Literary Haunted House

Put the 'boo' in books by attending our 3rd Annual Literary Haunted House! Watch your favorite villains come to life with bubbling potions, interactive exhibits, and so much more. You can also enter to win a prize by completing the worksheet provided. This not-too-scary......More

Put the 'boo' in books by attending our 3rd Annual Literary Haunted House! Watch your favorite villains come to life with bubbling potions, interactive exhibits, and so much more. You can also enter to win a prize by completing the worksheet provided. This not-too-scary haunted house is free and open to all ages (children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult).

South Waco Meeting Room, South Waco

Baby & Toddler Time

Join us in the Children's department play area for a 30 minutes storytime made especially for baby and toddlers that builds early literacy skills through activities, play, and stories. Then stay for 30 minutes of play time and socializing!

Central Meeting Room, Central Library

Senior Planet: Intro to Smartphone Photography

In this workshop, we’ll explore how to best take photos with your smartphone.Pre-requisites: Participants should bring their smartphone or tablet to class. Please note that this workshop focuses on specific features and will not cover every smartphone question.

West Waco Meeting Room, West Waco

Happy Halloween Family Storytime

For this special Happy Halloween Storytime, we'll watch a scary (but not too scary!) Halloween puppet show, then make a cool flying ghost craft. Show us your awesome Halloween costumes and get a treat!

West Waco Children's Area, West Waco

Literary Haunted House

Put the 'boo' in books by attending our 3rd Annual Literary Haunted House! Watch your favorite villains come to life with bubbling potions, interactive exhibits, and so much more. You can also enter to win a prize by completing the worksheet provided. This not-too-scary......More

Put the 'boo' in books by attending our 3rd Annual Literary Haunted House! Watch your favorite villains come to life with bubbling potions, interactive exhibits, and so much more. You can also enter to win a prize by completing the worksheet provided. This not-too-scary haunted house is free and open to all ages (children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult).

South Waco Meeting Room, South Waco

Bubble Storytime

Come join us for a fun-filled storytime full of books, songs, and bubbles! We'll read stories, discover what letter our friendly monster buddy Karl has eaten, and have a giant bubble countdown challenge.

East Waco Meeting Room, East Waco

Play with Waco PD

Our friend Detective Hawkins from Waco PD will be stopping by for snacks, video games, board games, and fun. Teens & tweens ages 11 - 17 can take a shot at besting Waco's Finest at a variety of games and challenges!

East Waco Meeting Room, East Waco

Move&Play Storytime

Little people, ages 3-6, need to move and play. This storytime will have books (of course!) but the focus is on being active, making music, and exploring our world.

Outdoor Space, South Waco

Crafty Preschool Storytime followed with a Family Behind-the-Scenes Library Tour

Stories will come alive through puppetry, drama, and interactive read alouds! Families will enjoy this traditional storytime where children can use their imaginations and discover a love for reading! Following storytime, children will also get to make a craft to take ......More

Stories will come alive through puppetry, drama, and interactive read alouds! Families will enjoy this traditional storytime where children can use their imaginations and discover a love for reading! Following storytime, children will also get to make a craft to take home!Following storytime, enjoy the Family Behind-the-Scenes Library Tour and see how a book is processed, from receiving the book to getting its book cover. Also, discover what happens when you return a book in the book drop. Whether you’re new to the library or a power patron, you’ll have fun and learn something new!

West Waco Children's Area, West Waco

LEGO Mania!

Lego-loving kids of all skill levels will work against the clock to complete a special Lego challenge during Lego Mania! We'll have plenty of Legos for you to use!

South Waco Meeting Room, South Waco

Baby & Toddler Time

Join us in the Children's department play area for a 30 minutes storytime made especially for baby and toddlers that builds early literacy skills through activities, play, and stories. Then stay for 30 minutes of play time and socializing!

Central Meeting Room, Central Library

YMCA Teen Craft: Kindness Rock Painting

Join our friends from the YMCA to paint a kindness rock!

East Waco Meeting Room, East Waco

Athena's Table Crafting Club

Calling all crafters! Do you want to spend time with others while working on your own craft? Bring your project and come hang out!

East Waco Conference Room, East Waco

Game Time at Family Storytime

Once school and the workday are done, enjoy some time with your favorite people at your favorite place - the library! We'll listen to stories, sing songs together, and maybe even play with puppets, so pop in for some fun.Along with stories, we'll play a fun game as a gr......More

Once school and the workday are done, enjoy some time with your favorite people at your favorite place - the library! We'll listen to stories, sing songs together, and maybe even play with puppets, so pop in for some fun.Along with stories, we'll play a fun game as a group activity where everyone will win with laughter and a good time!

West Waco Children's Area, West Waco

All Locations Open at Noon for Staff Training

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Toy Tea Party

The whole family and their favorite toys are invited to this delightful Tea Party! Put on a tea party outfit, grab your favorite toy, and join us in the Central Library courtyard! Our human guests will enjoy tea and lemonade out of human-sized teacups while our toy gues......More

The whole family and their favorite toys are invited to this delightful Tea Party! Put on a tea party outfit, grab your favorite toy, and join us in the Central Library courtyard! Our human guests will enjoy tea and lemonade out of human-sized teacups while our toy guests will get their own toy-sized cups. To go along with our tea, there will be cookies of both sizes to decorate and eat. To top off the event, there will be a hat decorating station for both people and toy-sized partygoers. Tea party supplies are limited and will begin being passed out at 10:00.

Central Meeting Room, Central Library

Crafty Adults: Pipe cleaner Snowflakes

Dreaming on cooler weather? Come make some snowflakes with us so you can enjoy the idea of snow, even if we don't get any this year. No supplies needed, bring a friend and enjoy!

West Waco Meeting Room, West Waco

Pokémon Trainer Academy - New Discoveries

Come join Professor Cody as he teaches aspiring Pokémon Trainers all about the world of Pokémon. This week - we study all of the brand new discoveries we found in Legends ZA, as well as in the new Mega Evolutions card expansion.

East Waco Meeting Room, East Waco

Bilingual Story Time

Join us for a bilingual story time featuring Spanish and English books, songs, and activities in the Children's Area! Libros, canciones y actividades en inglés y español cada mes!

Central Meeting Room, Central Library

Mystery Book Club: Devil in a Blue Dress

If you're looking for a book club and you love whodunits, our Mystery Book Club is for you! This month we will be reading Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. Easy Rawlins just got fired from his factory job making jets and is wondering how to pay his bills. Then his......More

If you're looking for a book club and you love whodunits, our Mystery Book Club is for you! This month we will be reading Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. Easy Rawlins just got fired from his factory job making jets and is wondering how to pay his bills. Then his buddy, Joppy the bartender, introduces him to DeWitt Albright who needs an investigator to find his girlfriend for $100. How hard could it be to find her? Join the discussion! New members are always welcome.

South Waco Meeting Room, South Waco