Week Calendar

Join us on our discovery patio for an hour of creativity and fun!

For all ages up to 3rd grade

Drop-in program. No registration is required but  a responsible adult must be present with children at all times

A special time for babies to share stories, songs, rhymes, and games with their grown-ups. Come play with us in the Children’s Library! (Newborn to 17 months, with an adult.) Limit: 6 babies.

Summer Water Play was so much fun last year that we are bringing it back! Weather permitting, join us on the Library Side Yard for a splashing good time!

Ages birth through age 2.

Please bring a towel for your child. 

This show combines Mark's love for the visual arts with his love for song writing.

Preschoolers are invited to this story time that integrates songs and concept-enriched finger plays. Early literacy skills, including letter and sound introduction, are included in each story time.

A special time for babies to share stories, songs, rhymes and games with their grown-ups. Come play with us in the Children’s Library! (Newborn to 17 months, with adult.) .

Green Thumb Gardening Club (STEM Program)

Hear a story as a large group, read with your buddy, and make a craft together.

Click here to register:

At Adamstown Grove. Please note that access to the pavilion at Adamstown Grove is not paved.

Join us for a Family Story Time! We’ll read books, sing songs, make a craft, and have fun!

Join Miss Esther for stories, songs, and fun!

Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to this 30-minute story time that includes songs, short stories and learning-enriched art activities. Ages 2-4.

Learn about kindness and our feelings with Preschool Storytime at ELANCO Library this July!

Getting a dinosaur out of the ground is a team effort! Audience members will experience the thrill of digging up a real Triceratops dinosaur bone and then help construct a dinosaur on a large cut-out.  

Join us for a Family Story Time! We’ll read books, sing songs, make a craft, and have fun!

Infants, young toddlers and their caregivers sing songs, recite fun rhymes and read together. Ages 0-24 months.

Join Miss Jan for story time - a different theme each week!

At Adamstown Grove. Please note that access to the pavilion at Adamstown Grove is not paved.

Snack-crafting with Charlotte Scheid, GIANT Food Stores Nutritionist, provides children with basic skills.

Simple stories, rhymes, puppets, songs, and fingerplays. Every Thursday at 10 a.m. For babies with an adult.

Walk-ins welcome.

A special time for babies to share stories, songs, rhymes and games with their grown-ups. Come play with us in the Children’s Library! (Newborn to 17 months, with adult.) .

Learn about our emotions and how to be kind to one another with Toddler Thursdays at ELANCO Library this July!

Create watercolors using vinegar, salt, and baking soda! You will be able to take your masterpiece home with you. 

Come to the Library to hear folk music by The Stone Soup String Band. The group has been entertaining audiences for more that 20 years. They play Traditional Music / Appalachian "old-time," folk, and traditional Celtic music.

Registration will open at 9 am on Wednesday, two weeks before the story time for Manheim Township and East Lampeter residents and on Saturday for residents of other municipalities.

Join Miss Esther for a play time at the library!

LEGO Free-build for Ages 5+ with a Caregiver. Come use your imagination and build with friends!

Miss Jan brings out a variety of building sets for some unstructured creative play. Fridays 10-11:30: June 30, July 28, Aug 18 (All Ages)

Kid's Yoga

Ages 6-9

Click here to register two weeks prior to event.

Join us for a Family Story Time! We’ll read books, sing songs, make a craft, and have fun!

Learn about the life of a Union infantry soldier, in camp and campaign. Local civil war reenactors will talk about reenacting and about our local civil war history!
 

Seniors, preschoolers, and people of all ages in between are invited to an intergenerational party, where we'll share stories that span the ages!

Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to this 30-minute story time that includes songs, short stories and learning-enriched art activities. Ages 2-4.

Whatever your favorite genre, you'll find something to love at the Friends Book Sale! $2 hardbacks, $1 trade paperbacks, 50 c paperbacks, plus kids books, puzzles, DVDs and audiobooks.

Stories, songs and fingerplays, followed by an easy craft and free play. Every Thursday at 11 a.m. for toddlers with an adult. 

Walk-ins welcome.

July Food Truck Thursday events are sponsored by Armstrong Company.

Papa Sneaux offers savory Louisiana-style home-cooked food and icy cold SnoBalls

This all-inclusive story time will allow everyone to experience new sensory sensations! Texture, color, smell and sound explored in games and activities will help improve motor skills and problem-solving strategies.

Drop-in program. No registration required.

Build and play with the Library’s DUPLO bricks. Each family group must include a responsible adult.

Drop-in program. No registration is required.

A time for family play! Gain "shopping" experience in our weekly play market!

Each family group must include a responsible adult. (Ages 3 and up)

Bring lunch and a current book you are reading and meet a weekly Mystery Guest. Miss Jan will offer a snack as well.

No registration is required but a responsible adult must be present with children at all times. Free building and imaginative play with kits of toys for children from 9 months to 7 years!

Meet the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Bring your own painting supplies. Get together with others to paint and socialize. No registration required.

Drop-in program. No registration required.

Build and play with the Library’s DUPLO bricks. Each family group must include a responsible adult.

No registration is required but a responsible adult must be present with children at all times. Free building and imaginative play with kits of toys for children from 9 months to 7 years!

