Curious about our plans for the 2020 Summer Reading Challenge? View our video announcement here. Sign up here today! Beanstack  

The West Des Moines Library is proud to announce the winners of our 2020 West Des Moines WRITES Poetry Contest! Clara Humston Sylvia McGuire Celeste Brown Lila Reum David Dehner Uriel Rodriguez Danielle Stacy Avery Galloway Emily Nelson Kole Bellon Jenna Herting Abisai Garcia Kara Simons Manar Yaseen Sarah Wood Winners will be invited to […]

Missing storytime at the Library? We’ve got options! Join us at 10:30AM each weekday this week for a live storytime with the West Des Moines Library Youth Services staff (Hi, Miss Jenna!) at  https://www.facebook.com/events/222847459077833/ AND Hop over to https://www.facebook.com/events/2525858284323040/ at 1:30PM each weekday to continue our live read-aloud of ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY by […]

NOTICE: Effective 1pm on Monday, March 16, the West Des Moines Public Library will be CLOSED to the public for 4 weeks in consideration of the safety of our patrons, staff and community. We have created a hands-free Curbside Holds Pickup to take place 10a-6p on Tuesday-Thursday, March 17-19.  More info here. *Fines and due […]

New Meet Your Neighbors Story Boxes Available for Multicultural Children’s Book Day   WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – In celebration of Multicultural Children’s Book Day and the West Des Moines Community Schools (WDMCS) district community, Meet Your Neighbors Story Boxes full of books, music, activities and new perspectives are available starting Jan. 31, 2020.    […]

Did you know? Starting in January 2020, the Youth Services Department no longer requires registration for all regular storytimes! This includes: Monday, 6:45PM–Family Storytime Tuesday, 9:30AM and 10:30AM–Lapsit Lambs Wednesday, 9:30AM and 10:30AM–Family Storytime Thursday, 9:30AM and 10:30AM–Lapsit Lambs Thursday, 10:30AM–Oliver’s Puppy Tales Friday, 10:30AM–Oliver’s Puppy Tales Join us anytime storytime is in session. For […]

Welcome to our third-annual Winter Reading Challenge! We challenge you to read 5 hours between December 1 and January 31. Everyone completing the challenge will receive a Fine Forgiveness Coupon and a chance to win a gift card to a book store. To sign up, visit HTTPS://WDMLIBRARY.BEANSTACK.ORG. If you have participated in other reading programs […]

Welcome to our third-annual Winter Reading Challenge! We challenge you to read 5 hours between December 1 and January 31. Everyone completing the challenge will receive a Fine Forgiveness Coupon and a chance to win a gift card to a book store. To sign up, visit HTTPS://WDMLIBRARY.BEANSTACK.ORG. If you have participated in other reading programs […]