Family Storytime

Join us at Kobetich for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Wan......More

Join us at Kobetich for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here.

Сказки на русском/Russian Storytime

Сказки, потешки и игры на русском языке с Наталией Семейная программа для всех возрастов Join us at Kobetich branch for stories, songs, and games in Russian with Natalia. For families. All ages are welcome!

Up and Atom: Balloon-Powered Cars with LeMay - America's Car Museum

Join us at Kobetich for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. Race into learning with balloon-powered cars with educators from LeMay - America's Car Museum! Discover Newton’s Third Law as air pushes out an......More

Join us at Kobetich for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. Race into learning with balloon-powered cars with educators from LeMay - America's Car Museum! Discover Newton’s Third Law as air pushes out and propels your car forward, and experiment with friction and aerodynamics to fine-tune your speed. Explore kinetic and potential energy as you inflate the balloon, then watch stored energy transform into motion! Hands-on physics has never been this fun—ready, set, inflate! This program is presented by LeMay - America's Car Museum, funded by the City of Tacoma/Tacoma Creates, and hosted by Tacoma Public Library.

Family STEAM Night w/Greentrike

Bring the whole family together to explore concepts of science, technology, engineering, art, and math, also known as STEAM. Presented by Greentrike, funded by the City of Tacoma/Tacoma C......More

Bring the whole family together to explore concepts of science, technology, engineering, art, and math, also known as STEAM. Presented by Greentrike, funded by the City of Tacoma/Tacoma Creates, and hosted by Tacoma Public Library.

Baby Storytime

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations ......More

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here. Baby storytime is approximately 20 minutes long, followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat.

Family Storytime

Join us at Kobetich for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Wan......More

Join us at Kobetich for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here.

Сказки на русском/Russian Storytime

Сказки, потешки и игры на русском языке с Наталией Семейная программа для всех возрастов Join us at Kobetich branch for stories, songs, and games in Russian with Natalia. For families. All ages are welcome!

Up and Atom: Candy Rainbow Experiment

Join us at Kobetich for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. In this candy chemistry experiment, participants will explore how water interacts with sugar and creates vibrant colors through diffusion and s......More

Join us at Kobetich for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. In this candy chemistry experiment, participants will explore how water interacts with sugar and creates vibrant colors through diffusion and solubility.

Kobetich Book Club

Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco. Lambda Literary Award Winner, 2025 ......More

Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco. Lambda Literary Award Winner, 2025 Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel Named a Best Crime Novel of the Year byThe New York Times and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Autostraddle Alma Rosales is back and trouble is hot on her heels in this thrilling, queer historical novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Best Bad Things. Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad and a buyer’s market funneling product their way, ex-detective Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend their days moving crates and their nights at the Monte Carlo, the center of Tacoma’s queer scene, where skirts and trousers don’t signify and everyone’s free to suit themselves. And Alma, who is living as a hardscrabble stevedore called Jack Camp, knows this most of all. When two local men end up dead, all signs point to the opium trade. A botched effort to disappear the bodies draws the attention of lawmen, and although Alma scrambles to keep them away from her operation, she’s distracted by the surprise appearance of Bess Spencer―an ex-Pinkerton agent and Alma’s first love―after years of silence. Then a handsome young stranger, Ben Velásquez, rolls into town and falls into an affair with one of Alma’s crewmen. When Ben starts asking questions about opium, Alma begins to suspect she has welcomed a spy into her inner circle, and she’s forced to consider how far she’ll go to protect her trade. Katrina Carrasco plunges readers into the vivid, rough-and-tumble world of the late-1800s Pacific Northwest in this genre and gender-blurring novel. Rough Trade follows Carrasco’s critically acclaimed debut, The Best Bad Things, and reimagines queer communities, the turbulent early days of modern media and medicine, and the pleasures―and price―of satisfying desire. The book is available for check out at the Kobetich circulation desk. The Kobetich Book Club meets on the last Wednesday of the month. New members are always welcome! Please call Kobetich library staff at 253-280-2921 for assistance with locating or reserving a copy.

Baby Storytime

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations ......More

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here. Baby storytime is approximately 20 minutes long, followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat.

Family Storytime

Join us at Kobetich for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Wan......More

Join us at Kobetich for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here.

Сказки на русском/Russian Storytime

Сказки, потешки и игры на русском языке с Наталией Семейная программа для всех возрастов Join us at Kobetich branch for stories, songs, and games in Russian with Natalia. For families. All ages are welcome!

Up and Atom: Spring LEGO Challenge

Join us at Kobetich for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. Put your engineering skills to the test with spring-themed LEGO challenges! Can you rise to the challenge? Participants will practice spatial re......More

Join us at Kobetich for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. Put your engineering skills to the test with spring-themed LEGO challenges! Can you rise to the challenge? Participants will practice spatial reasoning, fine motor skills, design thinking, and collaboration.

Wisdom Cafe

Welcome, adults of all ages! Gather to share memories and life experiences, discuss topics of the day, and encourage active connections. Each month, our Wisdom Café members will explore a vibrant conversational topic with images, engaging activities, and snacks.

Baby Storytime

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations ......More

Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months. Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here. Baby storytime is approximately 20 minutes long, followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to connect and chat.