What does it feel like to have a shark’s “sixth sense”? How about
having no opposable thumbs? Hands-on House Children’s Museum
invites children and their families to find out as they investigate the

Join us to learn the basics of how to make your own video game. No coding experience required! Computers provided at the event. No age exceptions. Ages 10-12.

We have time set aside every month for knitters to gather in the company of other knitters and work on projects. All skill levels are welcome, no need to register.

Finding a dinosaur may be accomplished by one person, but getting a dinosaur out of the ground is always a team effort. All the different skills that come together on a paleontological dig will be showcased.

All the different skills that come together on a paleontological dig, will be showcased. Audience members can experience the thrill of digging up a real Triceratops dinosaur bone and then help construct a dinosaur on a large cut-out.

Join us to learn the basics of how to make your own video game. No coding experience required! Computers provided at the event. No age exceptions. Ages 10-12.

Our planet is home to critters of all kinds! Each animal has its own ecological niche, which is their special assignment on planet Earth.

As the days warm up, come to the Library to cool off. Children can wear their bathing suits and splash in water tables, get wet in sprinklers and enjoy the sensory exploration of water!

The show will feature the skull Albertosaurus named Elvis and explore the characteristics of this dinosaur.

Join us to learn the basics of how to make your own video game. No coding experience required! Computers provided at the event. No age exceptions. Ages 10-12.

This club is open to all interested knitters, crocheters, and other needle or fabric crafters.

Finding a dinosaur may be accomplished by one person, but getting a dinosaur out of the ground is always a team effort! 

Enjoy this free Mid-day Movie Matinee!  Recommended for ages 13 & up.

Today’s Matinee:  Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Meets the last Thursday of each month at 2 p.m.

Forced labor and concentration camps are not a thing of the past. The United Nations, the New York Times, and the U.S.

Do you have a child that is entering Kindergarten this Fall?

Join us for some relaxation and video games on our Nintendo Switch! Feel free to bring any multiplayer (4 or more players) games you wish to share with the group. Ages 13-18.

Join Miss Jen this summer as we combine stories with STEM experiments for hands-on learning fun!

Each week, we’ll have a different craft project for kids ages 5 and older. Younger siblings are welcome to come along and color!

Join us for another summer of writing and sharing your creative projects with Lancaster County teens and PA authors!

Attention writers, are you ready to take your writing to the next level? Would you like to see your work published alongside award-winning authors?

Are you ready to take your writing to the next level? Would you like to see your work published alongside award-winning authors?

Make your Tuesday less boring by playing fun board games with your friends at the Library! Ages 10-12.

KPET registered dogs and their handlers will be in the library ready to listen as children read to them. Each child may choose stories on their reading level. Ages 4-12.

KPET registered dogs and their handlers will be in the library ready to listen as children read to them. Each child may choose stories on their reading level. Ages 4-12.

Join us for some relaxation and video games on our Nintendo Switch! Feel free to bring any multiplayer (4 or more players) games you wish to share with the group. Ages 10-12.

Manheim Township Public Library Foundation Board Meeting

July Food Truck Thursday events are sponsored by Armstrong Company

Spud Muffin serves a large variety of potato items - tater tots, fries, etc. - and hot dogs!

Join us as we participate in "Summer in the Streets" a downtown fourth Friday event in Columbia. Please see below for more information regarding Summer in the Streets.

Cooks & Books is an opportunity for passionate home cooks to gather around the table for conversation over a potluck feast of delicious food made from the recipes of a featured chef, food blog, or cookbook.

Paint patterns or words of your choice on smooth stones and use wire to create a photo, memento, or recipe holder. There are so many options!

You've read the reviews, seen them on BookTok, your friends have all read them and are done talking about it--but these books are still languishing on your to-be-read list.

$5 a person, per session. In crease energy, improve cardiovascular health and have FUN in just 40 minutes a week with this AMAZING fitness class!! CHECK IT OUT! Great for all ages & fitness levels.

Families are invited to this special evening story time where PJs and slippers are encouraged (and optional). Bring a favorite stuffed buddy along if you'd like! Miss Jan will read stories, offer a simple craft, and will provide a light snack.

The Manheim Township High School Chess Team is hosting a summer chess group at the Manheim Township Public Library! All skill levels are welcome to come to learn chess and improve their game.

Knitting Club meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, from 10 a.m. until noon and the last Tuesday of each month from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  Knitting Club is for people who knit and like to share the craft.

Join BookTok Buzz Book Club as they discuss "The Wife Upstairs" by Rachel Hawkins. 

Summer is Makers’ Choice! Will you make a “Granny Square Cardigan” or “Patriotic Blanket” for Hospice Veterans.

Materials Needed:

The title to be discussed in June is The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid.

Join this friendly “No Fear” photography user group in a discussion of photography techniques, books and often a show and tell.  Learn from others while having a great time. 4th Tuesdays!

Children love dogs, and these dogs love to listen to children read! Dogs from K-Pets and their humans (otherwise known as trainers) will visit the Children's Library so children can read to them.

Our planet is home to critters of all kinds! Each animal has its own ecological niche, which is their special assignment on planet Earth.

This illustrated talk will feature some of Curator Kerry Mohn's favorite historical items from Ephrata Cloister.

Canceled due to lack of registration.

The band features established musicians who have mastered instruments such as the fiddle, mandolin, and guitar, as well as engaging vocals will delight the audience with a rare repertoire of songs originating from England and Ire