Events

Enjoy a new video with themed book readings, a song, and a suggested activity to do at home. Posted to the website and YouTube on the first Wednesday of each month.

For kids of all ages

Enjoy 20-25 minutes of short stories, songs, and lots of movement followed by playtime to build early literacy skills.

For kids 18 mo.-3 years old and their caregivers.

Monthly registration required. Each session in the same week is a repeat event. Please limit attendance to one session per week.

Make a simple craft after 25-30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes.

For kids who can sit still for longer stories to develop school readiness.  This is generally kids 3.5-5 years old and their caregivers.

Registration required. Each session in the same week is a repeat event. Please limit attendance to one session per week.

Enjoy 20-25 minutes of short stories, songs, and lots of movement followed by playtime to build early literacy skills.

For kids 18 mo.-3 years old and their caregivers.

Monthly registration required. Each session in the same week is a repeat event. Please limit attendance to one session per week.

Join us on the first early out of each month for games, snacks, and activities. Our activity this month is friendship bracelets.

For students in grades 6-12.

Registration is required.

Meet in the Library’s Coal Mine Meeting Room at 2:30 PM on the first Thursday of each month (except January and July) for a lively book discussion. Copies of each month’s book may be picked up at the Library’s front desk or during the meeting, while supplies last. This month we'll discuss All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Witaker.

Registration not required.

Children ages 0-5 years and their caregivers are invited to drop in the front program rooms and play with a variety of the library’s toys to build social and early literacy skills.

For kids 0-5 years old and their caregivers.

Registration is not required.

No time to attend an evening or weekend program? Try our Snacks & Facts series! We’ll have a speaker the first Friday of each month, now held in the library! Come ready to learn and we’ll provide the snacks! Stick around afterward for Waukee Parks & Recreation’s bingo at 1 PM for $1 per play.

This month, novice and advanced gardeners can learn useful facts about vegetable gardening from an experienced gardener from the Ted Lare Design Build & Garden Center.

Registration is not required.

Visit with adoptable cats and kittens at the library! Whether you’re looking for the newest member of the family or just need some kitty snuggles, our friends from Whiskers TNR have you covered! Adoptions on-site are not available, but all ages are invited to this meet and greet session. Whiskers TNR volunteers will answer your questions about adoptions and the Trap-Neuter-Return program. Drop-in anytime between 10 AM – Noon.

Registration is not required