Derby Public Library

Join Ms. Tabby for Baby Storytime tomorrow, Thursday, September 10th at 10 a.m. It's never too early to help your child develop important early literacy skills. Learn lap bounces, songs, and fingerplays to do with your baby. The theme this week is Hello, Baby!

Baby Storytime is a lapsit-style program geared for a parent/caregiver and their baby aged 0-12 months.

Now that our fall programming session has begun, we want to remind parents that the Early Literacy Area is closed from 9:00 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays before and during Preschool Storytime.

Join Ms. Dawn and Miss Alyssa and Bearsie and Quackers tomorrow Wednesday, September 9th at 10 a.m. for Preschool Storytime. The theme this week is Apples! Read books, sing songs, dance, and enjoy puppets and flannel stories.

Preschool Storytime happens each Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Early Literacy Area. Preschool Storytime is designed for ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome.

If you love superheroes, you'll love this superhero-themed program! Join us for Tween Zone tomorrow Wednesday, September 9th at 4 p.m. for games, snacks, crafts, and fun! The topic this week is Captain America!

Tween Zone is an afterschool program for children in grades 3-5. Tween Zone meets every Wednesday after school at 4 p.m. in the library's Frank Fanning conference room.

Registration is now open for our next trivia night event at the library! Book nerds unite for Lit Trivia Night where we'll cover everything from classic novels to poetry to contemporary favorites. Test your literature knowledge and enjoy some refreshments and coloring pages too!

To register a team of 2-4 people, click the link here: https://forms.gle/L2rpFT69zcm1gWqh8

Join Ms. Dawn and Bearsie tomorrow Tuesday, September 8th at 10 a.m. for Preschool Storytime. The theme this week is Apples! Read books, sing songs, dance, and enjoy puppets and flannel stories.

Preschool Storytime happens each Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Early Literacy Area. Preschool Storytime is designed for ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome.

Teen Tuesday is back for the fall season, and this time, we're going places! 6th-12th graders can join us each Tuesday at 4 p.m. for a theme surrounding a new location with snacks, crafts, and prizes! TOMORROW, we're headed to the museum to explore Egyptian mythology with snacks, crafts, and a sneaky game of deduction.

The first week of fall youth programs is finally here! The Youth Services team has a fantastic line-up of events and activities this semester for all ages. We can't wait to see your smiling faces during our early literacy storytimes and our after school programs!

Here's this week's schedule:
Monday- Labor Day-Library Closed
Tuesday - Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) - 10 a.m.
Tuesday - Teen Tuesday (grades 6-12) - 4 p.m.
Wednesday - Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) - 10 a.m.
Wednesday - Tween Zone (grades 3-5) - 4 p.m.
Thursday - Baby Storytime (birth-12 months) - 10 a.m.
Thursday - Building Blocks Read & Play (ages walking-3) - 11 a.m.
Thursday - Adventures @ the Library (grades K-2) - 4 p.m.
Friday - Toddler Time (ages 1-3) - 10 a.m. & 11 a.m.

We have another amazing teen writer who completed the summer writing challenge and has a short story to share on our blog! Thirteen-year old Emma L. penned a hilarious cozy mystery collection featuring her gumshoe character, Cherry P.I. Filled with endearing mysteries and dinosaur puns, readers will love her tale!

To read Emma's story, click here: https://derbylibrary.com/blog.derbylibrary.com/index.php/2026/09/02/the-story-before-time-writing-challenge-the-adventures-of-cherry-p-i-by-emma-lazar/

To celebrate the Back to School season, our local Smoothie King has provided us with a coloring page for students that includes a coupon for a free 12 oz smoothie with purchase of any smoothie! Stop by the Youth Services Desk to pick up a coloring page/coupon for your student and thank you to Smoothie King for supporting our library!

Available while supplies last. Only one coloring page per child.