Week Calendar

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.

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.

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

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups

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.

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

Preparation of Federal and MD income taxes for Northern Frederick County residents who earned less than about $60,000 in 2023.  By appointment only.  Contact 301-471-5757 after Jan 22, 2024 for more information.

In honor of Heart Health Awareness Month, join us for a special guest from Frederick County’s Emergency Communications to share 911 safety tips and storytime fun.

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.

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

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. In honor of Heart Health Awareness Month, join us today for a special guest from Frederick County's Emergency Communications to share 911 safety tips and storytime fun.

A multi-sensory storytime designed to support children with autism or sensory processing challenges. This time is designed to meet your child where they are in, a fun, engaging environment.

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. This Storytime is followed by a playgroup.  Designed for ages 0 -5, with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. In honor of Heart Health Awareness Month, join us today for a special guest from Frederick County’s Emergency Communications to share 911 safety tips and storytime fun.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups

A fun Frozen themed party for preschoolers.

Start your day off right in a chair yoga class presented by Trisha Houston with Sol Yoga.

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

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

Music, movement, stories and more!  

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5 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.

Learn about our community helpers with Paw Patrol! Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us for a fun art activity. For ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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.

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

Practice reading skills to patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.). For Children Grades K-5. 

Practice reading to a furry friend!

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

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

Have fun exploring literacy, STEM, and art through play-based activities that integrate essential school skills.  Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. 

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

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!

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

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

Introducing toddlers and their caregivers to a variety of preschool-readiness skills including fine motor development, social emotional skills, and early literacy activities. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held inside.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will build school-ready skills while having fun and exploring their social-emotional selves at this weekly kindergarten prep program. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held inside.

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

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.

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

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

With a variety of activities, preschoolers and their caregivers will practice school-readiness skills. This program will be held inside in the event of inclement weather.

The Summer Olympics may be in Paris, but the Winter Olympics are right here at the Walkersville Branch Library! Compete in a variety of exciting, winter-themed events!

Stories, movement, music, and fun for the entire family.  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

"Connecting the past with the future."

Learn how DNA from the cemetery bones of enslaved African Americans leads to living populations with Elizabeth Comer, Archaeologist and President of Catoctin Furnace Historical Society.

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

 Join us as we learn about the meaning and properties of crystals including the physical and emotional benefits  they can provide.

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

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

Recurring mahjong and game event hosted by the Asian American Center of Frederick.

Want to know the difference between credits and deductions, capital gains and ordinary income, standard and itemized deductions?

Author talk and book signing

Come join us for a virtual journey to Antarctica with Mike Ferrell! As a member of the United States Air Force, Mike has flown over most of the Antarctic continent and was the first known human to set foot in several remote areas of Antarctica.

Enter Mushroom Kingdom and enjoy all things Mario with games, crafts, and activities.

No school? No problem. Come join us as we put a movie on the big screen and relax! 

We will be showing the movie Elemental, which is rated PG. 

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. This week, we'll be listening to stories about movement and dancing! Come along dressed in your favorite dancing gear, and enjoy learning some new moves!

Join the City of Frederick's Sustainability Department to learn more about our tree canopy, why Tree Frederick is important, and see a walk-through of how to get a tree!

Join us for an intriguing journey into the world of secret messages with a hands-on demonstration of an Enigma cipher machine, presented by the National Cryptologic Museum.

Test your skills by navigating a Sphero robot through an obstacle course with twists, turns, and blockades. Create your own obstacles to increase the difficulty and develop a dynamic playground.

Why is it important to eat healthy and exercise? For a healthy heart, to start! We'll learn about the circulatory system, healthy blood cells, and demonstrate blood flow by creating a simple 3D model. For Grades K-5.

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

Don't panic! Learn how to control bleeding in an emergency, by applying direct pressure, packing the wound with bleeding control gauze, and applying a tourniquet. These critical skills could save a life when seconds count.

Join Weis Dietitian Christina Pelletier, MS, RDN, LDN, in learning the components of a heart-smart diet. The presentation will be followed by a recipe demonstration that participants can sample.

Join us for an afternoon of Minecraft creation. This program is for elementary-age children who are ready to have fun crafting a world together. Never played, no problem, staff will be on hand to help with the basics.

Art and chemistry collide in this exploration of watercolors. Children will explore the effects of salt and lemon juice on their works of art.

STEAM Lab takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Join us Tuesdays at the library for your chance to learn a new skill, create art, and hang out with your friends!

Learn how to engineer structures out of old newspapers. Are you ready to take the newspaper engineering challenge?

Designed for children in grades K-5.

Grades 6-12. Create amazing art using post it notes. 

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

Join Heartly House's Community Engagement Lead for a workshop on healthy relationships.

Need a quiet-ish place to study? We'll provide the tables, chairs, and some extra surprises to help you get the most of your cram sessions! Plus, our staff can help you find the tools, databases, and resources you need to be successful.

Enjoy a movie from the 1990s that YOU picked by voting in our Teen Zone!

This program is recommended for teens in grades 6 through 12.

Explore the technology behind baking while we make chocolate treats with leftover Valentine's Day candy.

We welcome adults who want to practice their English to a conversation class hosted by the Literacy Council of Frederick County.

STEAM On! programs will focus on integrating arts into science, technology, engineering and math concepts to promote creativity and curiosity about the world around us.

This is a group for those who would like to gather for a social time of crafting together. Bring your own projects to work on and meet other local crafters. Knitting, crochet, all fiber crafts welcome! 

Join us for an all-ages storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and other world languages. 

Easy fizzy science experiments. Be prepared to get messy as we explore chemical reactions! Geared for Grades K-5.

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