Mr. Bond, the Science Guy

Mr. Bond, the Science guy will visit on Thursday, May 28 at 4:00 pm as a preview of our Summer Reading Program.

Be Creative @ Your Library

Be creative at WCPL this summer! Join library staff to experience all the different ways families can have fun, new experiences through books. Special performers will spark our communities' creative juices with music, magic, and more. Story times and a variety of crafts are planned to keep youth interested in reading this summer. Be sure to include the library in your summer plans to prevent summer reading set-backs by school aged children who can loose up to 3 months of grade-level equivalency during summer break. Sign-ups begin Thursday, June 4.

Schedule of events for June

Toddler Time For parents and their children ages 18 months to 3 years. Caregivers can have fun engaging their toddlers in a variety of activities including stories, songs and more each Monday and Tuesday at 10:00 am, followed by crafts at 10:30 am. Limited seating is available. Admission tickets available prior to each story time in the Children’s Department.

Preschool Story Time For children ages 3 to 5 years. Parents and children can enjoy stories, action rhymes, music, and more to learn about the alphabet, seasons, holidays, reading and other concepts every Wednesday and Thursday at 10:00 am, followed by crafts at 10:30 am.

Pajama Story Time is held on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Children's Department. This monthly family story time, featuring Ms. Kathleen, offers stories, games, audience participation, reading awards, and more. For parents and children of all ages. Have fun getting the kids wound down for bedtime with milk and cookies after the program. Pajama Story Time will meet on Thursday, May 21 at 6:30 pm.

Snuggle Bug Club is a monthly lapsit program that uses music, stories, movement, and more to encourage interactions between caregivers and babies ages 0 to 18 months of age. It is held on the fourth Friday of each month at 10:00 am in the Children's Department. Snuggle Bug Club will meet on Friday, May 22 at 10:00 am.

Building a Home Library

The ALA-Children's Book Council Joint Committee, in cooperation with the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee, has released a set of four bibliographies intended to provide guidance to parents, grandparents, and others interested in assembling a high-quality library for children at home. Bibliographies are are available for children from birth to age 3, ages 4-7, ages 8-11, and ages 12-14.