Day Calendar

Join us for rhymes, bounces, a story, and a short playtime. For caregivers and babies from newborns up to eighteen months.

“Mother Goose on the Loose”, is a 30-minute nursery rhyme program for newborns to three-year-olds. The class helps to strengthen babies' and toddler's foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story, and movement.

“Mother Goose on the Loose”, is a 30-minute nursery rhyme program for newborns to three-year-olds. The class helps to strengthen babies' and toddler's foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story, and movement.

Do you want to practice your English skills? Looking to meet new people in your community? Join community members and English language learners alike at Forest Avenue Library and enjoy light refreshments and sparkling conversation!

We will be discussing Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke, by Sarah Smarsh. Copies of the book may be picked up at the library.

Eating healthy and cooking skills go hand in hand. Kids will have the opportunity to prepare and taste healthy foods while learning about healthy eating and physical activity along with food and kitchen safety.

Minecraft Club has just leveled up! Now in addition to Minecraft, you can use our tablets to play Roblox and other great games. Ages 8-12.

Read a story, explore and create with art and STEM activities! Bring your imagination and join us in the children's area. Ages three to eight.

Come and enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts in English and Spanish. Ages birth-8. Venga y disfrute cuentos, rimas, canciones, y manualidades en inglés y español.

Are you a mighty girl*? Ready to become a mighty woman, but have questions? Then come to Forest Avenue Library, meet community experts, and get your questions answered in this five-session series! Know your body, know yourself, get empowered.

The whole family can come to the library for stories, rhymes and songs. Children's Area

Monarch Butterflies are especially attracted to the nectar of the native Iowa plants.

In 2018, eight members of the Hillaker family, ranging in age from sixty-one years to eight months, as well as a family friend, traversed the famed El Camino de Santiago trail.