Camas Public Library
31 upcoming events
Listings from The Columbian Events Calendar, Vancouver Family Magazine Community Events Calendar, Camas Public Library, OpenMic.us Portland Area Open Mic Directory
When Aging Parents Need More Support
Tales with Tails
- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on August 21, 2026 @ 10:00am.
- This event is for registrants grade 1st Grade to 5th Grade.
Improve your reading skills by reading to a therapy dog! These 15 minute sessions will give you the opportunity to boost your confidence and practice your skills to the best listener around.
Registration is REQUIRED for this program.
Please review the available time slots listed below to ensure they fit your schedule before registering.
- 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
- 4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
- 4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
- 5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
This program is meant for kids in grades 1-5 who are wanting a safe space to practice their literacy. If you have a child outside of this age range that would be interested, please contact the library.
Please note each child needs to be registered to attend.
Dates Available:
9/21/26
10/5/26 & 10/19/26
11/2/26 & 11/16/26
12/21/26
1/4/27
2/1/27
3/1/27 & 3/15/27
4/5/27 & 4/19/27
5/3/27 & 5/17/27
Disclaimer(s) A/ccommodations/We strive to ensure our events are accessible to everyone. If you require special accommodations to join us, please call 360.834.4692 or email [email protected] at least two weeks before the event.
Accompanying AdultsThis program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program.//
Multi-day events
20+Rainbow Reads
Unabridged: A Classics Book Club
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
English Conversation Group for Adults
The Camas Public Library hosts a monthly English Conversation Group on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 12:30-2 p.m. Attendees will practice speaking, listening and expressing one’s self confidently. Attendees will enhance their language skills in a supportive and engaging environment. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/TSITP.
Rainbow Reads
Rainbow Reads is a book club for LGBTQIA+ teens and their allies. We will be reading YA fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels that feature LGBTQIA+ characters & themes, or literature written by someone from the LGBTQIA+ community.
This month’s book is The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich.
After you register for this club, pick up a copy of the book at the service desk at the Library. The book is yours to keep just for attending the discussion. This book is also available as an ebook on Libby. This service is free with your Library card.
- Registration is required for this event.
- This event is for registrants grade 6th Grade to 12th Grade.
We strive to ensure our events are accessible to everyone. If you require special accommodations to join us, please call 360.834.4692 or email [email protected] at least two weeks before the event.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Page Turners
The Camas Public Library hosts Page Turners book club for kids in fourth through sixth graders and their adults. The club meets from 6-7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. To attend, register at CamasPL.org/pageturners or call 360-834-4692, then pick up the book at the library. After the meeting, keep the book for free.
Teen Songwriting Workshop
Storytellers Scene Workshop
Learn the building blocks of a great scene through playful storytelling, character choices, and TTRPG-inspired adventures! For kids in grades 3-5 with an adult.
- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on November 5, 2026 @ 4:00pm.
- This event is for registrants grade 3rd Grade to 5th Grade.
Gravestone Gossip: The Stories of the Clark County Pioneers
Gravestone Gossip: The Stories of the Clark County Pioneers
Take a warm, dry, “virtual” tour of the pioneer cemeteries of Clark County, led by our cemetery expert, Peri Muhich! Discover the stories beneath the headstones, from pioneer shenanigans to untimely deaths, from names you’ll recognize to names you should know, we’ll cover it all!
Preschool Show & Tell
Tales with Tails
- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on August 21, 2026 @ 10:00am.
- This event is for registrants grade 1st Grade to 5th Grade.
Improve your reading skills by reading to a therapy dog! These 15 minute sessions will give you the opportunity to boost your confidence and practice your skills to the best listener around.
Registration is REQUIRED for this program.
Please review the available time slots listed below to ensure they fit your schedule before registering.
- 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
- 4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
- 4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
- 5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
This program is meant for kids in grades 1-5 who are wanting a safe space to practice their literacy. If you have a child outside of this age range that would be interested, please contact the library.
Please note each child needs to be registered to attend.
