Baby Time is an interactive 20-minute program for babies (0 - 12 months) with an adult. Enjoy simple stories, lap bounces, songs, rhymes, and fingerplays together! Older siblings are welcome.

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Rhyme Time - Tuesdays at 9:30 & 10:30 and Thursdays at 9:30

Join other parents, caregivers, and children (0-2) for a 20-minute session of stories, rhymes, finger play, and dancing. Help build your child’s pre-literacy, language, and social skills...and have fun, too! Rhyme Time is designed for children ages 2 and under accompanied by an adult.

Story Time - Tuesdays at 1:30 and Wednesdays at 9:30 & 10:30

Story Time at the Wauwatosa Public Library engages your 3-6 year-old child with creative language and stories, which are so important for literacy and school preparation. Your child will also meet new friends and participate in exciting flannel board stories, dramatics, songs, and crafts.

Stay & Play - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

Immediately following Tuesday's 10:30 Rhyme Time, Wednesday's 10:30 Story Time, and Thursday's 9:30 Rhyme Time enjoy half an hour of unstructured play with developmentally appropriate toys. Mr. Fred Rogers shared the importance of play when he said, “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning.” We hope you'll stay and play with friends!

Sensory Story Time - Select Saturdays each month

Join us for a Story Time program designed specifically for autistic children, neurodivergent children, or children who find it difficult to sit through our traditional Story Time programs. This 45 minute program is for children ages 3-8 along with their parent or caregiver and includes stories, songs and free-play.

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Reading Programs

The Wauwatosa Public Library is pleased to offer year-round reading programs--1001 Books Before Kindergarten and the Reading Passport--to support children's reading. Happy Reading!