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.

Join us for a special visitor, a dog named Brody,  from the Animal Rescue League's Therapets program today at 9:30 AM!

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.

“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.

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.

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.

Enjoy stories, rhymes, songs, movement, and more!

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

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.

Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays and movement that build literacy skills for ages three to six years old.

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

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

Join us for stories, songs, and movement to practice the 5 simple steps of pre-literacy!

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!

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.

Visit the library between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM to decorate a gingerbread house picture using stickers.  Craft will be available while supplies last.

Drop by North Side to recreate constellations with pipe cleaners!

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.

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!

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.

We will be discussing Educated by Tara Westover. Coffee and treats will be served. Copies of the book may be picked up at the circulation desk.

Join us for lunch and a discussion about the books we have enjoyed this year.

Sign up now for a Very Potter Escape Room!  Solve puzzles, riddles, and clues to unlock the case in our meeting room in this Harry Potter themed escape room.  

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.

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.

Come build with us! Computers and iPads provided: just bring your imaginations. Ages 8-18.

Come learn more about how to build and grow a social media presence for your organization!!!  FREE - Social media marketing training for small businesses and non-profits.

Cocoa, Cookies, and Canvas! Read a story, explore and create with art and STEM activities! Bring your imagination and join us in the meeting room. Ages 3-8.

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

The Library Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 4:15 PM at the East Side Library. 

Here is a chance to learn cross-stitch along with your child, with adult and child pairs. Please register as an adult and a child to take part in this. There is room for 12 pairs!

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.

Create a circuit using paper, and then make it light up. Perfect for creating a holiday card! 

It's never too late to be spooky! Join us at the East Side Library for a fun twist on a classic holiday cookie: gingerbread zombies! Movie will begin at 4:45pm. Cookies and crafts available while supplies last.

Families and kids can join Miss Janee and Rosie the Reader for holiday fun during A Very Merry Rosie Holiday Storytime at 6:30 PM! Kids can hear holiday stories and songs, make holiday crafts and get their picture taken with Rosie the Reader!

The whole family can come to the library for stories, rhymes and songs.

Listen to snow-themed stories as we build our own clay snowmen to take home!

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.