Week Calendar

“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 need a calm place to play? Then come to the Forest Avenue Calming Room for a sensory interactive experience! This is an unsupervised, drop-in program for youth.

Children ages three to five can come and enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, and more, followed by a craft.

Play, Grow, Learn! is an opportunity for you to use the Imagination Station to explore early literacy tips and books, play with others, and develop early literacy skills using Forest Avenue Library's space and toys.

Join us for rhymes, bounces, a story, and a short playtime.

For caregivers and babies from newborns up to eighteen months.

Stop by for a special Halloween edition of Mother Goose on the Loose! Wear your costume, enjoy music and dancing, silly stories, a tiny tot parade, and fun fall sensory activities after storytime in our meeting room. Costumes welcome!

“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.

Toddlers and caregivers can enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, occasional crafts and a little playtime with Miss Janee. For toddlers ages 18 months - 3 years.

Do you need a calm place to play? Then come to the Forest Avenue Calming Room for a sensory interactive experience! This is an unsupervised, drop-in program for youth.

Join us weekly for rhymes, songs, bounces, stories, and a little playtime. For caregivers and babies ages 0 - 18 months.

Toddlers and their caregivers can enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and more, followed a craft. Ages 18 months to 3 years. Meeting Room.

Wear your favorite costume or come as you are!

Come hear some spooky stories with legendary local storyteller Maureen Korte during this special interactive edition of storytime!

Join Miss Janee for stories, rhymes, songs, movement, and occasional crafts/activities that build literacy and kindergarten-readiness skills. Ages 3-5.

Join us for stories, songs, and movement that build literacy and school-readiness skills.

Play, Grow, Learn! is an opportunity for you to use the Imagination Station to explore early literacy tips and books, play with others, and develop early literacy skills using Forest Avenue Library's space and toys.

Celebrate Halloween with an all ages storytime full of silly scares, crafts, games and more! Wear a costume if you dare. All ages welcome!

On Thursdays, children and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and songs together, followed by a period of free play or drawing.

Put on your boogie shoes and twirl into the Central Library for a toddler and preschool dance party! Dance, do a craft and play with beach balls under the lights of a disco ball.

Kids and families! Stop in at South from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM for our Kid's Craft Day! Today, we will have suncatchers that celebrate Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, for kids to make and take home in our Elementary Area! Ages 3 and up.

The LEGO bricks will be available in the Children's Area, so bring your imagination and get ready to build.

Join us to celebrate Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, with scratch art skulls and other crafts while supplies last. Acompáñennos y celebren el Día de los Muertos con calaveras de arte raspada en el área de niños!

Join us at the East Side Library for open play and more! Meet families with other young children, check out our awesome picture books, and engage in the five simple steps to success - Read, Write, Sing, Play, and Talk!

Celebrate Día de los Muertos by creating your own Day of the Dead skull mask. Craft will be available while supplies last.

Kids! Drop in at South from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM for our Kid's Craft Day events in the Elementary Area! This week, kids can make and take a picture using our washable dot markers! Pick your design, use our dot markers to decorate and take it home!

Build and create with Legos in the children’s area! All ages.

Event Details

Toddlers and their caregivers can enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and more, followed by a craft. Ages 18 months to 3 years. Meeting Room.

The Friends of the Franklin Avenue Library will hold its quarterly membership meeting. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

Are you a high school junior or senior who's looking for ways to pay for college? Visit South and attend our Teen Scholarship Search 101 session from 11:00 AM to Noon! Attendees can learn where and how to search for scholarships for college!

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!

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan star in a romantic comedy about a journalist reunited with his childhood crush, now making a run for the presidency, who hires him as her speechwriter.

Spend a few hours with other crafters and work on your knit, crochet, or needle craft projects. Please bring your own supplies and projects with you. Snacks, beverages, and pleasant company provided. No instruction is provided.

Visit us at the North Side Library every Monday to learn some computer basics. Create an email account, build a simple resume, and learn about the library catalog.

Visit us every Thursday afternoon to receive guidance in searching for jobs. We will use Google Tools to help you create an email account, build a simple resume, and apply for jobs.

Teens and Tweens! Do you love to decorate food? Try your hand at decorating a recreating a delectable treat with our version of the Netflix hit show "Nailed It!".

Love Raina Telgemeier, superheroes, manga, graphic novels, and cartoons? Ready to let your artist flag fly? Then come to Comics Creators! We'll provide the paper and pens, you provide the creativity! This is an unsupervised, drop-in program.

Calling all muggles! Journey to Hogwarts for a magical adventure through the world of Harry Potter. There will be games, crafts, trivia, and activities from the Wizarding World.

Drop into North Side and enjoy a free showing of the Secret Life of Pets 2. Popcorn will be provided!

Compete for prizes at a spooky trivia event for teens at the North Side Library! Teams will be created at the event and snacks will be provided.

Come dressed up in your favorite costume, if you like, as we read a story about spiders, explore and create with art and STEM activities! Bring your imagination and join us in the children's area. Ages three to eight.

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

Join us for a special presentation on spiders from a Polk County Conservation Naturalist and discuss different types of spiders such as web weavers and hunters. A live animal will be used if available.

Are you looking for a place to trade your Pokémon cards? Come to this monthly program and bring any cards you want to trade.

This event is open to children ages seven to eighteen.

Dig for fossils and learn about prehistoric creatures.

Turn old stuffed animals, action figures, dolls, and other toys into creatures of the night. We'll have plenty of supplies to help you make the transformation. For ages 8-18

Join us for a fun bilingual program that is inspired by Yoga, and informed by science. We will focus on basic Yoga poses, as well as yoga-inspired movement and stillness to support your child’s early learning.

Join the Science Center of Iowa for the third in a three-part camp series.

Learn about Día de los Muertos and make a sugar skull craft to take home!

Come to the library and hang out with therapy dog Norm. He is a two year-old yellow lab who is excited to meet some new friends. Norm will be in the Children's Area from 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Double, double toil and trouble! Join us for this enchanted film and wicked craft. Movie has 95 minute runtime and PG rating. Ages 8-18. Supplies are limited; registration recommended.

Families and kids can celebrate Halloween early at South with our Halloween-themed storytime! Listen to not-so-spooky stories, songs, fingerplays, participate in a library parade indoors, and decorate a mini pumpkin to take home!

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

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

Wear your favorite costume or come as you are!

Listen to some eerie stories and enjoy some glowing activitis. It's a great way for busy parents to relax and make some hands-on fun while enjoying books! Best for children comfortable in dim lighting.

Looking for a suspense-filled Halloween treat? Then join the Final Act Ensemble vintage radio group as they present their special Halloween program.

Families can enjoy stories, rhymes, and songs together on Wednesday nights. It's a great way for busy families to relax and listen to stories together.

Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts in English and Spanish.