Library Events

PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of workshops that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based, multi-generation engagement program is created for children ages 5-8 (younger/older siblings are welcomed) and is designed to activate creative and collaborative learning using PBS KIDS media and resources. Each session is divided into four areas: EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered dinner, work together on Health & Wellness themed projects and share with one another.

• Session 1: Nutrition - April 4
• Session 2: Fit and Fun (exercise) - April 11
• Session 3: Healthy Habits - April 18
• Session 4: Safety and Health - April 25

A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration for the April 4 workshop will include all four workshops.  Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.

We are thrilled to be a part of Baldwin Whitehall School District's 3rd Annual Family STEAM night for students in grades K-8 to be held at Harrison Middle School on Thursday, April 4 from 6:30-8:30 pm.  Stop by our table to experience a STEAM-related activity and pick up a new Spring 2019 program flyer! We look forward to seeing you there!

Saturday, April 6 from 10 am - 2 pm 

Join us for a first-hand look at our brand new library! Receive a tour, play in the new children’s area, try out the new furniture, see our teen area, check out books and movies, and relax in our beautiful, modern environment! Activities include:

- Refreshments provided by The Alden
- FREE raffle
- Face painting from 12-2 pm
- Make-and-take crafts from 10 am-2 pm!

Library address: 5230 Wolfe Drive. Pittsburgh, PA 15236

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of workshops that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based, multi-generation engagement program is created for children ages 5-8 (younger/older siblings are welcomed) and is designed to activate creative and collaborative learning using PBS KIDS media and resources. Each session is divided into four areas: EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered dinner, work together on Health & Wellness themed projects and share with one another.

• Session 1: Nutrition - April 4
• Session 2: Fit and Fun (exercise) - April 11
• Session 3: Healthy Habits - April 18
• Session 4: Safety and Health - April 25

A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration for the April 4 workshop will include all four workshops.  Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

In this beginning-to-cook class, young chefs (preschool-grade 2) will develop an appetite for nutritious foods while being introduced to books that reinforce social and academic skills. Experience new foods and new books!  Registration required. 

This month's recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Baked Oatmeal

Please bring to class: small/medium oven safe bowl/dish (at least 12 oz or more), measuring cups, measuring spoons, wooden spoon, small mixing bowl, medium mixing bowl, 

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

Would you like to join a book club that’s casual and fun? What do we read?  Anything!  Fiction and non-fiction alike.  

This month's book is "Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead.

PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of workshops that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based, multi-generation engagement program is created for children ages 5-8 (younger/older siblings are welcomed) and is designed to activate creative and collaborative learning using PBS KIDS media and resources. Each session is divided into four areas: EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered dinner, work together on Health & Wellness themed projects and share with one another.

• Session 1: Nutrition - April 4
• Session 2: Fit and Fun (exercise) - April 11
• Session 3: Healthy Habits - April 18
• Session 4: Safety and Health - April 25

A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration for the April 4 workshop will include all four workshops.  Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

Four Corners? Small Diamond?  Postage stamp?  We’ll play 10 games for small prizes, with refreshments as well.  Bring some friends! No registration required. 

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

PBS KIDS Family Creative Learning is a series of workshops that focus on learning through creative play and exploration! The STEM based, multi-generation engagement program is designed for children ages 5-8 (younger/older siblings are welcomed) and are designed to activate creative and collaborative learning using PBS KIDS media and resources. Each session is divided into four areas: EAT, EXPLORE, MAKE and SHARE! Families will enjoy a delicious catered dinner, work together on Health & Wellness themed projects and share with one another.

• Session 1: Nutrition - April 4
• Session 2: Fit and Fun (exercise) - April 11
• Session 3: Healthy Habits - April 18
• Session 4: Safety and Health - April 25

A facilitator from WQED will be available to instruct and support families as they work together. This is a grant-funded program sponsored by The Jefferson Regional Foundation. Registration for the April 4 workshop will include all four workshops.  Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

Jill Shook, MS, CCC-SLP is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and mom who loves helping parents and caregivers learn more about their child's language development! She has provided fun, evidence-based speech-language therapy services since 2011, and has extensive experience in literacy-based interventions for many speech and language disorders, including articulation disorders, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, fluency (stuttering) disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, intellectual disabilities, aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury, and speech and language delays. Registration required.

