All CCPL locations will be closed for the Martin Luther King Holiday on Monday, January 20. We will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, January 21.
Carroll County Public Library
Infinite Possibilities
Mount Airy Branch
705 Ridge Avenue
Mount Airy, MD 21771
Kari Kelly, Branch Manager
Branch Hours
Monday - Thursday: 9 AM - 8 PM
Friday - Saturday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Please note that the 301.829.5290 phone number is no longer in service.
Directions
Upcoming Programs and Events
Check Currents or the Calendar of Events site for more events.
Read and Play
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Carroll County Health Department's Health on Wheels Mobile Services
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Health on Wheels will offer a range of services, including reproductive health services, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, blood pressure screening, smoking cessation, Naloxone training, peer support services, birth certificates, assistance with vaccines, WIC services by appointment, and health education. Not all services will be available at all locations.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Health on Wheels will offer a range of services, including reproductive health services, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, blood pressure screening, smoking cessation, Naloxone training, peer support services, birth certificates, assistance with vaccines, WIC services by appointment, and health education. Not all services will be available at all locations.
Twos and Threes Together
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Taylor Swift Party
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 11 - 18
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Celebrate the new year with an evening of Taylor Swift! Make friendship bracelets, sing karaoke, and dance your heart out!
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 11 - 18
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Celebrate the new year with an evening of Taylor Swift! Make friendship bracelets, sing karaoke, and dance your heart out!
Ready, Set, School!
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Mount Airy Knitters
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Read and Play
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Unwind Your Mind: Adult Coloring Book Group
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Do you feel like you're going in a dozen directions? Or maybe you're not focusing due to hectic schedules. Sometimes, we need to stop everything and concentrate on the simpler things. Join us for a monthly social gathering as we color and listen to relaxing music. Feel free to bring your own coloring book, use our sheets and pencils, or bring your electronic device with your favorite pre-loaded coloring book apps. Let's de-stress together!
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Do you feel like you're going in a dozen directions? Or maybe you're not focusing due to hectic schedules. Sometimes, we need to stop everything and concentrate on the simpler things. Join us for a monthly social gathering as we color and listen to relaxing music. Feel free to bring your own coloring book, use our sheets and pencils, or bring your electronic device with your favorite pre-loaded coloring book apps. Let's de-stress together!
Family Storytime
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Senior Book Discussion Group: How the Penguins Saved Veronica
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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This month's selection is How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior.
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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This month's selection is How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior.
Pajama Party Storytime
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Tabletop Roleplaying Game Day
Friday, January 24, 2025 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 7 - Adults, Adults
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Join us for a family-friendly introduction to the world of tabletop roleplaying games! We'll be playing Quest, Honey Heist, and Inspirisles. All experience levels are welcome!
Friday, January 24, 2025 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 7 - Adults, Adults
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Join us for a family-friendly introduction to the world of tabletop roleplaying games! We'll be playing Quest, Honey Heist, and Inspirisles. All experience levels are welcome!
Writing Group: Tea & Poetry
Friday, January 24, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults, Adults
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If you enjoy reading poetry, chances are you enjoy writing it, too! Join our informal monthly poetry writing group, where we'll share a cup of tea, discuss poetry topics, and write poetry. All experience levels are welcome. Supportive group discussions are encouraged, but readings are optional. If you need one, writing journals will be provided, or you can bring your favorite notebook. Bring those imaginations, and let's start writing!
Friday, January 24, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults, Adults
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If you enjoy reading poetry, chances are you enjoy writing it, too! Join our informal monthly poetry writing group, where we'll share a cup of tea, discuss poetry topics, and write poetry. All experience levels are welcome. Supportive group discussions are encouraged, but readings are optional. If you need one, writing journals will be provided, or you can bring your favorite notebook. Bring those imaginations, and let's start writing!
Saturday Storytime
Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
LEGO® Builders Club
Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 6 - 11
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Want to practice your building skills? Join us for a LEGO® program where you tackle a new design each time! We supply the bricks, and you supply the creativity!
Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 6 - 11
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Want to practice your building skills? Join us for a LEGO® program where you tackle a new design each time! We supply the bricks, and you supply the creativity!
Family Storytime
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Let's Move!
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for an interactive storytime where we're learning through movement. We'll explore books, rhymes, and songs with lots of wiggles and giggles!
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for an interactive storytime where we're learning through movement. We'll explore books, rhymes, and songs with lots of wiggles and giggles!
Coding for Kids with Bee-Bot®!
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 3 - 8
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In this fun, hands-on activity, kids will go on a coding adventure with Bee-Bot®, friendly programmable robots designed to introduce younger kids to the basics of coding and sequencing! Rotating through stations, children will have an opportunity to program their Bee-Bot® to navigate various obstacles using simple commands while practicing problem-solving and critical thinking, all while learning early coding concepts in a playful STEM environment.
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 3 - 8
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In this fun, hands-on activity, kids will go on a coding adventure with Bee-Bot®, friendly programmable robots designed to introduce younger kids to the basics of coding and sequencing! Rotating through stations, children will have an opportunity to program their Bee-Bot® to navigate various obstacles using simple commands while practicing problem-solving and critical thinking, all while learning early coding concepts in a playful STEM environment.
Crochet Club
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - Adults, Adults
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Join us for an evening of crochet and conversation. Bring your crochet supplies and/or whatever crochet project you have already started. All experience levels are welcome.
