Young children can engage their senses by scooping, pouring, shaking, and sorting various materials, and will explore colors, shapes, textures, and sounds!

Local crafter Beth Battey will teach you how to make a cool chain mail twist bracelet, using links, pliers and patience!

This project will take the entire program time to complete.

This is a time for babies up to 24 months and their grown-ups to gather and play. The Library will provide the space and a variety of toys. Each playgroup includes 15 minutes of stories, rhymes and songs followed by open playtime. Parents/guardians must remain with their children. No older siblings, please.

Come to the library for a relaxing evening of soft music and puzzles.

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Join Jesse Deucher and Sarah Kairis, teachers at Ann Arbor Open and the creators of PandaFit, for fun games to keep kids active! This program is specifically designed for autistic and other neurodivergent kids, but all are welcome!

Join Jesse Deucher and Sarah Kairis, teachers at Ann Arbor Open and the creators of PandaFit, for fun games to keep kids active! This program is specifically designed for autistic and other neurodivergent kids, but all are welcome!

Have you been itching to decorate your water bottle or laptop with cool stickers? You're in luck! Pick from hundreds of stickers to brighten up any item they'll stick to. Bring your own item or decorate a notebook or water bottle provided by the library! The library is here to meet all your sticker needs with Sticker Palooza!

Great fiction starts with the heroes and heroines we love. To bring those characters to life on the page, the author must craft heroes and heroines as real as the people we know. In this workshop, Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will show you how to understand your characters deeply and portray them on the page authentically so readers will love them too.

Create a set of colorful coasters using confetti and ceramic tiles. These coasters are easy to make, fun to have, and are great as a gift!

This is a time for babies up to 24 months and their grown-ups to gather and play. The Library will provide the space and a variety of toys. Each playgroup includes 15 minutes of stories, rhymes and songs followed by open playtime. Parents/guardians must remain with their children. No older siblings, please.

Washtenaw Literacy’s ESL conversation groups focus on speaking and listening skills for adults in an informal, relaxed setting.

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Fun for the whole family! Join Katie and Abbie for a themed trivia night! This month’s theme: Popular Fiction! Players ages 5-99 are welcome to try and win some vintage summer game prizes.

Come one, come all, and swap out your old toys and games for something new to you! You do not need to bring a toy or game to pick one up.

Babies who have not yet learned to walk and their caregivers are invited to join for a relaxing hour of interactive toys, on-the-ground play, and interaction with other families. This is a drop-in program with no performance aspect perfect for young babies practicing tummy time, learning to roll over, and beginning to be interested in other people.

Using a simple rule-based process that you design, you can make your own art! You can use dice, your partner, random pen selection, or the lines you just drew to influence the next step of your drawing. See this AADL page for some examples of generative art with a partner.

This is a time for babies up to 24 months and their grown-ups to gather and play. The Library will provide the space and a variety of toys. Each playgroup includes 15 minutes of stories, rhymes and songs followed by open playtime. Parents/guardians must remain with their children. No older siblings, please.

Washtenaw Literacy’s ESL conversation groups focus on speaking and listening skills for adults in an informal, relaxed setting.

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.