Woodlake Branch Library

10/17/2026

Storytime Book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, published by HarperCollins.

Max, a wild and naughty boy, is sent to bed without his supper by his exhausted mother. In his room, he imagines sailing far away to a land of Wild Things. Instead of eating him, the Wild Things make Max their king.
-Goodreads

10/14/2026

Banned Books Week may be over, but the fight for the freedom to read is far from finished! From challenging censorship to celebrating every voice and story, let’s keep the pages turning and the freedom to read alive. Because books belong on shelves, in hands, and in hearts—not on banned lists.

10/07/2026

Banned Books Week continues and today we are highlighting the top 11 books challenged in 2025. During 2025, 4,235 titles were challenged. Of those unique titles, data was separated into the top books challenged and you can see which books were challenged the most in 2025. More information on challenged books and Banned Books Week can be found at https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

10/07/2026

10/07/2026

The theme for Banned Books Week (October 4-10) is "Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read." The American Library Association (ALA) Office of Intellectual Freedom collects censorship information on books that are challenged. Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and it highlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.
Banned Books Week promotes shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even if the ideas are unpopular. This information highlights censorship data collected by ALA for the year 2025. The data is broken down into informative categories including who challenges books and censorship trends.
During Banned Books Week. Tulare County Library branches will have banned book displays so be sure to check them out.

10/07/2026

Join Tulare County Library in celebrating the grand opening of the new Springville Branch Library on Friday, October 9, 2026, from 3 to 5 PM at 35697 Highway 190, Springville, California.

The grand opening features a ceremony with Tulare County Supervisor Dennis Townsend (District Five), representatives of the Springville Chamber of Commerce, County Librarian Darla Wegener, and others as we recount the road to bringing this new branch library in Springville.

Come tour the library, hear music from local band Occasional Brass, and make crafts with the Library’s staff.

Ribbon cutting at 3:30pm