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! 

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

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.

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

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.

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

Music, movement, stories and more! 

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for children's ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

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

Join us every Thursday this summer for a Tween/Teen Leadership Camp and earn Community Service hours each week. Today, we will create greeting cards for a local nursing home.

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

Join us for a special storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in different languages. For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Get ready to shake, rattle, and read! Join us for a high-energy Rock & Read Storytime filled with musical fun, rockin' read-alouds, and lots of dancing!

Come dressed as your favorite insect and join us us for this special bug themed storytime! 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.

Shri Yoga is a calming but challenging style practiced in an informal environment. Classes include various asanas, breathing exercises, chakra vibration, mantras, and relaxation techniques. Attendees are welcome to bring their own mat.

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

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

Practice reading to a furry friend with Wags for Hope. This program is designed for children ages 0-10.

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. 

Variety of preschool aged activities to support early literacy and school readiness skills. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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.

Join us for a morning of building! Use the library's blocks and building toys to build with your little one while working on fine motor skills! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Mooove and groove with us at this special storytime at Happy Cow Creamery located at 8728 Dollyhyde Rd. Union Bridge, MD 21791.

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

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

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

Get ready for a day bursting with color, creativity, and laughter with Trist N' Shout Balloon Artist. You'll also have the opportunity to create your own masterpiece at one of today's hands-on art stations. 

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

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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 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).

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 Sarah Lee, host of the Victory Kitchen podcast, as she discusses how Americans coped with rationing through hunting, fishing, and preserving food during WWII. She'll share a few recipes and some food to sample as well!

Terrific for adults of all fitness levels and abilities. Tai Chi Ch'uan has been practiced for fitness and heath for hundreds of years.

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

Are you ready to get messy? Wear clothes that can get dirty and join us for hands-on messy science exploration including exploding paint and sensory slime!

Come decorate your own cookie using a variety of edible decorations! Gluten-free cookies will be available. While supplies last. 

For teens ages 13-18. 

Come see the Rover and learn about our amazing library materials and resources.  Play fun games and check out our books in our mobile bookshelf.

Please join us to learn about and experience Reiki Healing Circles. Presented by a certified Reiki Master and Practitioner, participants will relax as energy is guided by the collective intentions and the expertise of the practitioner.

Calling all young heroes!

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

Calling all knitters—whether you're a seasoned pro, a curious beginner, or somewhere in between! The Knitting Help Circle is a cozy and collaborative space where Frederick’s fiber enthusiasts come together to stitch, learn, and share.

Take a trip down memory lane with the Maryland State Library Resource Center and explore the library’s retrospective collection of Sears catalogs.

Carissa Barth with FIBE Dance will lead a fun and interactive line dance class just for kids. This event is ideal for kids under age 12. Be ready to Cupid Shuffle your way around the library deck!

Come swap your gently used puzzles with those from other puzzle enthusiasts! Puzzles for the swap can be dropped off starting on July 13. Please put puzzle pieces in a bag inside the puzzle box. All types of puzzles are welcome!

Ever wonder how much a medieval longsword weighs? 10 lbs? 20lbs? What if you were given the chance to master the majestic weapon that has long dominated the fantasy world?

Planning your own funeral may not be easy, but deciding your funeral arrangements in advance can give peace of mind to your family when the time comes.

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.

What does it take to be a Junior Ranger with the National Park Service? Learn all about this exciting program - the badges, the booklets and even meet a real Park Ranger. 

Find balance in the creation of your very own hanging mobile! 

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!

Participants will hear a story read aloud to inspire their curiosity about the wind. Participants will then create their own pinwheels to better understand the science behind wind energy.

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

Come join us for chair yoga with Cathy Spence. No equipment needed! Just wear comfortable clothing and come prepared to stretch and relax. You can even bring a stuffed animal with you!

Kids are your parents buggin' you to get out of the house? Crawl, fly, and wiggle your way into the Thurmont library for a bug-tastic program all about insects and other creepy crawlies. Build a bug and stop buggin' your parents!

Join us for a fun and engaging dance demonstration and mini class led by dancers from Leading Edge Academy of Dance. 

Join us out on the Thurmont Library deck for a splashin’ good time at our Splish Splash Bubble Bash!

Bring home a piece of the beach in this hands-on craft! We will have small seashells to paint, decorate, and make your own! Age Groups: Birth-5, Elementary.

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and celebrate the joy of anime and manga! 

Learn how to turn photos into video games with Downpour, a cool, free, and easy to learn app!

Join in the fun of creating a large mural! Kids will work together to design, paint, and bring their ideas to life on a big canvas.

Leave your mark on the library and express yourself through art. Add your masterpieces to the windows of the teen department to share with the community. 

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!

Dress as your favorite hero (or come incognito!) Join us for a fun afternoon of crafts, games, and trivia celebrating all things superhero.

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

Get creative with nature! Join us for a hands-on craft session where you’ll design air-dry clay ornaments using pressed flowers and leaves. Perfect for gifts, decorations, or a unique keepsake! Ages 13-18, supplies limited.

Join Myersville Library staff for a fun outdoor storytime at The Bog Shack Snowball Stand. 10909 Wolfsville Road, Myersville

Get creative with nature! Join us for a hands-on craft session where you’ll design air-dry clay ornaments using pressed flowers and leaves. Perfect for gifts, decorations, or a unique keepsake! Ages 9-13, supplies limited.

Learn to play a new tabletop game that's fun for the whole family! Fran Roth of Envoy Games will teach the game Rebirth, a tile-laying game where you build the land in a lush and hopeful future.

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

Do you have lots of vegetables from your garden?  Join us for an introductory food preservation program where you will learn about methods to safely preserve food, including water bath canning, pressure canning and freezing.

Storytime, pajama style!  Enjoy movement, music, and stories with the whole family.  PJ's optional!  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

A bleeding injury can happen anywhere. Life-threatening bleeding can happen in people injured in serious accidents or disasters. The number 1 cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding.

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!

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

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

Join us to learn about the history of and how to use old style fountain pens and how to write calligraphy, hand lettering, and cursive. All attendees will receive their own fountain pen while supplies last. Suitable for ages 11 and up.

Learn some basic watercolor painting techniques and try out different kinds of watercolors!

This program is for teens in 6th through 12th grades (ages 11-18).

On Thursday, July 24 from 6:00-7:30 pm at C.

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family -- pajamas are welcome!  Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.