Month Calendar

The StoryWalk® Downtown is a self-directed walk available May-July. The walk starts at Manhattan Public Library's north windows along 629 Poyntz Avenue.

Join Manhattan Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge and add some color to your world! Record your reading time and complete some fun activities to earn online badges and prizes, from May 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025.

This storytime is active and fun for young children. Caregivers participate with their children as we sing songs, do action rhymes, listen to stories, and have music time. The target age for this storytime is children 18 months old and up.

Caregivers sit with their little ones to sing, clap and play along with rhymes, read a short book together, and have shaker music time. Learn a new word in baby sign language each week.

Create Your World. Bring your ideas and we will provide everything else: clay, markers, paint, canvases, etc.. The only limit is your creativity! Teen events are for 6th-12th graders, including those going into 6th grade in the fall.

Art is for everyone! Let’s get together and discover fun ways to create art for all. Feel free to bring the whole family, grandparents welcome, and single folks, too. We will have supplies and some samples of various artistic styles and formats.

This storytime is active and fun for young children. A librarian will read 2-3 stories aloud. Caregivers participate with their children as we sing songs, do action rhymes, listen to stories and have music time.

Let’s make a work of art together! Kids can decorate paper squares that spell out the summer reading theme, “Color Our World.” We’ll combine everyone’s squares to create a piece of art that we’ll hang up in the library’s children’s room! 

Join us for informal evenings of chess. Volunteers will be available to help players of all levels learn chess basics and try different strategies. Chess Night is more social than competitive, so plan to have fun and make new friends.

Caregivers sit with their little ones to sing, clap, and play along with rhymes, read a short book together, and have shaker music time. Learn a new word in baby sign language each week.