Event List

Story Time will have songs and stories to encourage a lifelong love of learning. No registration is required and older siblings are welcome. Enjoy free play and socialization afterwards!

Join us on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays after Story Time from 10:30am-11:00am for socialization and playtime!

Teens, ages 11-17, are welcome to join us at our Teen Hang-out! Teen Hang-Out is Monday-Friday on School Days, 1:45-3:00.

Give them a head start: Storytime attendance increases reading, listening and motor skills, attention span, music and rhythm, social development and so much more.

Monday, April 20th, at 4pm & Thursday, April 30th 10am; Join us for Art at the Library. Please dress for mess! This lesson is for ages 5 and up.

Do you need to practice your English with native speakers? Are you looking for a natural way to learn to speak English and practice with friends? Join us at the Crestview Library every week, and see how much you will learn and grow.

Join us each Thursday from 10 am - 2 pm!

• Swap up to four puzzles each week
• Puzzles must be new or like-new and come from a smoke-free environment
• Sign-in is required (look for the clipboard)

Story Time will have songs, stories, and activities to encourage a lifelong love of learning. Older and younger siblings are welcome! Enjoy free play and socialization afterwards! No registration required.

Give them a head start: Storytime attendance increases reading, listening and motor skills, attention span, music and rhythm, social development and so much more.

Teens, ages 11-17, are welcome to join us at our Teen Hang-out! Teen Hang-Out is Monday-Friday on School Days, 1:45-3:00.

Every Thursday in April, at 3:00pm-4:00pm, The Library's Anime Club will meet to watch anime. The Anime will be rated from G to PG13 & TV14. There will also be an assortment of manga on hand to read. 

Tech Time at the Valparaiso Library will be on Friday, May 1st at 10:00am. Need Help with your device? Have Tech questions? We are here to help! Don't forget to bring your device.

February book: The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel

March book: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

April book: The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

Teens, ages 11-17, are welcome to join us at our Teen Hang-out! Teen Hang-Out is Monday-Friday on School Days, 1:45-3:00.

Grades 6-12 come hang out with others and play various video and board games!

Each week there is a different theme/program, see below schedule.

1st Friday: Art - Perler Bead Art

The whole month of May, we will have fun coloring sheets & blank paper in our Early Reader section and our Juniors section.  Come color and create, leave some art for us to hang to brighten our Library and also take some home. 

The Mystery Book Club meets once a month, except December to discuss mystery books or crime fiction, a genre that fictionalizes crimes, detection and their motives. 

Legal Services of North Florida will offer free legal help on the 1st Monday of each month.

Teens, ages 11-17, are welcome to join us at our Teen Hang-out! Teen Hang-Out is Monday-Friday on School Days, 1:45-3:00.

Calling all budding chess players!

Youth Chess Club meets every Monday evening 3-4:30 PM.

It is designed to teach all the wonderful new chess players how to play or to play better.   

On Friday May 4th  we will be having a Star Wars Themed event from 4pm-530.  We will have the 501st LEGION here for photo ops and if you chose you can enter a photo contest on our Facebook page!  We will also have a RAFFLE &am

Attention Chess Players 

Chess Club meets every Monday evening 4:30-6 PM.

If you're a beginner or intermediate come and learn to play, or to play better.   

The Fort Walton Beach Library Friends are now official! Come learn how you can be a part of this group who advocate for the library in the community!