Special Guest Story Time: Dino Safari!
2025-11-25 11:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Come and close out DINOvember with some fun dinosaur stories and a coloring sheet. Dress for a safari or wear your dino gear (optional, of course)!
Our Dino Safari Guide will appear courtesy of Magical Memories AL.

Family Story Time: Turkey
2025-11-26 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
When we have a week shortened by a holiday, we combine our Story Time and Book Babies programs into one Family Story Time! All ages are welcome for stories, songs and fun, all surrounding a theme.

Story Time: Santa
2025-12-02 10:30 - 11:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Story Time is designed for preschool children. We say poems and read stories. All are welcome!

DPL OUTREACH: Cocoa in MoCo
2025-12-02 16:30 - 18:30 | Tourism, 350 Market St., Decatur, Alabama, 35802
FREE EVENT
Join us for a heartwarming holiday event, Cocoa in MoCo!
Celebrate the season with festive activities for all ages, including:
– Holiday Cookies & Hot Cocoa to enjoy
– Ornament Making & Christmas Crafts for the kids
– Letters to Santa to send off your wish list
– Photos with Santa ($5 Donation) All donations go to providing Christmas for a Hospitality Front Line Worker in need this Season.
Please register to insure we have enough cocoa and crafts for everyone!
After all the fun, gather ’round as Santa Claus reads the beloved children’s book, Good Night Decatur, at 5:30 PM. It’s the perfect way to create lasting holiday memories with your family and spread some Christmas cheer!
Date: December 2nd, 2025
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 PM
Location: 350 Market St. Decatur Alabama 35802
Photos with Santa: 4:30pm-5:30pm; 5:45pm- 6:30pm
Santa’s Storytime: 5:30-5:45pm
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNp6ISWoDl7qReRibWWKRcjGjTdTLcyPeJ4uzzOqhEBBz1vA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104456905706261274631

Youth Book Club: Historical Fiction
2025-12-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Story Hour Room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Kids ages 8+ are invited to this book club just for kids!
Read a book of historical fiction, set in the 1900s or before, to discuss in this month’s meeting.

Santa Meet & Greet
2025-12-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Come and meet Santa! You can do an activity while waiting your turn to take your picture with him. This program is free and everyone is welcome!

Story Time: Reindeer
2025-12-09 10:30 - 11:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur

LEGO Hour: Christmas
2025-12-11 16:00 - 17:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Kids of all ages can build something with a Christmas theme using our collection of LEGO® bricks. All are welcome!
*In the Community Room*

2025-12-12 15:45 - 16:30 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Calling all Swifties! Join us for a celebration of the one and only Taylor Allison Swift’s birthday.
We will have an “Enchanted” story time, a “Fearless” dance party, and make a “Timeless” friendship bracelet. Feel free to bring friendship bracelets to trade. “I Wish You Would” join us for this fun party!
Courtesy of Magical Memories AL.

Story Time: Elves
2025-12-16 10:30 - 11:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur

DPL's StoryWalk at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
2025-12-19 09:00 - 2026-01-31 17:00 | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, 3121 Visitor Center Road, Decatur, AL, 35603, United States
Take a walk on the Atkeson Cypress Trail and read Together written by Isabel Otter and Illustrated by Clover Robin.
Available during Refuge open hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 9:00am – 5:00pm CLOSED: Christmas Day & New Year’s Day
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier Vermont. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

Special Guest Story Time: Cindy Lou Who
2025-12-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Direct from Whoville! Come and listen to a story, do a craft, and take your picture with Cindy Lou Who!
Cindy Lou Who appears courtesy of Magical Memories AL.

LEGO Morning
2025-12-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Kids of all ages are welcome to come-and-go to build something fantastic with our LEGO® bricks!

Family Story Time: Christmas
2025-12-23 10:30 - 11:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
When we have a week shortened by a holiday, we combine our Story Time and Book Babies programs into one Family Story Time! All ages are welcome for stories, songs and fun, all surrounding a theme. This month we’ll be talking about Christmas.

