For adult parents/caregivers and babies ages 0-12 months. Join us for a 20-minute early literacy experience just for the little ones! Babies learn and engage with rhymes, songs, books, and bounces. After Storytime, enjoy play and social time. Comfy clothes suggested. Feel free to bring a blanket for you and baby to sit on the floor together. Chairs are also available. Free parking on weekends.
Celebrate DINOVEMBER with a Dinosaur storytime featuring books, songs, and activities about everyone’s favorite prehistoric reptiles. After storytime, we’ll make a fun dinosaur craft! Parking is free at the Aalfs Downtown Library on weekends.
Get registered for these STEM-themed events happening at the Aalfs Downtown Library in November and December! Ages 8-12 will use robotic building blocks to design and code on the Library’s iPad and ages 3-7 will have an imaginative journey with stories, beginning coding concepts, and the Library's Bee Bots!
Sábado, 19 de octubre - 11 am. Por favor acompáños para una hora de cuentos, actividades y diversión para toda la familia. ¡Todos son bienvenidos! Estacionamiento es gratis los fines de semana.
For adult parents/caregivers and babies ages 0-12 months. Join us for a 20-minute early literacy experience just for the little ones! Babies learn and engage with rhymes, songs, books, and bounces. After Storytime, enjoy play and social time. Comfy clothes suggested. Feel free to bring a blanket for you and baby to sit on the floor together. Chairs are also available. Free parking on weekends.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to Library Storytime! Join us on Satuday, October 5 at 11 am for some fun on the farm as we share stories, songs and activities featuring our favorite barnyard friends!
The Library is hosting an OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, October 5 from 10am – 1pm at the Aalfs Downtown Library. Drop-in to learn and see all the Library has to offer while enjoying a fun experience for the whole family!
September is Library Card Sign Up Month at the Sioux City Public Library, and this September the Library is launching 3 to Go, a new personalized book bundle service. Using 3 to Go, patrons or their children will receive three books hand-picked for them by Sioux City Public Librarians.
Experience West African stories, poetry, and drumming in this interactive and hands-on presentation featuring Kofi Dennis, Wolf Trap Performing Arts Master Teacher and Drummer. Perfect for preschool and elementary age children and their families. Free and open to everyone!
Naturalists from the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center are bringing some of their feathered friends to the Aalfs Downtown Library for a meet and greet to celebrate the finale of Adult Summer Reading. You will learn all about these owls and see them for yourself up close!