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

Attention teens! Think ahead to summer! Take advantage of a great opportunity to volunteer at the library during the summer of 2019! Whether you will be a new or returning teen volunteer (entering grades 6-12), please be sure to attend both the information meeting AND the summer teen volunteer training.  Registration is required separately for both meetings.

Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm: May 1 (information meeting: teen with a parent/guardian) AND May 29 (training: teens only (pizza provided)

THIS EVENT LISTING IS FOR THE MAY 1 MEETING ONLY!!

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

One Book, Every Young Child is a Pennsylvania initiative that promotes the importance of early literacy development for children ages 12 months to age five. A book is selected annually by a committee of early childhood educators, librarians and museum educators. The selected book encourages children’s imaginations and love of reading. The 2019 One Book selections are Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming and Not a Box by Antoinette Portis.  Join us for a fun family night exploring these books and participating in related hands-on STEM activities.  Please bring a shoe box or small box to the program for each child attending. Registration required. 

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

In this beginning-to-cook class, young chefs (preschool-grade 2) will develop an appetite for nutritious foods while being introduced to books that reinforce social and academic skills. Experience new foods and new books!  Registration required. 

This month's recipe: Gluten-Free Biscuits

Please bring to class: baking/cookie sheet, medium sized mixing bowl, measuring cups, measuring spoons, wooden spoon

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

Would you like to join a book club that’s casual and fun? What do we read?  Anything!  Fiction and non-fiction alike.  

This month's book is "What is the What" by Dave Eggers.

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

This storytime, for babies birth-24 months, will include books, songs, musical instruments, scarves, parachutes and bubbles along with baby playtime/socialization following storytime! Meet new caregivers or meet up with old friends while starting your baby on the rewarding road to reading! No registration required.

To receive text updates, text @bouncingba to 81010

Attention teens! Think ahead to summer! Take advantage of a great opportunity to volunteer at the library during the summer of 2019! Whether you will be a new or returning teen volunteer (entering grades 6-12), please be sure to attend both the information meeting AND the summer teen volunteer training.  Registration is required separately for both meetings.

Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm: May 1 (information meeting: teen with a parent/guardian) AND May 29 (training: teens only (pizza provided)

THIS EVENT LISTING IS FOR THE MAY 29 TRAINING ONLY!!

A storytime specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old with a caregiver. We will read great stories, sing songs, and have plenty of music, movement, and fun that encourages your toddler’s language and development skills! Caregivers are encouraged to actively engage in activities with their child! 

To receive text updates, text @talesfor to 81010

Join our preschool program where children ages 3-5 can explore stories through songs, retellings, STEM activities and a craft.  Grow your preschooler's love for reading and learning!  No registration required. 

To receive text updates, text @prekexplor to 81010.

Our 5th Annual Touch-a-Truck is here! A Touch-a Truck event invites local public works departments, organizations and community truck owners to set up their vehicles and let kids get behind the wheel, honk the horns, take pictures and meet the men and women who operate the trucks every day. We will also have hands on activities for kids. FREE earplugs! FREE bike safety helmets from Baldwin Kiwanis! Great family fun!

Tickets can be purchased online beginning May 1! Tickets can also be purchased the day of the event. We do not have a limit on tickets sales, so don't worry, we won't sell out! All monies raised from this event will directly benefit the Baldwin Borough Public Library and be used for its general operations, programs and services.

We are kicking off our 2019 summer reading in a magical way! Don't miss magician Al Mazing and his family-friendly "Take Me to Your Readers" interactive magic show! All children can register for the 2019 summer reading program that evening, receive their packets and a small sign-up prize! Registration required beginning May 1.