Adventure Pass Changes in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

This event is in the "Birth-Preschool" group.

Baby Rhyme Time

10:15am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Birth-Preschool" group.

Mother Goose on the Loose

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

“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.

This event is in the "Birth-Preschool" group.

Mother Goose on the Loose

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: North Side Library
Room: North Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

“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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Conversations & Coffee

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

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!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

North Side Book Discussion

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: North Side Library
Room: North Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Kids in the Kitchen

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Children
Required
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Educational
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Franklin Creative Readers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Rosie's Rocket
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Educational, Storytimes
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Level Up!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Birth-Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.

Bilingual Storytime/Cuentos y Canciones Bilingues

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Birth-Preschool, Children
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Girl Power Initiative

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children
Required
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Educational
Required
Seats Remaining: 70
Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Family Storytime

6:15pm - 6:45pm
Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Rosie's Rocket
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Children" group.

Family Storytime: Monarch Tagging

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children
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Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Library Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "All Ages" group.
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

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.