Storytime for Babies

Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For ages birth to Age 2 with their caregivers.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Feeding Your Baby

Join our international board-certified lactation consultant, a public health nurse, and other parents looking for support with feeding their babies. Share experiences with parents who are also adjusting to life with a baby. Bring your questions or come to listen. You ca......More

Join our international board-certified lactation consultant, a public health nurse, and other parents looking for support with feeding their babies. Share experiences with parents who are also adjusting to life with a baby. Bring your questions or come to listen. You can ask for tips on how to know if your baby is ready for solid foods or how to reach your breastfeeding goal. If you need lactation or feeding support or want to have your baby weighed, please stop by. All feeding decisions are supported. No registration needed — we welcome you to drop by as you are, along with your baby.

Wescott Large Meeting Room, Wescott Library

Storytime for 2s-6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room, Pleasant Hill Library

The Jolly Pops

Enjoy upbeat, original music with a host of children’s standards for a concert that is sure to please kids and adults alike. Take a fun ride with the Happy Dads and their puppet friends as they sing about alligator dancing, popsicles, trains, pet dinosaurs and everythin......More

Enjoy upbeat, original music with a host of children’s standards for a concert that is sure to please kids and adults alike. Take a fun ride with the Happy Dads and their puppet friends as they sing about alligator dancing, popsicles, trains, pet dinosaurs and everything in between. Geared for youth ages 2 and older with their caregivers.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Tjärnblom

Hear acoustic traditional music from Sweden, Finland and Minnesota played on nyckelharpas, mandolins and a harmonium. For adults. Tjarnblom

Kaposia Large Meeting Room, Kaposia Library

Storytime for 2s–6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Storytime for 2s–6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Robert Trail Large Meeting Room, Robert Trail Library

Storytime for Babies

Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers.

Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room, Pleasant Hill Library

Storytime for 2s-6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Kaposia Large Meeting Room, Kaposia Library

Pajama Storytime

Wear your pajamas, enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For youth ages 2–6 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Burnhaven Library Non-fiction Discussion Group

Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck" by Sophie Elmhirst. New members are welcome. For adults.

Diamondhead Education Center, Burnhaven Library

Obstacle Course

Drop in at the library for a full-body movement experience navigating tunnels and hoops, hopping down a path and balancing on stepping stones. For youth ages 2–6.

Farmington Large Meeting Room, Farmington Library

Storytime for Babies

Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For ages birth to Age 2 with their caregivers.

Kaposia Large Meeting Room, Kaposia Library

Library Closed

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Story Trail at Jim Bell Park

Enjoy the great outdoors with family and friends and read from giant picture book pages displayed in the park. Then complete a STEM art project. Presented in partnership with Farmington Parks & Recreation.This event will take place offsite at Jim Bell Park, 4555 195th S......More

Enjoy the great outdoors with family and friends and read from giant picture book pages displayed in the park. Then complete a STEM art project. Presented in partnership with Farmington Parks & Recreation.This event will take place offsite at Jim Bell Park, 4555 195th St. West, Farmington.

Jim Bell Park and Reserve, Offsite

Storytime for Babies

Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For ages birth to Age 2 with their caregivers.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Storytime for 2s-6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room, Pleasant Hill Library

Feeding Your Baby

Join our international board-certified lactation consultant, a public health nurse, and other parents looking for support with feeding their babies. Share experiences with parents who are also adjusting to life with a baby. Bring your questions or come to listen. You ca......More

Join our international board-certified lactation consultant, a public health nurse, and other parents looking for support with feeding their babies. Share experiences with parents who are also adjusting to life with a baby. Bring your questions or come to listen. You can ask for tips on how to know if your baby is ready for solid foods or how to reach your breastfeeding goal. If you need lactation or feeding support or want to have your baby weighed, please stop by. All feeding decisions are supported. No registration needed — we welcome you to drop by as you are, along with your baby.

