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SummerREAD 2024
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Baby Storytime

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Join us for Baby Storytime at the library. We will sing, rhyme, read, and have fun with scarves and bells! This program is suggested for children up to 36 months of age with a caregiver. Older siblings are welcome, too.

Mini Meet-Up

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Drop in and play with a selection of the library's toys. Explore new games, toys, and activities that are educational and fun while meeting other families. This program is for children with their caregivers.

Adaptive Storytime

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Join us for Adaptive Storytime at the library, a program that nurtures the early literacy skills of children who have difficulty engaging during traditional storytimes or have neurodiverse symptoms. Adaptive Storytime can be individualized to meet a childs needs with flexible pacing, more interactive opportunities, and sensory play. Content is geared toward ages 3 - 7 years, but all ages are welcome, accompanied by a caregiver. Siblings are welcome, too.

Storytime at Arlington

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Join us for Storytime at the Arlington Branch. We will sing, rhyme, read, and craft together. Your child will have so much fun they might not even realize they are learning important skills for future reading!

Thrills & Chills Book Discussion

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This month's book is The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. Copies are available at the Reference Desk. eBook copies are available on Libby and audiobook copies are on Libby and Hoopla. Thrills & Chills is a mystery, thriller, and true crime book club. We meet every third Wednesday of the month. Stay up-to-date by joining our Thrills & Chills Facebook group.

Storytime

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Join us for Storytime at the library. We will sing, rhyme, read, and craft together. Your child will have so much fun they might not even realize they are learning important skills for future reading! This program is for children and their caregivers.

50 North Book Discussion

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Read The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani and join us at 50 North 339 E Melrose Avenue for a discussion. Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her careera breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again.

Virtual Author Talks: Joy Harjo

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United States Poet Laureate and winner of the 2022 Academy of American Poets Leadership Award, Joy Harjo, joins us for a chat about her most recent memoir, Catching the Light and to discuss her rewarding lifetime as a writer and poet.

Friends of the Library General Meeting

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Friends of the Library General Meeting