Upcoming Events

Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!

Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference. 

Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection. Suggested for ages 10+, but everyone's welcome. 

Create a vision board bookmark or card inspired by words, colors, and ideas you want to carry into the new year.

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Enjoy a cozy afternoon at the library as we swap and taste holiday cookies and share our favorite recipes!

Grab your current read and join us for two hours of communal silent reading in our lovely Ann Stevens Room. Stick around after to continue reading or socialize. 

Are you curious about cribbage: a game of card strategy, counting skills, and luck? Did you used to play, but need a refresher? Are you an expert who wants to help other people learn?

Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.

Approximately 30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes ideal for children ages 3-5 with caregiver, followed by free play or an activity. All families are welcome! 

Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!

Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten.

Do you knit, crochet or sew or are you a beginner looking for a start? Join us for a weekly meetup and bring your ideas or current projects.

A social gathering and craft time for adults who experience special needs. Discover your creative side with simple crafts and spend time with old and new friends. 

Library staff from the Community Resource Group can help you navigate paper or online applications and research what resources and opportunities best fit your needs.

Get help with your family tree, scanning photos and documents, and doing research online. Learn more about genealogy resources that you can access free through the Anchorage Public Library.

Join us for an afternoon of crafts. Each session is a different craft. 

This Week: Paper Chain

Build a paper chain using leftover wrapping paper or draw your own art and turn it into paper chain links.

A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.

Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St

"The Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum" is a ranging presentation leaping from picture books to political satire and reflecting on Pat Race's 20+ years working as an independent artist in Alaska.

I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group.

Time to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference. 

Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute!

Join us for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers.

Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers.