Storytimes near Prince William Public Library

Manassas City Library

Visit Manassas City library to vote on your favorite collage entry in three categories: Grades 5 - 8, Grades 9 - 12, Adults. The winner in each group will win a prize! Beginning June 1, pick up basic art supplies while they last. Choose scrapbooking pages to complement your own unique materials. Return your masterpiece by June 30. Entries will be displayed and judged by age group. Vote for the best three from July 1-18. The three collages with the most votes will win a prize! Retrieve your entry until July 31.

Haymarket Gainesville Library, Display

A summer scares horror reading challenge for Adults and Teens. Celebrate Summer Scares with Dare to Read! Each book is wrapped and labeled with a few chilling clues about the story inside. Take one home, unwrap your surprise, and discover a chilling new read. Perfect for readers who love a little summer scare! Return the slip inside the book by August 15th to be entered in a drawing to win a spooky prize.

Montclair Library, Reading Room

Whether you are a seasoned stitcher, or a beginner come join us to share the craft of cross-stitch. Basic supplies will be provided for beginners. This program is made possible with support and funding from the Friends of Montclair Library.

Dumfries Library

Free community services, Learn about the convenient and free services that the Circuit Court and Community Services offer. Circuit Court will be onsite from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and Community Services will be onsite 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Bull Run Library, Bull Run Community Room A and B

Join us for a fun, interactive story time with stories, music and rhymes followed by time for play and socialization. Designed for ages 0-2 with a caregiver. Children 8 and under must be supervised by an adult. First come, first served until capacity is reached.

Nokesville Library

Join us for songs, dancing, and lots of movement!

Potomac Library, Potomac Community Room

Join us for stories, songs, and fun at this story time for combined ages. Tokens will be distributed 30 minutes before the program starts.

Mobile Library

Our Mobile Library brings the library to you! We have books, DVDs, and more available for checkout. On the Mobile Library, you can: Register for a library card. Check out library materials. Return library materials. Receive information about library services. Request outreach at your next event! Click here to learn more about submitting the Outreach Request Form.

Central Library, Central Library Community Room

Decorate Central Library's sidewalk with colorful chalk during our annual Sidewalk Chalk Day! Decorate Central Library's sidewalk with colorful chalk during our annual Sidewalk Chalk Day! Pot a plant with the Centennial Garden Club. While supplies last.

Dale City Library

Meet non-releasable wildlife ambassadors. Seating is first come, first served until capacity is reached. Meet non-releasable wildlife ambassadors, discuss native species and learn how nature adds color to our world! Seating is first come, first served until capacity is reached.

Dumfries Library

Join us for 30 minutes of books, music, movement, play and community. Siblings welcome. Ages 18 months - 6 years. Join us for 30 minutes of books, music, movement, play and community. Siblings welcome. Ages 24 months - 6 years.

Manassas City Library

Toddler Story Time combines reading aloud with singing and movement to encourage early literacy development in a joyful environment. Siblings are welcome. Registration is not required. Attendance is first come, first served until capacity is reached.

Haymarket Gainesville Library, Haymarket Gainesville Community Room

Are you going to Kindergarten this fall? Get ready with our interactive skill-building program. Drop in and work on fun activities that promote literacy, learning and skills needed for school. For ages 4-6 with a caregiver.

Lake Ridge Library

Meet non-releasable wildlife ambassadors. Meet non-releasable wildlife ambassadors, discuss native species and learn how nature adds color to our world! Entry to this program will require a token. Tokens will be available 30 minutes before the program starts. It will be first come, first served until capacity is reached.

Central Library, Studio 8601 Makerspace

Learn the basics of cutting, prepping, and fusing a glass piece! *Registration Required Participants will craft a 1" x 1" fused glass piece. This is a beginners tutorial for use of our Fuseworks Craft Kiln and is required before booking an appointment on the kiln for personal projects. If you have already taken this course or are signed up for multiple sessions, please consider cancelling your registration to allow others the opportunity to train on this piece of equipment. This class is for adults only. *Registration Required

Montclair Library, Montclair Community Room

Are you feeling lucky? Join us for an exciting round or two of Book Bingo featuring books from the Prince William Public School's Summer Reading Lists! For kiddos entering K-5th grade. Space is limited!

