Children’s Programs

Ages 2 and Up

Your favorite stuffed animal can spend the night at the library making new friends and getting up to all sorts of mischief! They will be in good hands with Ms. Gina, who will provide you with a short note and photos of their adventures when you pick them up. Drop-offs begin on Thursday, August 5th, at 12pm and end at 5pm. Pick-ups begin on Friday, August 6th, at 12pm and end at 5pm.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Ages 4-8

Show off your pets and/or stuffed animals on this special Zoom with Ms. Gina, who will read stories for her whole audience, kids and animals alike.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft – Paper Bag Bears

Contact the Library at dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Take a walk, do a stretch, and read the bilingual story Call Me Tree (Llámame Arbol) by Maya Christina Gonzalez.

The adventure takes place along the fence around Gould Park.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

The Storywalk® project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.

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For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Ages 7-12

Read the middle grade book A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi at home, then dive into discussion and activities with other kids before talking to Saadia herself on Zoom! 

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org to get the Zoom link — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

Mimi is not thrilled to be spending her summer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she’s never met. Secretly, she wishes to find her long-absent father, and plans to write to him in her beautiful new journal.

The cook’s daughter, Sakina, still hasn’t told her parents that she’ll be accepted to school only if she can improve her English test score—but then, how could her family possibly afford to lose the money she earns working with her Abba in a rich family’s kitchen?

Although the girls seem totally incompatible at first, as the summer goes on, Sakina and Mimi realize that they have plenty in common—and that they each need the other to get what they want most.

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For more information, please click the Battle of the Books webpage here.

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Ages 8-12

Learn to create a character and draw comics just like in your favorite graphic novels! Becky Pitts, a community volunteer with a forthcoming book, will be teaching us everything we need to know.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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For more information, please click the Battle of the Books webpage here.

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Ages 2-6

Decorate a box to look like a car and “drive” into our twilight summer storytimes on the Library terrace!

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Ages 4+

Love animals? How about reading? Come read to a trained therapy dog for fifteen minutes under the trees in Waterfront Park!

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft –Go(a)t to Learn Shapes! 

Contact the Library at dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Ages 4 and Up

Go-go-go to meet real goats in Dobbs Ferry! Ms. Anna of Nyack of July’s virtual farm tour returns in-person with two of her goats, which you can meet in Waterfront Park!

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org to get the meeting location — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Take a walk, do a stretch, and read the bilingual story Call Me Tree (Llámame Arbol) by Maya Christina Gonzalez.

The adventure takes place along the fence around Gould Park.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

The Storywalk® project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.

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For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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For more information, please click the Battle of the Books webpage here.

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This event has been canceled.

Please email dobchildref@wlsmail.org for more information.

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For more information, please click the Battle of the Books webpage here.

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Ages 2-6

Decorate a box to look like a car and “drive” into our twilight summer storytimes on the Library terrace!

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

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Ages 7-9.

Tune in to listen to Ms. Gina read from The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Hurwitz.  She will read from the same book every week until she finishes it, but don’t worry if you miss a meeting — she’ll catch you up before starting.

Register by emailing dobchildref@wlsmail.org, calling (914) 693-6615, or stopping by the Children’s Room to sign up.

P.S. By attending this program, you can earn 250 points for your summer reading game logs!

“When her father is cursed by a rival witch, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous assumes his duties as Dark Lord of the realm, but soon questions her father’s code of good and evil.”

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Celebrate all your hard work by indulging in some ice-cold treats provided by Penny Lick Ice Cream of Hastings-on-Hudson!

For Kids aged 3-12: Anyone who has logged even one minute of reading or one program attendance this summer can attend.

For Teens/Tweens: Anyone who has written at least one book review or attended at least one program this summer can attend.

This program will be socially-distanced. Please make sure you and everyone in your family over the age of 2 wears their masks for its entirety.

Register with dobchildref@wlsmail.org to get the meeting location — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft– Paper Plate Seahorses

Contact the Library at dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home – supplies are limited!

This Week’s Craft –Leftovers Day (Missed a craft this month? Don’t worry! Pick up one from our surplus pile!) 

Contact the Library at dobchildref@wlsmail.org or call 693-6614 to schedule a pick up time.

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