Upcoming Events

Join us at OGR Library at the corner of Poplar and White Station for stories, songs, movement, and more! 

Sensory Storytime is a welcoming interactive environment designed for sensory seeking children with autism or other sensory integration challenges.

Get summer started at the OGR library! We'll have games, crafts, and you'll get to make your own ice cream. 

Hey fans of comics, movies, anime, manga, video games, and all things pop culture! Come check out more than 50 local vendors offering art, comics, toys, prints, graphic novels, art supplies, knick-knacks, and more!

Submissions are now open for Memphis Public Libraries Comic Con Art Contest. If accepted, your comic-themed art will hang in the Benjamin L. Hooks' Goodwyn Art Gallery for the month of May, and will be entered into the art contest.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to an Explore Memphis kick-off party!

Watergun t-shirt painting, glitter frisbee throws, water balloons and all you can eat popsicles.

Are you a creative caregiver that needs an expressive outlet for you and your family? 

**This event has been rescheduled from April 5**

This is the cosplay registration for the Memphis Public Library Comic Con on Saturday, May 31st from 10am - 3pm. 

Come hang out with us at the Raleigh Library for our Color Your World Summer Kickoff! We're celebrating the start of our summer reading fun and saying goodbye to the school year with a dance party, bracelet swaps, tasty food, and games!

Come join us for stories, songs and fun, specially designed for pre-school children! Groups must pre-register.

Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to Randolph Library for stories, songs, rhymes and a craft!

Join us for a fun-filled story time, for ages 0-2.

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 join us for story time appropriate for the youngest children! No groups please.

Come and join us for a super cool story time! 

With this art project, little ones will get the chance to work on some motor skills and create beautiful stained glass with tissue paper. 

All Pre-K Projects will also include a read-aloud story related to the project.  

Literature with Lovie! 

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.

Children will use the sidewalk to draw whatever their hearts desire or they may also use tracing stencils to create any pictures they imagine.

Come join us as we explore the wonderful world of children's literature for toddlers! No groups please.

Join us for an hour of building, creating, and making new friends! 

Stories, songs, fingerplays, and crafts for the preschool age child.