Preschoolers ages 2 - 6 are invited to join Professor Watermelon for a storytime all about bears. He'll show how these burly mammals survive and thrive in climates around the world.
Built with funds from a $120,000 grant by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the East Washington Branch opened in 1911, six months before the opening of the city’s other remaining Carnegie Library, the Spades Park Branch. In 2017, a major renovation was completed to modernize the century-old building which is included in the National Register of Historic Places.