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Looking for something fun to do with the kids? Our Kids Calendar is packed with family-friendly events happening all around Portland! Please confirm event details with the host— we do our best to keep things accurate, but event details can change!
We are so excited to be hatching chicks again and bringing back Chill With A Chick! This is your chance to spend some very special one-on-one time with a baby chick. Our Youth Services Staff will be incubating and hatching chicks, with and expected hatch date in May. Join us on this journey, help us […]
Attention parents and book enthusiasts. Join us for a morning on the farm where we will gather weekly to read enchanting stories. Each week will bring new tales and possible guest readers for you and your child to enjoy. Fridays in May at 10:30am. Switching to Wednesdays in June. Free!
Join Literacy Lady PDX for stories, play and songs in the Happy Place at Hammer + Jacks. Ages 0 - confident walkers.
Join us every Saturday morning for children’s storytime! Whether an author is here to read their book or our staff is reading a favorite, we’ll feature stories that spread compassion, awareness, and positivity. Children will get a coloring page or sticker to take home too! The shop carries juice, snacks, and other items for kids, […]
Join us every Saturday as Gerard Bardler (the bard of Wonderwood) reads stories and sings songs! Books generously donated by our neighbor’s Twin Rivers Books. Family friend, family fun, FREE!
Attention parents and book enthusiasts. Join us for a morning on the farm where we will gather weekly to read enchanting stories. Each week will bring new tales and possible guest readers for you and your child to enjoy. Fridays in May at 10:30am. Switching to Wednesdays in June. Free!
Join Literacy Lady PDX for stories, play and songs in the Happy Place at Hammer + Jacks. Ages 0 - confident walkers.
Join us every Saturday morning for children’s storytime! Whether an author is here to read their book or our staff is reading a favorite, we’ll feature stories that spread compassion, awareness, and positivity. Children will get a coloring page or sticker to take home too! The shop carries juice, snacks, and other items for kids, […]
Start your Pride Month fun early with a family-friendly celebration in honor of LGBTQIA+ Families Day. We'll start the party with Rainbow Family Storytime and special guest Lady Berri Matthews. Afterwards, there will be face painting, crafts, a book giveaway, a scavenger hunt, and more! All are welcome.
Join us every Saturday as Gerard Bardler (the bard of Wonderwood) reads stories and sings songs! Books generously donated by our neighbor’s Twin Rivers Books. Family friend, family fun, FREE!
Celebrate the beginning of Summer Reading with fun and games! Ages 2-12.
Join us every Saturday morning for children’s storytime! Whether an author is here to read their book or our staff is reading a favorite, we’ll feature stories that spread compassion, awareness, and positivity. Children will get a coloring page or sticker to take home too! The shop carries juice, snacks, and other items for kids, […]
Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an identity-supporting environment. Note: two locations for this event on June 7: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM: Northwest Library 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Hollywood Library
Join us every Saturday as Gerard Bardler (the bard of Wonderwood) reads stories and sings songs! Books generously donated by our neighbor’s Twin Rivers Books. Family friend, family fun, FREE!
Children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult) enjoy books highlighting LGBTQ+ families, along with songs, rhymes and movement activities building language, literacy, and community in an identity-supporting environment. Time: 6:15pm-7pm
