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Monarch Butterfly Craft

Monarch butterflies will be migrating soon, and the school aged children will make some butterflies for Marvelous Monday Craft on Monday, October 3, at 4 pm.

We have started a new story time on Tuesday afternoons  at 4:30 called "Family Story Time."

Thrilling Thursday at 4 pm will be ZumbAtomic, which is movement and music with a Latin beat for kids.

 
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Marvelous Monday Fall Craft Celebrates Johnny Appleseed

To celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday,  September 26, 1774, we will be making an apple craft during Marvelous Monday craft time.  School-age kids please join us at 4 pm in the Children's Activity Room. 

New Storytime!

  On Tuesday, 9/ 20, at 4:30 pm in the Children's Activity Room, there will be a new Family Storytime.  Please come and meet our new Head of Children' s Services, Rose Sonnier.

 To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, school age kids, on Monday, 9/19, at 4 pm  will make  an after- school craft of cut paper banners called papel picado.  For Pre-School Craft, 9/22, at 10:30 am and 2:20 pm, we will make maracas to shake with Spanish music..  Dragoneers will  meet at 4 pm, for a craft and snack to celebrate too ! 

 

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September is National Sign-up for a Library Card Month!

Welcome to Rose Sonnier,  who comes to us from the Houston Public Library,  to become  our  new Head of Children's Services!

On Monday, September 12, our Marvelous Monday school-age craft will be making duct tape library card holders. Yes, duct tape, and not just old gray colored tape either.  We'll be making them in the Children's Activity Room at 4 pm.

 

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Dragoneers Return!

Thursday, September 8 at 4:00 pm the Dragoneers return. This is a club for school-age children on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.  At the sign-up time,each child will receive one free book and a free Dragoneers "T" shirt.  Kids be prepared to share something about your favorite books.  On the second Thursdays, there will be activities, crafts or programs and occasionally simple snacks.

Remember!  Pick up tickets at the Children's Reference Desk for the Toddler Time programs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 am.

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