Potomac Library

Need help using your computer or digital device? Stop by for a drop-in tech tutoring session to receive one-on-one help from a librarian. Need help using your computer or digital device? Stop by for a drop-in tech tutoring session to receive one-on-one help from a librarian. If you need help with a specific device (phone, tablet, laptop), please bring it with you for the drop-in session. For more information, please contact rchesley@pwcgov.org.

Independent Hill Library

Join us at Brightwork Brewing for books and brews! Join us for fun discussions and wonderful brews at Brightworks Brewing! Brightworks Brewing Co. address: 9776 Center Street, Manassas, Virginia 20110 This month, we'll be reading Crying in H-mart, a memoir that tackles the difficulty of mixed identities, grief, and familial relationships. August we will be reading The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, whose title speaks for itself in this contemporary comedy. Email hmiller@pwcgov.org if you have any questions or to sign up for our email list!

Haymarket Gainesville Library, Display

A summer scares horror reading challenge for Adults and Teens. Celebrate Summer Scares with Dare to Read! Each book is wrapped and labeled with a few chilling clues about the story inside. Take one home, unwrap your surprise, and discover a chilling new read. Perfect for readers who love a little summer scare! Return the slip inside the book by August 15th to be entered in a drawing to win a spooky prize.

Mobile Library

Our Mobile Library brings the library to you! We have books, DVDs, and more available for checkout. On the Mobile Library, you can: Register for a library card. Check out library materials. Return library materials. Receive information about library services. Request outreach at your next event! Click here to learn more about submitting the Outreach Request Form.

Bull Run Library, Bull Run Community Room A and B

Join Prince William Water for story time. Join Prince William Water for story time, where children will create their own vocabulary flashcards while learning all about water!

Potomac Library, Potomac Community Room

Use our button maker, craft supplies, and googly eyes to create your own monsters for decorating a bag or jacket! Use our button maker, craft supplies, and googly eyes to create your own monsters for decorating a bag or jacket! First come, first served until capacity is reached.

Manassas City Library

Join Captain Curiosity in his greatest adventure yet! Join Captain Curiosity in his greatest adventure yet as he embarks to save the planet with your help! From meeting a high-altitude mountain to plunging deep into Earth's mantle, learn how carbon moves between plants, animals, the ground, and the air, keeping our planet safe and stable.

Bull Run Library, Hive 8051 Makerspace

Create an apron just right for your next Summer BBQ! Use Cricut vinyl and the heat press to create an apron perfect for your next summer BBQ! You'll look amazing! This is a basic Cricut class for those who have not used a Cricut before. All materials provided. Registration required.

Mobile Library

Our Mobile Library brings the library to you! We have books, DVDs, and more available for checkout. On the Mobile Library, you can: Register for a library card. Check out library materials. Return library materials. Receive information about library services. Request outreach at your next event! Click here to learn more about submitting the Outreach Request Form.

Potomac Library, Potomac Community Room

Improve your speaking skills in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere where speakers of all languages are welcome. First come, first served until capacity is reached unless otherwise stated.

Central Library, Studio 8601 Makerspace

Needle felt your own creepy eyeball to celebrate Summer Scares! Registration Required.

Haymarket Gainesville Library, Haymarket Gainesville Community Room

Learn how to make a journal from scratch Learn how to make a journal from scratch using the Coptic Stitch in this beginner-friendly class. Registration required.

Haymarket Gainesville Library, Display

A summer scares horror reading challenge for Adults and Teens. Celebrate Summer Scares with Dare to Read! Each book is wrapped and labeled with a few chilling clues about the story inside. Take one home, unwrap your surprise, and discover a chilling new read. Perfect for readers who love a little summer scare! Return the slip inside the book by August 15th to be entered in a drawing to win a spooky prize.

Independent Hill Library

Come to Independent Hill to do a story time, craft, and hike! Meet our Master Naturalist under the pavilion outside the library and be ready to enjoy the wonderous outdoors! A certified Master Naturalist and director of a local outdoor preschool will lead children and their parents in a story time hike! We'll be hiking on our Story Trail, so bring some water and be on the look out for wildlife. There will be a small craft to do after select hikes. Please meet our Master Naturalist under the pavilion outside the library. Please arrive ten minutes before the program begins, as they will depart promptly at 10:00. In the event of bad weather, this program will be canceled.