Family Storytime – Moving Colors

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 28th & 30th at 11:00 AM

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will learn color words in Navajo and Zuni and explore the significance of different colors in these cultures. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: Moving Colors

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Colorful Creatures

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 21st & 23rd at 11:00 AM

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will learn color words in Navajo and Zuni and explore the significance of different colors in these cultures. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: Colorful Creatures

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Midweek Matinee – Sing 2 (2021)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

October 19th at 4:00 PM

Sing 2 (World Singing Day)

2021 | PG | 1 hr. 50 mins.
Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Family Storytime with Local Author

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on October 8th at 2:00 PM for an exciting family storytime with a special guest!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 8th at 2:00 PM

Local counselor, author, and illustrator Sheila Lofgreen will read stories that explore social and emotional learning, including some of her own stories.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Pets

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about animals! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 5th at 11:00 AM

October Storytime Theme
Week 1: Pets 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Mighty Chondria Kids – Build a Pan Flute

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 19th at 4:00 PM

Learn how to make a homemade pan flute using straws! Explore the properties of pitch and write their own songs.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Drum & Rhythm

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on September 17th at 2:00 PM to experience the art of percussion with local music teacher and musician Randy Markham.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 17th at 2:00 PM

This hands-on workshop teaches the basic techniques of rhythm and drumming as well as a chance to participate in collaborative music making.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Sounds All Around

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 7th at 11:00 AM 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Taking Care of Water

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 31st at 11:00 AM

Discover the importance of water to life and how to conserve and keep it clean.

August 2022 WEEK 5
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Taking Care of Water

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Water Cycle

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 27th at 2:00 PM

An introduction to the water cycle.

August 2022 WEEK 4
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Water cycle

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.