Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Challenge
Preschoolers and kindergarteners, vote for your favorite book! Sign up online at https://slcl.beanstack.org/ or pick up a paper ballot at your local branch. Read at least 5 of the 10 nominees and vote for your favorite for a chance to win one of the nominated titles.
Oct 11, 2023
Sensory Bags
Sensory bags are now available at all SLCL branches. Each bag contains items to help lessen sensory overload for kids and adults during visits to the library. Ask for one at the service desk.
Oct 09, 2023
St. Louis Storytelling Festival
St. Louis County Library will host the 44th annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival from October 18-28, 2023. The festival will include performances by nationally renowned storytellers as well as writing workshops, dance performances, puppetry, songwriting tutorials, ghost stories, folklore and more.
Oct 04, 2023
Teentober
We’re celebrating teens in October with special programs all month long. Activities include pumpkin painting, laser tag, spooky crafts and more.
Oct 02, 2023
SLCL Presents Ulysses Grant Biographer Fergus Bordewich
St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics & History Series presents historian Fergus Bordewich for a discussion and signing of “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction.” The event will take place on Wednesday, October 16, at 7:00 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Branch of the St. Louis County Library, 300 Clarkson Road, Ellisville, MO 63011.
Oct 02, 2023
SLCL Authors @ the J Presents Acclaimed Novelist Ben Fountain
St. Louis County Library Foundation, the Novel Neighbor, and the JCC of St. Louis are pleased to host an SLCL Authors @ the J event with acclaimed novelist, Ben Fountain. The event will be a discussion of Fountain’s new novel “Devil Makes Three.” The event will take place on Friday, October 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the JCC’s Staenberg Family Center – Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146.
Sep 29, 2023
Media Contact
Jennifer McBride
Assistant Director, Communications
Email: jmcbride@slcl.org
Phone: 314-994-3300 ext. 2250