Our middle and high school Girls Who Code club encourages you to impact your community in a positive way through code. In order to build the skills you need to make an impact, you will learn how to code from our fun online tutorials and activities that will help you build animations, games, apps, and other things that you dream up! We have tutorials in Scratch, Python, Swift, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 

1 hour. For grades 6 through 12. Registration is required and limited. This club is inclusive and open to non-binary individuals. 

Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and stories will help your toddler to develop a love of reading. Adults will learn tips and tricks to continue the learning at home.    

30 to 40 minutes. For ages 19-35 months. Registration is required and limited. 

Children and adults will enjoy books, music, and rhymes. Early learning activities will be modeled for adults so that learning can continue at home and help your child to build skills to be ready to succeed at whatever is next.   

About 30 minutes. For families with children of all ages. Registration is required and limited.  

Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience songs and stories together to help your baby learn sounds, language, and a love of books while you connect with other parents, grandparents, caregivers, and babies.  

20 to 30 minutes. For Birth-18 months. Registration is required and limited.   

Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and stories will help your toddler to develop a love of reading. Adults will learn tips and tricks to continue the learning at home.    

30 to 40 minutes. For ages 19-35 months. Registration is required and limited. 

Tell stories, cast spells, defeat the bad guy with Dungeons and Dragons! For beginners or experts. No dice, books, or characters required.    

2 hours. For ages 13-18. Registration is required and limited. Note: Register once for this weekly program. 

Children and adults will enjoy books, music, and rhymes. Early learning activities will be modeled for adults so that learning can continue at home and help your child to build skills to be ready to succeed at whatever is next.   

About 30 minutes. For families with children of all ages. Registration is required and limited.  

Songs, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed in school and beyond. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.    

30 to 40 minutes. For ages 3-5 years. Registration is required and limited. 

Join us at the East Shore Area Library to discuss your favorite anime and manga with other fans!    

1 hour. For ages 13-18 years. Registration is required and limited.    

February often brings to mind the celebration of love. What better way to spread that love through the month, and into the remainder of the year, than to spend special time with friends and family. At The Library’s Celebration of Friendship and Family, we will gather together to hear stories of friendship and family togetherness, sing songs, and participate in activities that encourage cooperation, creativity, and love! 

45 minutes. For families with children of all ages. Registration is required and limited. 

Songs, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed in school and beyond. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.    

30 to 40 minutes. For ages 3-5 years. Registration is required and limited. 

About 30 minutes. For 30 months-5 years. Registration is required and limited. 

The Library is honored to present Holly Evans, President of Evans Engineering. For the past forty years, Holly has specialized in civil and structural design, and has quite literally built South Central Pennsylvania from the ground up. Odds are that you’ve probably unknowingly passed by long stretches of the highway peppered with dozens of buildings that Holly designed! We warmly welcome you to join us for a presentation from Holly and some of her professional colleagues dedicated to women in STEAM. Speakers will discuss ongoing projects in the greater Dauphin County community, their own personal experiences working as women in STEAM, and professional advice about forging new paths forward as leaders in the field.  

1 hour. For ages 18+. Registration is required. Registrants will be emailed further instructions to join virtual programs.

Financial educators from M&T Bank and Mid Penn Bank are coming to The Library to talk all things budgeting! We’ll learn about obstacles often faced when budgeting, how to track and analyze your spending, how to reduce debt and put money toward an emergency savings fund, and more. M&T Bank will lead the workshop at the Alexander Family Library and Mid Penn Bank will lead the workshop at Elizabethville Area Library. 

1 hour. For ages 18+. Registration is required. 

Children and adults will enjoy books, music, and rhymes. Early learning activities will be modeled for adults so that learning can continue at home and help your child to build skills to be ready to succeed at whatever is next.   

About 30 minutes. For families with children of all ages. Registration is required and limited.  Please note that due to the holiday closing on Monday, February 20th, this program will start on Monday, February 27th and run for 4 weeks.

Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience songs and stories together to help your baby learn sounds, language, and a love of books while you connect with other parents, grandparents, caregivers, and babies.  

20 to 30 minutes. For Birth-18 months. Registration is required and limited.   

Children and adults will enjoy books, music, and rhymes. Early learning activities will be modeled for adults so that learning can continue at home and help your child to build skills to be ready to succeed at whatever is next.   

About 30 minutes. For families with children of all ages. Registration is required and limited.