Come by the library for sensory story time where we will read interactive stories, sing and dance, and engage in some messy sensory play! Geared for ages 2 and up, but all are welcome.  If you or your child have any special accommodations needed to participate, please email Erin at ecunningham@skpl.org. Registration is required.

Join us for songs, stories, parachute play, scarves & shakers followed by free play fun. Geared for ages birth to 3, but all are welcome. No registration. 

Join us for a fun filled story hour at Robert Beverly Hale Library! We will read books, sing songs, and then have some time to play and get creative with our story time friends. This program is geared for ages 2 to 4 years old, but all are welcome.  No registration is required.  Some of the play and crafts can be messy so please plan accordingly.

Stories & Play 
Wednesdays, September 7-December 21, 10:30 AM
Peace Dale Library

Children ages 2 & 3 along with their caregivers are invited to join us for stories and songs followed by free play! Some crafts may be messy.

No registration needed. There will be no storytime held on November 23.

Book Explorers
Wednesdays, September 28, October 26, and November 30, 4:00 PM
Peace Dale Library
Grades K-3

Kids in grades K-3 are invited to join us for Book Exlporers!. Enjoy a read aloud along with related crafts and activities. This month: Dinosaurs! Some crafts may be messy.

No registration needed.

PART I: The Franco-Prussian War

Join us as Dr. Stanley Carpenter visits to kick of his four-part lecture series about the rise and fall of various empires throughout history. Part I addresses the Franco-Prussian War.

This lecture addresses the rise of Imperial Germany as a result of three short conflicts – the Prusso-Danish War (1864), the Austro-Prussian War (1866), and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, known as “The Iron Chancellor,” the architect of German unification and the new German Empire, is highlighted as well as the Prussian General Staff system that made the Prussian Army the most effective in the world. The rise of an Imperial German Navy at the turn of the century and the resultant Anglo-German naval rivalry, a key cause of World War I, is also addressed.

Dr. STANLEY D.M. CARPENTER is Emeritus Professor of Strategy and Policy at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He retired in 2020 after 22 years and served as Strategy and Policy Department Head, where he taught and administered the Strategy and War nonresident programs and served as the Naval War College Command Historian.

To register, please email Britta at bobertello@skpl.org or call 783-8254 ext. 4303.

All month long in the Robert Beverly Hale Children's Room we will have Take and Make kits to make your very own egg carton penguins! No registration required.  Stop by to take the supplies to make your cold-weather loving friend! 

Take-and-Make Snowflake Craft
Peace Dale Library
December 1-10 or While Supplies Last

Stop by the Peace Dale Library Children's Room for a take and make craft! Available while supplies last.

Preschool Storytime
Thursdays, September 1-December 22, 10:30 AM
Peace Dale Library

Children ages 3.5-6 and their caregivers are invited to join us for stories, songs, free play, and art! Some activities may be messy.

No registration needed.