TODDLER STORY TIME

For 2 year-olds

• Tuesdays beginning April 17  through May 22

    10 to 10:30 a.m.

• Wednesdays beginning April 18  through May 23

    10 to 10:30 a.m.

• Thursdays beginning April 19  through May 24

    10 to 10:30 a.m.

Join us for picture books, finger plays and playtime. 

Children must be two years of age by
April 17, 2007.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

For 3 to 5 year-olds

• Tuesdays beginning April 17  through May 22

    4 to 4:30 p.m.

• Thursdays beginning April 19  through May 24

    4 to 4:30 p.m.

• Join us for picture books and reading fun. 

Children must be three years of age by
April 17, 2007.

National Library Week April 15 - 21, 2007 

"Come Together” @ your library"

National Library Week is a time to celebrate libraries.

Come to the Children’s Room and find

• books
• magazines
• DVD’s
• CD’s
• computer games and
• internet access.

See our bookmark contest entries and winners displayed
as you stop by to pick up some word games.

Book Discussions  

“My Grown-up and Me” for Grades K – 2

Wednesday, May 2, 6 p.m.

Adventures of Benny and Watch: Meet the Boxcar Children

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

This Boxcar Children Early Reader introduces your reader to this beloved series.
 
Registration and book pickup for District Residents is

Thursday, April 12 at 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Parenting Workshop with Carole Aksak
Social and Cyber Bullying in School-aged Girls and Boys

• Thursday, April 19, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Ms. Aksak gives participants tools, tactics and language to address social bullying and cyber-bullying in an interactive presentation about this nation-wide epidemic.

She is the Critical Issues Coordinator for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County and has led workshops for more than 500 adults and students on relational aggression for all genders.

This program is sponsored by the HWPL Parent Advisory Committee

District residents may register beginning
Thursday, April 5 at 10 a.m. and  7 p.m

Origami Workshop  

• Monday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.

Grades 3 to 5

Origami specialist MaryAnn Scheblein-Dawson returns to our library with another fun workshop.  You will learn the history of origami while creating colorful objects folded from a single sheet of paper.

STORYCRAFT

• Monday, May 21, 6 p.m.

Join us at our craft table for a great story and a cool craft.

District residents may register beginning Tuesday, May 1 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.  Registration is limited.

Will Shaw, Comic Juggler

• Wednesday, June 20, 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Ages 4 and older

Enjoy the fun with Will Shaw’s dazzling program of juggling, clowning, balance tricks, boomerangs and more.  He is affiliated with New York’s Big Apple Circus and has been an instructor for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown College.
 
District Residents and Friends of the Library may pick up tickets beginning Thursday, June 7 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The Friends of the Library are proud to co-sponsor this program.

Whose Anniversary Is It?:  Get a Clue

2007 Summer Reading Club

Ages 4 (Pre-readers welcome) through 6th grade are invited to join.

Discover the riches found in books.  Join our Whose Anniversary Is It?:  Get a Clue 2007 Summer Reading Club.  This is a special year for our library and we need your help in celebrating.  Visit us for weekly contests, reading fun and prizes.

District Residents may join beginning Wednesday, June 20.

Summer Reading Club begins on Thursday, June 21.