Bethany Hornbeck, licensed American Sign Language and Signing Time teacher, will lead adult participants through an 8-week course on ASL. There is a limit of 20 participants, and each registration includes the entire 8-week course. Participants will be required to purchase access to the online Signing Time curriculum, which is a $10 monthly fee.

Pre-Registration: Required, opens 5/15

Join Bethany Hornbeck, licensed American Sign Language teacher and Signing Time representative, as you and your preschooler learn various signs. Each week will feature a different topic, but join us every week for a buildable lesson you and your child can learn together!

Debra Tucker of 417Create Art and Ageless Yoga teaches our popular gentle, restorative yoga class. Learn basic principles ofalignment and technique while slowly strengthening the body and calming the mind.

Location: Nixa Branch Library Community Room

Pre-Registration: Not required

The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Gidwitz, Adam: 


An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. 

Join us for movie musicals at the library in celebration of the music-themed Summer Reading Challenge.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968): A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.

Family Storytime is for families with infants to age six. This storytime has stories, songs, and activities for parents and children to do together while learning early literacy skills using Racing to Read, the library's early literacy initiative. 

Find your voice so you can begin to tell your story in writing. Susan Rogers will help you discover what tools work best for you and help you find inspiration for the story you want to tell, no matter what it is. No registration required.

Read to a dog trained by The Alliance of Therapy Pets in this program! Children who are having reading difficulties can be self-conscious about reading aloud, but sitting and reading with a dog can help them relax, build self-esteem, and associate reading with a fun experience.

Bethany Hornbeck, licensed American Sign Language and Signing Time teacher, will lead adult participants through an 8-week course on ASL. There is a limit of 20 participants, and each registration includes the entire 8-week course. Participants will be required to purchase access to the online Signing Time curriculum, which is a $10 monthly fee.

Pre-Registration: Required, opens 5/15

Family Storytime is for families with infants to age six. This storytime has stories, songs, and activities for parents and children to do together while learning early literacy skills using Racing to Read, the library's early literacy initiative. 

Family Storytime is for families with infants to age six. This storytime has stories, songs, and activities for parents and children to do together while learning early literacy skills using Racing to Read, the library's early literacy initiative.

Join Bethany Hornbeck, licensed American Sign Language teacher and Signing Time representative, as you and your preschooler learn various signs. Each week will feature a different topic, but join us every week for a buildable lesson you and your child can learn together!

Debra Tucker of 417Create Art and Ageless Yoga teaches our popular gentle, restorative yoga class. Learn basic principles ofalignment and technique while slowly strengthening the body and calming the mind.

Location: Nixa Branch Library Community Room

Pre-Registration: Not required

Music and Movement is for families with infants up to 2 years old. This storytime includes finger plays, action rhymes, and plenty of songs! Your child will learn early literacy skills that will help them grow into eager readers using Racing to Read.

Family Storytime is for families with infants to age six. This storytime has stories, songs, and activities for parents and children to do together while learning early literacy skills using Racing to Read, the library's early literacy initiative. 

Bethany Hornbeck, licensed American Sign Language and Signing Time teacher, will lead adult participants through an 8-week course on ASL. There is a limit of 20 participants, and each registration includes the entire 8-week course. Participants will be required to purchase access to the online Signing Time curriculum, which is a $10 monthly fee.

Pre-Registration: Required, opens 5/15

Family Storytime is for families with infants to age six. This storytime has stories, songs, and activities for parents and children to do together while learning early literacy skills using Racing to Read, the library's early literacy initiative. 

Family Storytime is for families with infants to age six. This storytime has stories, songs, and activities for parents and children to do together while learning early literacy skills using Racing to Read, the library's early literacy initiative.

Join Bethany Hornbeck, licensed American Sign Language teacher and Signing Time representative, as you and your preschooler learn various signs. Each week will feature a different topic, but join us every week for a buildable lesson you and your child can learn together!

Debra Tucker of 417Create Art and Ageless Yoga teaches our popular gentle, restorative yoga class. Learn basic principles ofalignment and technique while slowly strengthening the body and calming the mind.

Location: Nixa Branch Library Community Room

Pre-Registration: Not required

Music and Movement is for families with infants up to 2 years old. This storytime includes finger plays, action rhymes, and plenty of songs! Your child will learn early literacy skills that will help them grow into eager readers using Racing to Read.

We're playing Book Bingo at the library! It's regular BINGO, but the prize is a book of your choice. Bring the whole family and see who will win! 

Join us for movie musicals at the library in celebration of the music-themed Summer Reading Challenge.

Moana: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.