Dover Public Library
Children's Room

January Newsletter

Mother Goose on the Loose

The Children's Room staff is excited to announce that a new story time for babies has been added to our story time line up. "Mother Goose on the Loose", an award winning early learning program designed primarily for babies from birth to 24 months, will be held on Fridays @ 10:00-10:30a.m. during the six week story time sessions scheduled throughout the school year. Created by a former children's librarian, Betsy Diamant-Cohen, this program uses rhymes, songs, book reading, musical instruments, finger plays, puppets, repetition, and more to help children develop early literacy skills in a fun-filled thirty minute story time for children with their parent or caregiver.

The next story time session will begin the week of January 12 and continue for 6 weeks. Registration begins on January 5 @ 9:00a.m. Register in person or by calling the Children's Room @ 516-6052.

Story Time

The next session of story times begins the week of January 12 and continues for 6 weeks.

Registration is required for "Mother Goose on the Loose" and "Toddler" groups only.

Registration for these groups begins on January 5 @ 9:00am. All other groups are "Drop-in".

Mother Goose on the Loose

(ages birth-23 months & adult caregivers)

Registration required (beginning Jan. 5)

Friday morning 10:00-10:30

Toddlers

(ages 24-36 months & adult caregivers)

Registration required (beginning Jan. 5)

Thursday morning 10:00-10:45

Drop-in Preschool Story Times
(ages 3-5 year olds/no adults)
No registration required

Monday afternoon 1:30-2:15

Monday night 7:00-7:45

Tuesday morning 10:00-10:45

Family Drop-in Story Times
(all ages welcome)
No registration required

Wednesday morning 10:00-10:45

For more information, please call the Children's Room @ 516-6052.

Library Movies

Saturday Matinees are held in the Library Lecture Hall every Saturday @ 2pm. The schedule is as follows:

January 3

Maze Runner, PG 13

January 10

Magic in the Moonlight, PG 13

January 17

Get on Up , PG 13

January 24

Dinosaur 13, PG

January 31

Boxtrolls, PG

Lego Saturday and Bricks4kidz

On Saturday, January 17, use our Legos or bring your own to build and create all day or stop by between 10:00am-2:00pm for more "build-for-free" fun when Gordon Lubbers, owner of Bricks 4 Kidz�, will be here with special architect/engineer designed model kits and instructions for kids to enjoy.

And the Winner is...

The Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner for 2014 is If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen!

Artistic Happenings

Creation Station

Children of all ages are invited to create a "Penguin Memo Magnet" anytime during the week of

January 19 - 24.

Art Wall

Art work from the following schools will be on display during the month of January:

Children's Center: January 9 - January 29
Strafford County Head Start: January 30 - February 12

Paws for Reading

Murphy, a Certified Therapy Dog, and her handler Karen will be at the Library on Saturday, January 3 from 10:00-11:00am. Murphy loves stories! Sign up now to read to her or drop by for a visit and a chance to read.

Holiday Hours

The Library will be closed :

Wednesday, Dec 31 @ 4:00pm

Thursday, Jan 1 for New Year's Day

Monday, Jan. 19 for MLK Day

Museum Passes

Thanks to The Friends of the Dover Public Library, the Children's Room has free or discounted membership passes to five exciting regional museums that stay open during the winter months:

The Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover, the Museum of Science and the New England Aquarium in Boston, the Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord.

Check out our website or call the Children's Room for more information. Reserve the passes online or by calling the Children's Room @ 516-6052.

Our mailing address is:

Dover Public Library
73 Locust St.
Dover, NH 03820
603-516-6050 Adult Circ. Desk
603-516-6052 Children's Room

Library Hours:
Mon. - Wed.. 9 to 8:30
Thur. & Fri. 9 to 5:30
Saturday 9 to 5