Dates Available:
9/21/26
10/5/26 & 10/19/26
11/2/26 & 11/16/26
12/21/26
1/4/27
2/1/27
3/1/27 & 3/15/27
4/5/27 & 4/19/27
5/3/27 & 5/17/27
Disclaimer(s) A/ccommodations/We strive to ensure our events are accessible to everyone. If you require special accommodations to join us, please call 360.834.4692 or email [email protected] at least two weeks before the event.
Accompanying AdultsThis program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program.//
Story Explorers
Story Explorers is a book discussion group for 2nd -3rd graders and their adult. Limit of 12 spots available.
How it works:
- Register for this event.
- Come into the library to pick up your copy of the book.
- You and your child both read the book.
- We meet on the second Monday of the month and discuss the book. It’s a blast!
- You get to keep the book, for free!
You will be able to sign up for next month’s book club and pick up your copy of the book at the book discussion.
This event is sponsored by the Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library (FFCL). Click here to support them!
- This event is for registrants grade 2nd Grade to 3rd Grade.
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Spanish Storytime
Spanish Storytime
The Camas Public Library hosts a bilingual Spanish Storytime at 10:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of the month. Children and their families are invited to enjoy stories and songs in Spanish and English. No registration is required. For more details, please visit CAMASPL.ORG/SPANISHSTORYTIME, or call 360-834-4692.
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Cover to Cover Book Club
The Camas Public Library is pleased to showcase its Cover to Cover Book Club, a general fiction book club for adults. Registration is not required to participate in the book discussion. However, the Library has a limited number of physical copies of the book for those who register.
To get a book you can either:
1) Register for the event to reserve one of the limited copies that have been set aside for the book club. Visit the Library before the group meeting to pick up your book.
OR
2) Use your Library card to check out the book, ebook, or eaudiobook.
This program is for Adults only.
Registration is not required, but is highly recommended in order to reserve a copy. Registration can be completed at CamasPL.org/RD2026Kickoff or by calling 360-834-4692.
Teen Songwriting Workshop
Tummy Time
The Camas Public Library will offer Tummy Time from 3:30-4:45 p.m. the Third Wednesday of each month, beginning November 18, for babies under 18 months. Register at CamasPL.org/tummytime or call 360-834-4692
Poetry Open Mic at Camas Library
The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, hosts Poetry Open Mic Nights from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month (for November and December this event will take place on the third Wednesday, due to the Holidays). Read aloud your original or favorite work, and listen to monthly featured poets. All ages are welcome and the poetry night is family-friendly.
The Reading Room will open at 6:15 p.m. Readers must sign in by 6:25 p.m. Poetry readings will begin by 6:30 p.m. Readers may recite original poems or favorite poems. The order of readings will be determined by the sign-in sheet. Each reader will have 3-5 minutes to read, depending upon total number of readers. Comments and feedback will be given after the final poet has read.
Poems should not contain language unsuitable for family, e.g. profanity or sexually explicit materials. Time limitations will be enforced to ensure all readers can participate. Everyone should plan to stay until the final poems are read.
LEGO Club
The Camas Public Library offers a LEGO Club for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade. The club meets from 4 to 5 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month. Kids are invited to come and play with the library’s LEGO collection.
Family Bingo Night
Family Bingo Night
January 16, 2026 February 20, 2026 March 20, 2026 April 17, 2026 May 15, 2026 July 17, 2026 August 21, 2026 September 18, 2026 October 16, 2026 November 20, 2026 December 18, 2026
Teen DIY: Pixel Art Tapestries
Create a piece of art, one bead at a time! Choose one of three designs and make a tapestry to hang on your wall.
All materials provided.
Registration is required for this event.
Registration will open on October 21, 2026 @ 10:41am.
Audiobook Walking Club
The Camas Public Library offers an Audiobook Walking Club on the fourth Monday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Members bring their own audiobooks and meet at a different outdoor location each month. The group will walk for 60 minutes followed by an optional 30 minutes of social time. Walks are weather-dependent.
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
Preschool Dinosaur Eggs
This ‘DiNovember,’ dig up dinosaurs from their frozen eggs with water! A fun, hands-on adventure for preschoolers!
Disclaimer(s) AccommodationsWe strive to ensure our events are accessible to everyone. If you require special accommodations to join us, please call 360.834.4692 or email [email protected] at least two weeks before the event.
