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.

Find the library at the park! Our Words on Wheels truck will be parked near the playground at Raccoon River Park on four Tuesday mornings in October (1, 8, 15, 22) from 10:00AM until 11:30AM.

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.

Come to the library for a spooky fun craft! We'll be making easy lanterns that will cast an eerie glow for Halloween (or any occasion). 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 Ugly Cat and Pablo by Isabel Quintero .

School has started. It’s (hopefully) cooler outside. Let’s take some time to explore the library’s resources. Did you know that we have Learning Kits that area available for checkout?

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. 

On September 29, 1864, two brigades of United States Colored Troops charged Confederate earthworks outside Richmond, Virginia, driving the Confederates from their lines, leaving hundreds of their own dead and wounded on the field.