Adults
Online Resources
While the Library is closed, it’s a great time to discover the resources BPL offers online. Check out e-books and audiobooks, take a class, learn a new language, stream your favorite music and much more. Try it out today!
Don’t forget to check out our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds - BPL will also be posting links to other great sites that have other ways to educate, entertain and distract you!
Adult Summer Reading Continues in July!
"Imagine Your Story" with BPL’s Summer Reading program. 2020 Summer Reading program. You can register yourself or sign up as a family group, and Adults can continue logging their reading and activity progress until July 25th. Log your books, complete weekly activities, and participate in our online events to earn points and enter drawings for wonderful gift cards and grand prize baskets! Click here for more information and to sign up.
The Adult Reading Olympics
July’s Challenge: "Imagine Your Story, Part II: Biographies and Memoirs." We celebrated imaginative fiction in June, and this month we’d like you to put yourself in the shoes of a real-life person. Pick up a biography or a memoir, and then let us know what you thought by completing the badge on your Reading Olympics homepage. This challenge is available from July 1st through the 31st, and is the first challenge for Quarter 3!
The Reading Olympics will continue through December, and you can join at any time. Sign up and start working towards your reading goals--or stretch outside your comfort zone with monthly exercises in different genres or authors. Log your reading to earn points, and complete monthly reading challenges! You will be awarded badges for the completed challenges, and be entered into quarterly prize drawings. At the end of the year, top readers will be entered into grand prize drawings based on the number of points you earn! Are you ready for this challenge? Sign Up Now!
Matthew Gurnsey, The Kilted Man, Returns for an Online Performance
The Billings Public Library is pleased to welcome back acclaimed musician Matthew Gurnsey, The Kilted Man, who will be performing on Saturday, July 11th,via Billings Public Library’s social media streaming platform. The performance will begin at 2:00 pm.
Let the Kilted Man take you on a journey through the mists of time and the magic of Fairy land. Visitthe mountain homes of dwarves and dragons and hear the plaintive love song ofthe King of the Fairies. Sorrow with the Picts as they stand against the legionsof Rome and hold your breath as Bonny Prince Charlie escapes across the sea. Shiver as ghosts float through the streets and highwaymen gallop to their doom in dark forests. Love and adventure await you when the Kilted Man spins his tales of Celtic wonder!
100 Hats Challenge
Our library Knitting Circle is challenging itself to gather 100 locally hand knit or crocheted hats to send to children, teens, and adults who need help staying warm in 2020. To date we have collected over 200 hats from community crafters to be distributed to Family Services serving the Billings and Yellowstone County area, and Operation Gratitude to support veterans and active military serving far from home. *We ask that knitters and crocheters continue to create hats and scarves through the COVID-19 disruption and to store their creations at home until it is safe once again for the library to collect these items. Follow these links for guidelines and free patterns if you are crafting for Operation Gratitude. Please remember to attach a tag listing the item’s fiber content!