Have you ever wondered what makes a paper plane fly? In this activity, you will get to build a paper plane and change its basic design to see how this affects its flight. There is a lot of cool science in this activity, such as how forces act on a plane so it can fly, ... Read more
Bring your instruments and friends to keep the tradition of American folk music alive at the library. Jams to be held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 5pm in the downstairs community room. Sign up is appreciated but not required. Call 826.3711
Join us from 9am-1pm for a library themed scavenger hunt inside the library!
If you need a space for Dungeons and Dragons, Magic, Pokemon, or any other tabletop game, simply get your friends together and reserve a table at the library for FREE! We also have board games so everyone in the family can come and play! Our scheduled time is the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the ... Read more
This story hour will be in both Spanish and English. Lap Sit Story Hour is held every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and is for children birth to five years with their adult partners. The children dance to songs, hear a story and do a related craft. Please call 618-826-3711 for additional information.
Part of our special summer reading presentations featuring Do-Art Productions. We will have an interactive and creative workshop where we work together to make a comic book. The recommended age to participate is 10+ but we will have another activity for the younger children to do upstairs.
Harness the energy of the Sun to make the best snack ever invented, S’mores! A solar oven is a box that traps some of the Sun’s energy to make the air inside the box hotter than the air outside the box. In other words, the solar oven is like a super greenhouse. Children under age ... Read more
Lap Sit Story Hour is held every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and is for children birth to five years with their adult partners. The children dance to songs, hear a story and do a related craft. Please call 618-826-3711 for additional information.
Meets at the library in the downstairs community room on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00pm. Books to be read will be selected two months in advance during the discussion meeting. Suggestions are welcome!
Come pet and hold a variety of exotic animals from Wild Times Exotics. This educational program is part of our special summer reading presentations. All ages are welcome and sign up is not required.