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. 

Elf on the Shelf

All Day
Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: , Gaming
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The mischievous little elf is hiding somewhere in the Children's Area. Can you find him and win a prize?

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
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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

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
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“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!

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
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“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.

Conversations & Coffee Winter Party!

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
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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!

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: Storytimes
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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.

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
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Join us every Tuesday as we play Minecraft, Roblox, and more. Ages 8-12. 

Pokémon Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens, Children
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Children
Program Type: Gaming
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Come to our monthly Pokémon Club! Bring your Pokémon playing cards and Nintendo DS to battle other Pokémon fans. Ages 8-18.

Try It Out Tuesdays: Soapmaking and Bath Bombs

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens
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Library Branch: South Side Library
Room: South Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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Tweens and Teens! Learn to make something new during our Try It Out Tuesday events at South! This month, participants can learn how to make bars of soap and a bath bomb just in time for the holiday season! For youth ages 10-18.

Drop in and talk about adult programming at Forest!

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Forest Avenue Library
Room: Forest Avenue Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Library Meeting
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Want to what's coming up at Forest for adults? Come meet Nikki, our adult librarian, learn about our existing plans for 2020, and tell us what you'd like to see more of!

Bilingual Storytime/Cuentos y Canciones Bilingues

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Birth-Preschool
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Library Branch: East Side Library
Room: East Side Meeting Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
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Come and enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts in English and Spanish. Venga y disfrute cuentos, rimas, canciones, y manualidades en inglés y español.

City of Des Moines Community Engagement Open Meeting

6:00pm - 7:30pm
All Ages
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Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Library Meeting Room 1, 2, 3
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Library Meeting
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Please join us for a public information meeting with the City of Des Moines with a focus on property taxes, storm water projects, and local option sales tax. 

Family Storytime

6:15pm - 6:45pm
Birth-Preschool, Children
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Rosie's Rocket
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: Storytimes
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The whole family can come to the library for stories, rhymes and songs.

Family Storytime: Gingerbread Decorating

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Birth-Preschool, Children
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Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Library Family Room
Age Group: Birth-Preschool, Children
Program Type: , Storytimes
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Listen to cookie-themed stories while you decorate and devour your own gingerbread men! 

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Franklin Evening Book Discussion

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Franklin Avenue Library
Room: Franklin Avenue Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs
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What was your favorite book of 2019? We will share our favorites books and our favorite treats as we wrap up a wonderful year of reading. No registration required.