Dover Public Library
A Dover library running kids' programs most weeks — Toddler Time, Baby & Me, LEGO Build It!, and a chess club.
35 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, DE 19901
Hours
10 AM – 5 PM
Show the week Hide the week
| Sat | 10 AM – 5 PM |
|---|---|
| Sun | 1 PM – 5 PM |
| Mon | 10 AM – 5 PM |
| Tue | 9 AM – 8 PM |
| Wed | 9 AM – 8 PM |
| Thu | 9 AM – 8 PM |
| Fri | 10 AM – 5 PM |
Last checked 2026-09-14
- Cost
- Free
- Best for
- All ages
- Indoor / outdoor
- Indoor
- Typical visit
- 45 minutes to 1.5 hours
Open seven days, and the children's department runs a standing menu: Story Walk, Blue Hen Book Award, an art exhibit and summer reading.
The Quick Version
- • Free library on Loockerman Plaza in Dover, with a full slate of recurring kids' programs on the calendar.
- • Regulars for little ones: Toddler Time, Baby & Me, and Songs & Stories; bigger kids get Build It!, LEGO Build It!, and the DPL Chess Club.
- • Hours shift by day — Mon 10am-5pm, Tue-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm.
Best Ages
All ages
Plan For
45 minutes to 1.5 hours
Admission
Free
What to Expect
Dover Public Library keeps a busy children's calendar rather than a one-story-time-a-week schedule. Toddler Time, Baby & Me, and Songs & Stories run most weeks for the little ones, while Build It! and LEGO Build It! pull in elementary kids and the DPL Chess Club meets on its own rhythm. Super Saturday! adds a craft option to weekends, and older kids have the Teen Loft, Delaware Anime Society, and a Tween Improv Workshop.
The library's own page also points to a Story Walk, a Seed Library, and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, so there's more here than the catalog.
The thing to plan around is hours: Monday and Friday-Saturday close at 5pm, Tuesday-Thursday run 9am to 8pm, and Sunday is a short 1pm-5pm window.
Who It's Best For
Babies and toddlers have Baby & Me, Toddler Time, and Songs & Stories. Elementary kids get Build It! and LEGO Build It!, plus DPL Chess Club and Super Saturday! craft sessions. Tweens and teens have the Teen Loft, Delaware Anime Society, and a Tween Improv Workshop.
Highlights
Story times most weeks
Babies and toddlersToddler Time, Baby & Me, and Songs & Stories are the recurring little-kid slots.
Build It! and LEGO Build It!
Ages 5+Two separate recurring building programs, plus a chess club — a real draw for elementary kids.
Teen Loft
Tweens and teensA teen space with its own posted hours, alongside Delaware Anime Society and improv for tweens.
Logistics
Admission
Free admission
Free, like all Delaware public libraries. Check the calendar — some programs may need sign-up.
Membership tip: A free Delaware library card also lets you reserve free passes to Delaware State Parks and the Brandywine Zoo through the libraries' Museum Pass program (one pass per card at a time).
Getting There
Parking
Not confirmed — check the library's page before you go.
Entrance
35 Loockerman Plaza, Dover.
Parent Logistics
Not confirmed — ask at the desk.
Not confirmed — ask at the desk.
Not confirmed — ask at the desk.
Indoors.
Food & Snacks
No food on-site. No food on site — it's a library.
Snack strategy: Eat before or after — there's no food service in the library.
Pro Tips
- ✓ Check the event calendar first — programs recur but not every week, and some may need sign-up.
- ✓ Sunday is the shortest day, 1pm to 5pm; Tuesday-Thursday are the long ones, 9am to 8pm.
- ✓ Parking isn't confirmed here — look at the library's page before driving downtown.
When to Go
Best Time to Visit
Mon 10am-5pm, Tue-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm. The Tuesday-Thursday 9am opening is the earliest of the week, and those are the late nights too.
Seasonal Notes
Open year-round. Hours by day: Mon 10am-5pm, Tue-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm. The Teen Loft and the passport office keep their own hours — check the library's page.
Rainy Day?
A free indoor stop in Dover with a program running most weeks.
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