to soothe your soul with some good ol’ Montana nature!

Find the guide in the Library’s reading room, along with the Native Plant Society’s newsletters. Read the guidelines, contact the trip leader, and plan to take a mosey this summer.

If you can’t make it to the Library, the society publishes their Field Trip Guide online. Find it on their website HERE.

R.E.A.D. stands for Reading Education Assistance Dog and it’s no joke! These specially trained teams provide kids with an enjoyable way to practice reading.

Follow the puppy tracks through the Library every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30, to the children’s area where you’ll find Shelby, or Andi, or another friendly pup who will listen while you read your favorite story to them.

Sign up for a 10-minute slot, (you can do this ahead of time by calling the Library – 406-862-9914) and enjoy your time with a specially trained R.E.A.D. team (one dog and one facilitator) from Intermountain Therapy Animals.

The Library follows the City of Whitefish holiday closures including Good Friday on April 18th this year. We wish a safe and peaceful holiday to all.

Meanwhile, at the Library: some of us will be putting Peeps into the microwave to watch them swell up and burst. Others of us will actually eat them! And at least one of us will seal them in plastic so that they will keep forever (which they will do anyway….)

The Library re-opens on Saturday, April 19th at 12 p.m.