Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can join us Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for a 30-minute storytime with stories, musical activities and take-home activities that prepare your child for school.
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.
Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can join us Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for a 30-minute storytime with stories, musical activities and take-home activities that prepare your child for school.
Learn how to use the Glowforge Plus Laser Engraver at Tech Central! This program takes the place of the 1 on 1 Glowforge tutorial, so you will be fully qualified to book and use the Glowforge on your own after this program.
Free library parking is available in Central's underground parking garage for two hours per visit. Parking around the library is metered at various costs from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Join us at the Central Library for a fun storytime featuring movement, music, and rhyming! The storytime will take place in the meeting room to allow for social distancing.
Free library parking is available in Central's underground parking garage for two hours per visit. Parking around the library is metered at various costs from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Preschoolers and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, music, and learn school readiness skills. Afterwards, we will enjoy free-play together.
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Want to read, write, and speak better? Meet at the North Side Library on Thursdays at 3:30 PM for free help with English. We will practice together.
**Special Guest Presenter!!**
This month, Fueche Vang will host the meetup and teach you how to draw some of your favorite Studio Ghibli characters! Learn about artist Hayao Miyazaki and make your own art to take home!
Are you looking for a place to trade your Pokémon cards?
Bring your friends and come to this monthly program with any cards you want to trade. This event is open to children ages 7-18.
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.
Assemble and paint your own bird feeder and start feeding the birds in your neighborhood! We’ll also have a bilingual story and poem about birds.
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.
Join us for a calm evening of watercolors with Lisa Christensen!
Join us at North Side Library for the YA for Adults Book Club. This month we are discussing Graceling by Kristen Cashore.
Join us for an introduction to D&D basics. Dungeons & Dragons is a role-playing game set in worlds of swords and sorcery where players use their imaginations to create characters and tell a story together. Drop-ins welcome.
Let’s celebrate Dia del Niño with a special visitor and art activity.
Marissa Hernandez is a muralist/artist from Des Moines, Iowa.
Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver over 12 years old.