Upcoming Events

Join us for a morning of building! Use the library's blocks and building toys to build with your little one while working on fine motor skills! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Join the staff of the Thurmont and Emmitsburg Libraries for a pop-up to celebrate Spring on the Mount Saint Mary's campus. Library staff will visit the quad with plenty of materials for checkout, as well as some fun games!

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  This program is designed for children in grades K - 5 and their caregivers.

Take a drone for a spin and test your piloting and computer programing skills in a series of tricky tests!

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and enjoy watching a show or two! 

Make your own DIY personalized felt name flag. Available while supplies last. Ages 9-13.

Enjoy music, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

You are invited to a fun night at the library with special guests Bluey and Ella, the Maryland Dairy Princess. Enjoy crafts and activities. Get photos with Bluey and Dairy Princess Ella.

Come share a story with a specially trained therapy dog from WAGS for Hope!

Take some time to relax with fun activities at the library!

This program is for teens in 6th through 12th grades (ages 11-18).

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family -- pajamas are welcome!  Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

Join Go Team Therapy Dogs to improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a therapy dog.

Learn the meaning and history behind the language of plants and flowers! What does a yellow carnation mean? Or a pink rose? And what do they mean when they're together in a bouquet?

A sensory experience, exploring texture and color that encourages toddler creativity & fine motor skills. Designed for ages 2-5, with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Let's celebrate Space Week! We'll enjoy some out of this world music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Make sure you carve out some time for this rock-solid program! Little ones will get the opportunity to work with play dough as they try their hand at making marble-ous creations.

Come and meet some animals with scales and some animals with tails from the Catoctin Creek Nature Center! We invite all adults with developmental disabilities to join us for this fun, sensory event.