Wescott Large Meeting Room, Wescott Library

Feeding Your Baby

Join our international board-certified lactation consultant, a public health nurse, and other parents looking for support with feeding their babies. Share experiences with parents who are also adjusting to life with a baby. Bring your questions or come to listen. You ca......More

Join our international board-certified lactation consultant, a public health nurse, and other parents looking for support with feeding their babies. Share experiences with parents who are also adjusting to life with a baby. Bring your questions or come to listen. You can ask for tips on how to know if your baby is ready for solid foods or how to reach your breastfeeding goal. If you need lactation or feeding support or want to have your baby weighed, please stop by. All feeding decisions are supported. No registration needed — we welcome you to drop by as you are, along with your baby.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Make a Miniature Tapestry Online

Create a small woven masterpiece using a laser cut bamboo loom. Learn how to combine and weave with yarns, wool roving, beads and textured threads to create a landscape or abstract design. Registration required, limit one spot per person, per class. A kit with materials......More

Create a small woven masterpiece using a laser cut bamboo loom. Learn how to combine and weave with yarns, wool roving, beads and textured threads to create a landscape or abstract design. Registration required, limit one spot per person, per class. A kit with materials for the class will be mailed to your address prior to the event. Limited to participants with MN addresses. Presented by Becka Rahn. A Minnesota legacy program.

Silent Reading Party

Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and enjoy reading in the great outdoors with fellow book lovers at Pan-o-Prog. Relax and unwind with the book you are currently reading or choose from a curated selection of books. A sensory tent will be available. In case of inclement......More

Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and enjoy reading in the great outdoors with fellow book lovers at Pan-o-Prog. Relax and unwind with the book you are currently reading or choose from a curated selection of books. A sensory tent will be available. In case of inclement weather, the event will be hosted at Heritage Library. All ages. Sponsored by the Friends of the Heritage Library. This event will be held at Aronson Park: 8250 202nd St. W., Lakeville.

Aronson Park, Offsite

Farmington Afternoon Book Discussion Group

Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall. New members are welcome. For adults.

Farmington Large Meeting Room, Farmington Library

Storytime for 2s–6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Heritage Large Meeting Room, Heritage Library

Music in the Stacks: Curtis & Loretta

Enjoy folk and story-songs performed by the award-winning husband and wife duo, featuring extraordinary harmonies, stringed instruments, original songs and traditional pieces from America and the British Isles. For adults.

Wescott Library

Stories and Stretches

Wear comfy, movement-friendly clothes and enjoy active stories and gentle stretches. For youth ages 4–8 with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Farmington Large Meeting Room, Farmington Library

Storytime for 2s–6s

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Dakota County children's librarians. Enjoy stories and participate in activities to develop early literacy skills. For children ages 2 and older with their caregivers. Siblings welcome.

Robert Trail Large Meeting Room, Robert Trail Library

Storytime for Babies

Read, play and sing along with your young child in this interactive storytime designed for newborns and babies. For ages birth to age 2 with their caregivers.

Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room, Pleasant Hill Library

Storytime at Farmington Preserve Park

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Miss Aimee from Farmington Library. Enjoy stories, songs and other activities to develop early literacy. For youth ages 2 and older with their families. Weather dependent. Presented in partnership with Farmington Parks and ......More

Read, play, sing, talk and write together with Miss Aimee from Farmington Library. Enjoy stories, songs and other activities to develop early literacy. For youth ages 2 and older with their families. Weather dependent. Presented in partnership with Farmington Parks and Recreation. This event will take place offsite at Farmington Preserve Park, 19975 Embers Ave, Farmington.

Farmington Park Reserve, Offsite

Galaxie Book Club

Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month's title is "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks. New members are welcome. Registration required. For adults.

Galaxie Large Meeting Room L139, Galaxie Library

LeDuc History Book Discussion Group

Discuss a variety of great books with other members of the community. This month’s title is "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich. New members are welcome. For adults.This event will take place at the LeDuc Historic Estate: 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings

LeDuc Historic Estate, Pleasant Hill Library