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Board of Trustees Meeting

7:30pm - 8:45pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults

Board of Trustees Meeting

The Board of Trustees meets monthly to oversee Library operations. All meetings are open to the public.

Agendas are posted in the lobby of the Library in advance of each meeting.

Maitland Walks

7:00am - 8:30am
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

Maitland Walks

Join us every Thursday at 7 am for a group walk around our neighboring lakes, then cool down with conversation and coffee at the Library. 

Baby Babbles

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Baby Babbles

Socialize with other caregivers while engaging your baby with stories, songs, and rhymes that are carefully selected to foster cognitive and fine motor skill development using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with open play and socializing.

Recommended for babies from birth to 18 months.

No registration required.

Adventures with Books

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Children
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Adventures with Books is an enrichment program geared towards homeschooled children (K-8), run by local moms and sponsored by the Library. The program is free, but you may be asked to help with supplies or snacks.

Writing Workshop

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Online
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Poetry & Writing, Workshop
Event Details:

Join acclaimed writer, editor, and poet Elaine Person during these sessions to improve your writing. While poetry is the primary focus of the workshop, prose is also welcome.

Preschool Palooza

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Preschool Palooza

Enjoy age-appropriate stories, songs, movement, and a puppet show finale to help support early literacy development and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed by a fun craft.

Recommended for children ages 3 to 5 years.

No registration required.

Guest Author Gary Childress

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Presentation
Event Details:

Gary Childress will discuss his start in poetry writing, and eventually the publication of his book “The Light, the Heavy and the Dark: The Collected Poetry of Gary Robert Childress. 

Toddler Tales

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Toddler Tales

Enjoy age-appropriate books and stories, as well as action rhymes, songs, fingerplays, a puppet show finale, to help support toddlers’ early literacy development, basic gross motor movement and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with puppet playtime.

Recommended for children ages 18 months to 3 years.

No registration required.

Contemporary Authors Book Club

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

Contemporary Authors Book Club

Contemporary Authors is a lively group that discusses current fiction (and the occasional taste of non-fiction).

Meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m.

Selections for 2024:

Maitland Walks

7:00am - 8:30am
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

Maitland Walks

Join us every Thursday at 7 am for a group walk around our neighboring lakes, then cool down with conversation and coffee at the Library. 

Baby Babbles

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Baby Babbles

Socialize with other caregivers while engaging your baby with stories, songs, and rhymes that are carefully selected to foster cognitive and fine motor skill development using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with open play and socializing.

Recommended for babies from birth to 18 months.

No registration required.

Adventures with Books

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Children
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Adventures with Books is an enrichment program geared towards homeschooled children (K-8), run by local moms and sponsored by the Library. The program is free, but you may be asked to help with supplies or snacks.

Next Chapter Book Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens, Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Friendship, books & social interaction!

Next Chapter is a book club for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. All levels of reading ability are welcome.

A Healthy 2025: Basics of Exercise and Nutrition

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

A Healthy 2025:

Disclaimer(s)

Photo Waiver

Children and adults participating in Maitland Public Library's programs may be photographed or recorded by Library staff members, newspaper or television reporters/photographers, or others involved with the program. The Maitland Public Library reserves the right to use such photographs or recordings for promotional purposes, in print and online. All library patrons consent to the use of their photo and/or video for such purposes, without compensation. To ensure the privacy of individuals and children, images will not be labeled with personally identifiable information without express consent. Notify Library staff if you do not want to be photographed or recorded.

Introduction to Mahjong

11:00am - 1:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

If you missed our first Introduction to Mahjong class, this is your chance to start off the new year learning this popular game.  Join us as guest Wanda Edwards guides multiple games if Mahjong.

Disclaimer(s)

Photo Waiver

Children and adults participating in Maitland Public Library's programs may be photographed or recorded by Library staff members, newspaper or television reporters/photographers, or others involved with the program. The Maitland Public Library reserves the right to use such photographs or recordings for promotional purposes, in print and online. All library patrons consent to the use of their photo and/or video for such purposes, without compensation. To ensure the privacy of individuals and children, images will not be labeled with personally identifiable information without express consent. Notify Library staff if you do not want to be photographed or recorded.

Cuentos Bilingüe / Bilingual Story Time

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Enjoy bilingual stories, rhymes, songs, and sensory activities for preschool children. This bilingual story time draws on professional literacy research, learning theory, and Every Child Ready to Read® best practices.

Yoga with Deborah

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join Deborah in the meeting room for a FREE Yoga class. Bring your own mat and water bottle.  

Preschool Palooza

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Preschool Palooza

Enjoy age-appropriate stories, songs, movement, and a puppet show finale to help support early literacy development and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed by a fun craft.

Recommended for children ages 3 to 5 years.

No registration required.

Books to Die for Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

Books to Die for Book Club

It’s our book club for lovers of mysteries and suspense! We encourage everyone to read the book if they can, but come anyway even if you didn’t (just don’t mind the spoilers!). 

Meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

*Moved from November 26 because of Thanksgiving holiday

Toddler Tales

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Toddler Tales

Enjoy age-appropriate books and stories, as well as action rhymes, songs, fingerplays, a puppet show finale, to help support toddlers’ early literacy development, basic gross motor movement and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with puppet playtime.

Recommended for children ages 18 months to 3 years.

No registration required.

Maitland Walks

7:00am - 8:30am
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

Maitland Walks

Join us every Thursday at 7 am for a group walk around our neighboring lakes, then cool down with conversation and coffee at the Library. 

Baby Babbles

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Baby Babbles

Socialize with other caregivers while engaging your baby with stories, songs, and rhymes that are carefully selected to foster cognitive and fine motor skill development using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with open play and socializing.

Recommended for babies from birth to 18 months.

No registration required.

Adventures with Books

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Children
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Adventures with Books is an enrichment program geared towards homeschooled children (K-8), run by local moms and sponsored by the Library. The program is free, but you may be asked to help with supplies or snacks.