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Children's Room
• News & Updates •
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A StoryWalk® is a fun, educational experience for children – and adults – to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. Take a walk along the trail and read and interact with the book as you go! | | |
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How to Draw Pokemon!
with Pop Up Art School
Virtual
Available 2/12 - 3/13
Registration required
Learn how to draw your favorite Pokémon characters, including Pikachu! In a pre-recorded video, Pop Up Art School will guide you with step-by-step instructions using basic shapes, making it easy for all skills levels. Access to the video will be available Feb 12 through March 13 and you will receive the link upon registration.
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• SCHOOL-AGE ACTIVITIES •
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Our School-Age Programs are designed to encourage a child's love of learning through exploration and play. If registration is required, please register each child individually and only register your child if they are in the grades advertised. | |
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Kids Cooking Green presents Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Grades K - 2
Registration begins 2/3
Thursday, February 16
4:30 pm
**Virtual**
Join our friends from Kids Cooking Green and learn how to make this yummy treat. We will provide all the ingredients you need to cook!
This program is made possible thanks to a grant from the Cary Library Foundation
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Indoor Recess
Grades K - 5
No registration required
Wednesday, February 19
10 - 11:30 am
**OFFSITE**
Estabrook Hall
Lower Level of Cary Hall
1605 Mass Ave
Drop in and get your winter wiggles out! We'll be bringing out some large-scale toys and game for a morning of self-directed gross motor play.
Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Kids Cooking Green presents Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Grades 3 - 5
Registration begins 2/10
Thursday, February 20
4:30 pm
**Virtual**
Join our friends from Kids Cooking Green and learn how to make this yummy treat. We will provide all the ingredients you need to cook!
This program is made possible thanks to a grant from the Cary Library Foundation
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Our goal with our pre-school age programs is to provide your child a rich and engaging time with music, movement, hands-on activities, appealing stories, all while working on building key early literacy skills. Our preschool programs are created around the developmental stages for the ages advertised. Most programs are drop in, unless otherwise indicated. | | |
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Make 2025 a year of Early Literacy!
Talk, sing, read, write, and play and more with your children each month with our monthly calendar of early literacy activities to do at home! Stop by the library to pick up a paper copy, or download a copy!
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Are you On the Road to Reading?
On the Road to Reading is an early literacy program designed to encourage parents and caregivers to read 1,000 books to their child before they start kindergarten to help develop important early literacy skills and develop a lifelong love of reading and books! Broken into 100 book milestones, the Library will celebrate your child’s reading achievements as you move along the Road to Reading!
Learn more and register today!
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Baby Play
Ages 0-2
No registration required
Tuesday, February 18
10 am
**OFFSITE**
Estabrook Hall
Lower Level of Cary Hall
1605 Mass Ave
A circle time for babies and caretakers followed by unstructured playtime to allow both grown ups and children to meet and make friends!
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Preschool Dance Party
Ages 2 - 5
No registration required
Tuesday, February 18
2 pm
**OFFSITE**
Estabrook Hall
Lower Level of Cary Hall
1605 Mass Ave
Join us for this special school vacation week afternoon dance party! Grown ups will dance too!
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Preschool Arts & Crafts
Ages 2 - 5
No registration required
Monday, February 24
2:30 - 3:30 pm
**OFFSITE**
Munroe Center for the Arts
Room 104 (lower level)
1403 Mass Ave
Drop in and explore, learn, and create art with us!
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Next session begins Tuesday March 4th
No storytimes the week of February 17th or February 24th
or Monday March 3rd (due to local elections)
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• Storytime Schedule •
Mondays:
10 am: Music Monday (ages 2 - 5)
11 am: Stay & Play (ages 2 - 5)
No programs: 2/17, 2/24 or 3/3
Tuesday:
10 am: Laptime (prewalkers)
11 am: Toddler Time (walkers - 24 months)
No programs 2/18 or 2/25
Wednesday:
10 am: Dance Party (ages 2 - 5)
11 am: Stories & More (ages 2-5)
No programs 2/19 or 2/26
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What Our Book Clubs Are Reading | |
Tadpoles (1st and 2nd Grades) | | |
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The Haunted House Next Door
Book 1: Desmond Cole, Ghost Patrol
by Andres Miedoso
When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, next-door-neighbor Desmond Cole comes to the rescue
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Ivy and Bean
Book 1: Ivy and Bean
by Annie Barrows
The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn't be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide quick Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other.
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Bookmarks (2nd & 3rd Grades) | | | |
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Knight of the Cape
Book 1: Definitely Dominguita
by Terry Catasus Jennings
All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her community, creating a grand adventure for her to share with her abuela.
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Page Turners (4th & 5th Grades)
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor
Book 1: Winterborne Home
by Ally Carter
April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn't the one who broke the vase. April didn't ask to go live in a big, creepy mansion with a bunch of orphans who just don't understand that April isn't like them. After all, April's mother is coming back for her someday very soon. All April has to do is find the clues her mother left inside the massive mansion. But Winterborne House is hiding more than one secret, so April and her friends are going to have to work together to unravel the riddle of a missing heir, a creepy legend, and a mysterious key before the only home they've ever known is lost to them forever.
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Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan
Safiyyah loathes the brutal Nazi occupation of Paris, even though her Muslim identity keeps her safe--or, at least, safer than her Jewish neighbors. Violence lurks in the streets, her best friend has fled, and even her place of refuge--the library--has turned shadowy and confusing, as the invaders fear the power of books. Safiyyah longs to fight back and hates feeling powerless to help her Jewish friends. Worse yet, her father--who taught her to always do the right thing--is acting strangely and doing nothing to help them either. Or is he?
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Don't forget to check out the booklists on our Recommendations page! | | |
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The Boy Who Said Wow by Todd Boss
Based on a true story, Ronan who is quiet and doesn’t speak much is taken to Symphony Hall by his grandfather. The only indication of his parents' fears for their child taking on such an adventure is that Mother says “it’s a risk” and Father says “it’s a challenge”. Grandfather and Ronan set off. The detailed full page illustrations work well to flesh out the sparse text especially in the pages illustrating the effect of the music on Ronan. In the hushed quiet as the music ends, Ronan exclaims WOW! The audience applauds agreeing with Ronan. Finally, a non-didactic story of a nonverbal child expressing joy. The audience may not have understood the significance of that wow, but could empathize with Ronan’s appreciation of the music.
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Dear Dad: Growing Up With A Parent in Prison - and How We stayed Connected: A Graphic Memoir by Jay Jay Patton and Kiara Valdez
Memoirs about heavy topics, especially those written by and for children, can be tricky. Dear dad is written by Jay Jay Patton, whose father was incarcerated throughout much of her childhood. While in prison, her father earned a college degree, and upon his release, became a computer programmer. Inspired, Jay Jay also starts coding, and together, they create an app for families like hers. The storytelling and graphics gently guide readers through a challenging subject, while still being genuine as to some of the difficulties their family faced.
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