Week Calendar

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies.

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

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.

Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies.

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

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. 

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.

There’s an exciting new project on the corner of Grand and Fuller- Legacy Woods Nature Sanctuary.

Are you a WWII history buff? Did you know that Iowa had Rosie's working in Iowa?  Linda spoke with 35 women who had worked as Rosie's, some in Iowa and some in California and Washington states.

Join us in the Community Room after school to embark on an adventure! Sign up these month and participate in a building challenge using everyone’s favorite interlocking brick system. For ages 5-12, registration required.

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 I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis.

Illumifest, A Fall Festival of Light, offers a variety of activities and events for people of all ages! Join us for this family friendly event from the City of West Des Moines.

Teens! Take a study break and play some games with friends. We're bringing out the Nintendo Switch for an evening of gaming. Program intended for grades 6-12. No registration required.

Everyone knows that kindness rocks, and we’re going to spread some kindness by painting kindness rocks for the library’s rock garden! Paint one (or more!) for our rock garden and one to take home. For all ages.

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. 

Join Alana and Amy on Monday, September 9th at 7p.m. for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Millie Knee Classroom at the library or through Zoom.

Fall is a great time to plant bulbs for Spring beauty! Come learn about soil prep, tips, techniques and some less-common bulb varieties.