Takoma Park
Neighborhood Library

book cover of Wide-Awake Princess by Baker

Child/Parent Book Club

Start off the new year with a resolution to join the Child/Parent Book Club with your 2nd-5th grader. On Jan. 8, at 7 pm. .elementary students and interested parents will discuss The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker. How many fairy tale characters will you recognize?

Holiday Play Time

Need to get out of the house over the Holidays with your little one? Come join us for a Holiday Play time at the Takoma Park Neighborhood Library. Instead of our regular Lap Time and Story Time on Dec. 30, we will have free play with a mirror tent, tunnel and lots of toys for babies and preschoolers from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

WinterFEST

Celebrate the season!

Join us on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. as we celebrate the upcoming winter season! There will be a seasonal themed story time, as well as two craft activities. We will be decorating sugar cookies and making paper ornaments to decorate our Takoma Park holiday/winter tree (or to take home)! This is sure to be a fun afternoon, so we hope to see you there! Call 202-576-7252 for more information.

Cold But Cuddly

Winter Reading Club

Cuddle up to books this winter break and be eligible to receive a Chipotle gift card! This winter break, between Dec. 21 and Jan. 3, elementary and middle school students who visit their neighborhood branch can be eligible to receive a Chipotle gift card for sharing their winter reading with their librarian.

"If on a winter's night a traveler" by Italo Calvino

What Did We Just Read?! Book Club

December's Book

Do you like to be left scratching your head after finishing a book? Do you enjoy asking yourself, “What, exactly, did I just read?” What Did I Just Read?! Book Club may be just what you’re looking for!

Adult Arts and Crafts Workshop

Holiday Wreaths

Wreaths have been used as a decorative sign of the holidays for hundreds of years. Holiday wreaths can adorn any part of your home, inside or out, and it's common to find a number of wreaths on doors, over the mantle, or hung in windows. To get in the holiday spirit and flex your creativity, come spend an afternoon at the Takoma Park Neighborhood Library Sunday Adult Arts and Craft workshop Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. We will be making holiday wreaths.

Job Seekers

How to start a small business

Are you interested in starting a small business, but not sure where to start? Maybe you have already started but are unsure of how to proceed with your market research or feasibility analysis? Come in and learn the ropes from Lucretia Buster, Associate Director of the D.C. Small Business Development Center. Image credit: “Open.” Chuck Coker’s photostream. Image available from https://www.flickr.com. Accessed 9/6/14. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/legalcode

Climate Change

Downloadable Presentation

China and the U.S. have signed a treaty to reduce carbon emissions.

Book to Film Club

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

“The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen.” Come join the Takoma Park Book to Film club for some classic fiction and film. This month’s selection is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.

Little Free Library on Piney Branch Road in Takoma

Little Free Libraries in Takoma

A Conversation with Ken Samson

There is no shortage of ways to find a good book to read in the Takoma Park neighborhood. You can visit your local branch of the DC Public Library, where there are books for check out and donated books for purchase, and you can also pop by one of the many Little Free Libraries that have sprung up in the area.

Takoma Park Neighborhood Library