Accompanying AdultsThis program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Silent Book Club
The Camas Public Library’s Silent Book Club is for people who like to read quietly. The club has no assigned reading — it’s just an hour of silent reading followed by optional socializing. Attendees can bring their own books or borrow a Library book. Light beverages and snacks will be provided or guests can bring their own. The club meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month (except on holidays). No registration needed.
Felt Ornaments
Practice blanket stitching by creating cute and whimsical felt ornaments by hand! For teens in grades 6-12 with all material provided.
Registration is required for this event.
Registration will open on October 30, 2026 @ 11:00am.
This event is for registrants grade 6th Grade to 12th Grade.
Disclaimer(s) AccommodationsWe strive to ensure our events are accessible to everyone. If you require special accommodations to join us, please call 360.834.4692 or email [email protected] at least two weeks before the event.
Letters to Hollie
Our favorite North Pole Librarian, Hollie, is so excited to answer letters from her friends at the Camas Library again this year! Beginning December 1 through December 12, visit the Library to write and submit your letter. Hollie’s responses will be delivered beginning December 16. She can’t wait to hear all about what you read and loved this year!
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
English Conversation Group for Adults
The Camas Public Library hosts a monthly English Conversation Group on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 12:30-2 p.m. Attendees will practice speaking, listening and expressing one’s self confidently. Attendees will enhance their language skills in a supportive and engaging environment. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/TSITP.
Rainbow Reads
Rainbow Reads is a book club for LGBTQIA+ teens and their allies. We will be reading YA fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels that feature LGBTQIA+ characters & themes, or literature written by someone from the LGBTQIA+ community.
This month’s book is The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich.
After you register for this club, pick up a copy of the book at the service desk at the Library. The book is yours to keep just for attending the discussion. This book is also available as an ebook on Libby. This service is free with your Library card.
- Registration is required for this event.
- This event is for registrants grade 6th Grade to 12th Grade.
We strive to ensure our events are accessible to everyone. If you require special accommodations to join us, please call 360.834.4692 or email [email protected] at least two weeks before the event.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Page Turners
The Camas Public Library hosts Page Turners book club for kids in fourth through sixth graders and their adults. The club meets from 6-7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. To attend, register at CamasPL.org/pageturners or call 360-834-4692, then pick up the book at the library. After the meeting, keep the book for free.
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Spanish Storytime
The Camas Public Library hosts a bilingual Spanish Storytime at 10:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of the month. Children and their families are invited to enjoy stories and songs in Spanish and English. No registration is required. For more details, please visit CAMASPL.ORG/SPANISHSTORYTIME, or call 360-834-4692.
Camas Public Library Food Drive
Camas Library is hosting a food drive from Sept. 1-30. Donations benefit the Camas School District’s Family-Community Resource Center. All non-perishable food items are welcome, but there’s a special need for lunchbox snacks, canned fruit and pantry staples like chili, broth, cooking oil and condiments. Hygiene items (especially deodorant and toothpaste) and laundry pods are also accepted. The donation box is located inside the library near the north entrance. For details, visit CamasPL.org/fooddrive26.
Spanish Conversation Group
The Camas Public Library will host a Spanish Conversation Group for beginning Spanish speakers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. This group is geared toward adults. Registration isn’t required. For more details, visit CamasPL.org/spanishconvo or call 360-834-4692.
Cover to Cover Book Club
The Camas Public Library is pleased to showcase its Cover to Cover Book Club, a general fiction book club for adults. Registration is not required to participate in the book discussion. However, the Library has a limited number of physical copies of the book for those who register.
To get a book you can either:
1) Register for the event to reserve one of the limited copies that have been set aside for the book club. Visit the Library before the group meeting to pick up your book.
OR
2) Use your Library card to check out the book, ebook, or eaudiobook.
This program is for Adults only.
Registration is not required, but is highly recommended in order to reserve a copy. Registration can be completed at CamasPL.org/RD2026Kickoff or by calling 360-834-4692.
Tummy Time
The Camas Public Library will offer Tummy Time from 3:30-4:45 p.m. the Third Wednesday of each month, beginning November 18, for babies under 18 months. Register at CamasPL.org/tummytime or call 360-834-4692