Chess Club All Ages Chess Club is for all ages and abilities. Want to learn how to play? We would love to teach you!

1st and 3rd Saturdays Monthly in the Youth Services Department

(Board with Chess, Checker, and Scrabble pieces available anytime! Want a game to take home? Ask at the desk for details!)

Chess Tournament For All Ages Open to all members of the National Chess Federation. 3R, SWISS, G:45. Boards will be available for non members as well. 1st Saturday at 10:00am

Teen Time Teens ages 13-19

Teen Time is a special time set aside just for teens! You choose the activity. We have video games, crafts, movies, or you can simply hang out and eat yummy snacks!

Every Thursday at 6:00pm-7:30pm in Patti’s Place.

Teen Book Club For Teens ages 12-19

Join us for snacks, great conversa-tion, and book discussion. Stop by the Youth Services Desk for your copy of our latest book.

Fourth Thursday of the Month at 6:00pm in the Teen Area.

January 25th:

The Reader

by Traci Chee

February 22nd:

X

by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon

March 22nd:

Last Seen Leaving

by Caleb Roehrig

April 26th:

Ivory and Bone

By Julie Eshbaugh

May 24th:

This is Where it Ends

by Marieke Nijkamp

4th Thursday, Monthly 6:00pm

Winter

2018

Activities

For Teens

Special Events

Bad Art Afternoon Contest Teens 12-19 Bad art isn’t always a bad thing. We will have a variety of random things available for you to create something wonderfully bad. The pieces will be displayed in the library, and the patrons will vote on the best worst art. Pizza, chips, and pop provided. Winner receives a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card.

Saturday, January 6th 1:00pm-5:00pm Open house style. Meet us in Patti’s Place.

Love Stinks Party Teens ages 12-19

Don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day? No worries, we have something much more fun.

Saturday, February 3rd from 1:00pm-2:00pm in Patti’s Place.

Teen Green Thumbs: Bird Feeders For Teens ages 12-19 Get ready for spring by making your very own natural bird feeder.

Saturday, March 24th from 3:00pm-5:00pm in Patti’s Place.

Silent Library Challenge For teens ages 12-19

Join us for some challenging, mind bending, and potentially gross challenges!

Saturday, April 21st at 1:00pm in Patti’s Place.

Trials of Apollo Book 3 Release Toga Party

Teens ages 12-19 Book three of Rick Riordan’s popular series is releasing on May

1st. Let’s celebrate the release of this new work by having a Greek Gods Toga Party. Saturday, May 12th from 12:00pm-1:00pm in Patti’s Place.

Volunteer Opportunities

Looking for volunteer hours? Need to volunteer for a school project? We have many opportunities here at the library. Please contact Tara in Youth Services for more information or to make an appointment.

Fine Workout Program

Do you have fines on your card and are worried about coming to the

library? Contact Tara in Youth Ser-vices to work your fines off by volun-teering in the Youth Services Depart-ment. For tweens and teens only please. 683-8545 x109

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Ongoing Activities Jr. Garden Club For kids ages 3-12 Hands on learning about gardening at your library. Join us each month for a different topic, and activity.

January 13th: Squirrel Snacks

February 10th: Root Top Gardens

March 10th: Sprouting Seeds

April 14th: Arbor Day

May 12th: Mystery Veggie 2nd Saturday of Every Month at 1:00pm in Youth Services.

Chess Club For all ages Chess Club is for all ages and ability levels. Instruction available. 1st & 3rd Saturday 10:00am

Chess Tournament For all ages Open to all members of the National Chess Federation. 3R, SWISS, G:45. Boards will be available for non mem-bers as well. 1st Saturday at 10:00am

Toddler Dance Party 0-6 years Caregivers and toddlers are welcome to join us for music and dancing. We use dance and music to enhance coordination, gross motor skills, and cognitive stimula-tion.

2nd Saturday of Every Month at 10:30am

GoNoodle Dance Party Ages 0-12

GoNoodle is a popular online exercise site for kids. Many kids who are in school know how to GoNoodle. Join us for a fun, musical fitness event! See you in the Storytime Room. Saturday, January 20th at 11:00am in the Storytime Room.

Make-it-Take-it: Valentine Cards Ages 2-12 We will have all the supplies needed to make a Valentine for the special person in your life. Make it here, and take it home!

Saturday, February 3rd from 11:00am-12:00pm in the Youth Services Department.

Pirate Party For kids ages 0-12 Pirate Storytime, pirate crafts, and pirate games, argh!

Saturday, March 10th from 12:00pm-1:00pm in the Youth Services Department.

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F o r K i d s

Elephant and Piggie Storytime

Ages 0-12.

This is an event celebrating Mo Wil-lems' famous characters, Elephant and Piggie...and maybe The Pigeon!

Saturday, April 7th from 10:30am-11:30am in the Storytime Room.

Royal Tea Party with Princess Cinderella

Ages 0-12

Celebrate the Royal Wedding by coming to the library and having tea and crumpets. We will also show a taping of the wedding. Dress your best! There will also be a special guest and her Prince Charming! Saturday, May 26th from 11:00am-12:00pm.

Storytimes

Squealers For babies birth—18 months Squealers is a 20 minute babytime program that features: a counting fingerplay, song with instruments, board book, and 10 minutes of baby (and caregiver) interactive toy play and ending with bubbles. Wednesdays 9:30am

Squeakers For kids ages 18 months-3 years

Squeakers is a transi-tional storytime for little ones who are in the in-between baby and tod-dler stage. This will be a short storytime with 1 book, a fingerplay, and a song. We will end with bubbles. We will

work on skills like sitting quietly, listening to a story independently, and following directions. Wednesdays at 10:00am

Squigglers For kids ages 18 months-5 Squigglers is 20 minute storytime for toddlers and features: a letter of the day, calendar, color song, 2 short stories, song with instruments and coloring page to take home. Wednesdays 10:30am

Storytime For kids ages 3-5 Storytime is 30 minute program that will feature: the color of the day, two stories, song, hand stamp, craft and a coloring page to take home. Wednesdays 11:00am and 1:30pm and also Thursdays at 10:30am and 1:30pm.

Ongoing Activities Tween Book Club

For kids ages 8-12 Join us for snacks, great conversa-tion, and book discussion. Stop by the Youth Services Desk for your copy of our latest book.

Second Friday of the Month at 4:30pm in the Youth Area.

January 12th:

Chomp

by Carl Hiaasen

February 9th:

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis

March 9th:

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

April 13th:

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker-Bradley

May 11th:

The Summer of the Monkeys

by Wilson Rawls

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F o r K i d s Chips and Chapters For all ages and abilities We read aloud from a chapter book. You just follow along and eat yummy potato chips!

Tuesdays at 6:00pm in the Sto-rytime Room

Pajama Storytime This storytime for the entire family will feature: stories, color of the day, song with instruments, and a craft. Feel free to wear your jammies! 2nd and 4th Tuesday Monthly at 6:30pm in the Storytime Room

Passport Pals For all ages

Join us for a special storytime tour of the world. Each week, we will have books, songs, a craft, and other su-per surprises relating to the special country of the week...and don't forget to stamp your passport!

Tuesdays at 10:30am

Lego Building Challenge For all ages Each week, we will have a different building challenge. Tell us all about your Lego creation, and place it in the Lego Museum for two weeks. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Monthly at 6:30pm

Tween Game Night For ages 8-12 Tweens, come on down and enjoy our video games, board games, and card games. Snack will also be pro-vided. Children under the ages of 10 must have a parent in the building. Every Monday at 6:00pm