Music and Movement

10:00am - 10:30am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Severna Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severna Park - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness

Music & Movement

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

Build It!

10:00am - 11:30am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Library Branch: Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Program Type: STEM/STEAM

Build & Play

Come for brick-snapping fun! Design and build your own fantastic creations. We'll supply the Legos - you bring the creativity!  

Paws to Read

10:00am - 12:00pm
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Busch Annapolis Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides)
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Books and Writing
Required
Event Details:

Children in elementary school improve their reading skills while enjoying the rapt attention of canine tutors. Call the Busch Annapolis Library at 410-222-1750 for available times and to register.

Disclaimer(s)

Release and Waiver Form

This program requires the completion of a Release and Waiver form.

Este programa requiere completar un formulario de liberación y renuncia.

 

Plant Clinic: Ask a Master Gardener

10:00am - 1:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crofton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Crofton - Lobby
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Environment

Ask A Master Gardener

Ask gardening questions and bring your bug, weed or plant in a sealed plastic bag for analysis.

Family Storytime

10:15am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Odenton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Family Storytime

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Adults Who Read YA Books

10:15am - 11:30pm
Adults
Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Online Events
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Books and Writing
Required
Event Details:

Are you an adult over 18+ who enjoys Young Adult fiction? We will discuss the YA books we've read. 
It's a book club without the book! Chat about a book you've read and hear about great books that others have enjoyed.

Family Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Music & Movement Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Edgewater Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Edgewater - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Music & Movement

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Sensory Playtime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), All
Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), All
Program Type: Accessibility, Kindergarten Readiness, Neurodivergent / Neurodiverse, Special Events, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Join us at our sensory playtime! Sensory play is any activity that stimulates a child's senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing. Through sensory play, children use scientific processes to investigate new sensations.

Bilingual Storytime/Hora del Cuento Bilingüe

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Bilingual, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Hispanic/Latino Interest, Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Bilingual Storytime

Young children will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities while building ready to read skills in English and in Spanish / Los niños pequeños disfrutarán de historias, canciones, rimas y actividades mientras desarrollan habilidades de lectura en inglés y en español.

Genealogy Basics with the Anne Arundel Genealogical Society

10:30am - 11:30am
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Linthicum Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Linthicum - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Adult Learning, History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Starting your family tree? Interested in your personal history? Look no further than the Linthicum library!

Science Saturdays: Fairy Tales

10:30am - 11:30am
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Library Branch: Maryland City at Russett Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Maryland City at Russett - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Did you know there are fun ways to learn about science and engineering from fairy tales? Come explore science concepts that can be found in The Three Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Family Storytime

11:30am - 12:00pm
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Storytyme in the Grove at MD Renaissance Festival

11:30am - 12:00pm
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Adults
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Adults
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes, Special Events, Outdoor Event
Event Details:

Hear ye, Hear ye! In partnership with Page After Page, Anne Arundel County Public Library returns to the Maryland Renaissance Festival for six weekends of merriment.

Deaf Social and Game Day

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Join us at the Severn Library for a silent afternoon of games, ASL practice, and socializing!

Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, ASL Communities, CODA, Interpreters and Friends welcome. 

Voice-off event. 

Harvest Thyme- Kitchen Countertop Garden

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Environment, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

With a garden on your countertop, you can harvest fresh herbs all year long. Come learn tips for growing herbs indoors and get started on your own kitchentop garden.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at library programs has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Alergias Alimentarias: La Biblioteca no puede garantizar que la comida servida en los programas no ha estado en contacto con las nueces de árbol, la soya, u otros alérgenos.

Mis Quince Años | Sweet Fifteen

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Library Branch: Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Program Type: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Hispanic/Latino Interest, Special Events
Event Details:

Celebrate the timeless tradition of Quinceañeras, marking the coming-of-age for Latinas! Showcase your stunning dresses and elegant crowns at this unforgettable event. Call 410-222-1770 for more details.

One Maryland One Book - What Storm, What Thunder

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Edgewater Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Edgewater - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Books and Writing, Special Events
Event Details:

Please join us as we discuss the 2024 One Maryland One Book selection What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy. 

Tola's Room, a Puerto Rican Home Museum & Culture Space

2:00pm - 3:00pm
All
Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Other In-library location
Audience: All
Program Type: Hispanic/Latino Interest
Event Details:

Tola’s Room is a Puerto Rican home museum and cultural space in Northeast Baltimore that celebrates Puerto Rican/Nuyorican heritage and archives the local diasporican narrative of Baltimore City.

Community Service Crafternoon

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Severna Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severna Park - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Community Services
Required
Event Details:

Earn service hours while making a craft to serve a community need. This month we will use recycled and natural materials to make bug hotels for the library's native plant garden.

Disclaimer(s)

Walk-Ins Welcome

Registration helps us plan, but walk-ins are welcome when space is available.

Nos ayuda planear si se inscribe de antemano, pero puede entrar sin inscribirse si hay cupos disponibles.

Drop-in Family Lego® Build and Play Challenge

2:00pm - 4:00pm
All
Library Branch: Deale Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room
Audience: All
Program Type: Special Events, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Families are welcome to drop-in for Lego® build and play fun. We'll provide plenty of Legos®!

Also occurs on: Saturday October 12 and November 23

Dungeons & Dragons

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+)
Open
Required
Library Branch: Busch Annapolis Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Busch Annapolis - Teen Area
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Games
Required
Event Details:

Brave heroes wanted! Join forces with other daring adventurers and fight deadly monsters, meet strange foes, and search for fame and fortune!

Our Adventure Party is currently Level 3.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at library programs has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Alergias Alimentarias: La Biblioteca no puede garantizar que la comida servida en los programas no ha estado en contacto con las nueces de árbol, la soya, u otros alérgenos.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available with advanced notice for library-sponsored programs. To schedule an interpreter, complete this request form at least one week prior to the event date. For questions, email programming@aacpl.net.