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - Adults, Adults
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Join us for an evening of crochet and conversation. Bring your crochet supplies and/or whatever crochet project you have already started. All experience levels are welcome.
Read and Play
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Twos and Threes Together
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Mount Airy Teen Advisory Board
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 17
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Calling all teens with a love of the library! Earn service hours while making friends, beautifying the library, and planning programs!
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 17
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Calling all teens with a love of the library! Earn service hours while making friends, beautifying the library, and planning programs!
Ready, Set, School!
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Mount Airy Knitters
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Read and Play
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Family Storytime
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Access Carroll Presents: Seasonal Affective Disorder, More Than Just the Winter Blues
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Please join us for a winter health program at CCPL's Mount Airy Branch. This program will discuss the history and causes of seasonal affective disorder, how to avoid it, and how to treat it. Although this condition was once poorly understood, we now have a good handle on its causes and how to address it. The presentation will include ways to decrease the likelihood of it occurring and the very inexpensive and effective treatment options that are now available. Presented by Joseph O'Leary, MD, from Access Carroll Integrated Health Care.
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Please join us for a winter health program at CCPL's Mount Airy Branch. This program will discuss the history and causes of seasonal affective disorder, how to avoid it, and how to treat it. Although this condition was once poorly understood, we now have a good handle on its causes and how to address it. The presentation will include ways to decrease the likelihood of it occurring and the very inexpensive and effective treatment options that are now available. Presented by Joseph O'Leary, MD, from Access Carroll Integrated Health Care.
Pajama Party Storytime
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Serenity Journaling
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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It's important to take time for yourself during these hectic and often uncertain times. Serenity journaling is an opportunity to take a few minutes to slow down, think, and write. Join Maria as she provides us with some topics, both contemporary and remembrance, that we can write about and relax. You can also take this time to journal about whatever is on your mind, or in your heart. After we free-write together, sharing is optional but encouraged!
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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It's important to take time for yourself during these hectic and often uncertain times. Serenity journaling is an opportunity to take a few minutes to slow down, think, and write. Join Maria as she provides us with some topics, both contemporary and remembrance, that we can write about and relax. You can also take this time to journal about whatever is on your mind, or in your heart. After we free-write together, sharing is optional but encouraged!
Library Lock-In Escape Room: da Vinci's Workshop
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: 12 - 18
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You have been invited, along with the rest of a generation's greatest minds, to interview with Leonardo da Vinci for the once-in-a-lifetime shot at apprenticeship. But upon arrival at his infamous workshop, you all find that you've been trapped in a game of wits and riddles. Can you crack the codes, decipher the clues, and escape the workshop? Do you have what it takes to be da Vinci's next apprentice?
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: 12 - 18
Registration and more information
You have been invited, along with the rest of a generation's greatest minds, to interview with Leonardo da Vinci for the once-in-a-lifetime shot at apprenticeship. But upon arrival at his infamous workshop, you all find that you've been trapped in a game of wits and riddles. Can you crack the codes, decipher the clues, and escape the workshop? Do you have what it takes to be da Vinci's next apprentice?
Saturday Storytime
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Roar Like a Lion: An Afternoon of Community Service
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Beat the winter blues and feel the warmth of service to your community. In partnership with local Lions Clubs, join us for an afternoon of community service. Lions Clubs will supply materials, instructions, and volunteers to lead a variety of projects that benefit our community. Drop in for an hour or the entire time. Student service hours will be available.
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Beat the winter blues and feel the warmth of service to your community. In partnership with local Lions Clubs, join us for an afternoon of community service. Lions Clubs will supply materials, instructions, and volunteers to lead a variety of projects that benefit our community. Drop in for an hour or the entire time. Student service hours will be available.
Family Storytime
Monday, February 3, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Monday, February 3, 2025 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Let's Move!
Monday, February 3, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for an interactive storytime where we're learning through movement. We'll explore books, rhymes, and songs with lots of wiggles and giggles!
Monday, February 3, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for an interactive storytime where we're learning through movement. We'll explore books, rhymes, and songs with lots of wiggles and giggles!
Meeting Rooms
Meeting rooms are available for public use Monday through Saturday, excluding library-observed holidays.
We have the following meeting rooms available for public use:
Large Meeting Room - Capacity: 70
Small Meeting Room - Capacity: 24
3 Study Rooms - Capacity: 4 per room
Services
- 24/7 book drop access
- Children's learning games
- Copy machine
- EV charging
- Free Wi-Fi access
- Notary Services
- Pay County tax bills
- Play and Learn Centers
- Print from anywhere (Global Print)
- Public fax
- Public Internet computers
- Scan documents to email
- Wireless printing
Branch History
In 1965, the Carroll County Commissioners gave the town of Mt. Airy permission to open a community library, with the provision that the town raise $3,000 to refurbish and furnish a room above the town office. Four months later, after donations and fund-raising events such as a benefit shoot at the Rod and Gun Club, a dance for teens, and a book sale, the library opened. In 1974 the Mt. Airy Community Branch moved to the former American Grocery Building, and in 1993 a new full-service Mount Airy Branch opened on Ridge Avenue.
Renovations to the Mt. Airy Branch were completed in 2014 and included repavement of the driveway, reworking of the sidewalks to improve grade and accessibility, roofing replacement, renovation of the interior to improve lighting throughout, a new customer service desk, improved seating areas for customers, and the addition of several collabortive workspaces.