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Star Wars Day

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Working with a fan club, a San Antonio library gave 150 kids and adults a Star Wars-packed afternoon, complete with crafts, movies and Darth Vader pics. 

Library Circus

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little girl pretending to fly like a cannon ball out of a cannon using a face-cutout at a circus

One popular children's program we do each summer is the library circus. This program is for children ages preschool through 5th grade and is a one hour program with lots of hands on stations for kids to visit. We have several hundred people attend each year. We have families, preschools, daycares, summer school, and more that attend.

Iditarod Immersion

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A sled dog in the woods

Students learn technology skills, geography and history while researching "the last great race."

Books and Bites

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Celebrate the best in local literary and culinary talent by combining a reading with a scrumptious dessert.

Teen Cooking Series: Fruit Smoothies

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Using a food history book as inspiration, a Los Angeles library taught their teens to make healthy smoothies.

Explore

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friends having fun working on a project together

Explore, a program for developmentally challenged adults, uses multimedia tools, books and crafts in a quest for fun and lifelong learning. 

Weekly Craft Demo: Halloween Puppet

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In this weekly Facebook Live series, staff present crafts that are easy for kids to create at home. For the fall season, an easy DIY Halloween puppet.

Tape Town

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Create a miniature village for little ones to explore. Children were issued “licenses” and cruised their toy cars along masking tape streets to various community sites.

Historical Swordcraft

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Hear ye, hear ye! Learn all about historical swordcraft through professional demonstrations, discussion and hands-on techniques.