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  • Story Time

    Family Story Time: Friendship

    DPL Youth Services room 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, United States

    Family Story Time is for all ages.  It combines Book Babies & Story Time for fun and learning for the whole family!  All ages.  

  • Celebrate Juneteenth featuring Peggy Allen Towns

    DPL Youth Services room 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, United States

    Join local historian and author Peggy Allen Towns for an exciting event to learn more about the Juneteenth holiday. We’ll have a Juneteenth coloring sheet to color at DPL or […]

  • Colors in Wildlife featuring Ranger Daphne Moland

    DPL Youth Services room 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, United States

    Come and learn how wildlife adds to the color of our world.  Ranger Daphne Moland from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge will have objects for show and tell (and touch!) that […]

  • DPL’s Day in the Park *at Rhodes Ferry Park*

    Rhodes Ferry Park 100 Market St NW, Decatur,, AL, United States

    Join Decatur Public Library at Rhodes Ferry Park by the river for Day in the Park!  We’ll have Story Time with Ms. Zoie at 10:30am.  We’ll also have hula hoops, jump ropes, […]

  • Land to Sea Exotic ANIMAL PROGRAM for Everyone

    Decatur Public Library-Main Area

    Our friends from Land to Sea Exotics will bring a selection of exotic animals to our library.  While the animals can vary a little, you are likely to see a […]

  • DPL Summer Reads Finale: Sensational Science Super Summer Show

    Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur

    featuring the Science Guys This event takes kids on an exciting journey into the science of colors and how we see them!  Through fun experiments and interactive demonstrations, young scientists will […]

  • Story Time

    Special Guest Story Time: Glinda the Good Witch

    DPL Youth Services room 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, United States

    Kids of all ages can meet Glinda, take their picture with her, and hear a story (of course).  Glinda appears courtesy of Magical Memories AL .  

  • Story Time

    Family Story Time: EXTRA LARGE BOOKS

    DPL Youth Services room 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, United States

    All ages are invited to this special story time featuring books that are bigger than usual.  We’ll sing songs and say poems.

  • DPL’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!

    Decatur Public Library-Main Area +1 more

    featuring the pirates from the Crewe O' Ye Crooked Goat The entire library will take part in this celebration of Talk Like a Pirate Day! We’ll have a scavenger hunt and […]

  • OUTREACH EVENT

    OUTREACH – Touch-a-Truck

    Ascend Performance Materials 1050 Chemstrand Ave, Decatur, Alabama

    Parents and Children Together present Touch a Truck 2025! This is a FREE family fun day with opportunities for children to play, climb, explore, and touch trucks, emergency responder vehicles, […]

  • OUTREACH EVENT

    OUTREACH – Once Upon a Saturday

    Delano Park 825 Gordon Dr SE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Magical Memories AL presents a Free Family Night at Delano Park. Kids can interact for free with costumed characters and get a free book from Decatur Public Library.  Food Trucks […]