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Build Your Own Marble Run
Building a marble run is not only lots of fun, it is a great way for kids to show their creativity and practice their problem-solving skills, while learning about gravity and momentum! Gather your materials: Empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls Scissors Masking tape or painter’s tape Something small and lightweight that can roll. Rolling up a quarter sheet of paper into a ball and putting tape around it to make it smoother works well. A small pom pom or ping pong ball works well too. Optional materials: A bowl or cup to catch the rolling object A large piece of cardboard Decorations Instructions: Cut some toilet paper or paper towel rolls into half, lengthwise, to form chutes. Leave a few whole for tunnels. Tape the chutes, connecting one to another, onto a wall, a door, or a large piece of cardboard propped up against a wall. You can use a combination of chutes and tunnels, just make sure they point downwards at an angle. Try making a zig zag from top to bottom. Steep angles will make the ball roll faster, so watch out! Experiment with other ways to make the rolling object roll all the way from the top to the bottom. You may need to adjust angles, distances between chutes, or add cardboard stoppers to the ends of some of them. You can also experiment with different rolling objects to see how fast or how slow they make it through the course. Use a bowl or cup to catch the rolling object. Decorate your course if you want to. Have fun! Here are some marble run examples from Peik-Kuan at the Corvallis Public [Read more]
Kids Book Club
Kids Book Club: Take-Home Kits The Kids Book Club is for kids in grades 2-3. The Kids Book Club includes a paperback copy of an early chapter book, discussion questions, and a craft. A limited number of copies of the book are provided by the Friends of the Library. Please contact Youth Services Librarian Kristin with any questions. The 2025-2026 Kids Book Club Kits will be offered on the following dates: Saturday, August 2, 2025: Disaster Squad #1: Wildfire Rescue by Rekha S. Rajan Saturday, September 6, 2025: Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows Saturday, November 1, 2025: The Story of Gumluck the Wizard by Adam Rex Saturday, January 3, 2026: Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake Upcoming Title Disaster Squad #1: Wildfire Rescue by Rekha S. Rajan August 2, 2025: Disaster Squad #1: Wildfire Rescue by Rekha S. Rajan The Jackson family, including eight-year-old Jaden and his sister Leela, travel the United States responding to disasters, helping people and rescuing animals--but they have never responded to a wildfire like the one raging in Northern California. A limited number of kits will be available for pick-up beginning Saturday, August 2, 2025 on a first-come, first-served basis at each library branch. A small number of kits will also be available for home delivery. Please contact Youth Services at 541-766-6794 for more information. Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows September 6, 2025: Stella & Marigold by Annie Barrows Two sisters, Stella and Marigold, do all the regular things, like go to school, but they also share adventures (both real and imagined) and secret sister things. A limited number of kits will be available for pick-up beginning Saturday, [Read more]
Sip & Spell: A Spelling Bee for Adults
Sip & Spell: A Spelling Bee for Adults (ages 18+) The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library and the Majestic Theatre present Sip & Spell: A Spelling Bee for Adults on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre (115 SW 2nd St) in Corvallis! We will be pulling all of the big words out of the dictionary for Sip & Spell: A Spelling Bee for Adults. Show off your intellectual prowess as a speller or cheer on all of the brave contestants. You must be at least 18 years old to spell, but all ages are welcome in the audience! Stay tuned for more details!! This event is sponsored by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, The Majestic Theatre, and Parks and Recreation of the City of Corvallis. For more information, please call 541-766-6793.
Classroom Cards
New! Classroom Cards for Instructional Use Classroom Cards With the Classroom Card, teachers can check out materials for their classroom without any overdue fines. Classroom Cards: are for borrowing materials to use with your students are separate from personal library cards and are for instructional use only have a six-week loan period for most items are fine free for most items may have up to two lost items removed with no charge each year Who Can Get a Classroom Card? People who: teach children in childcare, preschool, or kindergarten through grade 12 live or teach in the library's service district teach in their community, including homeschool, after school services such as STARS, and GED or literacy programs To Get a Classroom Card: Visit a Corvallis-Benton County Public Library location with photo identification. Please bring one of these items with you - or talk to us about options: School or childcare identification School or childcare pay stub Letter on school or childcare letterhead from the school administrator or childcare director Homeschooling letter from the Education Service District Oregon State Child Care Division certification For more information, contact Library Circulation: 541-766-6448.
Reading Time with the Queens
Monday, June 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Youth Activity Room Local drag performers will be sashaying into the Library! Get ready to read and sing with the queens to celebrate PRIDE month in Corvallis! Open to kids from 0-100! Remember to wear lots of colors!
Dia Celebration
Dia Celebration (Diversity in Action) Día, also known as El día de los niños/El día de los libros or Children’s Day/Book Day, is a celebration of children, families and reading held annually in April. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Día is part of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Games Day
Join the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library and over a thousand libraries around the world in celebrating International Games Week @ Your Library on Saturday, November 2nd from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. in the Main Meeting Room. A wide variety of board games, card games, and video games for all ages will be free to play on a first-come, first-served basis. Examples of games that will be available to play include classic favorites such as Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Monopoly, Scrabble, Chess, and Checkers; new standards such as Settlers of Catan, Forbidden Island, Apples to Apples, and Pandemic; and various video games for consoles such as Xbox One. Attendees may drop in at any time during the event to try new games, play old favorites, or simply watch all of the fun. This event kicks off a monthly gaming meetup at the library for all ages that will take place January – March 2020 (no Games Day in December) on the 1st Saturday of every month (Jan. 4th, Feb. 1st, Mar. 7th) during which all ages are invited to play board games, card games, and video games in the library’s Main Meeting Room. International Games Week @ Your Library is an international initiative supported by the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, and Nordic Game Day. For more information about International Games Week please visit http://games.ala.org/international-games-week/.