Baby Storytime

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations ......More

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here. Baby storytime is approximately 20 minutes long, followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. 

Family Storytime

Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continu......More

Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here.

Up and Atom: Family Game Night

Join us for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out different STEAM and craft activities. This week play a variety of family-friendly board and card games or bring your own!

Kobetich Book Club

Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. "From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an ......More

Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. "From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence (; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread"-- The book is available for check out at the Kobetich circulation desk. The Kobetich Book Club will meets on the last Wednesday of the month. New members are always welcome! Please call Kobetich library staff at 253-280-2921 for assistance with locating or reserving a copy.

Baby Storytime

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations ......More

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here. Baby storytime is approximately 20 minutes long, followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. 

Family Storytime

Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continu......More

Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here.

Сказки на русском/Russian Story Time

Сказки, потешки и игры на русском языке с Наталией Семейная программа для всех возрастов Stories, songs and games in Russian with Natalia. For families. All ages are welcome!

Drop-in Tech Help @ Kobetich

Learning how to better use technology is exciting and useful! We can assist with learning basic computer skills, email, web searching, Microsoft Office Suite basics, navigating apps, using your mobile, devices, and getting started on resumes and cover letters. No reg......More

Learning how to better use technology is exciting and useful! We can assist with learning basic computer skills, email, web searching, Microsoft Office Suite basics, navigating apps, using your mobile, devices, and getting started on resumes and cover letters. No registration required, but capacity is limited. Ask for assistance at the front. People will be assisted in the order they arrive. If you need help right now, be sure to check out Tacoma Public Library's always available online computer learning and assistance resources as well as the free DigitalLearn online courses available from the Public Library Association.

Up and Atom: LEGO Club

Join us for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out different STEAM and craft activities. This week exercise creativity and engineering skills by building with LEGO bricks. LEGOs will be provided, so please leave your personal LEGOs at home.

Wisdom Cafe

Welcome, adults of all ages! Gather to share memories and life experiences, discuss topics of the day, and encourage active connections. Each month, our Wisdom Café members will explore a vibrant conversational topic with images, engaging activities, and snacks.

Storywalk Scavenger Hunt

Complete a scavenger hunt while reading June's picture book, Rainbow Shopping, at the Alderwood Park storywalk- right outside Kobetich branch! Grab a Storywalk Scavenger Hunt game sheet at Kobetich branch during......More

Complete a scavenger hunt while reading June's picture book, Rainbow Shopping, at the Alderwood Park storywalk- right outside Kobetich branch! Grab a Storywalk Scavenger Hunt game sheet at Kobetich branch during open hours. Walk along and read the Storywalk at Alderwood Park during the park's open hours and complete your hunt! Redeem your completed game sheet at Kobetich library by June 28th for a prize! Rainbow Shopping

Playdate at the Library: Baby

Have a playdate at the library! Playdate at the Library is a time for caretakers to spend time with their children, enjoy toys and games together, and connect with other members of the community! Children learn and grow through play! Best for ages 0-18 months.

Playdate at the Library: Family

Have a playdate at the library! Playdate at the Library is a time for caretakers to spend time with their children, enjoy toys and games together, and connect with other members of the community! Children learn and grow through play!

Storywalk Scavenger Hunt

Complete a scavenger hunt while reading June's picture book, Rainbow Shopping, at the Alderwood Park storywalk- right outside Kobetich branch! Grab a Storywalk Scavenger Hunt game sheet at Kobetich branch during......More

Complete a scavenger hunt while reading June's picture book, Rainbow Shopping, at the Alderwood Park storywalk- right outside Kobetich branch! Grab a Storywalk Scavenger Hunt game sheet at Kobetich branch during open hours. Walk along and read the Storywalk at Alderwood Park during the park's open hours and complete your hunt! Redeem your completed game sheet at Kobetich library by June 28th for a prize! Rainbow Shopping

Drop-in Tech Help @ Kobetich

Learning how to better use technology is exciting and useful! We can assist with learning basic computer skills, email, web searching, Microsoft Office Suite basics, navigating apps, using your mobile, devices, and getting started on resumes and cover letters. No reg......More

Learning how to better use technology is exciting and useful! We can assist with learning basic computer skills, email, web searching, Microsoft Office Suite basics, navigating apps, using your mobile, devices, and getting started on resumes and cover letters. No registration required, but capacity is limited. Ask for assistance at the front. People will be assisted in the order they arrive. If you need help right now, be sure to check out Tacoma Public Library's always available online computer learning and assistance resources as well as the free DigitalLearn online courses available from the Public Library Association.

Up and Atom: Family Game Night

Join us for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out different STEAM and craft activities. This week play a variety of family-friendly board and card games or bring your own!