Week Calendar

Come to the Central Library youth area or the pick-up window to receive a kit with the items you will need to make amazing bubble cups!   By following the instructions or watching the video that will be available on the Des Moines Public

Drop-in to the North Side Library and take home everything you need to make a secret message bracelet! You will learn about binary code while making your bracelet and receive a list of books about coding if you'd like to explore more.

Drop in anytime October 18th-October 30th in the children's area to search for hidden painted pumpkins all over the children's area, take home a prize for finding them all, and vote for your favorite!  

Visit the Franklin Library at the beginning of each week to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime ba

Visit the Franklin Library at the beginning of each week to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime ba

Stop by the Franklin Library and pick up a Science Project To Go Bag.  The bags will contain a science activity you can do at home that will let you explore different STEM concepts (science, technology, engineering, and math).  These act

Visit the Franklin Library every Monday to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime bags are recommende

Find all the nocturnal animals hiding in the library.

Visit the South Side Library each week to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime bags are recommended

Visit the South Side Library each week to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime bags are recommended

Visit the South Side Library each week to pick up a different Storytime To Go Bag.  Each bag will include rhymes, songs, and book suggestions for babies and preschoolers along with literacy activities.  The storytime bags are recommended

Build your own mini haunted house with the provided supplies or branch out and use your own.  As supplies last, best for ages 6+.

Join us at Des Moines Public Library for a student art exhibit inspired by the NEA Big Read pick Fahrenheit 451. Explore artistic interpretations of censorship from over 50 Des Moines Public School student artists at the Franklin and Cent

Join us at Des Moines Public Library for a student art exhibit inspired by the NEA Big Read pick Fahrenheit 451. Explore artistic interpretations of censorship from over 50 Des Moines Public School student artists at the Franklin and Cent

Construct a ghoulish gourd with paint, glitter, and all kinds of goofy or chilling accessories.  Create your own cats, bats, vampires or a work of shimmering art.  Bags available as supplies last 6+.

Stop by the North Side Library to pick up a CreativeBug Craft Kit. Adults ages 18+ will receive everything they need to make a festive fall banner from repurposed book pages. While supplies last.

Find books from all genres, cd's, audiobooks, magazines and more at the East Side Fall Book Sale held in the Library's Meeting Room:

10:00 to 7:00 Thursday, October 21st