Upcoming Events

Come out and grab a backpack full of school supplies donated by the community and the Raleigh Chicks. The whole library will be celebrating back to school with games, activities, and food. There will be tons of things to do for all ages. 

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for the Explore Memphis finale.  All kinds of fun including stomp rockets, chalk stories and all you can eat Popcorn & Snowcones.  For all ages and no registration is needed.

ABC24 and MPL team up to encourage elementary children to read during the summer. Children will engage in fun activities during this journalistic story time. 

Reading Wizard Summer 2024 Dates are below:

Get ready to go back to school with the South Branch! Join us for face painting, balloon animals, Mister Softee ice cream, and more! A limited number of free school supply packs will also be available. 

Join the Sigma Lambda Lambda chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Orange Mound Library for the annual School Supply Give Away! We will have books and backpacks filled with school supplies available for any K-12 students in need of supplies.

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!

Dreading the back-to-school blues? We've got the cure! Come join us for our Back-to-School Self-Care Story Time with Jerrika Henderson at the Orange Mound library.

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!

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.

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

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.

We encourage our tweens and teens to come to the Levi Library to partake in a towel ping-pong contest! 

Join us at Orange Mound to celebrate International Friendship Day! Learn how to make friendship bracelets for the friends you already have, and maybe make a new one! Ages 6-12.

Family story times are a great opportunity for children and caretakers to come together, hear stories, sing songs, and work together on crafts or other activities.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library for Baby Storytime.  Share stories and songs and bubbles!  This week's theme is: Cowboys & Cowgirls.  No registration is needed.

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

Break dancing is making its Olympic debut in 2024, so we're going to do some judging of our own.

Join us for Art to Grow! An art program provided by Dixon Gallery and Gardens. This program is a painting lesson based on art by Amy Hutcheson, an artist in the Dixon exhibition "Memphis 2024". Ages 8-16 are welcome to attend.

Join us and Memphis City Beautiful as we discover amazing ways to taking care of our city and recycle. Let's help keep Memphis Beautiful! We will also enjoy a fun craft.