Where Youth Learn, Play, and Grow
From strategy games to confidence-building storytimes, the Nampa Public Library offers a vibrant array of programs designed to ignite curiosity, creativity, and connection among youth. With activities scheduled throughout the week, there’s always something exciting to look forward to!
Clubs & Ongoing Activities
All ages are invited to get creative and build anything they choose with Legos! We will also have an area for the younger builders to explore with Duplos.
Come read or tell a story to one of the Go Team therapy dogs. All ages are welcome!
Join us every 2nd Monday of the month for a fun and relaxed chess club experience! Come to test your mettle, discuss strategy, or learn the basics! All ages and experience levels are welcome.
Come and play the Pokémon Trading Card Game with other Pokémon enthusiasts! Please bring your deck set to play! (no need to register if you have your own deck set!) If you need a deck set, please REGISTER! There's 10…
Crochet & knit with us every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month! This class is open to ages 12 and up. Participants should bring #4 worsted yarn, knitting needles (size 8 or 9 and/or crochet hooks size G or…
Don’t miss what’s happening now
- Tuesday, July 14, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Where: Multipurpose Room - Side A
Audience: Adults, Teens, Tweens- Tuesday, July 14, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Where: Multipurpose Room A & B (Entire Space)
Audience: Children, Teens, Tweens- Thursday, July 16, 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
- Where: Multipurpose Room A & B (Entire Space)
Audience: Children, Tweens- Friday, July 17, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Where: Multipurpose Room A & B (Entire Space)
Audience: Teens, Tweens- Saturday, July 18, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Where: Multipurpose Room A & B (Entire Space)
Audience: Children, Tweens- Saturday, July 18, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
- Where: Multipurpose Room A & B (Entire Space)
Audience: Adults, All Ages, Seniors, Teens, Tweens
Digital Resources
Find a good book (fiction or nonfiction) for school or pleasure for kids and teens. Search by title, author, subject or series name. Includes award winner lists, book discussion and book talk guides.
Nampa Public Library offers free access to OverDrive through the Libby app, allowing you to borrow eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines with your library card. Titles can be read on computers or mobile devices and are automatically returned with no late fees.
Goodreads is a “social cataloging” website that allows individuals to freely search its database of books, annotations, and reviews. Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and reading lists. They can also create their own groups of book suggestions, surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions.
Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLi) is a large provider for online research and databases for Idaho Libraries, you will find a lot of other online resources by clicking on the link. When you go onto the site click the age group and it will take you to a list of databases.
Self-paced practice tests, subject tutorials and full-text ebook study guides for all ages, with learning centers for Elementary, Middle and High School, College & College Prep, Software Tutorials, U.S. Citizenship, GED prep and a variety of job search and workplace skills, including ASVAB, academic, postal service, law enforcement and many other tests.
A powerful reference tool with encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases.
