Week Calendar

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

Brave Adventurers Needed!

Have you heard of Dungeons & Dragons but don’t know how to play? Are you curious about playing but not sure where to begin? Thinking of running your own game but doubting yourself?

Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.

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

Do you embroider, cross-stitch, crochet, or knit? Come join us for Final Friday Fiber Club. Our first meeting or two you'll have the opportunity to do a simple embroidery project – we’ll provide the supplies and basic instructions.

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. 

This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud.

Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.

Center Street was a vibrant Black neighborhood of Des Moines from 1900-1970, boasting thriving businesses and entertainment options. But this neighborhood was destroyed when the decision was made to build I-235 through downtown.

If you like to read and talk about books, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month's book Real Pigeons – Fight Crime (#1 series) by Andrew McDonald .

If you like to read and talk about graphic novels, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month’s book, The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat.

Teens--have you ever wondered what the library is like after hours? We host pizza parties and mini golf! Putt your way through non-fiction, puppets, displays and more!

Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus!

For ages 2-6 w/adult. 

Please join us for the first of our "We Are West Des Moines" programs. In this program, Gale Brubaker will talk about the immigrant and refugee history of West Des Moines.

Please join us in welcoming CultureAll for their engaging Open Book program! The program will begin with a warm-up game about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and then participated will learn from Open Book presenters about their experiences.