Join DC Public Library users and staff for coffee, conversation, and an activity on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
Coffee & Conversation brings together users from all walks of life in informal conversation focused on relevant and engaging topics discussed over a cup of coffee. Through this exchange of ideas, Coffee & Conversation promotes the library as a place to meet your neighbors and focuses on what people have in common rather than their differences.
Please join us! All are welcome.
Dive into STEAM based activities designed to build cultural awareness, critical thinking skills and promote collaboration through creative play. Recommended for ages 5-8. Celebrate Spring with a sensory splash!
Monday, March 4: Experiment with the sorcery of scent
Monday, March 11: Create a volcanic color eruption
Monday, March 18: Produce a Purim parade
Monday, March 25: Engineer a roller coaster thrill ride
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Time. This 20-to-30-minute program is full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18-36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program.
Space is limited; participants are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Have a group? Please call 202-698-3377 ahead of time to arrange a special visit.
Children 5 and under and their caregivers are invited to join us downstairs every Tuesday afternoon to unleash their imaginations and create their own "cardboard kingdoms" using a wide variety of simple supplies.
This 20-to-30-minute program is 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. Children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
Space is limited and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and story time starts at 9:45 a.m. No one will be admitted after 9:50 a.m.
*Advance registration is required for this story time.*
This 20-to-30-minute program is full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old. Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. Children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
This 20-to-30-minute program is 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. Children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
Space is limited and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open after the prior story time is over. This story time starts at 12:00 p.m. No one will be admitted after 12:05 p.m.
Sing, dance and reveal your inner musician at our Music and Movement time for children ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Our music time is dynamic and interactive, so come ready to participate in the fun. Space is limited, registration is required for this program.
Join the Southeast Book Club as we discuss The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich.
We meet in the Lower Level Meeting Room of the Southeast Library and books are available upstairs at the Information Desk. All readers are welcome.
Story time fun for the entire family, these 30-to-40-minute story times are packed full of books and activities designed to be enjoyed by all ages. Promoting language and literacy skills, these story times are a great way to further your child’s lifelong love of reading and learning. Children and their grownups are encouraged to actively engage and participate with the stories and activities during the program.
Beyond the thin veil separating our reality from all that is or could be exist other worlds. Worlds that are connected to us and affect our lives. The following books depict other worlds or realities, and the people of our world that find themselves part of them.
Each month we will feature a STEAM program at these select locations: Rosedale Neighborhood Library, Southeast Neighborhood Library and Woodridge Neighborhood Library.
Vikings have been a very popular subject in popular culture as of late, peaking right now with the popularity of the Vikings television show, now in its fifth season.
Over 200 years old, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of the most beloved novels in the English language. The first line of the novel, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife," sets up our expectations and the plot immediately, and we know that there will be some single, well-off men who will fall in love. Or marry, at the least.
I walk along the avenue
I never thought I'd read a book like you
Read a book like you
Within a cover the story lies
The kind of book that hypnotizes me through
You hypnotize me through
And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
And read all night and day
I couldn't get away
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As the leaves begin to yellow at the edges and the wind begins to blow a little cooler, it becomes the perfect time of year to settle in with a good ghost story. If you're taking an early fall camping trip, be sure to tote along one of these haunting middle grade books (grades 3-7) to pass the time. Or just read them at home with a flashlight under the covers--as long as you don't stay up too late.
The DC Public Library and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History have teamed up to highlight some great novels all about American history! As we head back into the school year, dive into some great historical fiction and hear a new perspective throughout different periods in American history.
If humanity could restart society from scratch, what would we prioritize, what would we reconsider, and how would we position ourselves to thrive?
The following novels all consider these questions via their portrayals of characters whose answers have at their cores a belief in the value of living communally -- and who have created or are taking part in living situations that reflect this belief.
In coordination with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Read about America with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History! These picture and chapter books are wonderful family reads and are a great tool to help your family develop a sense of home and aspiration for the future of the country. Whether you're a history buff or just avoiding summer slide, these picks will move you, inspire you, and wrap you up in a world that was, so that you can help to decide what the world will become.
Picture Books
