January 2024

All Clay County Public Libraries will be closed on

• Monday, January 1 in observance of New Years Day 
• Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

No materials will be due during holiday closures.

Our digital library is always open. Your library card gives you access to online content you can check out any time, anywhere from your computer or digital device!

This month's highlights include:

Keep Calm and Color On!

• Orange Park Library - Friday, January 5 at 2 p.m.

DIY Tie-Dye: Canvas Tote Bag*

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Saturday, January 6 at 10 a.m. *Registration required.
  
• Keystone Heights Library - Friday, January 12 at 10 a.m. *Registration required.
  
• Green Cove Springs Library - Thursday, January 18 at 6:30 p.m. *Registration required.
  
• Fleming Island Library - Saturday, January 20 at 2 p.m.*Registration required.

Book Folded Hearts*

• Keystone Heights Library - Tuesday, January 16 at 6 p.m. *Registration required.
  
• Green Cove Springs Library - Monday, January 29 at 6 p.m. *Registration required.
  

Coloring Page Sun Catchers

• Keystone Heights Library - Friday, January 19 at 10 a.m.

Crochet & Chat

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Friday, January 19 at 2 p.m.

Jewelry Making

• Fleming Island Library - Saturday, January 27 at 10 a.m.

Wood Burning Art

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Wednesday, January 31 at 6 p.m.

Visit the Creation Space on our website to see the available equipment, book an orientation appointment, or to reserve the equipment after completing the orientation. 

Read Between the Wines Book Club

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - Thursday, January 4 at 7 p.m. This library book club meets in the back room of Red's Wine Bar, 414 Walnut St., Green Cove Springs. A look ahead: February's book is:The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

Keystone Heights Library Book Club

Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff - Friday, January 5 at 10 a.m. This book club meets in the meeting room at Keystone Heights Library.  A look ahead: February's book is: A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith

Middleburg-Clay Hill Library Book Club

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline - Monday, January 8  at 6 p.m. This book club meets in the meeting room at Middleburg-Clay Hill Library. A look ahead: February's book is: The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkle

Fleming Island Library Book Club

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - Saturday, January 13 at 10 a.m. This book club meets in the meeting room at Fleming Island Library. A look ahead: February's book is: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Orange Park Library Book Club

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - Tuesday, January 16 at 6 p.m. This book club meets in the conference room at Orange Park Library. A look ahead: February's book is: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Adult Winter Reading Bingo is happening now at all Clay County Public Libraries! 

If you haven't yet picked up your bingo card, stop by any library branch to get your card today.  Once you complete your bingo card return to the library to get your next bingo card for a second chance to be entered into a random drawing for a Books-a-Million gift card.  

All bingo card must be returned to the library by 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 15 to be entered into the random drawing.  Winners will be drawn on Thursday, February 22 and will be notified via the information provided on the winning bingo card.

Barbershop Quartet: The Big Orange

• Fleming Island Library - Saturday, January 27 at 2 p.m.

Zumba®Gold

• Fleming Island Library - Tuesday, January 2 at 10:30 a.m.

Tobacco Cessation Class

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Saturday, January 6 at 3 p.m.
• Fleming Island Library - Wednesday, January 17 at 5:30 p.m.

• Computer/Internet basics
• Microsoft Office
• Phone apps
• E-readers/Tablets
• Digital library resources (Libby, hoopla, LinkedIn Learning, etc.)
• and More!

Need help?  Make an appointment!

Bingo For Books

• Fleming Island Library - Friday, January 5 at 10 a.m.

Rummikub® Klub

• Fleming Island Library - Saturday, January 6 at 2 p.m.
• Orange Park Library - Tuesday, January 9 at 2 p.m.

This month's highlights include:

Clay County Public Library School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

These programs for teens are inspired by the Harry Potter book series

Young Investors Club

• Orange Park Library - January 4 at 6 p.m. *Registration Required

Artsy Keychains

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Thursday, January 4 at 6 p.m.

Discover Art Through 3D Pens

• Green Cove Springs Library - Monday, January 8 at 6 p.m.

Teen Homeschool Hangout

• Fleming Island Library - Monday, January 8 at 1 p.m.

Teen Vinyl Record Art Event

• Orange Park Library - Wednesday, January 10 at 2:30 p.m.

Teen Perler Bead Art

• Fleming Island Library - Thursday, January 11 at 2:30 p.m.

This month's highlights include:

• Green Cove Springs Library - Tuesday, January 9 at 6 p.m.
  • Origami Lotus Book Binding

• Fleming Island Library - Thursday, January 18 at 4 p.m.

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Saturday, January 20 at 2 p.m.

