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Read to the Dogs: Ages 5 to 10 Years

6:30pm–6:45pm
Elementary Age
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Elementary Age
Registration Required
Event Details:

Registered therapy dogs are here to listen to children read to them in a one-to-one setting. It's fun and helps improve reading skills because the dog listens attentively and does not judge, laugh or criticize.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Read to the Dogs: Ages 5 to 10 Years

6:45pm–7:00pm
Elementary Age
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Elementary Age
Registration Required
Event Details:

Registered therapy dogs are here to listen to children read to them in a one-to-one setting. It's fun and helps improve reading skills because the dog listens attentively and does not judge, laugh or criticize.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Read to the Dogs: Ages 5 to 10 Years

7:00pm–7:15pm
Elementary Age
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Elementary Age
Registration Required
Event Details:

Registered therapy dogs are here to listen to children read to them in a one-to-one setting. It's fun and helps improve reading skills because the dog listens attentively and does not judge, laugh or criticize.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Family Story Time: Ages Birth to 5 Years

10:15am–10:45am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

These 30-minute story times for ages 5 and under incorporate many enjoyable pre-reading skills including stories, rhymes, songs, finger plays and movement.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.

Makerspace Open House

5:30pm–7:00pm
Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace / DIAL
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come to the Makerspace Open house and learn what the Library’s Makerspace has to offer- including all of the equipment that can be reserved (Cricut Joy Xtra, Button Maker Machines, Adobe Computer Workstation, Cricut Mug Press, etc.), watch demos o

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Library Board of Trustees

7:00pm–9:00pm
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Program Type: Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Details:

Library Board of Trustees monthly meeting. You can find the agenda here.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Toddler Story Time: Ages 18 Months to 3 Years

10:15am–10:45am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Get ready to move, shake, wiggle, sing, and play! Designed for active toddlers, this story time will feature shorter stories, songs, rhymes, music, lots of movement activities, and playtime at the end of every session. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.

True Story Book Group

6:00pm–7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome to the True Story Book Club! We read works of non-fiction, in order to better understand ourselves, others, and the world. There are so many wonderful, important, strong, compelling works of non-fiction out there.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Frostology Presented by Michigan Science Center: Family

6:30pm–7:15pm
Toddlers, Preschool, Family, Elementary Age
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool, Family, Elementary Age
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Investigate how temperature relates to the movement of atoms and molecules in this exciting presentation. Utilizing liquid nitrogen (LN2) we’ll see some ‘cool’ effects on solids, liquids and gases!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Diversity in Romance with Author Sylvia Hubbard

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Sylvia Hubbard, a romance author of over seventy books, for a discussion on the influence African American authors have had on the romance genre. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Baby Size! Story Time: Ages Birth to 18 Months

10:15am–11:00am
Babies, Toddlers
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Story time for infants, toddlers and their adults. Enjoy 30 minutes of language building activities including songs, rhymes, and play. Join the fun! 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.

African American Read-In with Kwame Alexander: Might in Our Stories: Family

5:00pm–7:00pm
Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Program Type: Author Visit, Outreach
Event Details:

In partnership with Royal Oak Schools and Oakland Schools, we are excited to host author Kwame Alexander (The Crossover and The Undefeated) for a Zoom call for Black History Month!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Conversation Cafe

6:00pm–7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Outreach, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

MONTHLY TOPIC: What life experience has influenced you the most?

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Make & Mingle: Felt Shamrocks

6:30pm–7:30pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make & Mingle is a program designed as both a craft and social event. Bring a friend or family member to craft together. Don't have anyone to bring?

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Pokémon Club - National Pokémon Day: Grades 1 to 12

4:30pm–5:30pm
Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Elementary Age, Tween/ Middle School
Program Type: Self-Guided Program, Social Group
Event Details:

Come celebrate National Pokémon Day at the Library!

Feel free to bring your cards to trade and battle with other players, make a Perler bead Pokémon and other fun crafts, play cornhole, or battle on a Pokémon Switch game!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

No Registration Required

You do not need to register for this program - it is first-come, first-served.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Party!: Ages Birth to Pre-K

10:30am–11:30am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Whether you’re new to the program and would like more information, or are already tracking your books and want to celebrate reading accomplishments, stop by the party in the Friends Auditorium!  Stories, dancing, playtime, and snacks are all

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Poetry Contest Opens

All Day
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Program Type: Poetry
Event Details:

Poems can be submitted here.

Adult Take and Make: Dried Flower Suncatcher

All Day
Teen/ High School, Adults
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Starting March 2nd come to the Adult Reference Desk to pick up a kit to make a Dried Flower Suncatcher that you can hang inside or outside- just in time for Spring! 

Limit 2 kits per adult. 

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration Required

You do not need to register for this program - it is first-come, first-served.

Queerdos: A literary and just plain social club

6:30pm–7:45pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you LGBTQIA+? Do you love books, graphic novels, or basically any other form of media? Do you want to meet and chill with others who answered the above questions with yes too? Well you are in luck! Welcome to Royal Oak Public Library's monthly queer social club, a safe space to talk about various medias and simply exist in a place where you don't need to worry about people just not getting it.  If you'd like to bring your emotional support ally, they are welcome too!

At least one rad gay media will be recommended at the end of each meeting and no registration is necessary to come! Bring your iced coffees, your sweatpants, your septum rings...they're all welcome here!

Registration encouraged for e-mail reminders.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Family Story Time: Ages Birth to 5 Years

10:15am–10:45am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

These 30-minute story times for ages 5 and under incorporate many enjoyable pre-reading skills including stories, rhymes, songs, finger plays and movement.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.

Pout-Pout Fish Party: Family

6:30pm–7:30pm
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in celebration of the new Pout-Pout Fish movie this March! We'll have crafts and games all focusing around our favorite grumpy fish. 

Please register all adults and children attending.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Toddler Story Time: Ages 18 Months to 3 Years

10:15am–10:45am
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Get ready to move, shake, wiggle, sing, and play! Designed for active toddlers, this story time will feature shorter stories, songs, rhymes, music, lots of movement activities, and playtime at the end of every session. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.

Felt Bowls @ The Woodward Corner Market

12:00pm–2:30pm
Family, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Woodward Corner Market
Age Group: Family, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Outreach
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us off-site @ The Woodward Corner Market near the cafe area to create a cute mini bowl out of felt!

All supplies will be provided!

All ages welcome!!

Registration Encouraged!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Baby Size! Story Time: Ages Birth to 18 Months

10:15am–11:00am
Babies, Toddlers
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Story time for infants, toddlers and their adults. Enjoy 30 minutes of language building activities including songs, rhymes, and play. Join the fun! 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Tickets issued 15 minutes before the program begins.

The staff at the Youth Services Desk will issue tickets on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before the program begins.