Week Calendar

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.

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

Stop in anytime November 1st-15th to spy amazing objects from the University of Iowa's discovery trunk on Iowa's earliest residents all over the library.  Can you find a mammoth tooth, an atlatl, and more?  When you are finished, stop by

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 South Side 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

Stop by the South Side Library to pick a Kid's Take and Make Bag! Enjoy activities inspired by the book, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrell.

Celebrate Day of the Dead with the Des Moines Art Center

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 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 South Side 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

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

Starting Saturday, November 6th, stop in while supplies last to pick up a Library Learning Bag with all things owls.  Materials include owl pellets and dissection instructions, an owl craft, and more.  Available while supplies last at th

Come to the Central Library children's area or the pick-up window to get a Learning Bag that will have all you need to make a spider web for the little toy spider you will find in your bag.  There will also be some spider rhymes that you can

Stop by South and take a Day of the Dead skull suncatcher, or calavera, to decorate at home! This program is intended for children 5 years and older. Items are available while supplies last. 

Rosie and her friends are ready to go trick or treating! Can you find everyone in their costumes?  Finish the scavenger hunt and win a prize!

It's all about space with this make and take.  Mix up a batch of gooey slime and make a rocket launcher.  This activity is intended to be done with parental supervision.  As supplies last, best for ages 8+.

Come to the East Side Library's entryway to see a Day of the Dead ofrenda built by Latinx Immigrants of Iowa in partnership with the Des Moines Public Library.  The exhibit includes flowers created by Library visitors throughout October in me

Find all the nocturnal animals hiding in the library.

Visit the Central Library Children's Area for a Fall Fun Scavenger Hunt. Find all the fall pictures on your scavenger hunt card and win a cool prize!

Kids and families! Visit the South Side Library and go on a search in the library with our Fall Scavenger Hunt! Pick up a sheet at the Information Desk, find all of the fall foliage and animals hiding inside the library - and win a small prize.

Tweens and Teens ages 10-18 can stop by the North Side Library to take home a journaling project! Learn about different kinds of journaling and try your hand at it yourself with the materials provided. While supplies last.