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Baby time @ Woods

9:30am - 10:30am
Infant/Toddler
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Storytime @ Woods

10:30am - 11:30am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for stories and songs. Recommended for ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

Baby time @ Central

9:30am - 10:00am
Infant/Toddler
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22

Join Miss Jane for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Registration is required.

Silent Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Everyone
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Book Club, Friends of the Library
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 23
Event Details:

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

Sensory Storytime @ Ewald

10:30am - 11:00am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Registration
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Youth
Program Type: Storytime, Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15

Sensory Storytime is a fun, interactive and educational storytime designed for children with sensory needs or who are on the autism spectrum and welcoming all ages and abilities.  Join us for stories, songs and play that incorporate the five senses. 

Registration is required.  

Hustle for Health Dance Class

12:15pm - 1:15pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:

Dance with us in fun and health. 

Teen Galactic Combat Class

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tween, Middle School, Teens, High School
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Tween, Middle School, Teens, High School
Program Type: Games, Teen Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Fan of Star Wars? Come learn the fundamentals of galactic-inspired LED Saber sword fighting.  For teens ages 12-18. Registration required. 

Meet Up & Make

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tween, Middle School
Registration
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Back Program Room
Age Group: Tween, Middle School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

For ages 11-13 - make something magnificent while hanging out with friends. 

Read, Rhyme & Play

9:30am - 10:30am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Read, Rhyme & Play, Storytime

Join us for this interactive story time for children under 5 and their adults! There will be reading, marching, rhyming, singing and more to help your little one learn, grow and have fun!  Toys will be provided after, if you'd like to stay and play.  No registration is necessary.

Read, Rhyme & Play

11:00am - 12:00pm
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Read, Rhyme & Play, Storytime

Join us for this interactive story time for children under 5 and their adults! There will be reading, marching, rhyming, singing and more to help your little one learn, grow and have fun!  Toys will be provided after, if you'd like to stay and play.  No registration is necessary.

DREAM Lab TEENS ONLY

4:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods DREAM Lab
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: STEAM, Technology
Event Details:

Teen hours for the DREAM Lab.  Teens, come to the lab and check things out.  Try the VR, use the sound studio, set up a 3D print.

7th & 8th Grade Book Group

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Tween
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Back Program Room
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

For kids who love to read and discuss books, play games, and make new friends! Registration is necessary.

Tuesday Night Book Discussion

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

We read fiction and non-fiction, old and new. This group is currently full. Please email malmaguer@grossepointelibrary.org to be added to the wait list and when there is an opening, you will be notified.

Baby time @ Woods

9:30am - 10:30am
Infant/Toddler
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Storytime @ Woods

10:30am - 11:30am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for stories and songs. Recommended for ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

In Hot Mug Book Discussion Group

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

This new afternoon book club will meet at local cafes to discuss novels and some non-fiction. There will be no book for the first meeting, we will discuss what we are currently reading!

 

March 12: Current Reads discussion

Science Fiction Book Club

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

David Lamb - dlamb@grossepointelibrary.org

This bi-monthly group discusses current, contemporary and classical Science Fiction releases. Meets the second Wednesday at 7 p.m., every other month at the Woods Branch.

2025 Reading list:

  • February, 2025: Necrotek – Jonathan Maberry
  • April, 2025: Infinity Gate – M.R. Carey
  • June, 2025: Against All Odds (Grimm’s War, book 1) – Jeffrey Haskell
  • August 2025: Here and Now and Then – Mike Chen
  • October 2025: The Mote In God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
  • December 2025: We Are Legion (Bobiverse, book 1) – Dennis E. Taylor

Baby time @ Central

9:30am - 10:00am
Infant/Toddler
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22

Join Miss Jane for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Registration is required.

Friend's Purse Sale and $5 Bag Sale

9:00am - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Friends of the Library
Event Details:

Stop by for the Friend's of the Library purse sale! There will be a large selection of purses to choose from.

The Friends will also be having a bag sale where you can fill a bag with books, puzzles, CDs and DVDs for only $5.

Saturday Drop-In Storytime at Central

10:30am - 11:00am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Jane for stories, songs and fun! No registration necessary.

Girls Reading Group

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Elementary, Tween
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Elementary, Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6

The Girls Reading Book Club is open to girls in 4th and 5th grade and their adult female mentors.  We will discuss books, play games and have some fun!  Our group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month, October through April.  Registration is required.  

Read, Rhyme & Play

9:30am - 10:30am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Read, Rhyme & Play, Storytime

Join us for this interactive story time for children under 5 and their adults! There will be reading, marching, rhyming, singing and more to help your little one learn, grow and have fun!  Toys will be provided after, if you'd like to stay and play.  No registration is necessary.

Read, Rhyme & Play

11:00am - 12:00pm
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Read, Rhyme & Play, Storytime

Join us for this interactive story time for children under 5 and their adults! There will be reading, marching, rhyming, singing and more to help your little one learn, grow and have fun!  Toys will be provided after, if you'd like to stay and play.  No registration is necessary.

DREAM Lab ADULTS ONLY

4:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods DREAM Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology
Event Details:

Grown up hours for the DREAM Lab.   Its time for grownups to find things they want to do in the lab.   All services available, just bring supplies as needed.