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Join us at the Maplewood Public Library for this fun group. Just bring your needles, your yarn, and you can craft with others who love crafting. This is not instructional but while you are with fellow crafters, you can help each other.

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We will provide the supplies, you provide the imagination. Create crafts at the library. For more information contact the teen room at (314) 821-5770.

 

CHAMP Therapy Dogs visit KPL one Sunday each month. Children are invited to curl up with one of these furry friends and read. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

 

Stories, songs and playtime for babies and toddlers. 9:15 stories led by Ms. Kim 10:00 stories led by Ms. Linda

Family Book Club Junior will discuss: Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. For grades 2-3 and parents. Books available at the library for check out. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

 

Maplewood resident, Yvonne White, will once again be offering knitting instruction. This is a great opportunity for one-on-one instruction and a lot of fun. Just bring a pair of knitting needles and Yvonne provides the yarn & guidance.

Storytime - Join us for stories, songs, games & crafts. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

Stories are aimed at ages 2 to 5 years, although all ages welcome.

Buying a Computer - Call (314) 821-5770 ext. 1020 for more information Get some tips on making a very important purchase. Sign up required. Sign up here!

 

All ages welcome

Storytime for ages 6-24 months and their caretakers. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

Buying a Computer - Call (314) 821-5770 ext. 1020 for more information Get some tips on making a very important purchase. Sign up required. Sign up here!

Storytime for young 2's and those not yet ready for regular storytime. Join us for stories, activities and crafts. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

 

Join us at the Maplewood Public Library for this fun group. Just bring your needles, your yarn, and you can craft with others who love crafting. This is not instructional but while you are with fellow crafters, you can help each other.

OverDrive 101 - For more information call (314) 821-5770 ext. 1020 Learn how to use Overdrive, the libraries source for downloadable e-books and audio books, and get these items on your personal device. Sign up required. Sign up here!

Come join us for an afternoon of Minecraft at the Library! We will have a building contest and a survival games contest (both for ages 7 - 12) with prizes for the winners. For our younger (and young in spirit) attendees, we'll have crafts and a free-play server. And, to top it all off, we'll be joined by our special Continue Reading

Upcycle Party - Call (314)821-5770 ext 1020 for more information. Join us while we take household items gathering dust and reinvent them into something new and wonderful.

Stories, songs and playtime for babies and toddlers. 9:15 stories led by Ms. Kim 10:00 stories led by Ms. Linda

Game Night @ the Library - Call (314)821-5770 ext 1020 for more information. Game Nite will come and bring a collection of creative and fun board games for the teens to play and enjoy.

 

Family Book Club will discuss: Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt. For grades 4-7 and parents. Books available at the library for check out. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

Maplewood resident, Yvonne White, will once again be offering knitting instruction. This is a great opportunity for one-on-one instruction and a lot of fun. Just bring a pair of knitting needles and Yvonne provides the yarn & guidance.

Stories are aimed at ages 2 to 5 years, although all ages welcome.

 

Stories are aimed at ages 5 to 18 months

Join author Alex George as he discusses his book, A Good American, this year's choice for One Book, One Kirkwood. Books available for sale and signing.

Book titles will be announced. Join us for a lively discussion of new and classic titles. For dates & upcoming titles, sign-up and we will add your name to our email list for future notification.

Join us at the Maplewood Public Library for this fun group. Just bring your needles, your yarn, and you can craft with others who love crafting. This is not instructional but while you are with fellow crafters, you can help each other.

Teen Lock-In - Call (314)821-5770 ext 1020 for more information. Read 30 hours during Summer Reading and get an invitation to the Teen Summer Reading Lock-in. Spend the night in the library, playing games, eating food, and socializing with other teens. By invitation only. Sign up is required.

Children entering kindergarten this fall are invited to join us for a "get ready for school" event. Stories, activities, crafts. Sign up required. Sign up here!

Join us for stories and crafts. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

Ages 5 to 12 welcome. Children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Stories, songs and playtime for babies and toddlers. 9:15 stories led by Ms. Kim 10:00 stories led by Ms. Linda

 

Maplewood resident, Yvonne White, will once again be offering knitting instruction. This is a great opportunity for one-on-one instruction and a lot of fun. Just bring a pair of knitting needles and Yvonne provides the yarn & guidance.

Hear a story and enjoy block playtime with your child. Recommended for ages 6 months thru preschool. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

Stories are aimed at ages 2 to 5 years, although all ages welcome.

Teens meet on the third Tuesday of the month with youth librarian Betsy Simmons for games, book discussion, and refreshments. Last month, the group voted to read and discuss The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams for our August meeting. Registration is required for this free program. Participants will receive paperback copies of the featured book.

Hear a story and enjoy block playtime with your child. Recommended for ages 6 months thru preschool. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

An Impartial Witness; a Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd

Students in grades 6-12 will meet with local social studies teacher Nathan Mattia to research the history of the Hadley Neighborhood of Richmond Heights, by conducting oral history interviews with former residents of the historic area. After School snacks will be provided.

 

 

Hear a story and enjoy block playtime with your child. Recommended for ages 6 months thru preschool. Questions? Call 314-821-5770, ext. 1015. Event is free and open to the public.

 

This is a casual, loosely structured event. You can come for as long or as short a time as you wish. This is not a class, and there’s no formal program. Just bring your laptop or pencil and paper. We will gather in the Reading Room (fireplace room) around 7:00 for introductions and a brief chat, followed by writing time Continue Reading

Join us at the Maplewood Public Library for this fun group. Just bring your needles, your yarn, and you can craft with others who love crafting. This is not instructional but while you are with fellow crafters, you can help each other.

Monthly Minecraft - Call (314)821-5770 ext 1020 for more information. Its seems that everyone has their own Minecraft server nowadays. Well, so do we! Come to Kirkwood Public Library for our monthly Minecraft Night. Sign up required. Sign up here!

Drop in with your young child for unstructured free play. Ages birth to age 5 with parent or caregiver.

Doctor Who at the Library - Call (314)821-5770 ext 1020 for more information. Join other teens for a fun experience to discuss everyone's favorite doctor. We will show episodes during the event while writing fan fiction and making doctor themed crafts. During this special summer series, we will debate the science behind Dr. Who.

Stories, songs and playtime for babies and toddlers. 9:15 stories led by Ms. Kim 10:00 stories led by Ms. Linda

 

Maplewood resident, Yvonne White, will once again be offering knitting instruction. This is a great opportunity for one-on-one instruction and a lot of fun. Just bring a pair of knitting needles and Yvonne provides the yarn & guidance.

Hear a story and enjoy block playtime with your child. Recommended for ages 6 months thru preschool.

On Wednesday, August 27 at 7 pm, our first program in a five part series commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I will be led by our very own Pat Rohan. She will be discussing two prominent books pertaining to the first year of World War I - 1914. The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 by Continue Reading

 

Stories are aimed at ages 5 to 18 months

Hear a story and enjoy block playtime with your child. Recommended for ages 6 months thru preschool.

Relax after school with refreshments and a movie!

 

On Thursday, August 28, Richard S. Fuegner, a Kirkwood author, will discuss his new book: A Nation Defiant: Polish Resistance to the German Occupation of Poland. Fuegner has been researching World War II for a number of years and became gripped by the hardships of the Polish experience during the war. "The Polish people displayed the finest qualities of the Continue Reading

Join us at the Maplewood Public Library for this fun group. Just bring your needles, your yarn, and you can craft with others who love crafting. This is not instructional but while you are with fellow crafters, you can help each other.

Story time is aimed at ages 2 to 5 years, although all ages welcome