Attend a party in the library this May. Our first location opened on May 31, 1875, and we're ringing in 150 years of library service in Madison with…
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READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…

Share your historic images! Your personal collections of photos and films could appear in the upcoming PBS Wisconsin documentary, “Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Madison.” Bring them to this scanning…
When toddlers playfully experiment with art materials, they also develop key early literacy skills!
Enjoy the tactile wonders of paint, glitter, glue, and more. Smocks or "messy" clothes…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
A Junk Journal is a handmade book made of repurposed, upcycled materials. This book can be a place to tell your story through paint, poetry, writing, drawing, ripping paper and gluing things…
When toddlers playfully experiment with art materials, they also develop key early literacy skills!
Enjoy the tactile wonders of paint, glitter, glue, and more. Smocks or "messy" clothes…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
A Junk Journal is a handmade book made of repurposed, upcycled materials. This book can be a place to tell your story through paint, poetry, writing, drawing, ripping paper and gluing things…
When toddlers playfully experiment with art materials, they also develop key early literacy skills!
Enjoy the tactile wonders of paint, glitter, glue, and more. Smocks or "messy" clothes…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
A Junk Journal is a handmade book made of repurposed, upcycled materials. This book can be a place to tell your story through paint, poetry, writing, drawing, ripping paper and gluing things…
When toddlers playfully experiment with art materials, they also develop key early literacy skills!
Enjoy the tactile wonders of paint, glitter, glue, and more. Smocks or "messy" clothes…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and…