Family Place Libraries™ is a network of children’s libraries nationwide who believe that literacy begins at birth and that libraries can help build healthy communities by nourishing healthy families. Family Place Libraries feature:
- Specially designed spaces
- Programs for ages 0 - 5
- Materials and resources for parents
- Family support services
Our Family Place Libraries also offer extensive collections of toys that are developmentally appropriate for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Research shows that play fosters a variety of skills that children need: social, physical, intellectual, creative, and emotional. Through play, children express feelings, communicate, build imagination and vocabulary, and develop eye-and-hand coordination; all vital steps in their journey toward reading and writing.
Family Place Toy Library
The Toy Library is now available! To learn what toys are available and how to check one out, please click here.
Upcoming 2024 Family Place Playgroup Series (registration required):
For parents and caregivers with children 1 - 3 years old. Hosted at PPLD's Family Place Libraries, please join us for an enjoyable 5-week playgroup, where you spend time together, play, make friends, and speak one-on-one with specialists in child development, nutrition, and more.
Cheyenne Mountain Library – Contact: Brittany McNeil: bmcneil@ppld.org, (719) 531-6333, x6205
- Playgroups coming in 2025
East Library – Contact: Janina Goodwin: jgoodwin@ppld.org, (719) 531-6333, x6013
- Playgroups coming in 2025
Fountain Library – Contact: Emily Koppenhaver: ekoppenhaver@ppld.org, (719) 531-6333, x6122
- Playgroups coming in 2025
Library 21c – Contact: SarahEllen Hickle: shickle@ppld.org, (719) 531-6333, x6335
- Playgroups coming in 2025
Penrose Library – Contact: Amanda Norris: anorris@ppld.org, 719) 531-6333, x6155
- Tue., Sept. 3, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
- Tue., Sept. 10, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
- Tue., Sept. 17, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
- Tue., Sept. 24, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
- Tue., Oct. 1, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Sand Creek Library – Contact: Johana Pacheco: jpacheco@ppld.org, (719) 531-6333, x6207
- Playgroups coming in 2025
All PPLD Family Place Libraries
- Cheyenne Mountain Library, (719) 531-6333, x7001, 1785 South 8th Street, Suite 100
- East Library, (719) 531-6333, x7014, 5550 N. Union Blvd.
- Fountain Library, (719) 531-6333 x7004, 230 S. Main St.
- Library 21c, (719) 531-6333, x1527, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr.
- Penrose Library, (719) 531-6333, x7015, 20 N. Cascade Ave.
- Sand Creek Library, (719) 531-6333 x1800, 1821 S. Academy Blvd.