Week Calendar

Enjoy a variety of goods from local vendors at our Farmer's Market every Saturday from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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.

Ben Friton, Director of the REED Center, will provide a guided tour of Morning View Food Forest, located on the 150 acre property of the REED Center.

Join us as infants and their caregivers explore early literacy and social emotional developmental skills at this self-paced program.

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

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.

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

Inspired by Musical Storytime? Play with a variety of instruments from around the world and make some music of your own!

Ahoy, mateys! Join the Urbana Library Pirates for a special storytime! There will be fun pirate-themed stories, songs, and rhymes! Don’t miss it – we promise to not make you walk the plank! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Join us for outside 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 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.

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

Music, movement, stories and more!  

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.

Music, movement, stories, and more outdoors on the Library Plaza! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

In case of inclement weather, this storytime will be moved indoors.

Enjoy a lively Storytime filled with music, movement. 

Come see our new Library Rover at this family-friendly fun event!

Ready to exercise! Ready to dance! Ready to shake off the pounds!  Zumba at the Library on Saturday mornings is the perfect solution!  

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

Bring your imagination and explore art in this preschool art maker program. Dress for mess! Designed for ages 3-5.

Preschool-aged children learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities!

While summer is here, enjoy a free lunch! Lunches available for carry-out or curbside pick-up for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

Enjoy music, stories and more.

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

Science and stories collide in this interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to work together to stop a super polluting mastermind!

While summer is here, enjoy a free lunch! Lunches available for carry-out or curbside pick-up for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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

Science and stories collide in this interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to work together to stop a super polluting mastermind!

This interactive show feels like stepping into a cabinet of curiosities, filled with supernatural paintings, mysterious elixirs, mind-reading devices, and more.

Carroll Creek Linear Park is overflowing with art representing 275 years of Frederick County history. Join us for a guided tour of this destination and learn the stories behind the art, its subject and the artists.

While summer is here, enjoy a free lunch! Lunches available for carry-out or curbside pick-up for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

Join us outside after storytime for some creative play time. Ages 0-5. Creative Play move inside in the event of bad weather.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

While summer is here, enjoy a free lunch! Lunches available for carry-out or curbside pick-up for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more.

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

Join us for a special preschool storytime located at Fountain Rock Park 8511 Nature Center Place, Walkersville, MD 21793

In the case of inclement weather, storytime will be held at the Walkersville Branch Library.

Come out and meet the Book Bike @ Baker Park. Make library cards and check out a selection of books for all ages curated by our librarian.

Theme this week- Butterflies, Caterpillars & their favorite foods!

Author/Illustrator Marietta Apollonio will be reading, drawing and leading some cat-tastic art fun to celebrate the launch of her new book Jack the Library Cat (pub. Albert Whitman).

While summer is here, enjoy a free lunch! Lunches available for carry-out or curbside pick-up for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

Join us for a morning of caterpillar craziness as we celebrate the beloved children's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar with games, crafts and more! 

Lawyer in the Library provides free one-on-one legal advice from Maryland Legal Aid lawyers. Types of issues include:

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 5-August 18 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

This summer, free lunches will be available from Tuesday through Thursday for youths 18 and under.  Lunch may be picked up between 12 and 1pm, while supplies last, and may be carried out or enjoyed on the library's covered deck.  

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 5-August 18 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

This summer, free lunches will be available from Tuesday through Thursday for youths 18 and under.  Lunch may be picked up between 12 and 1pm, while supplies last, and may be carried out or enjoyed on the library's covered deck.  

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 5-August 18 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

This summer, free lunches will be available from Tuesday through Thursday for youths 18 and under.  Lunch may be picked up between 12 and 1pm, while supplies last, and may be carried out or enjoyed on the library's covered deck.  

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 5-August 18 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 5-August 18 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

Children practice reading skills to the patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs. For Children Grades K-5. 

SOAR (Supporting Older Adults through Resources, Inc) and the Aging Network Alliance present a panel of experts to discuss the following:

Downsizing can seem like a daunting task, but in this program Margie McWilliams from Wayforth will provide you with the information you need to get it done.

Have you made plans for your future care needs? Or, are you helping an aging parent make those plans?

Join us this summer as we feature amazing storytellers from around the region.  

As you can tell by the title, this is not your usual book club.  Each month, experts from Frederick Health Hospice will explore issues surrounding death AND life through a variety of books and other media. And no, you don’t h

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and use perler beads to make your own design!

Is your child starting Kindergarten in the fall? Join us for stories, songs, activities and crafts that promote kindergarten readiness skills. This 60-minute program is designed to help kids become comfortable with a routine and prepare

Create and decorate an Art Bot that bounces, spins, and bumps its way across the page leaving a colorful trail!

Bring your imagination and explore art in our elementary art makers program. Grades K-5.

Teens going into grades 6-12 are invited to join us to create artwork using a paint pendulum - come see art in motion!

Slither or hop on over to the library to learn about reptiles and amphibians with our friends from Fountain Rock Nature Center. Ages 3-12.

Wackadoooo! It's a Bluey Party! Join us for crafts and activities related to the popular character, Bluey! For All Ages.

Science and stories collide in this brand new interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to WORK TOGETHER to stop a super polluting mastermind!

An introductory lesson into crochet, run by a crochet expert. No experience necessary! Materials will be provided. 

Part 1: June 28

Part 2: July 12

Take one of our LEGO® challenges, use one of our books to create a design or use your own imagination and create your own unique LEGO® creation.

Come experience a preview of the Frederick Children's Chorus Summer Camp: Heroes and Heroines in Song.  Enjoy musical games and exploring instruments.  All ages welcome!

Vivid, shifting colors always catch our eye!

Come explore liquid densities in this elementary school aged STEM program.

Join us in the STEM Lab and let the crayons drip and drop to create unique and wonderful pieces of art!

Be prepared to get messy! 

Come celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog's birthday with games and fun activities!

Ukulele 101 welcomes tweens, teens, and young adults of all skill levels to come and jam with us at the library. Get started on the ukulele and quickly learn to play familiar tunes while having fun!

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

Children can learn and explore using STEAM-based activities. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities! Designed for elementary students in grades K-5.

Science and stories collide in this brand new interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to WORK TOGETHER to stop a super polluting mastermind!

Come play on Open Game Night!  Board games, card games, chess and much more. It's a fun night of cooperative play and team building.

Learn how to create a decorative wool and proddy (rug-hooked) flower with experienced local crafter Beth Stitely. Materials will be provided and participants will be able to take their creations home! 

Be creative and get a little messy together! Use various media and learn the art process to make a masterpiece. Geared for Grades K-5 and caregivers.

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga.  Be sure to wear comfortable clothes.

Prepare your mind and body for bedtime with stretches, music, stories and more. A hands-on activity will accompany this event. 

Join local musician Cristina Rivero and bring your acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, violin, ...  to jam with us!  

Join us for an all-ages storytime after a long day of work and play. Unwind with stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family!

Science and stories collide in this interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to work together to stop a super polluting mastermind!

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

I scream! You scream! We all scream for Ice Cream!

Join us as we try different types of ice cream from local businesses!

Dislike doing laundry? Make it easier with a homemade cardboard clothes folder that you can decorate to your liking!

Maryland Master Naturalist Series 

Dance through summer at the library! Enjoy music, socialize, and let loose!

Snacks provided.

“Back to Our Bygone Days”. Oral histories of those who attended Lincoln School, the only school available to Black students in Frederick, MD prior to integration.

Please join us for our in-depth journey of using Sahaja Yoga Meditation as a way to achieve stress- free living. Feel the freedom of your Self!