Connect with other parents and your baby with simple songs and stories. Ages 0-2.

Join us for a lively, interactive storytime featuring books, songs, action rhymes, puppets and more. Each storytime incorporates the five practices of early literacy: READ, WRITE, TALK, SING & PLAY. This session is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers with their caregivers.

Join us for a 15-minute playtime, followed by 30 minutes of interactive stories, songs, and activities. This sensory friendly storytime is specially designed for library friends with sensory processing challenges or other developmental challenges, but all are welcome. A visual schedule, fidgets, and more will be provided.

Join staff from Stateline YMCA for stretching, songs, and all-around fun! Ages 0-5.

As the leaves hit the ground and nights become crisp, bring the family to Palmer Park. Enjoy the Halloween season by taking a stroll through the Enchanted Forest, a wagon ride on the Hollywood Hayride, play carnival games at the Goblin Games, or take a free barrel ride provided by the Optimist Club. This year the Enchanted Forest will take you on a narrated candle-lit walk through Palmer’s hillside to various acted scenes from your family’s favorite children’s books, fairytales, and nursery rhymes. Stop to take a picture with our local actors or in front of your favorite scene set. The Hollywood Hayride will take you on a windy path stopping at several star-studded scenes from family-friendly movies and TV shows. At each stop our actors will perform a short skit and riders will receive a small trinket. Take pictures or sing and dance along to get in the spirit. Tickets are $3.00/person for each:  Enchanted Forest and Hollywood Hayride Janesville Early Literacy will be handing out FREE Fall Early Learning Kits to children ages birth to 7.

As the leaves hit the ground and nights become crisp, bring the family to Palmer Park. Enjoy the Halloween season by taking a stroll through the Enchanted Forest, a wagon ride on the Hollywood Hayride, play carnival games at the Goblin Games, or take a free barrel ride provided by the Optimist Club. This year the Enchanted Forest will take you on a narrated candle-lit walk through Palmer’s hillside to various acted scenes from your family’s favorite children’s books, fairytales, and nursery rhymes. Stop to take a picture with our local actors or in front of your favorite scene set. The Hollywood Hayride will take you on a windy path stopping at several star-studded scenes from family-friendly movies and TV shows. At each stop our actors will perform a short skit and riders will receive a small trinket. Take pictures or sing and dance along to get in the spirit. Tickets are $3.00/person for each:  Enchanted Forest and Hollywood Hayride Janesville Early Literacy will be handing out FREE Fall Early Learning Kits to children ages birth to 7.

As the leaves hit the ground and nights become crisp, bring the family to Palmer Park. Enjoy the Halloween season by taking a stroll through the Enchanted Forest, a wagon ride on the Hollywood Hayride, play carnival games at the Goblin Games, or take a free barrel ride provided by the Optimist Club. This year the Enchanted Forest will take you on a narrated candle-lit walk through Palmer’s hillside to various acted scenes from your family’s favorite children’s books, fairytales, and nursery rhymes. Stop to take a picture with our local actors or in front of your favorite scene set. The Hollywood Hayride will take you on a windy path stopping at several star-studded scenes from family-friendly movies and TV shows. At each stop our actors will perform a short skit and riders will receive a small trinket. Take pictures or sing and dance along to get in the spirit. Tickets are $3.00/person for each:  Enchanted Forest and Hollywood Hayride Janesville Early Literacy will be handing out FREE Fall Early Learning Kits to children ages birth to 7.  

Take the entire family for a Halloween stroll. LED-lit jack-o-lanterns will line the 1/3 mile path. Glow sticks, flashlights, and kids in costume are welcome!