Taught by Healthy Start, this class educates caregivers on proper car seat selection, installation, and use based on a child’s age, size, and developmental stage.

Search the library shelves for a fun scavenger hunt!

Read, laugh, and sing with us! Join us for fun activities for children ages 5 and under and their caregivers. There will be stories, music, movement, rhymes and more to enjoy!

Read, laugh, and sing with us! Join us for fun activities for children ages 5 and under and their caregivers. There will be stories, music, movement, rhymes and more to enjoy!

Toddlers and preschoolers can take their first steps toward learning Spanish! A fluent Spanish speaker will teach the basics using songs and games.

Join The Next Chapter, a book club for 3rd-5th grade readers. We meet for 3 months in the Spring and 3 months in the Fall on the 2nd Saturday. A brief activity will follow book discussions.

STEM Activities with UF studentsRegister

Learn English with your family! Register

Build your creativity, one pixel at a time with this Minecraft-inspired pixel art painting program.

Enjoy designing and making your own easy and fun spring lucky charm stickers.

Join us in the kid's area to watch a PG movie! How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is rated PG for sequences of intense action, and peril. We will also have a themed craft for all ages.

Read, laugh, and sing with us! Join us every Tuesday for fun activities for children ages 5 and under and their caregivers. There will be stories, music, movement, rhymes and more to enjoy!

Join us as we learn through play

It's Story Time! Interactive fun with books, stories, songs and other activities. Perfect for preschoolers and toddlers.

Please join us for Music and Movement where you can jam out and dance to some fun songs with your little ones!

Join us for a story time filled with rhymes, songs, bounces and more geared for babies and their caregivers.

Just in time for spring break. Teens and tweens are invited to stop by the Teen Room anytime to create their own kite-themed bookmark. All supplies are provided--just bring your creativity.

Join us every Tuesday for a musical morning! Kids can sing and dance while learning early language skills.

Tweens and teens will compete against each other to try and become the Newberry Branch Library's newest Mario Kart champion.Register

Join us to sing, dance, and make music at our Music and Movement program.

Read, laugh, and sing with us for Preschool Story Time.

Read, laugh, and sing with us! Enjoy rhymes, puppets, and interactive play.

Join us to sing, dance, and make music at our Music and Movement program.

Kids have fun with musical instrument

Are you ready for a challenge? Find this week's hidden clue then share the location to earn a sticker. Afterwards, explore your creativity at the character craft experience stations.

Join us every Wednesday. Our therapy dog loves to hear a good story!

Create new LEGO masterpieces every week at the Headquarters Library.

Bring your loved ones for the funnest group project you've ever had! Work with family, or friends, as a group to make art and memories.

Come play Nintendo Switch games with us!

Join us for fun crafts, games, and activities!

Therapy dogs love to be read to, so come share a story with a furry friend!

Find a good book or bring in your favorite to read with therapy dog Sahara!

Join us to sing, dance, and make music during our Music and Movement program.

Read, laugh, and sing with us at the Tower Road Branch.

Join us for story time in the park - we'll see you on the main stage inside the playground! Weather permitting.

Join us at the Alachua Branch for Storytime!

Join us for rhymes, songs, bounces and more! Geared for babies and their caregivers.

Hop on over to the library! Gainesville Rabbit Rescue will be bringing rabbits to this special Story Time event.

Read, laugh, and sing with us! Join us for fun activities for children ages 5 and under and their caregivers. There will be stories, music, movement, rhymes and more to enjoy!

Join us in the children's area for Read with a Dog! Therapy dogs love to hear a good story.

Join us in the HQ MakerSpace Room this fall for STEAM Crafts! Every 1st and 3rd Thursday we’ll have new science and art projects inspired by seasonal themes.

Come join us and read to a therapy dog! Develop your love for reading with our furry friends and their handlers.

Bring your friends and compete in our Mario Kart 8 tournament on the Nintendo Switch. Participants should be between 10-18 years old. Who will take home the trophy?Register

Discover the joy of crochet as we learn essential techniques—from forming a simple chain stitch to working confidently in the round.

Join us for an exciting morning of making! Local Plant Shop, Plantstay, will provide supplies and instructions for making your own terrarium. Ages 5-16.

Kids can sew, too! We’ll be walking through the basics of various techniques in machine and hand sewing with fun, simple, age-appropriate projects.