Library Events

Join us EVERY Thursday at 10am at our Petal Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Hattiesburg branch has the same storytime at 10am every Wednes...read more

Join us for our Teen Book Club at the Hattiesburg Library on January 4th, 2025, from 1:30pm-2:30pm! The first novel we will discuss is Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. 

Book Description:Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. ...read more

Join us EVERY Wednesday at 10am at our Hattiesburg Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Petal branch has the same storytime at 10am every Thurs...read more

Join us EVERY Thursday at 10am at our Petal Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Hattiesburg branch has the same storytime at 10am every Wednes...read more

Album Description:OK Computer is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 1997. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of OK Computer in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansio...read more

Book Description: Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars.One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of ...read more

Join us EVERY Wednesday at 10am at our Hattiesburg Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Petal branch has the same storytime at 10am every Thurs...read more

Join us EVERY Thursday at 10am at our Petal Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Hattiesburg branch has the same storytime at 10am every Wednes...read more

Join us at the Hattiesburg Library on Saturday, January 18th from 1:30pm-2:30pm to create your own buttons! Bring your own printed images or choose from our selection. Create your own unique buttons to wear! 

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.Then she finds a strange book. A...read more

Join us EVERY Wednesday at 10am at our Hattiesburg Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Petal branch has the same storytime at 10am every Thurs...read more

Join us EVERY Thursday at 10am at our Petal Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Hattiesburg branch has the same storytime at 10am every Wednes...read more

Join us EVERY Wednesday at 10am at our Hattiesburg Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Petal branch has the same storytime at 10am every Thurs...read more

The Wednesday Noon Book Club will discuss Dark Matter by Blake Crouch for January. Copies of this month's book are available at the Hattiesburg Library Circulation Desk. New members are always welcome and snacks are provided!For any questions, please email group leader Brittany Tibbett: brittany...read more

Join us EVERY Thursday at 10am at our Petal Branch for storytime fun!Storytimes consists of songs, rhymes, reading books, and always a craft to follow!The age range is children 5 years old or younger but all are welcome.Additionally, our Hattiesburg branch has the same storytime at 10am every Wednes...read more