Read to Jackson

Tue · Nov 10·4 PM – 5 PM·Great Falls Library

Read to Jackson the therapy dog, with books from the library or personal ones, at Great Falls Library, ages 5–10.

Tue · Oct 27·Cascades Library · Sterling

Kids submit favorite snack, dinner, or dessert recipes to a community cookbook at Cascades Library, using template cards from the children's book display, for ages 10 and under.

Tue · Oct 27·10:30 AM – 11 AM·Sterling Library

Music and stories featuring rhythm and rhyme at Sterling Library, for ages 5 and under with a caregiver.

Tue · Oct 27·10:30 AM – 11:15 AM·Oakton Library — Oakton Meeting Room 1, Oakton Meeting Room 2

Interactive stories, songs, and action rhymes fill Oakton Library’s Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, welcoming children with a caregiver, ages 3–5; no registration required.

Tue · Oct 27·4:30 PM – 5:30 PM·Dolley Madison Library — Dolley Madison Conference Room · McLean

Free creative writing workshop teaches new skills and publishes participants' work in the Sparks Anthology, Dolley Madison Library conference room, ages 13–18.

Fri · Oct 30·12 PM – 5 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.

Sat · Oct 31·Great Falls Library

Immersive reading experience at Great Falls Library offers Bright Red Fruit copies, themed gifts, and recipe read-alikes for ages 13–18.

Tue · Oct 27·10:30 AM · 11:15 AM · 1 PM · 2 PM·Burke Centre Library — Burke Centre Group Study Room

Practice speaking, reading, and writing English with a volunteer partner in the Burke Centre Library study room, registration opens two weeks prior, for ages 18 and up.

Tue · Oct 27·10:30 AM · 11:30 AM · 12:30 PM·Centreville Regional Library

One-on-one English conversation with a library volunteer at Centreville Regional Library, requiring basic English skills; adults only, ages 18 and up, one session per week per student.