Upcoming Events

[For ages 0-18 months] Bring your baby and bounce along to fun stories, songs, and rhymes. Baby Storytime is a 15-minute program, followed by a relaxed playtime where you and baby will meet new friends.

Dolly Parton once said, "You can never get enough books into the hands of enough children". 

(Ages 0-4) End the month by bringing your baby or toddler and letting them dance until they can't dance anymore at our Let's Glow Dance Party!

[For ages 1-4] Please join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes for toddlers and their caregiver. After storytime, enjoy unstructured playtime with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

[For ages 4-8] Join us for My First Book Club!

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library!

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library, where we're Growing Readers.

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library!

Please join us in the Large Meeting Room for stories, fingerplays, songs and rhymes for toddlers and preschoolers, and their caregivers.

[For ages 0-18 months] Please join us in our Youth Services Room for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes for children ages 0 to 18 months and their caregiver.

[Ages 0-6 and their Caregivers]  Come to Bach for a fun and educational storytime full of silliness, singing and movement.  Then, stay to play!

[3-12]The Holidays are coming up! Kick them off by making Holiday Greeting Cards for your loved ones! 

[For ages 3-7] Join us for a sensory friendly storytime with interactive stories, songs, dance, and play! 

[For ages 0 - 5 and their caregivers] Hang out with Mr. John for a weekly bilingual storytime with his spanish speaking monster side-kick Gruff. They will be reading books and singing songs in both English and Spanish.

[Ages 1-4] Come join Gruff the friendly storytime monster and his human librarian side-kick for fun stories, silly songs, and dancing. Bring your energy and your little one and get all the wiggles out! 

[Ages 2-5] Come on down to the historic Howe Branch of the Albany Public library for a read-along, sing-along Storytime.

[Ages 2-7] Join us in your jammies for Pajama Storytime!  We will read books, sing songs, and have lots of cozy fun!

[For ages 0-5] Please join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, and rhymes. After storytime, enjoy unstructured playtime with sensory blocks, cars, balls, and much more!

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library, where we're Growing Readers.

[For Ages 0-5] Join us for stories, songs, and movement activities. Bring the whole family and enjoy Saturday at the library!

Please join us in the Large Meeting Room for stories, fingerplays, songs and rhymes for toddlers and preschoolers, and their caregivers.