Noon Year's Eve Party
2025-12-31 11:30 - 12:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Join us for a Story Time, balloon drop, a craft & coloring sheet to celebrate the New Year!

DPL Story Time: Letter of the Week- A a
2026-01-06 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States

LEGO Hour: Winter
2026-01-08 16:00 - 17:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Kids of all ages can build something that is your favorite thing about winter using our collection of LEGO® bricks. All are welcome!

Festival of the Cranes at DPL: Bird Walk for Kids at Delano Park
2026-01-10 09:30 - 10:30 | Delano Park, 825 Gordon Dr SE, Decatur, AL, 35601, United States
Ava Lyerly will lead children ages 5-18 on a bird walk at Delano Park. This free program is for young people interested in learning about bird watching and identification.
RSVP by emailing naybc2023@gmail.com with the number of people attending and their ages. (Moms of families are welcome to bring their younger children and stay behind the group with “littles”, so there is minimal noise and bird viewing is better.)
Ava is the President of the North Alabama Young Birders Club (NAYBC) in Decatur, Alabama.

Festival of the Cranes at DPL: Trunk Goes Thunk! Story Time
2026-01-10 11:30 - 12:30 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Author Heather C. Morris will read her book Trunk Goes Thunk! A Woodland Tale of Opposites and talk with kids about opposites, forests, and using all five senses to explore our wide and wonderful world. All ages are welcome to this free program.
More information at www.myDPL.org/cranes.

Festival of the Cranes at DPL: Free Meet & Greet with Hope
2026-01-10 13:00 - 13:30 | Decatur Public Library-Main Area
Come and meet Hope (mascot for the International Crane Foundation), get your picture made with her, or even practice your crane dance moves with her!
More at www.myDPL.org/cranes.

Festival of the Cranes at DPL: Tips for Taking Your Best Wildlife Photographs
2026-01-10 14:00 - 15:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Professional photographer Donald Hood (Status Image Photography) will offer tips for taking your best wildlife pictures. This program is for anyone – of any age – who wants to get the most out of their photographs.
We will also kick-off our 2026 Crane Photo Contest!

Festival of the Cranes at DPL: Poetry Reading - "If I Were a Crane"
2026-01-10 14:20 - 14:30 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Amy H. Stewart will read “If I Were a Crane”, a poem she wrote based on the imaginative dreams of her grandsons, Jaxton & Braxton, about what it would be like to be a crane.

Festival of the Cranes at DPL: Quail Story Time
2026-01-10 14:30 - 15:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Jessie Douglas Taylor, Farm Bill Biologist II with Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever, will read Dale the Quail and the Rainbow Serenade for kids of all ages.

Family Story Time: Snowmen
2026-01-13 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Sometimes we combine our Story Time and Book Babies programs into one Family Story Time! All ages are welcome for stories, songs and fun, all surrounding a theme. For this session we’ll be talking about snowmen.

Toy Tuesday
2026-01-20 10:00 - 17:30 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Stop by the Youth Services Room to play with the toys! On Tuesday, January 20th, from 10am – 5:30pm, we will have toy stations set out all around the room, from cars to blocks to trains to puzzles; we will have something for everyone!

Family Story Time: Hugs
2026-01-21 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
When we have a week shortened by a holiday, we combine our Story Time and Book Babies programs into one Family Story Time! All ages are welcome for stories, songs and fun, all surrounding a theme. For this session we’ll be talking about hugs.

LEGO Morning
2026-01-24 10:00 - 12:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States

DPL Story Time: Letter of the Week - B b
2026-01-27 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States

Afternoon Story Time
2026-01-29 16:30 - 17:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Afternoon Story Time is designed for school-aged kids, so they can unwind after school with fun stories. This month Ms. Brittany will read winter books!

Story Time: Letter of the Week - C c
2026-02-03 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Story Time is designed for preschool children. We say poems and read stories. Designed for preschoolers ages 4-5, but all are welcome!
