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GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD!

CHECK OUT AND CHILL OUT - FREE SNOW CONESAugust 14 | 1:30-3:30

Check out a book at the library between 1:30 and 3:30, and show your

receipt and library card to get a FREE snow cone! Thanks to Schnee Cones

and Manhattan Library Association for sponsoring this back-to-school

event.

FINE FORGIVENESS DAYSeptember 27 | All Day

Do you have some long overdue books you’ve been worried to bring in?

Or perhaps old fines that have kept you away from the library? We miss you and want you back! We have two great options for getting your current library account back in good standing for you to use again.

Overdue Amnesty – Bring back your overdue library materials on

September 27 and the library will forgive your overdue fines on those items. Check our FAQ page to find out what charges are eligible.

Read Down Your Fines – Spend 10 minutes reading in the library on

the 27th, and whittle off $1 of overdue fines. You can read up to 100 min-

utes to take $10 off of your account balance. Pick up your reading form on

September 27 from the Reference Desk (2nd Floor) or the Children’s Desk.

We are celebrating library cards with some special events, including free snow cones and fine forgiveness!

A Manhattan Public Library card is free to people residing in our 12-county

service area: Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, Morris,

Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, and Washington.

With a card, you have access to our digital resources 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as well as our physical collection of books and media to check out.

Register for a free library card online, then bring your photo I.D. and proof

of address to the library’s check out desk. Parents and legal guardians can

get library cards for their children (ages 0-17) with this same process.

STORYTIMES

SESSION DATESAugust 19 - September 28October 14 - November 22

Tami Borck Storytime Room

BABY RHYME TIMEAges 0 - 18 months with an adult caregiverMonday | 11 AMThursday | 9:30 AM

Sing action rhymes and silly songs,

read short books together, and enjoy

fun music. Learn two new baby

sign language words each week.

Caregivers participate with children.

1’s & 2’s STORYTIMEAges 12 - 36 months with an adult caregiverMonday | 9:30 AMTuesday | 9:30 AMWednesday | 11 AMThursday | 11 AM

Bring your toddler for an active

storytime with stories, action

rhymes, and music to get toddlers

moving and learning. Caregivers

participate with children. Parents

will learn a new early literacy tip

each week.

3’s & 4’s STORYTIMEAges 3+ years Tuesday | 11 AMFriday | 10 AM

This is a lively session with engaging

stories, rhymes, and silly songs.

Early literacy skills are developed

by incorporating letter awareness,

vocabulary building, and more.

Every session features musical

activities with a parachute or

shakers.

FAMILY FUN STORYTIMEFamilies are encouraged to attend togetherSaturday | 11 AM

Sing, dance, and enjoy great

stories with a librarian on Saturday

morning. These interactive

storytimes are super charged to

develop early literacy. An adult

caregiver must attend with children

ages 2 or younger.

ZOOFARI TAILS STORYTIMESAges 3+ yearsOne Friday per month | 10 AM in the auditorium8/23*, 9/27, 10/25, 11/22, 12/13(*8/23 at Sunset Zoo)

Each month, children can hear animal stories presented by Sunset Zoo

staff. Children can also explore interesting animal artifacts from the zoo

such as furs, feathers, and skulls! Zoofari Tails will take the place of 3’s &

4’s storytime on these dates.

EVENTS FOR KIDS

CRAFTERNOONK - 6th gradeAugust 1 | 2 - 3:30 PM

Create some handcrafted items to

take home or give to friends.

KIDS’ MOVIESAugust 2 | 2 PMOctober 14 | 2 PMNovember 27 | 10 AM

SCHOOL SPIRIT NIGHT During September

Mascot crafts, a scavenger hunt,

and library card sign up! Look for

the date to celebrate your school at

the library.

PRE-K DANCE PARTYOctober 4 | 10 - 10:30 AMOctober 5 | 11 - 11:30 AM

October 31 | 11 - 11:30 AM*

Does your toddler or preschooler

love to dance? Children can dance

to exciting music and listen to some

wonderful stories. *October 31 will

be a Monster Mash Dance Party.

BABY & TODDLER PLAYDATEOctober 7 | 10 - 11:30 AMDecember 2 | 10 - 11:30 AMDecember 9 | 10 - 11:30 AM

Babies and toddlers can play with

puzzles, blocks, and age-appropriate

toys at this unstructured playtime

for kids and their caregivers.

SPECIAL EVENTS

LIBRARY GRAND PRIXK - 6th grade October 18 | 2 - 3 PM

Race, build, drive, eat, and talk about

cars. Learn about physics, robotics,

graphs, and recycling. Bring your

own Hotwheels car to race!

TRUNK-OR-TREATOctober 27 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Join Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority

for a book-themed trunk-or-treating

experience in the library parking lot.

Please note: The library will not be

open during the event.

PRE-K YOGA STORYTIMEDecember 4, 11 & 18 | 11 AM

30 minutes of stretching, breathing,

yoga poses and some fun stories.

Suggested for ages 3-5; parents and

caregivers are welcome to partcipate.

WINTER STORYLANDDecember 16 | 11 AM

Brighten up your winter with snowy

stories featuring puppets, an indoor

snowball toss, parachute games, and

a snowflake craft! Suggested for ages 2 and up.

FAMILY FREE PLAYDecember 27 | 2 - 4 PM

Try out some of our interesting

board games and card games. Create

imaginative masterpieces from our

leftover craft supplies from the year.

All events will be held in the Tami Borck Storytime Room.

