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Name: Winter Reading 2025 begins!
Start: 2025-01-01
End: 2025-01-01
Location: West Des Moines Public Library

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Winter Reading 2025 begins!

All Day 1/1

Main Branch

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Ready, set, READ! We encourage readers of all ages to challenge themselves to become reading machines this winter. From January 1-31, West Des Moines Library is participating in “B...

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Library Branch: Main Branch

Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Program

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Ready, set, READ! We encourage readers of all ages to challenge themselves to become reading machines this winter.

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9 am		This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Mother Goose 9:30am - 10:00am Babies, Toddlers Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies, Toddlers Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.	This event is in the "Babies" group. Lapsit Lambs 9:30am - 10:00am Babies Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 5 Event Details: Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN!		This event is in the "Babies" group. Lapsit Lambs 9:30am - 10:00am Babies Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 4 Event Details: Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN!	This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Music Class for Tots with Amanda Meyer 9:30am - 10:00am Babies, Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Performer Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Music class for you and your little one, presented by Amanda Meyer. Come join the fun as we sing songs(familiar and new), play instruments, do movement activities, play with the parachute and much more! For ages 0-5 with an adult.
10 am		This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Mother Goose 10:00am - 10:30am Babies, Toddlers Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies, Toddlers Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 5 Event Details: Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes. This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Mother Goose 10:30am - 11:00am Babies, Toddlers Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies, Toddlers Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 11 Event Details: Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.	This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 10:00am - 10:30am Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Tech One-on-One – Millie Knee Classroom. This event is in the "Babies" group. Lapsit Lambs 10:30am - 11:00am Babies Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 3 Event Details: Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN! This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 10:30am - 11:00am Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Tech One-on-One – Millie Knee Classroom.	This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Valentine's Day Storytime 10:30am - 11:15am Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children Program Type: Craft, Storytime, Program Required Seats Remaining: 15 Event Details: Join us for a Valentine story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs! All you need is love...and stories!	This event is in the "Babies" group. Lapsit Lambs 10:30am - 11:00am Babies Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies Program Type: Storytime Required Seats Remaining: 7 Event Details: Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies. We will spotlight sensory stimulation, animal sounds, fine and gross motor skills, and of course FUN! This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Valentine's Day Storytime 10:30am - 11:15am Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children Closed Required This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children Program Type: Craft, Storytime, Program Required Seats Remaining: 15 Event Details: Join us for a Valentine story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs! All you need is love...and stories!	This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Music Class for Tots with Amanda Meyer 10:15am - 10:45am Babies, Toddlers, Preschool Closed Required This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Performer Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Music class for you and your little one, presented by Amanda Meyer. Come join the fun as we sing songs(familiar and new), play instruments, do movement activities, play with the parachute and much more! For ages 0-5 with an adult.
11 am			This event is in the "Adults" group. Tech One-on-One 11:00am - 11:30am Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Program Required Seats Remaining: 1 Event Details: Tech One-on-One – Millie Knee Classroom.
12 pm
1 pm
2 pm	Reservation Western Hills 6th Grade Celebration 2:00pm - 3:15pm Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Purpose of Meeting Volunteer parent group planning a celebration for sixth grade students completing elementary school		This event is in the "Adults" group. Color Connection: Adult Coloring Club 2:00pm - 4:00pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Craft, Program Required Seats Remaining: 20 Event Details: Guaranteed to cure rheumatism, chill blains, and toothache! Okay, not really, but it IS relaxing and F-U-N! We’ll have markers, colored pencils, and coloring sheets (or you can bring your own supplies). Make the color connection!
3 pm				This event is in the "Teens" group. Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting 3:00pm - 4:00pm Teens This event is in the "Teens" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Teens Program Type: Meeting Event Details: Are you interested in making the library a better place for teens? Then the WDM Public Library’s TAB is for you! This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Be a Tree: Dog Safety 3:45pm - 4:45pm Preschool, School-Age Children Closed Required This event is in the "Preschool" group. This event is in the "School-Age Children" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Preschool, School-Age Children Program Type: Performer Required Seats Remaining: 41 Event Details: The Be a Tree program is a dog bite prevention program for school-age children, parents, and staff.	Reservation City Building Inspectors 3:00pm - 5:00pm Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Pond View Room (defunct)		Reservation Swadhyay pariwar 3:00pm - 4:45pm Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Purpose of Meeting DAY (Divine Association of Yogeshwar) is a Divine family also known as Swadhyay pariwar whose main motive is human upliftment based on the thoughts of Bhagwad Gita.
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm		Reservation CANCELLED - Open Craft Night 6:00pm - 8:00pm Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom This event is in the "All Ages" group. Drop-in Chess Club with Ben Munson 6:30pm - 9:00pm All Ages This event is in the "All Ages" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: All Ages Program Type: Program Event Details: A non-competitive environment for playing chess, learning chess or discussing all things chess. This is a drop-in event. No registration is required. Program is not monitored by Library staff. This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Drop-in Family Storytime 6:45pm - 7:15pm Babies, Toddlers, Preschool This event is in the "Babies" group. This event is in the "Toddlers" group. This event is in the "Preschool" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: StoryRoom Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool Program Type: Storytime Event Details: Build a lifetime love of books and reading. Join us as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.		Reservation "I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye" - Bereavement Workshop 6:30pm - 7:30pm Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Millie Knee Classroom Purpose of Meeting Utilizing readings and activities from the book “I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye”, you will be offered step-by-step support and encouragement through the grieving process.	This event is in the "Adults" group. YA Not Club Read 6:30pm - 8:00pm Adults Closed Required This event is in the "Adults" group. Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Main Branch Room: Community Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Club Required Seats Remaining: 8 Event Details: Are you a "Grown Up" but you like to read and talk about Young Adult books? Are you looking for a book club that doesn’t take itself too seriously? Then join us for the Library’s newest book club – YA Not Club Read!

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