• By April Mittelstaedt
  • Posted Sunday, October 21, 2018

Free Programs for Youth in October

PROGRAMS for Youth in OCTOBER:

Wednesday, October 10th @ 3 p.m.-----Program for Teens (AGES 12-17)
Join us at Walkertown Branch Library for our Program for Teens every second and fourth Wednesday. Based on the teen interest on that day, we might have board games, crafts, or something entirely new to offer!

Friday, Oct. 12th - Saturday, Oct. 13th-----Walkertown Fall Festival (ALL AGES)
Come visit the Walkertown Branch Library with the Friends of the Walkertown Branch Library at the Walkertown Fall Festival. There will be crafts for kids and a mini book sale!
The festival hours are:
Friday, October 12: 5-9 p.m.
Saturday, October 13: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
The Walkertown Fall Festival will be held at the Walnut Pavilion between Harley Drive and Sullivantown Road.

Wednesday, October 24th @ 3 p.m.-----Program for Teens (AGES 12-17)
Join us at Walkertown Branch Library for our Program for Teens every second and fourth Wednesday. Based on the teen interest on that day, we might have board games, crafts, or something entirely new to offer!

Wednesday, Oct. 24th - Saturday, Oct. 27th-----Friends of the Walkertown Library Fall Book Sale (ALL AGES)
Wednesday, October 24 will be Friends Preview Day. Not a Friends member? Join at the door! New members receive a free book bag. Individual membership is $5.00, family membership is $10.00. The Sale will be open to the public starting Thursday, October 25 and through Saturday, October 27.
The book sale hours are:
Wednesday, October 24: 2-6 p.m.
Thursday & Friday, October 25 & 26: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, October 27: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The book sale will be held in the library auditorium, to the right in the entrance hall.

Wednesday, October 31st, 10 a.m. - 8p.m.-----Trick or Treat on Halloween! (ALL AGES)
Stop by for a fun photo with your costumed librarians and a treat on this spooky day! Collect a sweet treat or non-food treat, and pose for a photo with our Halloween-scene backdrop. If you are 4 years of age or older, your parent or guardian could get you your first card to hold in your Halloween photo!

Tuesdays @ 10:30 a.m.-----Storytime (AGES 0-5)
A fun-filled 30-minute program for kids 0-5 with stories, songs, and dancing. A new theme each week!
Our storytime themes for this month are:
Oct. 2 - Pumpkins
Oct. 9 - Spiders & Snakes
Oct. 16 - Monsters
Oct. 23 - Ghosts
Oct. 30 - Halloween

Thursdays @10:30 am-----Music & Movement (AGES 0-5)
Join a roomful of toddlers and preschoolers for lively fun, stretching, dancing, rocking, and rolling. Rhymes, chants, and song lyrics develop emerging literacy while everything we do develops rhythm skills. Social skills and relaxed exercise complete the fun.
Oct. 6
Oct. 13
Oct. 20
Oct. 27

On-Going-----Coloring Sheets (ALL AGES)
Stop by the front desk at Walkertown Branch Library to take some coloring sheets home with you!

On-Going-----Board Games (AGES 12-17)
Any teen can borrow a board game to play with their friends inside the library, no library card required! (Board games do not leave the library and must be traded for something that won't be left behind, like keys.)


Walkertown Branch Library
Call 336-703-2990 for more information.

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