WINTER READING CLUB

December 9 - January 30

Warm up this winter with a new twist on our annual Winter Reading Club!  All you need to do is stop by the Children's Room and pick up a Winter Reading Club tracking bookmark.  On the back of the bookmark, you will record 4 titles of books  you have read.  The bookmark will become your entry form to win one of our cool prize baskets!  Just drop the book mark entry form in the entry box beginning Monday, December 16.

For kids birth - Grade 6.

Enter as often as you can fill in bookmarks!

3 prize baskets will be offered for 3 different age groups. 

The Winter Reading Club ends Thursday, January 30 at 4:00pm when the names of the three winning tickets will be drawn from the entry boxes.  It is not necessary to be present to win.  Happy Reading!

Happy Thanksgiving!

                             

Happy Thanksgiving!

Radical Readers Book Club

Book Lovers in Grades 3 -5... Do you love reading books, talking about books, and finding new books to read? Join Ms. Janine for a meeting of the...

Radical Readers Book Club!
Friday November 29 @ 2:00pm. 

  Register anytime starting  11/7 and  drop by the Children's Room for your copy of the WISHTREE.  (The author, Katherine Applegate, won the Newbery Medal for her book The One and Only Ivan.) We will get together for some bookish fun on November 29, and pick next month's selection!  Light snacks provided.

Happy Halloween Everyone! 

 Stop by the Children's desk on Thursday 

for a non-edible treat!

Hola! School age children in grades K & UP can join Ms.Janine for a Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime on Thursday, October 10!  3:45-4:30pm in the Children's Room.  Register online, call us, or register in person at the Children's Desk.  

Gracias!

Join us this month for some Drop-In Storytimes in our brand new 
Children's Activity Room !

Pajama Storytime 

Ages 3-6 years

Thursday September 19th  @  7:00 - 7:30pm

Afterschool Special Storytime 

Grades K & UP

Friday, September 20th @ 3:30 - 4:00pm

Picture Book Storytime  

Ages 3 -5 years

Monday, September 23 @ 1:30 - 2:00pm

Toddler Storytime

Ages 24 - 36 Months, with parent / caregiver

Thursday, September 26 @ 10:00 - 10:30am

Complete October Calendar of Events Coming Soon!

Baby Rhyme Time 
Friday, October 4 @ 9:30 - 10:00am
Please Note: Registration for this program opens on 
Friday, September 27

Join North Bellmore Library at the

Bellmore Street Festival on Saturday, September 21st.

We will have cool giveaways and prizes while supplies last for patrons who show us their library card. Please come by our table and say hello! We can’t wait to see you there!

Coming Soon in OCTOBER...

Storytimes and programs for all ages!

We are currently hard at work preparing our new space for future programs for our young patrons.  Stop by for a visit at our new and improved North Bellmore Library!

The Library will be closed beginning Saturday July 27, to complete our renovation!

We hope to reopen in the new building within the next  two weeks.

Consult the website and Facebook for updates on the transition!

We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to welcoming you into the new library!

The Ithaca Physics Bus returns!
 Wednesday,  July 24  4:00 -7:00 pm
  This retrofitted school bus is a science lab on wheels, complete with stations inside the bus, & plenty of science experiments to enjoy outside the bus!  All ages. 

No need to register in advance but PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REMAIN WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES.  Note:  The bus will be parked in the parking lot of the library's temporary location.  

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SUMMER READING CLUB

A UNIVERSE OF STORIES

Children ages 3 and up, come to the Library and register for the  Summer Reading Club.

Read, record and report on your books.  

Get cool prizes!  Enter to win one of our raffles!  

June Programs

Upcoming Storytimes!

Birth - 2 year olds

At the Bellmore Presbyterian Church

Mother Goose (Birth - Age 2)

Tuesday May 21 @ 9:30-10:00am
Registration open

Toddlers!  Summer Stories and Games  (2 year olds)

Tuesday June 11 @ 10:00-10:30am
Registration opens June 3

Ages 3-5 years

At the Grace Lutheran School

I-Spy! a  Storytime 

Wednesday May 22 @ 1:30-2:15pm 
Registration open

Welcome Summer

Wednesday June 12 @ 1:30-2:15pm
Registration opens June 4

Grades K-6

At the Grace Lutheran School

STEM is a Colorful Time

Thursday May 23 @ 3:30-4:15pm
Registration open

STEM Constellations!  Science Fun!

Thursday, June 13 @ 3:30-4:15pm
Registration opens June 5

Upcoming Programs

Join us in May as we celebrate Mother's Day with some special storytimes and crafts (gifts!)for all ages!  Registration opens Wednesday, May 1 @ 10:00am

Toddlers ages 2-3 years, with parent/caregiver

Tuesday, May 7 @ 10-10:30am

Bellmore Presbyterian Church

                                  Children ages 3-6 years                                                             Wednesday, May 8 @ 1:30-2:15pm                     Grace Lutheran School

Grades K & Up

Thursday, May 9 @ 3:30-4:15pm

Grace Lutheran School

SEUSSVILLE...U.S.A.

Read Across America is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place every year on March 2 - Dr. Seuss's birthday.  Across the country, thousands of libraries participate by bringing together kids and books by Dr. Seuss.  Here at the library we will have activity sheets, bookmarks, coloring pages, stickers, and books by the one and only Dr. Seuss.  These materials will be available throughout the month of March.  Stop in and see if you can find a Dr. Seuss book you haven't read yet!  Have some Seussical fun!

The Best Books of 2018 

Come into the Children's Room to read some of the best  reviewed books of  2018!

The Eye That Never Sleeps:  How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln

written by Marissa Ross

Illustrations by Jeremy Holmes

Award winning author Marissa Ross tells the story of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency's famous beginnings.  Young detectives will enjoy learning about how Alan Pinkerton successfully thwarted a plot to assassinate President Lincoln in Baltimore, before he was sworn in as  president.  A picture book of full of adventure that is suitable for ages 6-10.