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.

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!

Have you ever worn your pajamas to the library? Now is your chance to enjoy a morning of stories and songs in your favorite cozy pajamas - and bring your favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal!

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.

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 at the Myersville Library to "touch" a variety of different trucks and vehicles. Learn about all these vehicles and snap photos. Storytime starts at 10:30.

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

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. 

Freedom Bang is a pre-choreographed fusion of boxing, HIIT, hip hop, world dance, optional weighted gloves and just a touch of attitude.  Offering a wide range of intensity options to help you customize your workout.

Calling whale enthusiast 5 years and older! Join us for a visit with a life-sized inflatable whale to learn all about how these creatures are similar to humans and have a chance to touch baleen, teeth, and bones, all from inside a whale.

Beat the Heat and visit the library!  Drop-in between 10am -12pm and explore board games and fun for the whole family! Stay for an afternoon movie showing of "Super Mario Bros." (PG) at 1pm.  All ages invited!  

Beat the Heat and visit the library.  Stop in at the Imagination Zone and let your imagination soar while exploring self-led STEAM activities.  

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

Do you ever wonder what your stuffed animals do while you're asleep?

Learn how to harvest and save your seeds for next year's garden. Master Gardener, Megan Rice will teach us how to save and then share our seeds using the seed library.

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

Explore science and math through a variety of crafts, activities, and games.  Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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.

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!

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. 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.

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

Gear up for exciting adventures happening right in our backyard! This program will feature hands-on fun and even some special guests, every Wednesday all summer long. In the event of inclement weather, this program 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.

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 Loy's Station Park at 13506 Old Frederick Road, Rocky Ridge, MD 21778. We will meet near the play equipment!

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.

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).

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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).

Come for lunch and stay for a movie!  Free summer lunches will be available for ages 18 and under while supplies last.

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).

The Story of Woodsboro in the Civil War with C. Dahl Drenning. Hear about the events placing Woodsboro in the broader context of the four-year conflict that divided the loyalties of Frederick County citizens and changed the course of the nation.

Storytime is moving and grooving at the Walkersville Community Park at 22 Kenneth Drive Walkersville, MD 21793

The Frederick County Landmarks Foundation is bringing back a popular free series of how-to seminars on how to obtain a plaque for a historic home.  At each event, staff from the Frederick County Public Library’s Maryland Room, which specializ

Come build big with LEGO, Keva Planks, and more!

Find Waldo in Downtown Frederick begins on Saturday, July 1 and ends on Sunday, July 30 with the We Found Waldo Celebration in the C.

As you can tell by the title, this is not your usual book club!  On the last Sunday of each month, experts from Frederick Health Hospice will explore issues surrounding death AND life through a variety of books and other media. And no, y

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? See if you can escape being immersed in a world of anime! Weekly meetings will be held, feel free to drop into one or come to them all!  

Celebrate Harry Potter's birthday with activities and crafts.

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

It's Storytime with Author Vicki Johnson! Celebrate the release of her debut children’s picture book, Molly’s Tuxedo, illustrated by Gillian Reid (Little Bee Books) with a reading by the author, followed by an easy craft.

Join us for a fun hour of creating! We'll explore the arts and unleash our creative powers. We advise dressing for mess! For Grades K-5.

Teens can join us to try their hand at making sweet candy sushi rolls! 

Have you ever wondered why spiders have such long legs? Join children’s author Ada Ari as she shares one of Africa’s most loved folktales.

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

It wouldn't be summer without a camping trip to the library! Join us for camping stories around a make-believe fire, camping games, sing-along-songs, and create a tent in our library campground! For Grades K-5.

Art and science collide when paint explodes! Geared for ages 8-13.

Kindergarten starting soon? Let's prepare together! This friendly, hands-on boot camp will help rising kindergartners (and their grown ups) build the skills they need for a successful school year. 

Ukulele 101 welcomes children Grades K-5 to come and jam with us at the library! Get started on the ukulele and quickly learn to play chords while having fun!

Join us for a rocking good time!  Geologic Times Corporation will lead us in a hands-on exploration of rocks and minerals. 

Join us for free play of all of our board games at the library! We will have experts in several games to help you learn if you want to play a game you never have before. Have a favorite that you want to share with others?

Join us for an hour of Snap Circuit fun!

Complete various science and engineering activities to solve a puzzle.  STEM activities suitable for grades 4th through 8th.  Presented in partnership with the Frederick County Branch of The NAACP and Ten Plus, Inc.

Escape Room CSI: Mystery Cabin Culprit 

You and your friends have 45 mins before the sun sets to sort through the evidence and determine the furry suspect before night falls.

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.

Visit the library table at the Middletown Farmer's Market! Create a fun craft to take home and enjoy.  The Middletown Farmer's Market is at 12 S Church St, Middletown, MD 21769 .

Come Visit the Middletown Library at the Middletown Farmer's Market! You can get a library card, check out books, and learn more about Library Services. We can't wait to see you there!

Are you a teen who has a passion for anime and manga? Join us for an afternoon of fun watching anime, discussing the best shows and books out there, and enjoy fun activities about your favorite fandom!

Design and create your own concrete mosaic masterpiece.  Wear clothing appropriate for getting messy!

*Program to be held outside, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, an alternative program will be provided. 

Join Mike Ferrell for a fun, educational presentation about his time working in amazing Antarctica!

Grades 6-12. How high can you fly? Design and create paper airplanes and launchers. 

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

Our DMs are unable to attend tonight and have had to cancel. We will see you next month on Tuesday 9/5

Join us for an all-ages storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and English. This program is open to families who speak Spanish and to families looking to learn!

Join us outdoors on the Urbana Library Plaza for an evening of 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!

Enjoy an evening of fun with music, games, and more. 

Explore the world of coding and circuitry with Snap Circuits and more!

Join us for an evening of creative fun while learning some sewing basics and getting comfortable working with fabric and notions. No experience necessary and all materials will be provided.

Join us as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen for the release of her latest thriller, Gone Tonight.

Frederick County native Francis Scott Key was an accidental witness to one of the last battles in the War of 1812, the Battle of Baltimore. Maryland was a major battlefront during America’s forgotten conflict.

Join us for a fun evening of Trivia at the new 10Tavern, an american style pub in downtown Thurmont.

10 East Main Street
Thurmont, MD 21788