Storytimes near EAST END LIBRARY

East End Meeting Room

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

East End Meeting Room

Join us for a fun-filled, interactive family storytime! Wind down for the day with this special, evening, family storytime! Enjoy calming songs, rhymes, books, and activities for ages birth-5 years old with an adult.

East End Meeting Room

Have a sock in need of darning? A hole in your favorite shirt? Maybe some other item in need of repair? Learn simple mending techniques and extend the life of your clothing! Bring something that needs light mending, and all other materials and instruction will be provided.

East End Meeting Room

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music, and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

East End Meeting Room

Join us every Monday for an hour of low-stress gaming @ the East End Library!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music, and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver. This is a lap bounce-based program.

East End Meeting Room

Meet your neighbors and discuss important neighborhood issues with the Church Hill Central Civic Association at their monthly meeting.

East End Meeting Room

Struggling to learn a skill on your smart device or computer? Learn one-on-one with one of the library staff who will work with you to accomplish your digital literacy goals. Half-hour appointments are available, so please call 804-646-4474 to schedule one today!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for a special performance by Groovy Nate. Enjoy this interactive music show for children ages 1-10. Groovy Nate® is a performance and teaching artist who creates exciting educational shows and classes using funky grooves, exotic musical instruments, and comedy— a la Sesame Street meets Parliament/Funkadelic.

East End Meeting Room

Teen STEAM allows teens to explore science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics by working on hands-on projects that help them develop critical thinking skills, hone their creativity, practice working independently and collaboratively, as well as perform problem-solving through engaging projects. Hatch your own dinosaur with these dino egg bath bombs!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

East End Meeting Room

We'll read and discuss a new work of fiction or a compelling memoir. The conversation is always lively and thought-provoking! The club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month and discussion is led by a librarian.

East End Meeting Room

Join the James River Association to learn about flora and fauna found along the James River. Staff members will highlight plants and animals visible along the James during the spring months and share an update on the river's health. Conservation tips that participants can implement at home will also be shared.

East End Meeting Room

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music, and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

East End Meeting Room

Join us every Monday for an hour of low-stress gaming @ the East End Library!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music, and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver. This is a lap bounce-based program.

Join us for Teen Art this summer with Open High Art Teacher Brigette Newberry. During Teen Art, teens and tweens will be able to foster self-expression, develop arts and craft skills, and build community with their peers all within a supportive and creative environment. This Wednesday we'll learn how to wrap, tie, and cut yarn while developing structural design skills in order to create tactile 3D art objects.

East End Meeting Room

Struggling to learn a skill on your smart device or computer? Learn one-on-one with one of the library staff who will work with you to accomplish your digital literacy goals. Half-hour appointments are available, so please call 804-646-4474 to schedule one today!

East End Meeting Room

Get ready for East End's very first gaming club, the Gaming Teen Alliance (GTA)! We'll discuss our favorite video games, tabletop games, watch YouTube and Twitch streamers, and play some games of our own (Among Us or D&D, anyone?). Ages 11-19.

East End Meeting Room

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

East End Meeting Room

Explore, play, and grow at our hands-on sensory program! Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers will dive into activities that spark curiosity, inspire learning, and support early development. Perfect for ages 7 months- 5 years. Tip: Dress for a little mess and lots of fun!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music, and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

East End Meeting Room

Join us every Monday for an hour of low-stress gaming @ the East End Library!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music, and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver. This is a lap bounce-based program.

East End Meeting Room

Struggling to learn a skill on your smart device or computer? Learn one-on-one with one of the library staff who will work with you to accomplish your digital literacy goals. Half-hour appointments are available, so please call 804-646-4474 to schedule one today!

East End Meeting Room

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

East End Meeting Room

Struggling to learn a skill on your smart device or computer? Learn one-on-one with one of the library staff who will work with you to accomplish your digital literacy goals. Half-hour appointments are available, so please call 804-646-4474 to schedule one today!

East End Meeting Room

We're partnering with the YWCA to bring Care for Kids to East End Branch! This engaging age-appropriate program for children ages 3-7 helps young learners build confidence, understand body boundaries, and practice using their voices. Through stories, discussion, and interactive activities, children will explore positive self-esteem, safe decision-making, and how to talk to trusted adults. Best for ages 3 - 7 with a caregiver present. Join Richmond Public Library as we learn, grow, and practice powerful skills together! Care for Kids is a developmentally appropriate health education and sexual abuse prevention curriculum. The goal of Care for Kids is to support students, staff, and caregivers in preventing violence by encouraging positive self-esteem, an understanding of body boundaries, coping with boundary violations, promoting open and comfortable conversations between adults and children, and adult responsibility for the healthy development of children. Lesson 1: Asking for Help Sometimes we can do things by ourselves and sometimes we need to ask for help When one grown-up can’t help you, you can ask 2 or 3 other grown-ups for help Lesson 2: Feelings Everyone has all kinds of feelings and each one is okay When you are not sure what you are feeling, we call that “mixed-up” or “confused” Lesson 3: Bodies Our bodies are good, special, and deserve care and respect, including private areas Private parts are kept to ourselves and are special. Small children sometimes need help washing and wiping their private parts, but older children and adults do not need help from children with their private parts It is good to know the names of body parts Lesson 4: Babies Babies need help with most things and deserve to be looked after As children grow, they learn to do things by themselves, but sometimes still need help Lesson 5: Asking for Permission Sometimes we like touching and sometimes we don’t Touching is never a secret Any person can say “no” to touching Do not touch someone who says, “no touching” Lesson 6: Review & Wrap-up

East End Meeting Room

Make your own felt patch, decorated with embroidery! Your finished patch can be sewn onto your favorite tote bag or clothing item. No sewing or embroidery knowledge required, all materials will be provided.

East End Meeting Room

Meet your neighbors and discuss important neighborhood issues with the Church Hill Central Civic Association at their monthly meeting.