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This Summer: Read, Learn & Help

Children, tweens and teens who spend time reading, learning and helping can add it all up in the SUMMER CHALLENGE! Register in person at your Branch Library or here on the DML website, then keep track and start earning prizes! Summer Challenge runs June 1 - August 1.
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Outdoor Pop-up Programs

You never know what will POP UP outside your Library this summer! Storytimes, book talks, arts, crafts, STEM learning - all kinds of fun, FREE activities are happening outdoors. Attendance counts in the Summer Challenge!
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Stem Learning On The Go!

Families, kids, teens - pick up a FREE Take & Make Kit at your Library! A new kit with a different theme is available each month, with games, puzzles, instructions for a craft or STEM experiment, and info about live, online programs for more STEM learning.
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Undesign The Redline Exhibit

This important exhibit, which examines race, wealth, power and opportunity, is coming soon! PLAN YOUR EXPERIENCE TODAY: schedule a field trip, reserve a meeting package for your group, check out resources, and more.
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Building Bridges

What are the things that bring people together? Contribute your ideas and creativity to artist Leesa Haapapuro’s BRIDGES art installation, now under construction at the Main Library. See the progress in the Opportunity Space, anytime through June 30.
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Storytime On Your Phone

NEW! Call Dial-a-Story 937.250.7500 anytime to hear a children’s story read aloud! Three new stories each month will keep your child entertained. In the car, on the bus, waiting in line - storytime is there!
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