Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills, discover new words, while exploring letters and sounds. Learn with music, picture books, rhymes and even explore other languages.

Your little ones will explore board books, finger plays and lap-bounce activities to encourage language development, brain stimulation, and socialization.

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories and songs to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for 3-5-year-olds and their caregivers. 

Join us at the Rural Hall/Stanleyville Branch for a Sensory Storytime tailored for children with autism, ADHD, or other sensory processing challenges.

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills, discover new words, while exploring letters and sounds. Learn with music, picture books, rhymes and even explore other languages.

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories, songs, and activities to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for children ages 3-5.

Music & Movement is a program that engages children (as well as seniors) in very light physical activity. This program also encourages skills for school readiness such as, social-emotional, motor, language and over all literacy.

Preschoolers can learn new words and stimulate their brains with crafts that include different colors, shapes, and textures and relate to the weekly Storytime theme.

Recommended for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers.

Enjoy a musical performance with the Shepherd Center Singers who will perform a potpourri of popular musical standards.  Everything from pop to country, and maybe even a singalong! 

Tuesday at Two Book Club meets every first Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. The books are selected by the members and are a mixture of fiction (all genre) and non-fiction. This is a perfect group to join to socialize and discuss books.

All are welcome to attend the nonprofit organization’s programs of genealogical and historical interest.

This long-standing book club covers a wide range of genres with each participant selecting a title for their assigned month. 

Call or stop by the front desk to reserve your copy of the current month's pick.

Join us monthly for STEAM programs. This month we'll conduct rainbow science experiments. Recommended for children ages 8-11. Registration is required.

We are starting our Summer Tween Tuesdays off by releasing our inner creativity. Come and create your own handmade dreamcatcher! For ages 9-12.

Children, tweens, and families are invited to build with blocks, LEGOs, K’NEX, Play Doh, and more.

First Tuesdays from 5-6 p.m.
This program for teens ages 12-18.

Schedule some time just for you and join us for conversation, crafts, and snacks.

Registration is required.

June's craft is Paint a Pot.

Level Up: Adult Gamer Society is an 18+ program where you can bring your games, your friends, or just yourself, and play an array of games including a Nintendo Switch, tabletop games, card games, board games, and more.

Join other men in supportive discussions regarding topics such as health, community, and fatherhood.  These meetings occur in Central’s Auditorium on the first and third Tuesday of the month, 6-7 PM, and are hosted in cooperation with the For