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 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.

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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!

Adults and children can play together in an environment set up to promote all areas of development through open ended active play focused on the 5 Simple Steps to Success strategies of read, write, sing, play and talk.

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

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.

Adults and children play together in an environment set up to promote all areas of development through open ended active play focused on the 5 Simple Steps to Success strategies of read, write, sing, play and talk.  Join us for 60 minutes of

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:  reading, singing, talking, writing, and playing!  Best for children aged 18 months to 3 years old.

Come to the library and make a snowflake craft.  Activity will be available while supplies last.

Kids and families can celebrate Chinese New Year by making scratch art crafts during Kid's Craft Day! Drop in at South 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Elementary Area and decorate a scratch art dragon and decorate other items to make and take home!

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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.

Join us for our Friends of the North Side Library meeting. New members welcome.

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!

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with some crafty paper lanterns in the children's area!

Join us at the Franklin 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!

We will be discussing the book The President is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson. Copies of the book are available at the North Side Library. 

It’s never too late to feel comfortable with a computer.  Every Wednesday at the Central Library, staff will answer your questions about­­ computer basics, online Library resources, email­­­, and more. 

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.

Find out more about Habitat for Humanity activities in our community and how this program works to keep people in their homes with home repair programs and financial education classes.

Read a story, explore and create with art and STEM activities! Bring your imagination and join us in the children's area. Ages 3 years to 8 years.

Join us every Tuesday as we play Roblox, Minecraft, and more. Grades 3-8. 

Learn to create something new with our Try It Out Tuesday events at South! This week, tweens an teens can use colorful beads to create pixelated images with Perler Beads. Iron your design to make it permanent and take it home!

The Library Board of Trustees will meet at 4:15 PM at the Central Library in the Administrative Board Room.

Create an art project that magically displays your drawings using a paper "flashlight." 

Create your own colorful knotted scarf to keep the cold winds away this winter!

Join us every Wednesday as we explore different STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) related activities.  Grades 3-8. 

Learn about migration, hibernation, and other ways animals survive the winter with special guest, Polk County Conservation. This program is recommended for children in Kindergarten through 3^rd grade.

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.

Add a warm glow to the cold winter season! With tissue paper, your unique creativity, and a flameless tea light, you'll transform a regular mason jar into a beautiful winter luminary!

Create a colorful work of art by "painting" with tissue paper and water!

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. Rosie's Rocket Reading Room

Crunchy, tasty, puppy chow!  Make your own delicious snack and listen to dog-themed stories.  

Join us for a spirited night of puzzle piecing competition! Each team will work the same 100-piece puzzle, competing against a 60 minute clock to be the quickest to complete it....or to come really close!

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.

Wini Moranville, author of The Little Women Cookbook: Tempting Recipes from the March Sisters and Their Friends and Family, discusses the importance of food in the novel Little Women as well as 19^th century America.

Following the surprising 2016 presidential election, the 2018 midterm election produced a result that dismayed some and pleased others. Dr.