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UPCOMING CHILDREN’S CLASSES & EVENTS

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Family Service League Social Worker

4:30pm - 8:30pm
Study Room 4
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Parent Toddler Workshop (12-35 months)

9:45am - 10:45am
Clemens Room
Registration
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Open makerLAB

10:00am - 1:00pm
makerLAB
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Open makerLAB

1:30pm - 4:30pm
makerLAB

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    Sparrow Being Sparrow

    Gail Donovan
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    Don't Wake the Yeti!

    Claire Freedman
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    Hank on First! How Hank Greenberg Became a Star on and Off the Field

    Stephen Krensky
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    Sweet Valley Twins: Teacher's Pet

    Francine Pascal
  • Cover image for Ten Dragon Eggs

    Ten Dragon Eggs

    Lynda Graham-Barber
  • Cover image for Truly, Madly, Sheeply

    Truly, Madly, Sheeply

    Heather Vogel Frederick
  • Cover image for I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too!

    I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too!

    Smriti Prasadam-Halls
  • Cover image for Puppy Love

    Puppy Love

    Gary Soto
  • Cover image for The Bellwoods Game

    The Bellwoods Game

    Celia Krampien
  • Cover image for You Can't Be a Pterodactyl!

    You Can't Be a Pterodactyl!

    James Breakwell
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    The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

    Jake Maia Arlow
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    Rain

    Cynthia Rylant
  • Cover image for Greenwild

    Greenwild

    Pari Thomson
  • Cover image for This Is a Story

    This Is a Story

    John Schu
  • Cover image for Oh No, the Aunts Are Here

    Oh No, the Aunts Are Here

    Adam Rex
  • Cover image for The Braid Girls

    The Braid Girls

    Sherri Winston
  • Cover image for The Girl in the Tree

    The Girl in the Tree

    Ellen Potter
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    Hurricane Katrina Rescue

    Kate Messner
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    Ali the Great and the Market Mishap

    Saadia Faruqi
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    Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp

    Lamar Giles

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Kids InfoBits features age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics.

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A comprehensive reading resource for fiction and nonfiction for kids and teens! Includes award winners, recommended reads, book lists, newsletters and much more!

 

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With a wealth of content and a dynamic design that facilitates STEM research and learning, the award-winning Science Online offers a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines.

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Science Reference Center is a full-text database that covers earth science, life science, technology, health and other popular topics discussed by today's science researchers.

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Something About the Author Online provides comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.

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