Cricket Craft
March Family Take & Make
Beginning March 1*
Hop into spring with this adorable cricket creation! Work together with your family to craft this cheery, bright green cricket figure.
* While supplies last
Rhyme Time
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Through May 29*
Perfect for up to 36 months, but fun for everyone!
Lots of rhymes, a sprinkling of songs, and one or two shared board books round out this library program that is perfect for little ones who need to get those wiggles out. Stay to play! After the rhymes, stay for some unstructured play time with other kiddos.
*No Rhyme Time April 24
Preschool Storytime
Thursdays at 10:30 AM
Through May 30
Perfect for 3-5 year olds, but fun for everyone!
Join Mrs. Tricia for a classic library storytime--books, songs, bubbles, and more! Come for early literacy skills, social connections, and fun! We will have process-based art activities after each week’s stories and songs.
Beginning Watercolor: Lillies! - with Dr. Caroline
Friday, March 15: 2:00 - 3:00 PM OR
Saturday, March 16: 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Best for ages 8 - 16. Parents/grandparents/caregivers are also welcome to attend and create.
Registration is required - Register here for March 15 session
Registration is required - Register here for March 16 session
Watercolors have been popular for centuries because of qualities such as transparency of color and spontaneity. Water moves the colors, changes the values and creates luminosity that is not found in other mediums. During this session, you will learn some fundamentals and create a beautiful botanical watercolor (lilies)! It will begin with splatters which will create a loosening and lead to creativity and spontaneity. All materials included.
Lego Club
Thursday, March 21 | 1:30 - 2:30 OR 3:30 - 4:30 PM
All ages are welcome!
Registration is required - Register here for the Homeschool Session: 1:30 - 2:30 slot
Registration is required - Register here for the Afterschool Session: 3:30 - 4:30 slot
Do you love LEGO?! Come to OWL on the third Thursday of each month for LEGO Club! We will have a theme or prompt to direct your build. 2 sessions are available. Registration is appreciated.
Now & Then: Family Book Club
Friday, March 22: 1:30 - 2:30 PM OR
Tuesday, March 26: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
All ages are welcome!
Registration is required - Register here for March 22 session
Registration is required - Register here for March 26 session
Join us for this all new book club created for caregivers and their children to participate in together! Over the course of each month read a new-ish book with a classic feel, then–if you have the time and inclination–read the classic book that influenced and/or inspired it. We will meet to discuss the books at the end of the month while enjoying tea and cookies. Books are available for pickup at the beginning of each month.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown / The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes
Can a robot survive in the wilderness?
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants.
As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home - until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.
OWL Virtual: Masterpiece Mayhem
Videos Available through March!
Join us for our second year of OWL Virtual: Masterpiece Mayhem! We know that winter can be a tricky time to get to a Library program–the adverse weather, early darkness, and how it seems at least one family member is always fighting a cold...we get it! That’s why every Tuesday in February Mrs. Tricia will upload a video where she shares a picture book biography of a famous artist and then crafts a project in that artist’s signature style! Each video will be available for one month after it is posted.
Stop by OWL to pick up each week's craft materials.
Week 1 (posted on 2/6): Sandy’s Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder by Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Boris Kulikov
Click here to watch the video!
Week 2 (posted on 2/13): Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales - Click here to watch the video!
Week 3 (posted on 2/20): The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Click here to watch the video!
Week 4 (posted on 2/27): Cezanne’s Parrot by Amy Guglielmo and illustrated by Brett Helquist Click here to watch the video!
If you post any pictures or videos of your family creating-along with Mrs. Tricia, be sure to tag OWL!
OWL Marvelous Makers: Drop-in Craft Corner
Saturdays - Beginning in April
With new materials added every Saturday families will have the opportunity to explore new ways to create art using media like armature wire, pastels, and paint sticks alongside the always available crayons, markers, construction paper, scissors, and glue.
Each week we will provide a prompt for inspiration but Marvelous Makers are encouraged to follow their imagination wherever it may take them! You can bring your art home or we will display it right here in the Children’s Room.
Lego Club
Thursday, April 18 from 1:30 - 2:30 PM
All ages are welcome! Drop-ins are welcome!
Do you love LEGO?! Come to OWL on the third Thursday of each month for LEGO Club! We will have a theme or prompt to direct your build. This month we will have a single afternoon session during school vacation week. Drop-ins welcome!
Now & Then: Family Book Club
Friday, April 26: 1:30 - 2:30 PM OR
Tuesday, April 30: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
All ages are welcome!
Registration is required - Register here for April 26 session
Registration is required - Register here for April 30 session
Join us for this all new book club created for caregivers and their children to participate in together! Over the course of each month read a new-ish book with a classic feel, then–if you have the time and inclination–read the classic book that influenced and/or inspired it. We will meet to discuss the books at the end of the month while enjoying tea and cookies. Books are available for pickup at the beginning of each month.
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
It’s five days before Christmas and the Vanderbeeker children — Isa, Jessie, Oliver, Hyacinth, and Laney — should be dreaming about sugar plums and presents. But when Mr. Beiderman, their seriously unpleasant landlord and third floor neighbor, says they need to leave their brownstone apartment by New Year’s, there are suddenly more pressing worries. And the Vanderbeekers aren’t the kind of kids who will sit by sucking candy canes while some grouchy old man kicks them out of the home and Harlem neighborhood they love.
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century.
Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa's shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises.
But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!
OWL’s Children’s & YA Audio Program
Do you love listening to audiobooks but no longer have access to a CD player?
We can help! Check out one of our 5 circulating CD players and receive a free pair of earbuds and a retro prize from our 90s time capsule! You will also receive a prize for any Juvenile or Young Adult CD audiobooks that you check out. Prizes include koosh balls, mini troll dolls, and slap bracelets all harkening back to the decade when portable CD players were all the rage.
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