If you enjoy playing games, then visit the Anacostia Neighborhood Library on Monday nights from 5 to 7 p.m. for Game Night!
Kids and teens will enjoy a variety of fun and competitive challenges from video games, to card games, to board games!
For ages 7-16.
Welcome to The Homework Zone!
The Anacostia Library staff cares about the education and well being of the youth in our neighborhood. In support of scholastic achievement, library staff invite children ages 8 to 15 to visit the Anacostia Library on Wednesdays after school for a unique study hall opportunity.
Each Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m., library staff will establish a calm study environment called The Homework Zone in the children's area.
Sisters! Come to the Anacostia Library to read and discuss a great book. Our book club will meet the first and third Wednesday of every month at 4:30 p.m. to discuss chapters and have free talk. Teen girls, ages 15-17, will have an outlet to talk and express themselves in a comfortable environment with their peers.
Light refreshments will be provided. The goal of the book club is to encourage self-love, build confidence and healthy relationships.
These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. With slightly more activity and movement than our lap times, children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
If you enjoy playing games, then visit the Anacostia Neighborhood Library on Monday nights from 5 to 7 p.m. for Game Night!
Kids and teens will enjoy a variety of fun and competitive challenges from video games, to card games, to board games!
For ages 7-16.
Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years. Children and their caregivers, will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. These 30-to-40-minute programs are designed to promote language and listening skills, expand children’s imaginations and arouse their curiosity about the world around them. Class groups and daycares are welcome at these sessions. Please no children under 2 years of age unless attending with a sibling or class group.
Sisters! Come to the Anacostia Library to read and discuss a great book. Our book club will meet the first and third Wednesday of every month at 4:30 p.m. to discuss chapters and have free talk. Teen girls. ages 15-17, will have an outlet to talk and express themselves in a comfortable environment with their peers. Light refreshments will be provided. The goal of the book club is to encourage self-love, build confidence and healthy relationships.
Welcome to The Homework Zone!
The Anacostia Library staff cares about the education and well being of the youth in our neighborhood. In support of scholastic achievement, library staff invite children ages 8 to 15 to visit the Anacostia Library on Wednesdays after school for a unique study hall opportunity.
Each Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m., library staff will establish a calm study environment called The Homework Zone in the children's room.
Anacostia Library will offer fun and exciting experiments and projects. Children and teens are invited to come and join us as we create, experiment, and design.
July 23rd - July 27th
2:30pm - 4:30pm for ages 7-19
Call ahead for registration: 202-715-7708
Page Turner Thursday in tandem with DC Reads brings to you the book club book of the month entitled The Refugees, by Viet Thanh Nguyen. In this book, the author discusses collections of short stories exploring the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and refugees in the United States. This literary fiction touches on issues that affect our lives here in Washington, D.C. We will meet to discuss the book on May 24 at 7 p.m.
April is National Poetry month, and to celebrate, our book club will be readingA Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughterby Nikki Giovanni: "As energetic and insightful as ever, Nikki Giovanni now offers us an intimate and affecting look at her personal history and the hidden corners of her own heart.
Open Mic Competition with E. Ethelbert Miller and Alan
Are you a poet? Come read at the open mic Saturday, April 14, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a chance to be selected as a finalist in the DC Poet Project.
Listen to poets E. Ethelbert Miller and Alan King read their work, and stay to read your own poetry or listen to other local poets read theirs. At the end, Mr. Miller and Mr. King will select one open mic reader as “the winner” and award a $100 dollar cash prize.
On Thursday, March 1, at 11 a.m., Anacostia Library presents Read Across America. In celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday, please join us for a special story time of Dr. Seuss stories for children.
