Week Calendar

Visit the Library Book Bike at the Frederick City Market! Library staff will be there to check out books, make library cards, and answer any library questions you may have! 

Join us at Sophie and Madigan's Playground for a visit filled with rhymes, songs, lots of movement, and fun!

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

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

Join us as babies and their caregivers explore early literacy and social emotional developmental skills. 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.

Enjoy music, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0-5 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 "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

This program is for children 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!

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18 each Tuesday June 17 -August 11.
Lunches are provided by Helping Hands and Caring Hearts, a local nonproft.

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.

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! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers. Ages 18 - 36 mos.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for toddlers ages 2-3 and their caregivers.

Staff from the Thurmont Regional Library will be on hand to provide library cards and check out books. 

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.

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

Join music therapist Marsha Hudson for an hour of musical exploration. This program is designed for adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. This program is for children ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 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.

It's like a children's museum, but at the library!  Join us for an hour of fun engaging activities designed for experiential learning.  You never know what you might discover!  Ages 3-7 with a caregiver.

Is your child interested in learning how to care for a garden? Look no further! Join us for a fun morning of exploring, creating, and learning how to care for plants and gardens at the Emmitsburg Library. Ages 0-12.

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

Grab your boots and hats for a rootin’-tootin’ good time! Join us for stories, songs, and movement straight from the Wild West. Perfect for little buckaroos and their caregivers!

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

ASL storyteller brings deaf, hard of hearing and CODA babies and their families stories, interactive bonding moments and more in this ASL immersive storytime.

Enjoy a storytime, craft, or other fun activity with the whole family.

Enjoy the musical stylings of the celtic flute and violin.

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

Engage your baby's senses with activities designed just for them while visiting with other caregivers. For ages 0-24 months, 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!

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

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

Join us for play based learning, games and activities! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

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

This self-guided program is designed to help little learners (ages 3–5) build early school skills through fun, hands-on activities.

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

Mark Frey, Alzheimer's Association, will be our guest speaker.  After our speaker, we will have games and activities. Games are among the many activities that can keep the human mind entertained and engaged.

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga's Good Cause Division. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat. Donations accepted.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

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

Explore the radical world of reptiles with Nicole and her exotic pets! Not only will participants learn all about what makes a reptile a reptile, they will have the opportunity to pet and interact with lots of animal friends!

Come learn some new dance moves at the Brunswick Library! We are thrilled to welcome the Dee Buchanan Studio of Dance to Brunswick to present their Rhythm Works Integrative Dance class.

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

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

While supplies last, lunches are available 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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available 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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available 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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available 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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

Join us at Hillcrest Park (on the corner of McCain Drive and Hillcrest Drive) to celebrate 60 years of bookmobile service to Frederick County.

Family Retro Gaming (families, grades 4 and up). This is your chance to step back in time and relive the golden era of gaming.

Kick-off the summer like a pirate! Walk the plank, seek some treasure, and enjoy some swashbuckling fun for the whole family. Fun for pirates of all ages!

Level up at the C. Burr Artz Library at our Summer Challenge Kick Off Party! Gamers and non-gamers, young and old, will find a craft, obstacle course, or video game right up their alley!

This is your chance to step back in time and relive the golden era of gaming. Experience the thrill of playing on original Nintendo systems, from the classic NES to the latest consoles, alongside Xbox and PlayStation favorites. 

Attention High School Juniors and Seniors!

This book club is designed to build on the excitement of emergent readers with different books and related activities to enjoy with their peers.

Join author V. H. Carlos for a powerful Juneteenth-themed workshop that helps Black families reclaim and explore their ancestral heritage.

Home Health 101 with Dr.

Summer Veggies - what and how to plant hot weather vegetables. Preparation, planting, & harvesting. Low effort, high yield. Presented by Master Gardener, Tiger Waddell.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will build school-ready skills while having fun and exploring their social-emotional selves at this weekly kindergarten prep program. For ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Family Retro Gaming (families, ages 8 and up). This is your chance to step back in time and relive the golden era of gaming.

Oh Crit performs improv comedy fused with Dungeons & Dragons!Join them as they embark on an adventure of twists and turns, bizarre characters, occasional epic failure…

Get ready for hands-on fun at our Agriculture Olympics for kids. Activities include cow milking, a grain toss, a sensory herb challenge, a compost game, an egg operation, and more.

Join Middletown Branch Librarians each month at the senior center for a topical discussion of favorite, new or trending titles. We will have a selection of items to check out and you'll have an opportunity to sign up for a library card!

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

Based on the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis, explore the sinking of the Titanic through STEAM and history activities! Age Group: Elementary.

Story Stretchers brings stories to life through gentle stretching movements, helping children connect with tales in an interactive, playful way.

Whether you can boot-scoot your way around the dance floor or if you are just looking to brush up for an upcoming wedding, the library has the moves.

Join us as we host our very own Sip and Paint! Indulge yourself with scrumptious cookies while sipping lemonade mocktails. Our painting will be a fun summer citrus theme, using bold bright colors. No experience necessary.

Are you ready for a challenge? Think you have what it takes to win it all? Join us at the library and participate in challenges with LEGO building blocks and test your skills against the clock! Geared for grades K-5th.

Join us for a summer series of writing workshops for teens led by author Nikoletta Gjoni. Delve into an aspect of creative writing at each session and take your stories to the next level!

Enjoy an afternoon of bingo and win prizes!

This program is for children in kindergarten through 5th grades (ages 5-10).

Networking is one of the most powerful tools for career success—when done right!

Come hang out at this program specifically designed for teens with ASD and other intellectual and developmental disorders. Snacks and sensory friendly games and crafts will be provided. For teen ages 13-18. 

Join us for this free monthly group series created for mothers with children 23 months and younger. Led by Dr. Maria Drvoshanov, a fellow mom and licensed psychologist, this series offers:

Meet and Greet with a horse from Hearts of the Herd while children are encouraged to engage in our learning stations that incorporate early literacy, math and social emotional learning skills. 

Join Barbara Thompson from the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society, as she discusses the origin and history of Juneteenth! 

Spend the evening competing against your friends and other gamers at the library! This will be a bracketed Super Smash Brothers tournament.

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Join us in our library garden for a poetry reading by local author, Andrew Calis.  He will share some concepts about poetry, do a few readings from his book, "Which Seeds Will Grow" and at the end do a Q and A and book signing.

Kickoff Summer with a Mr. Lilo concert for the whole family. Concert will be outside on the Plaza, weather permitting.

Come out to "touch" a variety of trucks and vehicles! 

This is your chance to step back in time and relive the golden era of gaming. Experience the thrill of playing on original Nintendo systems, from the classic NES to the latest consoles, alongside Xbox and PlayStation favorites. 

Please join us for a special evening with former lieutenant governor Marlene Johnson to discuss her memoir Rise to the Challenge.

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

Join Mr. Chris at the library this summer for “Color Our World” – a movement-filled adventure! This year’s program features 10 exciting PE-style stations, including rolling, underhand and overhand tossing, an obstacle course, and much more!

Family Retro Gaming (families, ages 8 and up). This is your chance to step back in time and relive the golden era of gaming.

The Online Job Search Skills workshop is designed to help participants confidently navigate the digital job market.

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

make your own wild robot to watch the movie with!