Summer Reading: June 26-July 1

Babies Boogie (Birth-2 years): Monday, June 26 at 10 AM

20 minutes of stories and songs for our youngest friends.

Make it Monday Building Club (All ages): Monday, June 26, 2-4 PM

Come build with a variety of materials, incluing Legos, K’Nex, and Magnatiles  This week we challenge you to build a famous landmark.  Free build is also available.

Let’s Build a Great Community (PreK-K):

Tuesday, June 27 at 10 AM OR Wednesday, June 28 at 7 PM

Celebrate our great community by helping us create a giant hall mural.

Leap into Science Family Workshop (All ages): Wednesday, June 21 at 2 PM

Families are invited to come explore the topic of shadow and light through books and hands-on experiments.

Tall Ships and Pirate Tales (All ages): Thursday, June 29 at 7 PM

Special guests the Sciencetellers will tell us a tale of pirates on the high seas using live science experiments!

Lunch Bunch (All ages): Friday, June 30 at 11:30 AM

Join us at the Telford Park Pavilion for stories and songs with family and friends.  Bring a lunch and a blanket to sit on.

All Ages Game Day: Saturday, July 1, 11 AM to 3 PM

Bring your favorite board games or play one of ours.

 

Summer Reading: June 19-24

Babies Boogie (Birth-2 years): Monday, June 19 at 10 AM

20 minutes of stories and songs for our youngest friends.

Make it Monday Building Club (All ages): Monday, June 19, 2-4 PM

Come build with a variety of materials, incluing Legos, K’Nex, and Magnatiles  This week we challenge you to build your favorite animal.  Free build is also available.

Leap into Science Family Workshop (All ages): Wednesday, June 21 at 2 PM

Families are invited to come explore the topic of balance through books and hands-on experiments.

Origami: Unfolding the Secret (All ages): Thursday, June 22 at 7 PM

Kick off the Summer with special guest Barbara Pearl, aka Origami Mommy!  Squash, pinch, pleat and unfold the magic of paper folding.  Discover how paper can jump, spin and flip through the air and make a special origami model to take home.

Lunch Bunch (All ages): Friday, June 23 at 11:30

Join us at the Telford Park Pavilion for stories and songs with family and friends.  Bring a lunch and a blanket to sit on.

Summer Reading: June 12-16

Babies Boogie (Birth-2 years): Monday, June 12 at 10 AM

20 minutes of stories and songs for our youngest friends.

Lunch Bunch (All ages): Friday, June 16 at 11:30

Join us at the Telford Park Pavilion for stories and songs with family and friends.  Bring a lunch and a blanket to sit on.

Summer Reading Registration Starts June 1!

This Summer, we invite you to Build a Better World at Your Library.  You can register for our Summer Reading Program online or at the library.  See below for more information about our great summer programs for all ages:

Read to Me Club (PreK-K)

Children complete activity sheets in order to earn scratch-off cards that reveal what prize they’ve won.  Complete a certain number of activity sheets in order to earn a special prize!  Click here to see all of the great programs for our younger readers.

Read to Myself Club (Grades K-6)

Mark your reading on your paper log or by recording your minutes online.  Earn a scratch off card that reveals what prize you’ve won for every 3 hours you read.  Read for 20 hours over the summer to earn a special prize!  Click here to see all of the great programs for our elementary school aged friends.

Read to Earn Club (Grades 6-12)

Mark your reading on your paper log or by recording your minutes online.  Earn a prize for every 5 hours you read and a free video game/movie rental card for every 10 hours you read.  Read for 25 hours this summer and you’ll get a special invitation to our Puzzles, Pizza and Prizes end of summer event!  Click here to see all of our great programs for Teens and Tweens.

Lego Club: May 22 at 4 PM

Come build with us!  Lego bricks provided.  Just bring your imagination.  All ages.  No registration required.

Ruff, Ruff, and Read

Saturday, May 20 at 10 AM

Join us for the last Ruff, Ruff and Read of the school year.  Independent readers ages 5+ are invited to read their favorite stories to a therapy dog.  Pre-registration required.  Register here.

Engineering with K’Nex (8+)

Tuesday, May 16 at 4 PM

Join us for an afternoon of exploration using K’Nex.  Build, play and learn about engineering with your family and friends.  K’Nex provided; just bring your imagination.  All families who attend will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE Family pass to Longwood Gardens.  This program was made possible by the Longwood Gardens Community Read program.  No registration required.