Upcoming Events

Come down for an afternoon with Les Passees Kids On The Block! Get educated about social concerns and differences with the art of puppetry! 

Please Join us at the Cordova Branch Library for the Third Annual Juneteenth Fest.

We provide the Lego bricks and you make the creations. Come get your build on!

Please join us Saturday afternoons for children's craft time at Cossitt Library. We will have a guided craft, but also will provide supplies for artistic free play. Come get crafty with us!

Rainbow Family Story Time is an inclusive space for all families and will feature stories, songs, crafts, and more!

Join us at the East Shelby Library for a movie day every other Saturday from 3-5 PM. What adventures will you experience that day? You'll have to come see the movie to find out!

Do you like free books, storytimes, and an opportunity to explore the Memphis Museum of Science and History (MoSH)? If you answered yes, please come and join us for a fun time at MoSH! Be sure to ask about our AMAZING library cards!

Enjoy stories, songs, and fun as children ages 3-5 are introduced to the joy-filled world of children’s books. Groups must pre-register.

Bring the family to storytime to explore stories and facts, shake your sillies out, sing and rhyme together, and more! 

This storytime occurs on Mondays at 11:00 a.m.

Come and view the award-winning eight-part docu-series "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America." We will then sample cuisines mentioned in the film. Every Monday in June and July.

Join us at Hollywood Library for an artistic adventure! Along with our special guests from the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, we'll use art to express ourselves this summer.

Join us at Hollywood Library for a Small But Mighty Storytime in honor of Juneteenth with our friends from the National Civil Rights Museum.

What is a Cricut?

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Baby Storytime.  Share stories and songs and bubbles!  This week's theme is: Summer is here, plus a puppet show!  No registration is needed.

Use your senses (sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell) to find all the clues on this scavenger hunt around the South Branch! 

Please join us at the Levi Branch Library for our second annual Juneteenth Celebration.

Come out and enjoy decorative expressions of what freedom is defined as by those who choose to participate. Also, there will be a performance of "Harriet Tubman: A One-Woman Show".

Vámonos a México, amigos! For the month of June, we'll be traveling to Mexico! At the Hollywood Library, we'll spend the summer traveling the globe...from the comfort of our very own library!

Children are invited to join us for a read-along story time and activity to celebrate the annual Juneteenth National Independence Day.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to meet local children's author Angela Guthrie.  Listen as she reads her book, then stay for a related craft activity.  For ages 5-12 and no registration is needed.

Free chess tutorials for all ages. Beginners are invited to learn to play, and veterans are welcome to challenge each other to a friendly match of strategy and tactics. For this event we will meet in our main lobby behind the escalators.

Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, and fun with the toddler in your life. Appropriate for children ages 18-36 months. No groups.