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Saturday, May 15

Watch Now: Babies & Toddlers Storytime Week 10

9:00am - 5:00pm

Watch Now: Preschool Storytime Week 10

9:00am - 5:00pm

Monday, May 17

Read 100 Books Before You Graduate

9:00am - 5:00pm

Join the May Reading Challenge!

9:00am - 5:00pm

Watch Now: Preschool Storytime Week 11

9:00am - 5:00pm

Getting to Normal: Come Read, Work, and Study in the Library

We’re getting back to normal. Our study rooms and sitting areas are open again, and we're more like the library you remember and love.

Love & Connection: The Songs of Singer-Songwriter Thea Hopkins

Thea is the winner of the 2020 Great American Song Contest. She’s performed at the Kennedy Center, and she’s worked with Paul from Peter, Paul and Mary.

A Purple Martin (photo credit: Gregory Gough, Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

Start a Purple Martin Colony in Your Backyard: An Online Event

Join Warwick citizen scientist Lois Graydon for a presentation on Purple Martins, the largest swallows in North America, on Monday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

Breakfast Served All Day: The Story of the Rhode Island Diner

What’s on the menu? An exploration of all-things diner with Rhody Radio host Tom Shaker. Listen now and prepare to get hungry.

TUNE IN HERE for History, Music, Meditation, and More

Enjoy lectures, stories, and conversations with local experts, artists, performers, and scholars brought to you by Warwick Public Library.

Director's Updates

Our goal is to provide quality library services to the residents of Warwick in a safe manner.

May Reading Challenge

Updated on Thursday, April 22

This May we celebrate Asian-American & Pacific Islander voices. Find some wonderful new reads and keep your daily reading habit! May 1 - May 31

Recent News

Storytime on the Lawn

Updated on Tuesday, March 23

Virtual VolunTEENS

Updated on Wednesday, February 03

Request a Book Bundle for Kids

Updated on Tuesday, January 05

Staff Reviews

Action Park : Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill

Reviewed by Colleen

The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son. Often...

Obit.

Reviewed by Wil

Every day, there’s someone in the library looking for an obituary. Sometimes they want an obituary for a family member or a friend. Sometimes they're trying to find an ancestor’s obit. But they always want one with facts about that person and their...

Sweet Dreams of Patsy Cline

Reviewed by Lou

Patsy Cline's star burned brightly for a very few years, but it's a testament to her extraordinarily expressive voice—and a trio of indelible songs—that she is an essential artist 57 years after her death at the age of 30.  But hers was not an...