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Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Book and teabag with words In Hot Mug: Book Club at the Cafe

In Hot Mug Book Discussion Group

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Adult Program, Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

This afternoon book club meets at local cafes to discuss novels and some non-fiction.

April 8: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

May 13: Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro

Full
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

This afternoon book club meets at local cafes to discuss novels and some non-fiction.

April 8: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

May 13: Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro

Collage of photos of RJ Spangler

RJ Spangler Jazz Concert

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Central Plaza at Central Library
Program Type:
Music & Theater, Performance
Age Group:
Adults

RJ Spangler and his jazz ensemble will play a wonderful array of classic jazz tunes for all to enjoy on the Central Library outdoor plaza

Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Plaza
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music & Theater, Performance
Event Details:

RJ Spangler and his jazz ensemble will play a wonderful array of classic jazz tunes for all to enjoy on the Central Library outdoor plaza

Silent Book Club with the Friends of Grosse Pointe Public Library

Silent Book Club

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Book Club Descriptions:

Join the library and Friends of the GPPL for a Silent Book Club event. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the library and Friends of the GPPL for a Silent Book Club event. 

Large words saying Yoga Storytime with a colorful open book at the bottom and two cartoon children in yoga poses

Yoga Storytime

Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Preschool, Youth, Elementary

Join Miss Mo on a Saturday morning once a month for a fun Yoga Storytime!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Preschool, Youth, Elementary
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Storytime, Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo on a Saturday morning once a month for a fun Yoga Storytime!

The Laughing Stacks Book Club

Monday, July 13, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Book Club Descriptions:

Monday Blues?  Need a little comic relief?  Join the Laughing Stacks!  Each month we will gather to read and discuss humorous fiction, comedian memoirs, funny essays, and books about your favorite comedy shows.

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Monday Blues?  Need a little comic relief?  Join the Laughing Stacks!  Each month we will gather to read and discuss humorous fiction, comedian memoirs, funny essays, and books about your favorite comedy shows.

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Yarn, spools of thread, knitting needles and crochet hook

Crafternoons @ the Library

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ewald Story Time Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Do you enjoy knitting? Crocheting? Needlepoint? Embroidery? If so, please join us every third Thursday of the month at the Ewald Branch for "Crafternoons at the Library!" Meet up with like-minded crafters for two hours of needlecraft fun.

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you enjoy knitting? Crocheting? Needlepoint? Embroidery? If so, please join us every third Thursday of the month at the Ewald Branch for "Crafternoons at the Library!" Meet up with like-minded crafters for two hours of needlecraft fun.

Belle in her blue dress twirling through the library

Brave Belle's Book Club

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ewald Story Time Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Elementary, Tween

A book club for 4th and 5th grade girls and the lady they look up to! (mom, aunt, grandma, babysitter...)

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Elementary, Tween
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

A book club for 4th and 5th grade girls and the lady they look up to! (mom, aunt, grandma, babysitter...)

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

9 different dinosaurs depicted with just their bones

Fossil Fails: Reimagine Dinosaurs using craft supplies!

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Educational, Youth Program
Age Group:
Youth, Elementary, Tween, Middle School

What if everything we think about dinosaurs is... totally off?! 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Elementary, Tween, Middle School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Educational, Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

What if everything we think about dinosaurs is... totally off?! 

Fireplace with banjo, ukulele, violin and accordion on chairs

The Keep it Simple Sing Along and Jam

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Woods Program Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Adult Program, Music & Theater
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, High School, Everyone

Do you love to sing and create harmonies?  Are you learning to play guitar, ukulele, or any other folky acoustic instrument?

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, High School, Everyone
Program Type: Adult Program, Music & Theater
Event Details:

Do you love to sing and create harmonies?  Are you learning to play guitar, ukulele, or any other folky acoustic instrument?

Friends of the GPPL logo

GPPL Friends $5 Bag Sale

Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 9:30am - 1:00pm
Woods Basement at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Friends of the Library
Age Group:
Everyone
Friends $5 Bag Sale:

Support the Friends of the GPPL and shop the $5 bag sale! On the last Saturday of each month the Friends opens up their storage area to shoppers!  Shoppers fill a grocery...

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Basement
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Friends of the Library

Support the Friends of the GPPL and shop the $5 bag sale! 

On the last Saturday of each month the Friends opens up their storage area to shoppers!  Shoppers fill a grocery bag from a large selection of books, CDs, DVDs, and puzzles for only $5.   The sales are held on the lower level of the Woods Branch from 10am - 1pm.  Friends Members can shop starting at 9:30am.  Hope to see you there!

All proceeds go to the library.

Various dice and chess pieces

Grosse Pointe Community Game Meet-Up

Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Everyone

Join us  for an afternoon of board gaming with your friends, family, and neighbors. Board gaming has always been a great way to have fun while also encouraging critical thinking and problem solving. 

Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Join us  for an afternoon of board gaming with your friends, family, and neighbors. Board gaming has always been a great way to have fun while also encouraging critical thinking and problem solving. 

Logo for Crafterhours event with various knitting and embroidering tools

Crafterhours - Adults

Monday, July 27, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ewald Story Time Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Adult Program, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Do you like to junk journal? Scrapbook? Knit? Whatever your craft is (crochet, weave, embroider, etc)... Come craft and meet fellow creatives in your community!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to junk journal? Scrapbook? Knit? Whatever your craft is (crochet, weave, embroider, etc)... Come craft and meet fellow creatives in your community!

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Miss Mo reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime, Youth Program
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join Miss Mo for a fun and ever-changing Storytime adventure! Each week is full of stories, laughter, and imaginative fun. Perfect for kids and caregivers ready to read, giggle, and play together, all while making new friends!

Mystery Book Discussion

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Mystery Book Discussion:

Love mystery fiction, classic and contemporary?  This is the group for you! This group is currently FULL. Please email malmaguer@grossepointelibrary.org to be added to th...

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

Love mystery fiction, classic and contemporary?  This is the group for you! 

This group is currently FULL. Please email malmaguer@grossepointelibrary.org to be added to the wait list. You will be notified if/when there is an opening.

Picture of book shaped foaming beer mug with words "In Cold Mug: Book Club at the Pub"

In Cold Mug Book Discussion Group

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

A discussion group for those with a bold palate for books as well as dining! Meets 4th Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at local restaurants.

Full
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

A discussion group for those with a bold palate for books as well as dining! Meets 4th Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at local restaurants.

elegant logo for book club

Paging Through the Past - A Historical Fiction Book Club

Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Woods Program Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Adult Program, Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Paging Through the Past - A Historical Fiction Book Club:

Do you love reading historical fiction? Love putting yourself in the shoes of fictional people from the past, feeling their experiences through the turning of each page? Delv...

2026 Reading List:

Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you love reading historical fiction? Love putting yourself in the shoes of fictional people from the past, feeling their experiences through the turning of each page? 

Delve into past times with Lexi, Charlotte, and a cup of tea on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-12pm at the Woods branch. Discover how reading about the past can unlock your imagination and inform your future.

2026 Reading List: