Fayetteville Public Library Board Of Trustees

1 2 3  Key Upcoming Events Tim Ernst – 50th Anniversary Book CFI Family: DIY Smart Holiday Ornament * & Slideshow Presentation Thursday, December 18, 5:30pm Wednesday, December 3, 5pm You’ll assemble and decorate a smart holiday ornament Photographer Tim Ernst will present his latest book, that glows with customizable lighting effects in this Arkansas Nature Photographer: My 50th Anniversary, hands-on, family-friendly class. Registration is required. which features new photos taken from 2022 to 2025. Books will be available for sale and signing before and after the slideshow presentation, which will begin at Beginner’s Hand Embroidery Workshop with 5:30pm. Visiting Artist Aimee Ray Sunday, January 18, 2pm Pearl’s Books Local Author Fair Our first Visiting Artist of 2026, Aimee Ray, will help you Saturday, December 6, 12–4pm learn the basics of hand embroidery! We’ll cover supplies, techniques, and a variety of stitches that you can use to Chat with local authors and find the perfect book to embellish clothing, bags, other craft projects, or artwork. get signed as a special gift for a loved one (or yourself!) Aimee Ray’s work will be on display in the Lucky Day Featured local authors include Jeremy Billingsley, Talya Lobby from January 5 through March 30. Tate Boerner, Gustav Carlson, Tom Hapgood, Nancy Hartney, David Holcomb, Angie Johnson, Peggy Konert, Susan Ligon, Madi Love, Kay Pritchett, Taylor Smith, Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Club and Cindy Quayle. Saturday, January 24, 11am Join us in 2026 for a new book club experience! Each Family Gingerbread House Decorating – month, we will provide a prompt, and you can pick Community Library Display * any book that fits that criteria or genre to read for the Sunday, December 7, 1pm upcoming meeting and to share with the club. BYOB Club will meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month Bring candy and the whole family to decorate a at 11am. January’s prompt is “BookTok.” Read a book gingerbread house that will be displayed in the library that you’ve heard about on TikTok or other social media throughout December! FPL will provide the cardboard platforms and come ready to discuss! houses and icing. Registration (one per family) is required. Super Saturday: Mömandpöp! Stuffed Animal Lock-In * Saturday, January 31, 10am Friday, December 12, 9am – 4:45pm (drop-off) Award-winning songwriters Virginia Ralph and Bobby Drop your stuffed animal off at FPL for a lock-in! The Matthews will perform music that combines creative stuffed animal will spend the evening having fun at the movement with using your imagination. library and you’ll get picture updates all evening via text! Registration is required. faylib.org / 401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville, AR 72701 4 5 6 Good afternoon, I just wanted to send a note of thanks and say how grateful we are for this library, especially for the teen section set-up that does not allow adults past a certain point. Both of my kids (11 years old and 15 years old) regularly meet their friends in the teen section and love it there! I'm so glad they have this fun space to hang out with their friends. As a parent, I'm especially grateful they have a safe place for only tweens/teens where they can have fun and explore their independence. THANK YOU for giving them this amazing safe space to be with their friends! * A patron stopped by the Welcome Desk to tell us that it was her first visit to the library and Jade was very helpful. She said Jade was so patient and kind and made everything easy for her. I thought you would want to know! Thanks! * Ms. Gina, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for coordinating the teen cooking program yesterday. My children thoroughly enjoyed the activity and came home full of enthusiasm and positivity. It was a joy to see how excited they were to share what they had learned! Thank you for all the effort, care, and creativity you and your team put into making the library such a wonderful place for our community. 7 8