Upcoming Events

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.

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

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

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.

Share-a-Title Book Club

This special book club has no set book list! Read what you want, then come discuss it with others to find new reads.

Unable to attend in person, Zoom in!

CLICK FOR ZOOM MEETING

Or call 301-715-8592

Meeting ID: 998 3551 5977

Passcode: 328176

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.

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

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:

• January 24, 2024 – Nita Prose, The Maid search the catalog
• February 28, 2024 – Marie Benedict, The First Ladies search the catalog
• March 27, 2024 – Michael Finkel, The Art Thief search the catalog
• April 24, 2024 – Briana Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books  search the catalog
• May 22, 2024 – Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water [Chapters 1-5] search the catalog
• June 26, 2024 – Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water [Chapters 6-10] search the catalog
• July 24, 2024 – Helene Tursten, An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed search the catalog
• August 28, 2024 – Kirsty Manning, The Lost Jewels search the catalog
• September 25, 2024 – Amy Bloom, In Love: a Memoir of Love and Loss search the catalog
• October 23, 2024 – Lisa See, Lady Tan's Circle of Women search the catalog
• November 20, 2024 – SPECIAL DAY – Jess Walters, The Cold Millions search the catalog
• No December meeting

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

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

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.

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

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.

• January 23, 2024 – Louise Penny & Hillary Clinton, State of Terror search the catalog
• February 27, 2024 – Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club search the catalog
• March 26, 2024 – Ruth Ware, The It Girl search the catalog
• April 24, 2024 – Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers search the catalog
• May 28, 2024 – Ann Cleeves, Harbour Street search the catalog
• June 25, 2024 – Jacqueline Winspear, Birds of a Feather search the catalog
• July 23, 2024 – Anthony Horowitz, Stormbreaker search the catalog
• August 27, 2024 – Nelson DeMille, The Maze search the catalog
• September 24, 2024 – Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog search the catalog
• October 22, 2024 –Daco Auffenorde, The Forgotten Girl search the catalog
• November 19, 2024* – Alexander McCall Smith, The Man with the Silver Saab search the catalog
• No December Meeting

*Moved from November 26 because of Thanksgiving holiday

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.

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.

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

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

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.