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Girl Sharing Her Book with a Dog

Read to Rover

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room A | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Tutoring
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

All Ages: Share a book with a furry friend from Love on a Leash. These good-natured therapy dogs are eager to listen to your child practice reading aloud in a stress-free setting, ...

Cover: The Fantastic Frame: Splat! Another Messy Sunday

The Fantastic Art Book Club

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Club, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required
Pile of colorful Lego bricks

Lego® Lab: Challenge Series

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 8–12: Is your child up for a new Lego® challenge? At the Lego® Lab Challenge Series, your child can complete monthly builds with the help of their teammates, solve unusua...

Required

Holiday Closing

All Day
Main Library, West Branch Library

All Library locations will be closed in observance of this holiday.

Closing
Young child holding paintbrush with abstract paint swipes on paper

Art Adventures

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Ages 3–5: It’s time to get messy with Art Adventures! From painting with toy car wheels to making marbled paper with shaving cream, your child can experiment with unlimited wa...

Young boy in lab coat with bubbles in one hand and blackboard of science images behind him

Curious Kids: Fresco Painting with Oobleck

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required
Close up of child's hands crocheting with blue and beige yarn on pink background

Young Yarners

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required
Silhouette of Lego mini-fig

Lego® Stop Motion Animation

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Lifelong Learning Center at Main Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 8–12: Encourage your child to turn their ideas into reality, experiment with creative problem-solving, and work cooperatively with others. Teams of two will build models, crea...

Required
Illustration of penguin, walrus, beaver, vulture, elephant, and sheep standing on part of a globe

Animals Around the World

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Education & Tutoring
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–15: Travel to deep, dark jungles, arid deserts, and even the frigid Arctic in search of reptilian, avian, and furry friends at Animals Around the World! In every sessio...

Required
Children forming a pyramid in the grass

Libratory

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Education & Tutoring, Gardening & Nature, Storytime, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–11: Do you have a budding artist or a mad scientist whose creativity is waiting to be unleashed? Stop by the Libratory and get ready to experiment! Libratory takes...

The backs of Pokemon cards

Pokémon Card Creation

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–15: Do you have a dream chase card? Or would you prefer to create your own one-of-a-kind Pokémon card? At Pokémon Card Creation, you can make your own shadowless Chariz...

Required

3D Print Night

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Lobby | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Computers & Tech
Age Group:
Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

All Ages: Learn how to take your ideas from concept to creation at 3D Print Night! At this interactive demonstration of the West Branch Library’s 3D printer, you’ll journey th...

Young girl in red clogs jumping in mud puddles

Mud Day

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Community
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Toddlers, Children
Offsite Event
Close up of child's hands crocheting with blue and beige yarn on pink background

Young Yarners

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required

Board Game Design Night

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Escape Rooms, Games & Trivia, Family & Community, Workshop
Age Group:
Children, Teens, Adults
Cover: The Fantastic Frame: Beware! Shadows in the Night

The Fantastic Art Book Club

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Club, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required
Illustration of two children at the mouth of a cave, a dragon watching from inside

MagiKids

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Ages 8–18: Start your child on the journey to becoming a powerful wizard with Magic: The Gathering, a turn-based trading card game, and MagiKids! Developed to introduce y...

Close up of child's hands crocheting with blue and beige yarn on pink background

Young Yarners

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Required

Board Game Design Night

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Escape Rooms, Games & Trivia, Family & Community, Workshop
Age Group:
Children, Teens, Adults
Young boy building with Lego blocks

Lego® Lab

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
STEAM Activities, Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–11: Challenge your child’s construction skills, teamwork abilities, and creativity at Lego® Lab! Your child can attempt the monthly challenge or build their own designs...

Required
Illustration of penguin, walrus, beaver, vulture, elephant, and sheep standing on part of a globe

Animals Around the World

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Education & Tutoring
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–15: Travel to deep, dark jungles, arid deserts, and even the frigid Arctic in search of reptilian, avian, and furry friends at Animals Around the World! In every sessio...

Required
Children forming a pyramid in the grass

Libratory

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room B | WBL at West Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Education & Tutoring, Gardening & Nature, Storytime, STEAM Activities, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–11: Do you have a budding artist or a mad scientist whose creativity is waiting to be unleashed? Stop by the Libratory and get ready to experiment! Libratory takes...

Question mark in the Pokemon font, white and blue splash behind it

Pokémon Creation

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ages 6–15: Who’s that Pokémon? You decide at Pokémon Creation! Use a premade template to design a unique Pokémon, complete with stats, special moves, type, description, region...

Required