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. 

Do you embroider, cross-stitch, crochet, or knit?

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. 

Get in the Fall spirit by creating a watercolor pumpkin! We know that pumpkins can be full of personality, whether it's their size, shape or color.

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.

Calling All Gardeners!

Mark your calendars for September 28th for WDM Library’s fall perennial and bulb swap.

Are you looking for a few Silver Cord, Community Service, or other volunteer hours? The Library is looking for volunteers to help with a monthly group service project. We will perform a variety of tasks.

Visit us at the WDM Library 24-Hour Kiosk in Valley Junction to celebrate it's new look! Each attendee will get free ice cream and an opportunity to learn more about the kiosk. Our Words on Wheels book truck will also be in attendance.

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 Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neill.

Visit the West Des Moines Library Friends Foundation webpage for more information.  

Do you know the name "Broadlawns" here in Iowa but don't know much about it?

The WDM Library Friends Foundation is proud to present local author Stephanie R. Caffrey. Stephanie is the author of romantic suspense books, Mistaken Identity and Be My Little Baby.

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. 

The WDM Public Library is thrilled to host Ruth Harkin to discuss her recently published book, When My Husband

Get ready for a magical night of stories at Amphitheater Readers! West Des Moines Parks and Recreation has teamed up with the West Des Moines Public Library to bring the Words on Wheels vehicle to the Jamie Hurd Amphitheater.

Please join Alana and Amy to discuss what everyone has been reading and watching this month. You may join us in the Millie Knee Classroom upstairs at the library or in Zoom.