Adventure Pass temporarily shut down in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Iowa Adventure Pass program will temporarily shut down in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can still make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. The service will return at a later time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Weather update for 12/14/2024

All locations of the Des Moines Public Library will be open normal hours Saturday, December 14, and all locations will serve as emergency warming shelters during open hours. 

5 Simple Steps to Success

 

 

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Are you an early childhood educator/provider? The library has resources that you can share with the families you work with to support early literacy! 

Our Youth Librarians are happy to visit your site, bring fun hands-on literacy activities for your kids, or deliver a collection of books selected just for you by our book experts! Please contact Ashley Molzen, Community Engagement Supervisor, to see how the Simple Steps early literacy program can be used at your education site or to schedule a visit from one of our youth librarians.

 

Are you a parent looking for more ways to incorporate the Simple Steps to Success at home? Check out our family page!

DOWNLOAD the Simple Steps Activity Sheets and read, write, sing, play, and talk in your own home.

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The Simple Steps program is made possible through a generous grant from:
 

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