Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience music, rhymes, songs and stories that help babies learn sounds, language, and focus. Discover the magic that happens when babies meet books! For Moms, Dads, Grandparents, caregivers and their babies.
Program length: 30 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: Birth -18 months.
 

We’re bringing a maker space to The Library for our preschool aged friends! Our mini makers will use both high and low tech objects to learn, invent, create, and discover. Watch their imaginations soar at this exciting program. Program Length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: 4-6

Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories help toddlers to develop a love of reading. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: 19-35 months.
 

Engage your child in play that helps strengthen motor skills, social skills, and encourages early literacy. During each session a different community resource professional will be available to answer parenting questions. Children get a chance to play together and parents get a chance to share experiences and concerns. *This project has been (partially) funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Program length: 75 minutes. Registration Limit: 15. Ages: 1-3 years.

Travel around the globe and explore different cultures through music, stories, and games. Learn about people and places all over the world, no passport required! Program Length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: 4-6

Songs, instruments, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 18. Ages: 3-5 years.
 

Why did pirates wear eye patches? Can something be both a liquid and a solid at the same time? Uncover the truths behind some myths with science experiments and fun! Program length: 45 minutes. Registration Limit: 15. Ages: 8-12 years.

Hang out with friends and enjoy video games and snacks. Each week we’ll play a different game and vote on the game we’ll play the following week. The Library will provide the systems, games, controllers, and snacks. All you have to do is show up ready to play. Program length: 60 minutes. No registration required. Ages: 12-17.

Join us as we transform the library into a drive-in movie theater! Build and decorate a “car” as a family, then kids can relax in their new ride while watching a short movie. We’ll provide the supplies, but feel free to bring a blanket or stuffed animal to make your car more comfortable…beep beep!

Program length: 60 minutes. Registration limit: 12 families. For families with children of all ages, but only children 3 to 10 will be provided with a car to decorate.

Join The Library for a couple of hours of social coloring. Coloring has been shown to be beneficial for adults, generating wellness and quietness. It stimulates areas of the brain related to morot skills, the senses and creativity. Coloring sheets and colored pencils will be provided. Feel freee to bring your favorite coloring tools and a snack. No registration is required.

Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience music, rhymes, songs and stories that help babies learn sounds, language, and focus. Discover the magic that happens when babies meet books! For Moms, Dads, Grandparents, caregivers and their babies.
Program length: 30 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: Birth -18 months.

Songs, instruments, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 18. Ages: 3-5 years.
 

Songs, instruments, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 18. Ages: 3-5 years.

Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience music, rhymes, songs and stories that help babies learn sounds, language, and focus. Discover the magic that happens when babies meet books! For Moms, Dads, Grandparents, caregivers and their babies.
Program length: 30 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: Birth -18 months.

Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories help toddlers to develop a love of reading. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: 19-35 months.
 

Songs, instruments, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 18. Ages: 3-5 years.
 

Songs, instruments, rhymes, and stories help your child develop a love of reading and build early learning skills that will help your child succeed. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 18. Ages: 3-5 years.

This is a special event for all Friends members. Nominations for officers and board members-at-large will be presented. Floor nominations accepted. We vote. Current treasury report is provided. Our Diane Shaffer, Reference Assistant at ESAL, will be our special guest speaker and discuss her life as playwright and actress… And light refreshments will be provided.  Who could ask for more?!

If you are not a current member of the Friends, come early and register your membership with us!

Build with LEGOs and explore sculpture, architecture, and concepts of geometry. Kids will construct and then share a story about their creation. Program length: 45 minutes. Registration Limit: 12. Ages: 6-11 years.

Mine with us at The Library! Compete in challenges and build new worlds.
Some experience encouraged.

Bring your own laptop: We provide the server; you provide the Minecraft account. A link will be e-mailed to you, and the current cost is about $30.00. Limited to 20 kids with their own laptops.

Please call 717-652-9380 x 144 with any questions.
Program length: 60 minutes. Registration limit: 20 total. Ages: 8 to 12 years.

Mine with us at The Library! Compete in challenges and build new worlds.

Borrow one of our laptops: We provide the laptops, server, and game. Limited to 10 kids with a Library laptop.

Please call 717-652-9380 x 144 with any questions.
Program length: 60 minutes. Registration limit: 10 total. Ages: 8 to 12 years.

Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience music, rhymes, songs and stories that help babies learn sounds, language, and focus. Discover the magic that happens when babies meet books! For Moms, Dads, Grandparents, caregivers and their babies.
Program length: 30 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: Birth -18 months.
 

Baby, you are Born to Read! Experience music, rhymes, songs and stories that help babies learn sounds, language, and focus. Discover the magic that happens when babies meet books! For Moms, Dads, Grandparents, caregivers and their babies.
Program length: 30 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: Birth -18 months.

Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories help toddlers to develop a love of reading. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home.
Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: 19-35 months.
 

Give your toddler a foundation for early learning and reading skills. Songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories help toddlers to develop a love of reading. Adults learn tips and tricks to continue teaching at home. Program length: 45 minutes. Registration limit: 12. Ages: 19-35 months.