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Library News & Updates

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Get Ready for the Library's Annual Play Date!

Join us for a free, play-filled morning of art, science, literacy and building activities. Play is a fundamental part of early learning, and this event celebrates it through hands-on fun...

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Celebrate the Spooky Season at the Library!
Oct 14, 2025
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Mustang Library Unveils New Wall to Enhance Quiet Spaces and Youth Learning
Aug 13, 2025
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Access to Arizona Republic
Aug 6, 2025
More Time to Read, Explore, and Discover—Expanded Hours Begin July 1 image
More Time to Read, Explore, and Discover—Expanded Hours Begin July 1
Jul 1, 2025 Library - Information
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Quiet Progress: Construction Begins on Youth Area Wall at Mustang Library
Jul 1, 2025 Library Updates
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Upcoming Events

Family Storytime

Free Events

(ages 0-5 / 30 min) Listen to stories and participate in finger plays, music and rhyming activities....

Nov 22 10:30 a.m.

Family Storytime

Appaloosa Library

(ages 0-5 / 30 min)Listen to stories and participate in fingerplays, music and rhyming activities.Sp...

Nov 22 10:30 a.m.

Family Storytime

Civic Center Library

(ages 0-5 / 30 min)Listen to stories and participate in finger plays, music and rhyming activities.S...

Nov 22 10:30 a.m.

Italian Film Series

Civic Center Library

A deep dive into Italian film history with Arizona State University lecturer Enrico Minardi. "L'albe...

Nov 22 Noon

Mustang Poets

Mustang Library

We share poems from other poets or our own poetry. We provide gentle, helpful critiques and a...

Nov 22 1 p.m.

Tail Waggin' Tales

Civic Center Library

(ages 6-11 / 60 min)Certified therapy animals love listening to kids practice their reading skills a...

Nov 23 3 p.m.

Twos & Threes Together

Civic Center Library

(ages 2-3 / 30 min)This fun and interactive program uses short stories, fingerplays and action rhyme...

Nov 24 10 a.m.

Baby Cuddles

Appaloosa Library

(ages 0-24 months / 20 min) This program develops babies’ literacy and learning skills as they inter...

Nov 24 10:30 a.m.
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