Category: Childrens’ Programs
Be sure to add us to your stops on Halloween night! The library will be transformed for one night only into “The Haunted Library.” We’ve got many unusual visitors scanning the shelves in the library today. Come experience the scary music and creepy guests to put you in a real Halloween mood. Stop by before or after trick or treating and add a little fright to your Halloween night. Spooks and goblins will be here all night, so let us know when you’ll stop by! We’ll be waiting for you on Saturday, October 31st 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Our board book collection has a colorful new home! We recently purchased nine crates and attached them to each other to make a study shelf for our board books, while adding a splash of color to the children’s room. Moving the board books will allow us to eventually shift the picture book collection which has outgrown it’s space in recent years. A big thank you to The Container Store for discounting the crates to make them even more affordable for us! Next time you visit the library, be sure to check this fun new addition out!
You’ve worked hard reading all summer long and now it’s time to cash in those Super Power Points! With 122 readers logging 2,239 books and reading 12,215 minutes we needed an awesome inventory! Make sure you plan a trip to the Library’s Annex Building to check out all the great prizes. No matter how many points you earned this summer, you’ll be able to shop for some really cool prizes! Remember, the last day you can redeem your Super Power Points in our September Store is tomorrow, Saturday, September 12th, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Remember, even though summer is over, library programs keep on going year round! Check out our newest program line up for the fall! There is something for everyone @ the Pawling Library!
Where could our heroes of summer find a chance to fight fires, save superheroes, battle zombies and help patients? At Superhero Power Hour, of course! Our summer of heroic reading ended with bang with our Superhero Power Hour Family Carnival, hosted by our 26 Fun Team members. 77 children and 52 adults were treated to an awesome afternoon of fun and games. The event ended with ice cream sundaes for everyone and our raffle drawings. What a day!
We’re so proud of Ms. Karen’s builders and engineers. They’ve been hard at work all summer building mazes, superheroes, and even Tooth-Gnasher Superflashes. Take a look at what they came up with! Our Books and Blocks builders made superheroes out of Lego® blocks after reading Ten Rules of Being a Superhero by Deb Pilutti, built their own versions of Tooth-Gnasher Superflash after reading Daniel Pinkwater’s book of the same name and ended the summer building some amazing trucks after reading Supertruck by Stephen Savage. Books and Blocks is our builder’s club for students entering grades K – 2. They begin by reading a book with a central theme, listening carefully for building ideas. Then, they put their imaginations into high gear to create different kinds of structures. Program challenges are designed to guide students to think about their structures and build within a specified criterion. Our Lego Engineers in Brilliant Brains and Blocks were challenged to create a simple machine, build a vehicle that could attach to a wire and travel 18 feet and last of all,...
Local heroes, Deputy Sheriff O’Brien and Libby, came out today to demonstrate Libby’s amazing ability to sniff out the causes of fires. We all learned about Libby’s amazing olfactory capabilities, and the training the human-canine duo underwent to become part of the Dutchess County Sheriffs’ K-9 Team. Libby even stuck around for some belly rubs after the presentation. Thanks to Deputy Sheriff O’Brien and Libby for taking the time out to talk to us!
The Pawling Library provides museum passes to encourage the education and personal growth of our patrons. We currently have passes to the American museum of natural history, the Intrepid sea air and space museum, the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum and the FDR Presidential Library and Museum. Call to reserve a pass today, or click here for more info
Libraries across NY State are promoting this summer’s reading theme Every Hero Has a Story….but there are many ways to be a hero and each library has it own take on the theme. Here at the Pawling Library we’re working hard to help children start their own hero story! Among our many heroic programs is a community service program where we recruited a few great heroes to help us perform some very kind deeds. Our PFL Heroes in Training (grades K – 2) and our PFL Heroes Clubs (grades 3 – 5) are working hard to make a difference in our own community. We partnered with the Pawling Resource Center and asked how we could help. We discovered that while community members often think of donating food to the center, personal hygiene products are always in short supply! Our PFL heroes took on the challenge of collecting these desperately needed supplies. We have asked families in our programs to donate soap, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste and place them in specially marked boxes in the library.
The Pawling Library’s Heroes Clubs want to help the Pawling Resource Center help others. Please help us by donating: soap deodorant toothpaste toothbrushes Collection boxes are in the library and all donations are gratefully accepted. Help us make a difference in the lives of others.
The summer reading lists are out with many choices for middle school readers. With so many books to choose from, which one will you like best? Well we’ve got the solution. We’ve loaded all of the available eBooks on the Pawling Middle School 5th & 6th grade summer reading list on our Kindles and we’re making them available for check out! Now you can take ALL the books home to preview in one easy package. You can find the ones you love and order the books, or read them on the Kindle and then return it to the library. It’s that easy! Our Kindles are available for 2 week check out, but there are no renewals so everyone can get a chance to try them out. Check one out today. You just might find summer reading a little easier this year! (Don’t worry parents…these Kindles are read only…no games, no Internet, no distractions!)
