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 Story Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes. We invite you to stay and play in our children's department after story time as we will not be having our usual center play time afterwards. 

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

Join us in the Story Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes. We invite you to stay and play in our children's department after story time as we will not be having our usual center play time afterwards. 

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.

Rachelle Long is a non-profit leader, proud advocate for the under served and under represented and a passionate supporter of Valley Junction.

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

Join us in the Teen Center to collage and chat! Collaging materials will be provided. Program intended for grades 6-12. No registration required.

Join us in the Story Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes. We invite you to stay and play in our children's department after story time as we will not be having our usual center play time afterwards.