Homebound Delivery
Love to read? Having trouble getting to the library for health reasons? The West Des Moines Public Library has a service that can help!
In 2022, the library made over 930 individual deliveries to patrons via the Homebound service. A WDM library card is required. All materials checkout for one month.
These programs allow WDM residents who have difficulty coming into the library access to library materials - no matter what their living situation.
If you live in a West Des Moines senior living community, delivery is available to you. You may also want to know about our popular Elder Care Facility Outreach Program where we house a small, rotating collection at local care facilities.
Request Homebound Delivery
If you, or someone you know, is interested in this service, please fill out the form below and someone from the WDM Library will contact you. You may also call the Library at 515-222-3404 or email library@wdm.iowa.gov.
Large Print and Audio Titles
Here’s a link to our catalog’s Large Print Collection
Here’s a link to our extensive collection of Audiobooks (Books on CD)
Looking for a Good Book to Read?
We have a reader’s advisory service that can help you find your next great read! Browse booklists, or ask one of our librarians to help you find that perfect book. You can request large print or audio, if that is your preference.
Check out our Reading Recommendations.
New Large Print
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Code Name Sapphire
"1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily in Brussels. Fearful for her life, Hannah is desperate to get out of occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind. Seeking help, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line, a secret resistance network. But when a grave mistake causes Lily's family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves?"--
Added by Ann R.
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Killers of a Certain Age
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon.
They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.
When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they've been marked for death.
Now to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. They're about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman--and a killer--of a certain age.
Added by Ann R.
Other Helpful Local Resources
The mission of Aging Resources of Central Iowa is to lead, advocate and serve as well as plan and coordinate resources in the provision of services to persons in central Iowa, their families, caregivers or representatives enabling elders to lead independent, meaningful and dignified lives in the least restrictive environment.
Phone: (515) 255-1310 or toll free at 800-747-5352.
The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Iowa Chapter - Serving all 99 counties
24-Hour Help Line: 800-272-3900
Your Community Information Station
Are you looking for activities, information, or resources in the communities served by West Des Moines Community Schools? West Depot is a community resource that will help you connect to the most local options.
City of WDM source for clothing, food, heating bill, utility bill, emergency assistance and other services for WDM residents. They also have a weekly free medical clinic and normally hold ELL classes for residents.
Phone: 515-222-3660