Week Calendar

Early Voting 2022

Early Voting 2022

Early Voting 2022

Learn local history and ecology with a certified arborist!

Jenny Willoughby, of the Frederick County Department of Sustainability, will be guiding a hike on the Appalachian Trail while teaching how to identify native tree species.

Join us inside to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers! This program is intended for children 0-12 months and their families.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. Costumes are welcome!

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

Join us for a caregiver-led discussion and playgroup for tips and tricks to help navigate raising little ones. 

Each week we will focus on one or two letters of the alphabet and activites will be centered around that letter; STEM activity, storytime, songs, etc.

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

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups.  Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

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

Storytime @ Natelli Community Center is held offsite at 9023 Harris Street, Frederick, MD 21704.

Enjoy music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more!  Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.   Afterwards, we offer a "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

Bring a water bottle, and Lauren Medevoy with Game of Life Fitness and Nutrition, will bring the party!

Join us at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater for Family storytime presented in partnership with Downtown Frederick Partnership. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more.

Storytime @ Natelli Community Center is held offsite at 9023 Harris Street, Frederick, MD 21704.

Enjoy music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for kids ages 0-5 with their caregivers.

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

Designed with beginning mobility in mind, join us for movement, songs, stories and more that will guide caregivers toward early learning and literacy for toddlers

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

Storytime @ Natelli Community Center is held offsite at 9023 Harris Street, Frederick, MD 21704.

Enjoy music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Music, movement, stories and more!  

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Join us for an outside family storytime. Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5. Consider bringing a blanket for sitting on the ground. Storytime will move inside in the event of bad weather.

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

Offsite: Halloween Storytime and Parade @ Natelli Community Center is held at 9023 Harris Street, Frederick, MD 21704.

Join us at Common Market Co Op's 7th Street location for a special spooky storytime all about creepy veggies! Stay to sample some creepy carrots of all shapes and colors!

Wear your costume and trick-or-treat in downtown Frederick, be sure to stop by the Library Administration office entrance at 110 East Patrick Street for a fun library treat!

Dress to impress for not-so-spooky stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more. Designed for ages 0-5 with caregiver. We will host a costume parade through the lower areas of the library at the conclusion of storytime. 

Ready to exercise! Ready to dance! Ready to shake off the pounds? Come on in for Zumba at the Library on Saturday mornings!

This fun activity is just what you've been looking for!

Enjoy a special story themed around apples and the harvest at Catoctin Mountain Orchard.

Join students from Walkersville High School's Spanish Club to learn about Dia De Los Muertos and enjoy a story and crafts.

Join us inside to explore songs, rhymes, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers.

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

Enjoy music, stories and more.

Bring a blanket and your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Don't forget to wear your costume!

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

We're turning storytime up to 11! Come explore books and stories through music, movement, and plenty of dancing to kid-friendly tunes. Geared for children ages 0-5. Siblings welcome!

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

Introducing toddlers and their caregivers to a variety of preschool-readiness skills including fine motor development, social emotional skills, and early literacy activities.

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

Preschoolers and their caregivers will learn all about the world of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics with a variety of hands-on activities.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

We've taken storytime outside where preschoolers and their caregivers will learn early literacy skills with fun songs, story telling, movement, and more. Don't forget a blanket for sitting on the ground and to wear your costume!

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. Our Special guest the Middletown Fire Department will join us to show us a firetruck, firefighter gear, and more.

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

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

Come in your favorite costume and enjoy Halloween music, dancing, and activities that aren't so scary!

Join us for a STEAM DIY event on the lawn. Customize slime to make a creepy creation or a beautiful fall-themed masterpiece, use Play-Doh to create spooky art, and more!

Connecting stories with concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math creates a hands-on learning experience for preschoolers at the library. Be prepared to jump in and connect with your child during this program.

Living through a cancer diagnosis and treatment can be a difficult time.

Join Kathy Brown, past president of the Frederick Bird Club Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society, as she discusses the beauty of Maryland birds, the joy of "birding" as well as important information about birds in peril.

Join this special program with Enhance Arts Project and learn to integrate literacy with arts and STEM concepts.  This program is presented in both ASL and English and is appropriate for Deaf and Hearing families.

Join Dr. Susan Chaitovitz of The Pediatric Center of Frederick to learn tips and tactics for addressing picky eating. A playgroup for children will be provided.

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 5+.

Join us at our monthly TLC meeting to help make the library the best place it can be for you!

Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to join us for our weekly Teen programming! Who will build the best (or tastiest) haunted house? Who needs a gingerbread house? These houses will be frightfully delicious!

Join us today for a visit with Aje Hill and the I Believe in Me Foundation.

Expand your horizons, make friends and more as we explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math with hands-on afterschool activities! Elementary Explorers takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Create your own monster! Designed for children in grades K-5.

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Let's make music together! We will explore the building blocks of music as we play and learn about instruments provided by the Sloan School of Music.

Come test out your trivia skills and compete for a prize. Snacks will be provided.

COVID-19 bivalent boosters for ages 12+ Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Appointments required, please pre-register at: www.frederickcountymd.gov/covidvaccine

Show off your Halloween attire at our special Costume Party! There will be some silly and spooky games, crafts, and stories for kids of all ages to enjoy. We can't wait to see your costumes and show off ours!

Calling all science enthusiasts! Kids and parents alike will have a chance to dive into our super sick STEM activities!

Have you read Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe? Are Vampire bunnies for real? Meet and greet live rabbits, learn how to care for a bunny and create a bunny puzzle to take home. 

Dress in your best costume and enjoy a family-friendly night out.

Wear your pajamas and unwind with us indoors with songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. Don't forget to wear your costume!

Join us in the Urbana Library World Market for music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Join us for bedtime themed songs and stories--pajamas are welcome!

Exercise is essential for good health and mobility but what should be included in a program as we age? Walking alone is not enough.

Join us for a spooky historical walk around Urbana.

Set off on a new adventure with an unlikely band of heroes! Perfect for new and experienced players. This game will take place on Discord. Please register for this event to receive an invite link via email!

Come share a story with a specially trained therapy dog from WAGS For Hope.