Events - Kids

Book Birdies is our new nature storytime for children ages 3-5.  Each Monday morning we’ll gather to read nature-related storybooks and nonfiction books, sing songs, move, dance, and play games all the while encouraging an appreciation for our natural world.   Look up-close and learn about the mystery item in the Nature Box and bring home a Bird Word card each week.   Children will attend this storytime with their grownup.

All programs are sensory friendly.  Everyone is welcome and celebrated.  There is no right way to join in!  For specific information about any program, call (920) 886-6335, or email youthdesk@neenahlibrary.org.

Learn how to create and print your very own 3D models with this free workshop Monday, April 23rd at 6:30pm at the Neenah Public Library. Learn the basics of modeling with TinkerCAD then create your very own model. Library staff will print your completed model using the library’s 3D printer! This is an all ages class. Basic computer skills required. This free workshop does not require registration.

For more information, please contact the Neenah Public Library adult reference desk by phone: 920-886-6315 or e-mail: Library@neenahlibrary.org.

Storytime Ninjas is for children ages 3-5.  Some highlights of Storytime Ninjas include puppet shows and flannel boards, music and movement, and reading wonderful stories and poems.  Children will attend this storytime with their grownup. 

All programs are sensory friendly.  Everyone is welcome and celebrated.  There is no right way to join in!  For specific information about any program, call (920) 886-6335, or email youthdesk@neenahlibrary.org.

Toddle Times are active story times for babies from 12-24 months and their caregivers (siblings welcome!).  A single book, lively bounces and rhymes, special music, free play and socializing are all included.  With free time, plan to stay about 30 minutes to an hour.

WeeRead is a multi-aged story time for children and their caregivers.  We will share songs & stories, learn rhymes - both old and new, and shake our sillies out with lively music.  Each story time will end with a puppet show and a rhyme to take home. This story time lasts 25 minutes.  We recognize that story time is a learned experience and that 25 minutes may be a bit too long for our littlest friends.  Please come for whatever amount of time works for you and your child.  You are welcome to slip out and come back either in a few minutes or another time. We are prepared to keep things flexible so that kids of every age will have a fun story time experience!

All programs are sensory friendly.  Everyone is welcome and celebrated.  There is no right way to join in!  For specific information about any program, call (920) 886-6335, or email youthdesk@neenahlibrary.org.

Good morning!  Have a little one who’s up at the crack of dawn?  Wish there was something to do with them that early?  This storytime is for you!

Early Risers is for babies and toddlers birth-24 months old.  We read a story, do bounces and rhymes, have some special music and free play time.  Families often stay after to visit and have fun.  This program will be held in the Storytime Room on the first floor.  Including free time, plan to stay about 30-45 minutes.

NOTE: because the library is officially closed during this time, people coming to storytime will only be allowed in from 7:35-7:50, after which the doors will be locked. 

Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.

Baby Times are gentle story times for newborns to one-year-olds, with a caregiver (siblings welcome!).  We read a story, do bounces and rhymes, have some special music and free play time.  Families often stay after to visit and have fun.  This program will be held in the Storytime Room located on the first floor.  Including free time, plan to stay about 30 minutes to an hour.

This is an after work storytime in the board book area of the youth department for babies age birth to 3 years.  It will include sharing music, movement and board books.  What a nice way to unwind with your little one!

All programs are sensory friendly.  Everyone is welcome and celebrated.  There is no right way to join in!  For specific information about any program, call (920) 886-6335, or email youthdesk@neenahlibrary.org.

What will I experience at Lapsit Storytime with my 2 or 3 year old?  Expect to hear 3 or 4 age-appropriate books read, to dance - maybe with scarves or shaker eggs, and to learn some new finger rhymes.  You'll have an opportunity to meet Penelope the Puppet who loves Poetry, to guess what's in the Mystery Bag, and to watch a puppet show on the 'big' puppet stage.

Lapsit is a lively storytime with many short segments designed with the attention span of  2 and 3 year olds in mind.  

All programs are sensory friendly.  If a half hour of Lapsit is a bit too long for your child, please come for whatever amount of time works for you and your child.  You are welcome to slip out  - and come back either in a few minutes or another week!

Back by very popular demand, the Neenah Public Library is excited to announce free Ukulele Classes Thursdays from 6:00pm - 7:00pm, March 29-May 17 taught by Sam ‘Ālika Bader. All skill levels are encouraged to attend these beginner lessons. Be sure to bring your ukulele.

We'll meet in the Story Time Room.

Bring music you're working on, something you're having trouble with, play a solo or a duet for the group, play along with your fellow ukers. All skill levels welcome!

Ukers will meet in the first floor Story Time Room.

This story time, for ages 2-4, includes reading stories, playing simple rhythm instruments, dancing, singing, and music appreciation.  We explore all styles of music, including jazz, classical, rock, folk, and show tunes. For specific information, call (920) 886-6335, or email youthdesk@neenahlibrary.org.

Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.

Toddle Times are active story times for babies from 12-24 months and their caregivers (siblings welcome!).  A single book, lively bounces and rhymes, special music, free play and socializing are all included.  With free time, plan to stay about 30 minutes to an hour.

The Neenah Public Library is excited to welcome back paranormal investigator Craig Nehring Saturday, April 28th at 2:00pm. Join us in the library’s Shattuck Room as Craig Nehring and author Enid Cleaves share chilling ghost encounters from their second book “Wisconsin’s Most Haunted, Vol. 2.” Find out what Nehring and the Fox Valley Ghost hunters have been up to with a presentation highlighting recent paranormal investigations. Books will be available after the presentation for sale and signing. Free and open to all ages. Do to high demand, free tickets will be required for this event. Tickets can be picked up starting Saturday, April 21st at 10:00am at the library's second floor reference desk.

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Wisconsin author Enid Cleaves and paranormal investigator Craig Nehring have teamed up to write and present their second book,Wisconsin's Most Haunted, Vol. 2.

Nehring, head of the Fox Valley Ghost Hunters, has fascinating and chilling stories to tell. Some of the team's encounters have been with benevolent ghosts, others are of a malevolent variety where priests or shamans have been called in to extricate the entities from the homes.

From Titletown Brewing Company in Green Bay...to a nursing facility in Siren…to the Alexian Brothers Novitiate in Gresham…to The Cottage in Plover and the Iola Millstone restaurants...to private homes in Black River Falls, and New London where unwanted supernatural beings have frightened the occupants--all offer stories that provide material for an interesting, entertaining and thought-provoking presentation.