MONDAY MOVIES FOR TEENSMondays | 3 - 5 PMTeen Zone Room

Movies and snacks after school in the Teen Zone. Teens in the room at 3 PM

will get to vote to choose the movie from a couple options each week. Movies

will be rated PG or PG-13. Starting August 22 through December 16.

ESCAPE LIBRARY2nd Wednesdays | 4 - 5 PMStart in Teen Zone Room

Using teamwork, you have 60 minutes to “escape” the library. The room

theme is a surprise and will include puzzles, codes and a prize at the end.

Two rooms of the same design run concurrently and the two rooms compete

to solve the puzzle first. Each team consists of a maximum of 8 teens. Registration is required. Register online or at the Reference Desk or Teen

Zone Desk. Starting in September.

STRATEGY BOARD GAME NIGHT2nd & 4th Fridays | 4:30 - 7:30 PMAuditorium

We will put out our collection of strategy tabletop games, including options like, Ticket to Ride and Ex Libris. Come and go, for ages 10 and up. Starting

August 23 through December 13.

TEEN LIBRARY BOARDSeptember 5 | 5:30 - 6:30 PMFriends’ Room

Do you want to have a say about what’s going on at the library? Join our

Teen Library Board! No signup is necessary. Just show up and join the

conversation! We’ll discuss future programs, Teen Zone resources and more. Dinner is provided.

TEENS AFTER HOURSOctober 19 | 5:30 - 8:30 PMAuditorium

We’re opening the library on Saturday night just for teens in 7th - 12th grade. Play games, compete for prizes, or just hang out. All free! Dinner will be

served at 5:30 PM. Teens must be signed in by a guardian and picked up in

the library atrium at 8 PM. Registration and signed parent permission form required.

EVENTS FOR TEENS

SECOND SUNDAY MUSIC9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8 | 1:30 - 2 PMJoin us in the auditorium for the sounds of music the second Sunday of each

month, from September through December. Each session will feature a different

style of music performed by a local music group.

A THOUSAND COLORS FOR MY TOWNOctober 10 | 7 - 8 PMAuditoriumFeaturing guest speaker Edwin Rodríguez, founder and director of the

Colombian peace and reconciliation foundation A Thousand Colors for my

Town. His presentation will focus on the symbolic language of art as a tool

to build up communities devastated by generations of political violence. He

will show how miniature houses made by perpetrators of violence have been

creatively transformed into symbols of healing by individuals who envision a

peaceful country where different ideologies can coexist.

YACK & YARN EARLY BIRDSEvery Monday | 1:30 - 3:30 PMGroesbeck Meeting Room*Will not meet on September 2.

YACK & YARN NIGHT OWLSEvery Tuesday | 6 - 8 PMGroesbeck Meeting Room*Will not meet on December 24 & 31.Bring your knitting, crocheting, or other crafting project to the library and relax

with other crafters. This program is open to all fiber crafters regardless of their skill level. Some supplies will be on hand, but please bring your own projects to

work on.

EVENTS FOR ADULTS

KANSAS HUMANITIES BOOK TALKS

September 26 | 2 - 4 PM

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

EVENTS FOR ADULTS

Our Humanities Kansas “Talk About Literature in Kansas” book discussion

series theme for fall 2019 is “Faiths in Fiction: World Faiths.” In this series, readers will encounter characters whose lives are shaped by faith – both in

the formal sense of an inherited religious tradition, and in their personal

struggles with questions of doubt and belief, fate and free will, forgiveness

and redemption.

Book discussions take place in the Groesbeck Meeting Room. Books will

be available for check out at the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor. This

program is sponsored by Manhattan Library Association and Humanities

Kansas.

TALK20MHK

September 26 | 7 - 8:30 PM

Auditorium

This is a night of quick-format

presentations by people in the Manhattan

community. Speakers will talk for seven

minutes each, using 20 PowerPoint slides.

Get updates or submit a topic to present at

www.talk20mhk.org.

October 24 | 2 - 4 PM

Nectar in a Sieve

by Kamala Markandaya

December 5 | 2 - 4 PM

The Romance Reader

by Pearl Abraham

ONLINE RESOURCESAugust 21 | 2 - 4 PMDouglass Community Center Annex, King Room

Learn more about the library’s digital resources, like Mango Languages,

Lynda.com, and Hoopla.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

DROP-IN TECH TRAINING AT THE SENIOR CENTER9/9, 10/7, 11/4, & 12/2 | 2 - 4 PMRiley County Seniors’ Service Center

Come get one-on-one help with your technology questions and

conundrums. Registration is not required but feel free to do so if you know

you will be stopping by.

GENEALOGY BASICS: HERITAGE QUESTSeptember 10 | 2 - 4 PMCollaboration Space & Classroom in the LibrarySeptember 18 | 2 - 4 PMDouglass Community Center Annex, King Room

Come learn the basics of Heritage Quest, our online genealogy resource

that you can use from home.


GENEALOGY BASICS: ANCESTRY.COMSeptember 24 | 2 - 4 PMCollaboration Space & Classroom

Take your genealogy research a step farther and learn the basics of

Ancestry.com, which can be accessed for free at the library.


CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

TECHNOLOGY

Sign up to learn more about specific technology topics, or contact the library to set up one-on-one appointments with a trainer.

www.mhklibrary.org/events

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Become a Friend of the Library!

The Manhattan Library Association (MLA)

is the official name for the Friends of the Library. MLA raises money to support

library programs and purchases through

used book sales and membership dues.

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