Start or continue your journaling practice with us. We have new notebooks, lots of pens, old magazines, washi tape, stickers, etc., to create as colorful an entry as care to make! Reflect, record and reward yourself with a creative journaling session. This free session is for Adults and Teens.
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
Join us in the Creativity Lab as we update our journals. Make a date with yourself to spend time on creativity, reflection or planning a bright future! This month we'll have stamps ready for your bullet journaling too: habit tracking, to do lists and more.
Learning to follow directions while moving to music as a group with a caregiver. Dance to all your favorites each week! Appropriate for the 2 to 5 year old, but open to all.
Create a window cling! This item has a long dry time. You may leave it at the library to dry and pick up later OR be ready to transport them carefully! This is the last Craftastic Afternoon in our three month series. Please provide feedback if you would like it offered again in the fall […]
A fun program for 2 to 4 year olds & a caregiver focusing on numbers, letters, shapes and colors.
May the Fourth Bingo time with a galaxy of prizes! Kids and their caregivers are invited to play in this family friendly game session.
Explore and learn as we stack, smash, scoop and play with all sorts of sensory play activities!
This month we imagine what the wizards of our fantasy favorite books might eat! This event is for our preteens - kids in grades 4th - 6th. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” JRR Tolkien
Fun for Birth to 2 year old & caregiver. So important, we offer it twice! 10:30 - 11:00 and again from 11:15-11:45.
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
The Read a Zillion Books tour comes to West Lafayette Public Library! Jerry Pallotta will be here to inspire young writers and sign readers' Who Would Win and Alphabet books. Don't miss it! This event will be upstairs in the Elm and Maple rooms.
Learning to follow directions while moving to music as a group with a caregiver. Dance to all your favorites each week! Appropriate for the 2 to 5 year old, but open to all.
A fun program for 2 to 4 year olds & a caregiver focusing on numbers, letters, shapes and colors.
Join us for Reel Deal Film Talk today. We meet every second Thursday monthly in the Maple Room at WLPL to watch a movie and discuss it afterward.
El Rincon Bilingue brings more stories and activities to the library! Join us for bilingual storytimes again in May!
Every Super Saturday Sale features great deals on items up to 50% off! The Book Cellar has gently used books, movies, puzzles, CDs and LPs for resale. All items are donated and proceeds go directly to support library programs and service. Regular hours are: Tuesday 3:00PM-7:00PM Wednesday 10:00AM-2:00PM Thursday 3:00PM-7:00PM
Two great things, together at last! Almost Home Humane Society will be bringing adoptable cats and we’ll provide the cake. You’ll socialize pets, craft kitty blankets, and have a perfect afternoon! Donations of dog and cat treats for the shelter will be accepted. This event is created for adults and older teens as an opportunity […]
Every month, WALLA’s film committee chooses a film to present. This is free and open to the public with optional discussion to follow.
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
Join us at the West Lafayette Public Library for a special presentation by Nick Schenkel on the history of the Purdue State Bank, one of architect Louis Sullivan’s “Jewel Box” banks. Built in 1914, this West Lafayette structure remains the crowning jewel of Chauncey Hill. This event is free and open to the public, […]
Learning to follow directions while moving to music as a group with a caregiver. Dance to all your favorites each week! Appropriate for the 2 to 5 year old, but open to all.
Get your hands dirty molding a small pot from air-dry clay! This program will be held a second time later in 2025.
Agendas and meeting minutes can be found on the West Lafayette Public Library's Board of Trustees Page
A fun program for 2 to 4 year olds & a caregiver focusing on numbers, letters, shapes and colors.
Gather together to enjoy your current read and some light refreshments in our cozy library. Some time for discussion at the end of the evening will be offered but is never required.
Come read to the fabulous therapy dogs! Reserve your child's 15 minute time to practice their read aloud skills.
This evening we'll have an array of bullet journal stamps and washi tapes perfect for to do lists and habit tracking. Planning is not in your plans? Join us to write or junk journal instead!
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
Learning to follow directions while moving to music as a group with a caregiver. Dance to all your favorites each week! Appropriate for the 2 to 5 year old, but open to all.
Another fun visit from our friends at PBS Kids! WBAA/WFYI return with another special guest - Lyla from Lyla in the Loop will be here to meet and greet! Watch a clip, try a digital game and post with Lyla!
El Rincón Bilingüe returns to the Children's Activity Room for another Spanish-English storytime!
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
A special time for baby and a caregiver. Sing, rhyme, bounce and play with other young friends. So important, we offer it twice!
Learning to follow directions while moving to music as a group with a caregiver. Dance to all your favorites each week! Appropriate for the 2 to 5 year old, but open to all.
Learn mending and alteration skills using colorful patchwork and stitching! You can bring your own jeans to work on. All supplies and extra denim material will be provided. This session will be led by instructor Ashley Bellet, Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Purdue. Ashley Bellet teaches Costume Design at Purdue University, and is excited to […]
A fun program for 2 to 4 year olds & a caregiver focusing on numbers, letters, shapes and colors.
Join us to hear more about the basics of historic preservation in a community like ours. What structures are protected, and how is that decided? Do I live in a historic district? What is a historic district? Dr. Ashima Krishna is a Clinical Associate Professor in the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University. She […]
We have a summer reading challenge for kids, teens and adults. Join us on Beanstack to log the time you spend reading this summer. As the minutes add up to hours, come in to the library to claim your prizes! We have a lot of fun ahead of us and hope you will help to […]
Summer Reading kicks off with special visitors on Chauncey Plaza. Make art at the Flourish Mobile, visit a firefighter and check out WLFD No. 1's engine, play a game and win a prize! Cuddle a therapy dog, play in the plaza with sidewalk chalk and pop some bubbles! Greater Lafayette Fairy Tale performers will be […]
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