Events

Hosted on the first 3 Wednesdays at 10:30 AM! 
Check our LocalHop Events Calendar for exact dates & times

Join us for a variety of engaging stories and active songs geared towards families with young children:
ages 18 months-4 years old

Storytime will be indoors in the library's Program Room.
Each scheduled Family Storytime will start at 10:30 am

To save a spot for storytime please follow the steps below the day of the event:

• Stop by the Atrium (West Entrance) to receive a ticket.  Tickets will be available starting 15 minutes before storytime begins (10:15 AM).
• Tickets will be handed out until 5 minutes after the scheduled start time (10:35 AM).
• The youth librarian leading the storytime will collect the tickets upon entry to the program.
• Once tickets run out, storytime is full. Please check back at a future storytime.

If you have any questions about storytimes, please contact the youth desk at 248.546.2504 x694

The Library Board of Directors meets the third Thursday of every month unless otherwise indicated.

Click here for meeting agendas and supporting documents.

Interested in solving puzzles? Like having fun adventures with friends? Want to be a Pokémon? You should join our Tabletop RPG Group!

This group is for grades 6-8, meeting twice monthly on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6:00 pm

SIGN UP: 
Locate the date for the RPG Group Event you would like to attend by visiting our online calendar

Questions? Email: youth@fadl.org

FADL is committed to accessibility—please reach out at least 1 week in advance for accommodation requests at youth@fadl.org or 248-546-2504

ALBUM CLUB! It’s like a book club, but with MUSIC! Click here to sign up

Which albums from a certain artist's oeuvre are their definitive works? Which ones are your FAVORITES?

Calling all MADONNA fans! Join us at the CARAJILLO on Thursday, NOVEMBER 20, at 6:30 pm, to discuss, defend, and agree-to-disagree with other music fans about what makes your favorite album or song by a selected artist their definitive ‘best!’

Album club is a way to approach and discuss music in a way similar to our book clubs & film clubs. At each meeting, we will highlight one artist from our extensive music library who has released five or more albums and discuss/debate which album of theirs reigns supreme (and why!)

Before the meeting, we invite attendees to submit their favorite track(s) from their favorite album by each month’s selected artist. From there, we’ll compile and create a playlist to listen to at the W.A.B. on the night of our event, listening to each of our pre-selected songs to hopefully foster a renewed appreciation of the artists we love, while keeping our spirited debates respectful.

Questions? pietro@fadl.org

Baby Storytime will be on Fridays at 10:30 AM! Typically the first 3 Fridays.
Check our LocalHop Events Calendar for exact dates

Join us for interactive songs and simple stories that nurture your baby's curiosity and fine motor skills while providing a place for caregivers to share ideas and socialize. For families with children under 18 months old.*
*It is the youth department's continued mission to offer early literacy programs that best fit children's different developmental stages. Baby Storytime will be for babies under 18 months and Family Storytime will be for young children ages 18 months-4 years old.

Storytime will be indoors in the library's Program Room.
Each scheduled Baby Storytime begins at 10:30 am
View our calendar for upcoming dates

To save a spot for storytime please follow the steps below the day of the event:

• Stop by the Atrium (West Entrance) to receive a ticket. Tickets will be available starting 15 minutes before storytime begins (10:15 AM).
• Tickets will be handed out until 5 minutes after the scheduled start time (10:35 AM).
• The youth librarian leading the storytime will collect the tickets upon entry to the program.
• Once tickets run out, storytime is full. Please check back at a future storytime.

If you have any questions about storytimes, please contact the youth desk at 248.546.2504 x694

Registration is full; click here to join the waitlist

Laura Jannika has decades of experience teaching watercolors and will walk you through loosening up your creative muscles, color theory, and various watercolor techniques. 

Registration is required, and spots are limited. 

Questions? kellyh@fadl.org

Sign up here

The Ferndale Library and Affirmations co-host a social club/book club for kids in grades 4-8, meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the library's program room.

 

This is a social hour that includes a book discussion. Each month, attendees have the chance to read and then discuss a selected book at the Reading Rainbow.

 

Kids don't have to have finished (or even started) the book to attend the Reading Rainbow; the rest of the hour is free time dedicated to socializing/crafting/hanging out together.

 

Drop-ins are always welcome! 

 

You can pick up a copy of this month's book at the Ferndale Library or place a hold online. 

 

On November 25, we'll be discussing Murray Out of Water by Taylor Tracy: a novel in verse tthat explores one girl's struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that, she believes, has given her special powers.

FADL is committed to accessibility—please reach out at least 1 week in advance for accommodation requests at youth@fadl.org or 248-546-2504