Featured Events

yellow and white prairie flowers

The Prairie Life Cycle with the Artist-in-Residence

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Education, Special Event, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 5-10.  Registration required.

cute pandas with a cute happy book and crayon with bamboo in the background and soft pink clouds

Panda Story Time with VAIS

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Story Time
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Ages 2-6.

Join us as we pair with VAIS to present a Panda-themed story time and craft! Designed for ages 2-6. No registration.

accordion book with natural pigments and organic shapes ©Dawn Wians

Artist's Workshop: Line & Shape

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
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Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Special Event, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

In the first of a three-part workshop series (attend any one or all of them), our Artist-in-Residence, Dawn Wians, will take participants out to the prairie to forage for plant material and field sketch the dormant prairie using willow charcoal, o

cursive text with the words "creative writers forum" in the front with a hand drawn lightbulb

Creative Writers Forum

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Conference Room (127)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Want to share your writing and receive feedback in a supportive environment?

cute bunny with a carrot, snail, and two birds reading on a hill with flowers

Spanish Story Time/Hora de Cuentos

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Program Type: Story Time
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Ages 3 - 6. No registration.

Join Mr. Ricardo for Spanish story time filled with rhymes, songs and bounces designed for ages 3 – 6, but all are welcome. 

photo of the artist standing in a forest tree with natural leaf collages hanging from a tree. ©Dawn Wians

Artist's Workshop: Texture & Form

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
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Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Outdoors
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Exhibit, Special Event, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Part of our Artist-in-Residence workshop series: participants will prepare beautiful groupings of natural materials, then seal them in beeswax. Use them along our Prairie Tales path to decorate the way and tell their own story.

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Crafternoon: Color Art

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Community Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop in and get creative with different art projects each week. Ages 4 - 10. No registration.

Music & Movement Story Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth to Pre-K
Community Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Story Time
Event Details:

Please note: This program will be at a new time, 10:00 am, for the summer months.

Ages 1-5. 

Join us for Music and Movement Story Time, which includes singing, dancing, instruments, and stories. This active story time is for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers.

Bubble Play Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Outdoors
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Outdoors
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

For Ages 0-5.

 

Toddler Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 1-2.

Encourage early literacy skills at Toddler Story Time through stories, rhymes, and songs for active little ones and their caregivers. 20 - 25 minutes. No registration.

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 3-5. 

This story time includes books, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers and their caregivers who model sitting and listening. We focus on school readiness by improving attention, vocabulary, and imagination! 25 - 30 minutes. No registration.

Outdoor Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Outdoors
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Outdoors
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Stories and songs for children and their caregivers outdoors. 20 - 25 minutes. Geared toward ages 1 - 5. 

Baby Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 0-12 months. 

Intended for pre-walkers, baby story time is a lap-sit story time full of books, songs, bounces and more for babies and their caregivers. 20-25 minutes with time for play and socialization afterwards. No registration.

Baby Story Time

1:00pm - 1:30pm
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 0-12 months. 

Intended for pre-walkers, baby story time is a lap-sit story time full of books, songs, bounces and more for babies and their caregivers. 20-25 minutes with time for play and socialization afterwards. No registration.

Toddler Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 1-2.

Encourage early literacy skills at Toddler Story Time through stories, rhymes, and songs for active little ones and their caregivers. 20 - 25 minutes. No registration.

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 3-5. 

This story time includes books, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers and their caregivers who model sitting and listening. We focus on school readiness by improving attention, vocabulary, and imagination! 25 - 30 minutes. No registration.

Toddler Art and Play

10:00am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Community Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM
Event Details:

Please note: This program will be at a new time, 10:00 am, for the summer months.

Ages 1-3. 

Toddler Art and Play is a drop-in program that includes messy process art and sensory play for toddlers ages 1-3. We recommend wearing clothes that can get messy.

Toddler Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 1-2.

Encourage early literacy skills at Toddler Story Time through stories, rhymes, and songs for active little ones and their caregivers. 20 - 25 minutes. No registration.

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 3-5. 

This story time includes books, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers and their caregivers who model sitting and listening. We focus on school readiness by improving attention, vocabulary, and imagination! 25 - 30 minutes. No registration.

Big Balloon Show

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Main Area
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Main Area
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

Prepare to be amazed and entertained by this one-of-a-kind show featuring magic, all-ages comedy, interactive storytelling and of course, Smarty Pants' award-winning, larger-than-life balloon props.

Big Balloon Show

6:00pm - 6:45pm
Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Main Area
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Main Area
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

Prepare to be amazed and entertained by this one-of-a-kind show featuring magic, all-ages comedy, interactive storytelling and of course, Smarty Pants' award-winning, larger-than-life balloon props.

Outdoor Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Outdoors
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Outdoors
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Stories and songs for children and their caregivers outdoors. 20 - 25 minutes. Geared toward ages 1 - 5. 

Baby Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 0-12 months. 

Intended for pre-walkers, baby story time is a lap-sit story time full of books, songs, bounces and more for babies and their caregivers. 20-25 minutes with time for play and socialization afterwards. No registration.

Baby Story Time

1:00pm - 1:30pm
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 0-12 months. 

Intended for pre-walkers, baby story time is a lap-sit story time full of books, songs, bounces and more for babies and their caregivers. 20-25 minutes with time for play and socialization afterwards. No registration.

Toddler Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 1-2.

Encourage early literacy skills at Toddler Story Time through stories, rhymes, and songs for active little ones and their caregivers. 20 - 25 minutes. No registration.

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 3-5. 

This story time includes books, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers and their caregivers who model sitting and listening. We focus on school readiness by improving attention, vocabulary, and imagination! 25 - 30 minutes. No registration.

Crafternoon: Collage Art

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Community Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K, School Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop in and get creative with different art projects each week. Ages 4 - 10. No registration.

Toddler Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 1-2.

Encourage early literacy skills at Toddler Story Time through stories, rhymes, and songs for active little ones and their caregivers. 20 - 25 minutes. No registration.

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time

Ages 3-5. 

This story time includes books, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers and their caregivers who model sitting and listening. We focus on school readiness by improving attention, vocabulary, and imagination! 25 - 30 minutes. No registration.

Outdoor Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth to Pre-K
Outdoors
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Outdoors
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Stories and songs for children and their caregivers outdoors. 20 - 25 minutes. Geared toward ages 1 - 5. 

 

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