• Keystone Heights Library - Wednesday, January 3 from 3:30 - 7 p.m.

Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Tuesday, January 9 at 4 p.m. Tissue Paper Art Keystone Heights Library - Wednesday, January 10 at 4 p.m. Salt Snowflakes Orange Park Library - Wednesday, January 10 at 4:30 p.m. Art Inspired by Yayoi Kusama Fleming Island Library - Tuesday, January 16 at 4 p.m. Art Inspired by Artist Georgia O'Keeffe Green Cove Springs Library - Tuesday, January 30 at 6 p.m. Egg Carton Pirate Ships

• Fleming Island Library - Tuesday, January 2 at 4 p.m.
  • Rainbow in a Jar
• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Tuesday, January 2 at 4 p.m.
  • Owls
• Keystone Heights Library -  Wednesday, January 17 at 4 p.m.
  • Snow Slime
• Orange Park Library - Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
  • Flight with Paper Airplanes

• Orange Park Library - Wednesday, January 31 from 3 - 7 p.m.

• Fleming Island Library - Monday, January 8 at 1 p.m.

Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Wednesday, January 10 at 4 p.m. Winter Wonderland Orange Park Library - Wednesday, January 17 at 4:30 p.m. Animals and their Habitats Fleming Island Library - Saturday, January 20 at 2 p.m. LEGO® Mansions Green Cove Springs Library - Saturday, January 20 at 2 p.m. International LEGO® Day

• Orange Park Library - Wednesday, January 3 at 4:30 p.m.
• Fleming Island Library - Wednesday, January 24 at 4 p.m.

Clay County Public Libraries is excited to provide the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program for families with young children in Clay County.

The goal of this program is to promote reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers while providing the opportunity for parent/child bonding through reading. 

• Orange Park Library - Mondays at 10:30 a.m.
  • 1/1 - Library closed - No storytime
  • 1/8- Theme: Airplanes
  •  1/15 - Library closed - No storytime
  • 1/22 - Theme: Bears
  • 1/29 - Theme: Cars

• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library -Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.
  • 1/2 - Theme: Singing
  • 1/9 - Theme: Teddy Bears
  • 1/16 - Theme: Snow
  • 1/23 - Theme: Cookies
  • 1/30 - Theme: Fish
• Fleming Island Library -  Thursdays at 10:15 and 11 a.m.
  • 1/4 - Theme: Blankets and Quilts
  • 1/11- Theme: Bears
  • 1/18- Theme: Pets
  • 1/25 - Theme: Snow

• Fleming Island Library - Tuesdays at 10:15 and 11 a.m.
  • 1/5- Theme: Bears
  • 1/9- Theme: Things that Go
  • 1/16 - Theme: Winter
  • 1/23 - Theme: Penguins
  • 1/30 - Theme: Hello and Goodbye

• Fleming Island Library - Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m.
  • 1/3 - Theme: Letters A and B
  • 1/10 - Theme: Letters C and D
  • 1/17 - Theme: Letters E and F
  • 1/24 - Theme: Letters G and H
  • 1/31 - Theme: Letters I and J
• Green Cove Springs - Fridays at 10:30 a.m.
  • 1/5- Theme: Bigfoot
  • 1/12 - Theme: Lions
  • 1/19 - Theme: Hippos
  • 1/26 - Special Guest: Mother Goose

• Orange Park Library - Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.
  • 1/2 - Theme: Mittens
  • 1/9- Theme: Pizza
  • 1/16 - Theme: Penguins
  • 1/23 - Theme: Hibernation
  • 1/30 - Theme: Birds
• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
  • 1/3 - Theme: Birds
  • 1/10 - Theme: Alligators
  • 1/17 - Theme: Lions
  • 1/24 - Theme: Foxes
  • 1/31 - Theme: Wolves
• Keystone Heights Library - Thursdays at 11 a.m.
  • 1/4 - Theme: Get Up and Move
  • 1/11 - Theme: Emotions
  • 1/18 - Theme: Books that Don’t Want to be Read
  • 1/25 - Theme: Turning Accidents into Art

Orange Park Library - Friday, January 5 at 10:30 a.m. Watercolor Paint

• Keystone Heights Library - Tuesday, January 9 at 11:30 a.m.
  • Winter
• Green Cove Springs Library - Thursday, January 18 at 10:30 a.m.
  • Why Things Sink or Float
• Middleburg-Clay Hill Library - Saturday, January 20 at 10:30 a.m.
  • Size, Shape, and Amount

Green Cove Springs Library - Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. 1/24 - Special program: Percussion for Preschoolers Keystone Heights Library - Wednesdays  at 11 a.m. Orange Park Library - Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Fleming Island Library - Monday, January 8 at 10:15 a.m.