Week Calendar

Join us before school to eat bagels (or other breakfast pastries) and chat about what you're reading!

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

A warm, welcoming experience for families with children 0–3. Join the preschool teachers from Terrace Learning Center for upbeat sessions that invite little ones to move, create, and explore.

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

Singing, shaking, dancing, and bubbles! Adult participation is required.

A warm, welcoming experience for families with children 0–3. Join the preschool teachers from Terrace Learning Center for upbeat sessions that invite little ones to move, create, and explore.

A warm, welcoming experience for families with children 0–3. Join the preschool teachers from Terrace Learning Center for upbeat sessions that invite little ones to move, create, and explore.

Join us for books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, bubbles, and more, geared toward toddlers & pre-k.

Books, rhymes, scarves, songs, and bubbles for babies. Older siblings are welcome to attend and may bring a stuffed animal to use as their "baby."

Do you have a functioning kitchen gadget that you don’t use anymore and is just taking up valuable cabinet space? Did you get some new cutlery or dishes and need to make room for them?

Bring your favorite cribbage board or use one of ours. Come for the fun!

This month's selection: The Queen's Gambit, by Walter Tevis

Join us in the Teen Program Room to enjoy snacks and discuss your favorite books!

Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a p

This month's selection: The Last to Vanish, by Megan Miranda 

Sign up at Northview to join us during Flex to eat snacks and chat about what you're reading! 

Sign up at Northview to join us during Flex to eat snacks and chat about this month's book, Graceling

All adult players are welcome! Games start at 3:30pm. For help with character creation or any questions please arrive between 2:00pm and 3:30pm, walk-ins are also welcome during this time!

Join us for K-5 Pokemon Club! Drop in between 4 and 4:45 PM to play a game of Pokémon, trade cards, or just chat with other fans. Parents do not need to stay in the room during this event, but must stay in the library.

K-5 kids are invited to participate in fun and educational programming, brought to you by the After School Arts Program.

Drop-in and bring a craft you are working on and join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips from other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts, and so on.

Bring your cards to trade or play the Pokémon Trading Card Game with others, play Pokémon Go on your device, do themed crafts and activities, or just hang out and chat with other Pokémon fans.

Calling all anime fans! Join us in talking about anime and tasting a delicious Japanese snack, Pocky!

Maker Monday is a monthly program for teens to learn more about using the makerspace and utilizing their own creativity to build and create unique items by hand. This month we will be learning how to use 3D Pens!

Join fellow crafters to work on projects and get tips with other creative people. All crafts are welcome, including sewing, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, paper crafts and so on.

Join us for our new writer's workshop! Come and share your own work, get advice from others and make connections with other local authors. 

The purpose of this program is to promote the magnificent game of chess in Ankeny by bringing players of all ages and skill levels together at the library for a relaxing and informal evening of chess.

This month's selection: Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy