Week Calendar

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

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!

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!

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.

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Let's Talk:  ELL Conversation Partners 

Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.

Tech One-on-One – Pondview Room. 

Join Melanie Perry, our very own West Des Moines Naturalist, for a special nature storytime series. Each week will feature fun stories and a special friend from the Nature Lodge! For ages 2-6, no registration required. 

Tech One-on-One – Pondview Room. 

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!

For ages 1-6, registration required.

Join us for a Valentine story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs!  All you need is love...and stories!

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!

For ages 1-6, registration required.

Join us for a Valentine story time including a puppet show, stories, rhymes, and songs!  All you need is love...and stories!

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.

"Generation of Blues" featuring Hal Reed and Kent Burnside. It’s a perfect partnership.

Tech One-on-One – Pondview Room. 

Roundtable meeting for central Iowa children's librarians.

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!

Are you interested in making the library a better place for teens? Then the WDM Public Library’s TAB is for you!

Sign up for a reading session with a registered therapy dog from Iowa Human-Animal Bond Society! For ages 4-12. Registration required.

Sign up for a reading session with a registered therapy dog from Iowa Human-Animal Bond Society! For ages 4-12. Registration required.

Sign up for a reading session with a registered therapy dog from Iowa Human-Animal Bond Society! For ages 4-12. Registration required.

Sign up for a reading session with a registered therapy dog from Iowa Human-Animal Bond Society! For ages 4-12. Registration required.

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.

**Note one-time room change to Room C upstairs, instead of the Pond View Room.**

Open Hours is a monthly evening hangout for teens.

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 YA Not join us for YA Not Club Read!

Join us for laser tag and other games in the Library! This after hours program will feature laser tag using the whole library as your battle field! Snacks will also be provided.