Decatur Public Library

Book Babies: Bugs & Butterflies
2026-04-29 10:30 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Book Babies is story time for babies from birth to age 3 and their adults. We do bouncing rhymes and sing songs!
No library card is required to attend our programs. Siblings are welcome, too!

Saturday Story Time: Spring
2026-04-25 14:30 - 15:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Can’t make it to Story Time during the week? Join us for this special Saturday edition! We’ll read some Spring-themed books, learn some poems, and have a crafty activity.

FYI Series: Radon Basics
2026-04-22 12:00 - 14:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
with Nick Swindall & Jessica Morris from the Office of Radiation Control
Nick Swindall, Director, and Jessica Morris, Program Coordinator, for the Office of Radiation Control at the Alabama Department of Public Health will present this program about Radon gas. The Alabama Radon Program seeks to educate and provide resources to the communities in Alabama to learn about radon, its effects, and how they can mitigate their radon exposure and risk for lung cancer.

Special Guest Story Time: Glimmer the Rainbow Fairy
2026-04-22 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Come to this special story time and meet Glimmer, the Rainbow Fairy! She will pose for pictures with kids and we’ll celebrate Earth Day. Feel free to wear your rainbows, too! Glimmer appears courtesy of Magical Memories AL.

LEGO Morning
2026-04-18 10:00 - 12:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Kids of all ages are welcome to come-and-go to build something fantastic with our LEGO® bricks!

We the People
2026-04-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Decatur Public Library-Main Area
presented by Harry Moore
Poet Harry Moore will discuss his latest book We the People: Confessions of a Caucasian Southerner. This collection of poems looks back across the decades to his “happy rural childhood” in the American South. Rather than an exercise in nostalgia, these poems are confession, and contrition, a reckoning for the long history of inequity that is the legacy of the South.
Books will be available for purchase. All are welcome to this free program.

Book Babies: Spring
2026-04-15 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States

DPL Story Time: letter of the Week - K k
2026-04-14 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. All are welcome and no library card is required to attend our programs.

FREE Tax Help
2026-04-13 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-11 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-08 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-06 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-04 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-02 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-01 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-30 13:00 - 17:00 and 3 more dates | DPL Training Center, 504 Cherry Street NE, Decatur, AL
Free tax preparation assistance is provided by the R.S.V.P. volunteers in DPL’s Training Center.
*BY APPOINTMENT ONLY*
Call 256-232-7207 to make your appointment.

DPL's Poetry Jam
2026-04-10 14:00 - 16:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Celebrate National Poetry Month by signing up to be part of DPL’s Poetry Jam.
You can recite a poem you wrote or read one of your favorites. Poems must be approved when you sign up, as the program is for all ages.
To participate come by the Marketing & Outreach office to add your name to the sign-up sheet. Be sure to have the title and author of the poem you plan to read with you.
Sign up by the 9th of April to be part of the program.
All ages are encouraged to be part of the fun!

Family Story Time & Easter Egg Hunt
2026-04-08 10:30 - 23:00 | Decatur Public Library Youth Services Room, 504 Cherry St. NE, Decatur
Children of all ages are invited to this Easter-themed Story Time, with an Easter egg hunt to follow. Don’t forget to bring a bag or a basket to collect your eggs!

Tweens & Teens: Flower Power
2026-04-03 15:00 - 16:30 | Story Hour Room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Tired of flowers not lasting? Need a gift for someone’s birthday? Ages 11-17 are invited to DPL to make flowers out of pipe cleaners. Make one or multiple flowers. All supplies are provided. No registration required. This program is free.

Toy Time Friday
2026-04-03 10:00 - 16:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Stop by the and play with the toys! Toys will be out all day for you to come and play as you have time. We will have everything from blocks to trains to cars to LEGOs and more!

LEGO Hour: Easter
2026-04-02 16:00 - 17:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
Kids of all ages are welcome to come-and-go to build something fantastic with our LEGO® bricks.
This month’s challenge: build something with an Easter theme!

OUTREACH - P.A.C.T.'s Child Abuse Prevention Month Kick-Off Event
2026-04-02 11:30 - 13:30 | Morgan County/Decatur Farmers Market, 211 1st Ave SE, Decatur, AL, 35601, United States
Gather with PACT, their Partners in Prevention, and the community as they launch a month dedicated to awareness, education, and prevention, so that together we can build a community where every child feels protected!

DPL is excited to take part in this event. We will be issuing library cards and have giveaways for kids. We hope you’ll join us!

Youth Book Club: Number in the Title
2026-04-01 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 with a number in the title to discuss in this month’s meeting. It can be from any genre!

Book Babies: Letter of the Week - Z z
2026-04-01 10:30 - 11:00 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States

Story Time: Letter of the Week - J j
2026-03-31 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. All are welcome!

Saturday Story Time
2026-03-28 14:00 - 14:30 | DPL Youth Services room, 504 Cherry Street Northeast, Decatur, AL, 35601-1970, United States
Can’t make it to Story Time during the week? Join us for this special Saturday edition! We’ll read some award-winning books, learn some poems, and have a crafty activity.

FYI Series: WHEN PERFECT ISN’T PEACE - How Perfectionism Fuels Anxiety and Blocks the Spiritual Practice of Love and Forgiveness
2026-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | DPL Community Room, 504 Cherry St., NE, Decatur, 35601, United States
presented by Jetaun Bailey, LPC-S, CSC
This session will explore how perfectionism fuels anxiety through fear of failure, shame, and harsh self-criticism. The goal is to provide both psychological insight and practical, non-denominational, spiritual tools so participants leave feeling empowered and reconnected to inner peace.
Complete information here.
