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This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Babies" group
Sep
8
2025
Mon
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies.
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This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
Sep
9
2025
Tue
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
10
2025
Wed
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr.
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Purpose of Meeting
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.
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This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
13
2025
Sat
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.
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10 am |
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This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Babies" group
Sep
8
2025
Mon
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Using puppets, rhymes, songs, and short stories, we will engage baby and caregiver in language-rich activities designed for pre-walking babies.
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This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
Sep
9
2025
Tue
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Simple stories, gentle tunes, flannel boards, and nursery rhymes.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
10
2025
Wed
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Bring a favorite doll/stuffed animal or use one of ours and join us for Baby Doll Storytime. This program is inspired by Dr.
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
11
2025
Thu
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.
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This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
12
2025
Fri
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Southwoods Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Join us at the West Des Moines Public Library for English with Friends, a welcoming and informal conversation program.
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
12
2025
Fri
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.
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This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
13
2025
Sat
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Southwoods Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud.
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
13
2025
Sat
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
StoryRoom
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Drop in and join us in the storyroom for Saturday Storytime! Build a lifetime love of books and reading as we share stories, songs, and interactive rhymes with an early literacy focus. For ages 0-6 w/adult. No registration.
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12 pm |
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1 pm |
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This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
13
2025
Sat
Catan - Unofficial Tournament
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
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2 pm |
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool,
School-Age Children,
Teens,
Adults
This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
7
2025
Sun
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Babies,
Toddlers,
Preschool,
School-Age Children,
Teens,
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Sensory Spaces are Metro area libraries offering special activities and spaces for members of the public who appreciate a sensory friendly environment.
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group
Sep
10
2025
Wed
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room after school to embark on an adventure! For ages 5-12, registration required.
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4 pm |
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This event is in the "School-Age Children" group
This event is in the "School-Age Children" group
Sep
9
2025
Tue
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
School-Age Children
Program Type:
Book Club
Event Details:
If you like to read and talk about books, this club is for you. Join us for discussion and activities related to this month's book_______.
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5 pm |
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6 pm |
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This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
Sep
10
2025
Wed
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Toddlers,
Preschool
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Join us in the Community Room for this class featuring stories, songs, and rhymes followed by gross and fine motor play all with an early literacy focus! For ages 2-6 w/adult.
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This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
11
2025
Thu
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Event Details:
Are you a "Grown Up" but you like to read Young Adult books? Are you looking for a book club that doesn’t take itself too seriously? Then YA Not join us for YA Not Club Read!
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7 pm |
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This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
8
2025
Mon
Club Read: Hybrid Edition
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Book Club
Event Details:
Join Alana and Amy on Monday, September 8th at 7 p.m. for Club Read, a book club for adults. You may join us in the Community Room at the library or through Zoom.
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This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
Sep
9
2025
Tue
Swedish Death Cleaning 101
Library Branch:
Main Branch
Room:
Community Room
Age Group:
Adults
Program Type:
Program
Event Details:
Swedish death cleaning is the thoughtful and effective method of organizing and decluttering, made popular by Margareta Magnusson's best-selling book and television series, "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning".
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