Storytime Groups
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Story Tots
Wednesdays at 10:30am | Suggested for 18-36 months
Join other parents and their children for Miss Tara's engaging stories, flannels, and songs.
Registration required for each date you plan to attend. Registration for all programs within the month opens two weeks before the first program date.
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Story Time
Mondays at 10:30am | Suggested for ages 3-5 years
Join Miss Tara for stories, songs/rhymes, and activities that focus on essential pre-reading skills.
Please register for each date you plan to attend. Registration for all programs within the month opens two weeks before the first program date.
Ongoing Events
LEGO Club
Third Tuesday of the month at 5pm | Ages 5-12
Join us for a one hour drop-in, free play LEGO building session! Children will have the opportunity to use our many bins of LEGOs to build their own creations. Creations will be on display in the Children's area for one month until the next LEGO Club meeting. An optional monthly LEGO challenge is also available!
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PAWS to Read w/ Wally
Select Tuesdays at 4:30-5:30pm | Recommended for ages 6+
Make a 15-minute appointment to practice your reading skills with the cutest listener ever, a golden retriever named Wally! Sign up to secure one of the four available time slots. Up to two siblings per registration. Bring a book or two, but no toys.
Registration opens two weeks before program date.
Yoga for Kids, presented by Ivy Rehab
One Thursday a month at either 11:15am or 1pm | Ages 1-6 with caregiver.
Experience the elements of yoga (breathe, move, rest) in a fun and engaging way with age-appropriate poses and a focus on breathing, relaxation, and meditation. This is a wonderful way for children to stretch their bodies and calm their minds.
Loose clothing recommended to allow for comfortable movement. Bring your own yoga mat or blanket.
STEMsters
First Tuesday of the month at 5pm | Ages 8-12
STEMsters, the Mars High School Chapter of a national nonprofit, strives to develop a love for STEM among young students through an interactive activity-based learning experience. A typical lesson from STEMsters starts with a presentation that goes over instructions for an experiment that students will build with hands-on guidance. Experiments are tested and the science concepts behind the projects are explained.
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Ruff Writers Take-and-Make Craft & More
Once a month | Multigenerational
Pick up some craft resources and stories for multigenerational family time. This brown bag program provides craft materials, instructions, and a recommended picture book story to open conversations and share positive life stories across different generations of family and friends.
Youth Chess Class
Saturdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26 at 1pm | Children to Teens
An instructor from Queen's Gambit Chess will visit the Mars Library for a series of weekly chess classes for youth interested in learning about one of history's most famous games.
One-Time Programs
We're Taking a Break!
We're taking May and August off from most programming to prepare for and recover from the Summer Reading Program. Information about the 2026 Fall events will be released soon!
Worm Composter at the Library
Wednesday, August 12 at 2pm | Children to Teens
Visit the library to learn about how worms turn waste into fertile soil. Our worm composter will be the home of a number of "red wigglers" this July who will turn waste food products into compost, which can then be used to grow healthy plants. Drop in for both sessions to see their progress and learn about worms and compost.
Special thanks to Let's Go Compost for providing our materials for this program.
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Back to School Story Hour with Principal Semler
Wednesday, August 19 at 9:30am and 12:30pm | Children
Come to this Back to School event at the Mars Library for the Mars Area Primary Center. Kindergarteners and First Graders can enjoy a storytime, get to know the Principal, meet future classmates, and be crafty with some back-2-school crafts and activities. Principal Semler will kick off this event by reading a storybook aloud to the group. Please register for either the morning or afternoon session, not for both!
Children's Clothing Swap
Friday, August 21 to Saturday, August 22 at 10am to 2pm | All ages
The Mars Library's Children's Clothing Swap is an effort to help people in our community reduce, reuse, and recycle children's clothes that either no longer fit or simply no longer wear. Donate these clothes, then come in during the swap hours to find something new! It's the perfect opportunity to declutter and shop for back-to-school clothes—clothes that some members of the community might not have access to. Any leftover clothes at the end of the swap will be donated to Repurposed Resale, a thrift store in Pittsburgh.
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