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 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.

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.

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

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!

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. Ages 18 - 36 mos.

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

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

Staff from the Thurmont Regional Library will be on hand to provide library cards and check out books.  This event takes place at the Thurmont Senior Center, 806 East Main Street, Thurmont.

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 us for a sweet storytime all about apples! It's the perfect way to celebrate Fall with the whole family. Designed for ages 2 and 3 with a caregiver.

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. 

Need help with your laptop, smartphone or tablet? This one-on-one help is completely free with no appointment needed. 

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! 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.

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.

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

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

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.

Master Gardener, Megan Rice, will teach us how to collect and store seeds, in order to grow a new crop next year.

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.

Gather ‘round the “campfire” for stories, songs, and plenty of pretend camping fun! We’ll enjoy silly stories, sing camp songs, and pretend we’re out in the great outdoors, all without leaving the library.

Enjoy the musical stylings of the celtic harp, flute and violin.

Engage your baby's senses with activities designed just for them while visiting with other caregivers. 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.

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!

Is your child's car seat installed correctly? A certified Child Passenger Safety Technician from Family Partnership will be on site during baby playgroup to check your installation in your vehicle and answer your questions.

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

Make a library card!

Check out books!

Grab limited edition library swag!

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. 

Calling all aspiring music makers! Learn about music theory and history through rhythmic and melodic exercises, games, and activities! Age Group: Elementary.

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

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.

Come join us and meet the Emmitsburg Mayor, Frank Davis, while having a fun hour of Bingo.  All adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers are invited to this program.

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.

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

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.

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

The FCPL Book Bike will be at Jubilee Foods with a pop-up library experience!

Make a library card!

Check out books!

Grab limited edition library swag!

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.

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

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

Calling all little engineers! Join us for a hands-on adventure into the world of robots and how they work—designed just for curious preschoolers.

Join us for an informative program with Paul Tukey, nationally recognized expert in organic landscaping and sustainable gardening.

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

Join Master Gardener Kimberly Leahy as she talks about Maryland's largest native fruit, the Pawpaw!

Join Middletown Branch Librarians at the Middletown 50+ Community Center for trivia inspired by the book Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. 

Interested in dance and acting?  Come enjoy this dance workshop with Elixir Dance studio and see how fun theater dance can be.  

Swing by the STEM tent to have some hands-on science fun and learn about all the cool resources the library has to offer.

New Officers will introduce themselves, and individuals planning to attend the Maryland Writers' Association Conference can practice pitch sessions. Following the pitch sessions, there will be an open meeting for suggestions for future topics.

Attention High School Juniors and Seniors!

The FCPL Book Bike will be at the Park with a pop-up library experience!

Make a library card!

Check out books!

Grab limited edition library swag!

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

Planning for the future when you have a special needs child or a dependent adult can be challenging.

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.

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  This program is designed for children in grades K - 5 and their caregivers.

Ahoy, mateys! Drop anchor at the library for a swashbuckling good time! Kids will craft their own pirate gear, join in high-seas hijinks, and explore a world of imagination and adventure.

Join us for a special interactive and dynamic musical performance for all ages.

Add a little sunshine to your day! Join us for some creative sunflower art activities using paper, paint and more. Grades K-5.

Flex your fandom knowledge with friends in this trivia contest on anime new and old!

Join us for fast-paced fun with a series of one-minute challenges using everyday school supplies. Bring your competitive spirit and see how many you can conquer before time’s up!

Let’s Explore Animals! Each month, we’ll discover a new class of animals—mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, or fish. Through fun activities, experiments, and art, kids will learn what makes each group unique and how to tell them apart.

UNPLUGGED is a midweek mindfulness program for teens and tweens. It features low lighting, soft noise, and sensory tools. Each program features a different mindful activity to promote mental wellbeing.

Come join us for a bit of movie magic! Learn about the history of cameras by building your on pin hole camera. After you're done, stick around and catch ac showing of Hugo (rated PG)

Visit your favorite library staff at our table for VOU Latino Celebration at Natelli Family YMCA!

Dive into the world of Table-Top Role Playing Games! Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a new recruit, you've got a spot at our table. Pull up a chair as we fight monsters on bikes or perform a daring heist while being a hungry bear.

Join us for a variety of science, technology, engineering, arts and math activities for elementary-aged children.

Arr! Get Ready for International Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19th by learning how to talk like a pirate with Mango Languages, and make a fun pirate craft!

Hang out and play Uno and other classic board games with other tweens! Whether you're in it to win or just here for the fun, it's a great way to connect and enjoy some friendly competition.

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

Decorate a high-quality tote to use for all of your needs! Supplies limited

Turn Mason jars into your own coin bank! A variety of materials will be available for you to make the jar your own. Ages 13-18. While Supplies Last. 

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:

Calling all young adventurers! Let's go on a magical adventure with our friends in this introduction to RPG.

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! 

Decorate a high-quality tote to use for all of your needs! Supplies limited

Design your own squishy using foam, paint, and imagination! Customize the shape and colors to make a squishy that's uniquely yours—perfect for stress relief or just for fun.

Help your student start the school year with confidence! In this workshop, an academic expert from C2 Education will share practical strategies for building effective study habits, managing time wisely, and setting realistic academic goals.

Calling all bakers!

Join us for a fun-filled celebration of creativity and self-expression, inspired by The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. Enjoy a variety of dot-themed crafts and STEM activities.  Designed for families with children ages 3 and up. 

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

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

Get creative and explore the world of art through hands-on projects and imaginative fun! Each session features a new artistic adventure designed for young artists to express themselves, try new techniques, and make something awesome.

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

Join Catoctin Mountain Park Artist-In-Residence Martina Maya-Callen for an Artist Talk exploring the transformative power of infusing nature into art as a pathway to healing. 

Put on your pajamas and come join us for music, stories, and more before bedtime! Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Come celebrate all things Dreamworks with fun crafts and activities based around your favorite Dreamworks movies!

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

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

Ahoy me hearties! Ye be welcomed to join our crew and try your hand at trivia. Do you know enough of our lore to win the treasure? It being National Talk Like A Pirate Day, ye'll meet a pirate first hand and learn our words.