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On Your Mark,
Get
Set … Read!
Summer Reading
Program featured
stories, games, crafts
and summer fun!
Our Sports Fan Outlet store
will be open during library
hours from Aug. 22 through 26.
Everyone who participated in
the Summer Reading Program
is invited to redeem their
points for a fun gift!

Fall session:
9 weeks, Sept. 12 through Nov. 11
(Sign-ups begin Aug. 8 for residents and Aug. 15 for non-residents)

Book Babies
Ages: Birth to 12 months with an adult
Tuesdays, 10 to 10:20 a.m.

Mother Goose Storytime
Ages: 12 to 24 months with an adult
Tuesdays, 11 to 11:20 a.m.
Ages: 2 to 3½ with an adult
Mondays, 11 to 11:30 a.m. OR
Wednesdays, 10 to 10:30 a.m.

Preschool Storytime
Ages: 3½ to 5
Tuesdays, 1 to 1:45 p.m. OR
Wednesdays, 11 to 11:45 a.m.

Kindergarten Storytime: Tales
from the Vegetable Garden
Ages: Kindergartners and 5-year-olds
Thursdays, 10 to 11 a.m. OR
1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

Bodies in Motion
Ages: 2 to 5 with an adult
Fridays, 11 to 11:30 a.m. OR
1 to 1:30 p.m.

Ages: 2 ½ to 5 with an adult
Mondays, 10 to 10:30 a.m. OR
1 to 1:30 p.m.

Science for Tots

Ages: 2 and up with a parent
(siblings welcomed)
Limit: 25
Oct.: Edible Fake Blood
Thursdays, Oct. 13, 20 & 27 from
6 to 6:20 p.m.

Nov.: Blast Into Space
Thursdays, Nov. 3, 10 & 17 from
6 to 6:20 p.m.

Magic School Bus Science
Explorer

Ages: Preschool and up with a parent
(siblings welcomed)
Mondays, Sept. 12, 26, Oct. 17, 24,
Nov. 7, 21, 6 to 6:30 p.m.

Paws for Reading

Ages: Preschool and up
Saturdays, Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12,
10 to 11 a.m.
Visit with a registered therapy dog
at the library to gain self-confidence
and fluency by reading to these
attentive animals. Sign up for your
20-minute slot.

Programs for Children
Entering Grades 1 and Up
Legos Builders Club
Ages: Grades 2 and up
Fourth Tuesday of the month, 6 to 7 p.m.
Join fellow Lego enthusiasts to create what is only
limited only by your imagination. Lego pieces will be
provided or feel free to bring your own. The library
will gratefully accept Lego donations for our club,
and we’re always looking for some adult sets too.

Magic Tree House Book Club
Ages: Grades 2 through 4
Saturdays, 10 to 10:45 a.m.
Aug. 6: Night of the New Magicians;
Sept. 3: Dragon of the Red Dawn;
Oct. 1: Monday with a Mad Genius
Imagine you had a magical tree house that could
take you to another time and place! You can travel
with Jack and Annie in their magic tree house when
you read a great Magic Tree House book by Mary
Pope Osborne. Join us for a discussion and activities
based on these great books!

Girls’ Book Group …Newbery Medal
Winning Books!

Ages: Girls in Grades 3 and up
Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. to Noon
Aug. 13: Pool Panic (Jake Maddox Girl Sports Stories)
by Jake Maddox;
Sept. 10: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary;
Oct. 8: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Enjoy reading together and sharing in this
special girls’ only book club! Snacks provided.

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Toddler Tales

Tiny Tunes Music

Ages: Tweens entering grades 3 through 7
Monday, Aug. 15, 2 to 3 p.m. at the Parks & Recreation
Center
Attention Tween Athletes or just tweens who are
ready for some fun! The Peters Township Public Library
in partnership with the Peters Township Rec Center will
be hosting a Tween Olympics! Join us fo r silly minuteto-win-it challenges for this fun “Mock Olympic Games.”
Please sign up at the Youth Services Desk. This is a
FREE program. Ms. Shannon’s regularly scheduled
4th through 6th grade “Super Athlete Training
Camp” will not meet at the library this week – please
join us at the Rec Center for this event instead!

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For Babies Through Kindergarten…

Tween
Olympics

P E TE RS TOWN SHI P P U B L I C L I B R ARY N E WS

Please register at the Youth Services Desk unless otherwise noted.

Peters Township

Children’s Programs