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Lego Club
Thursday, October 9, 6:00pm
Youth Services
Visit Youth Services to build a Lego creation to display for all to enjoy.
For drop-in program reminders, use the Remind Me or Add to My Calendar buttons on the calendar.
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is now available in North Aurora! Parents, if your child is four or younger, you can sign up for free monthly books through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! The books will arrive at your house every month until they reach the age of five. Please allow eight to twelve weeks for your little one's first book to arrive. Subsequent books will arrive monthly. |
Baby Storytime
Tuesday, October 7, 9:30am or 10:15am
Main Meeting Room
Ages 0–24 months with caregiver. Enjoy stories, songs, and movement to help foster early literacy skills.
Registration required—please register each child attending.
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Family Storytime
Thursday, October 9, 10:00am
Tinker Youth Program Room
Ages 2–5 with caregiver. Enjoy stories and songs with your family while building pre-literacy skills and learning about the world around us. Registration required.
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Library Lawn Join us for an outdoor storywalk with University of Illinois Extension-Kane County on the library lawn with the book "The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear" by Don Wood. There will be pictures of the story for you to read as you enjoy the outdoors and learn about healthy foods and sharing with your friends. |
Preschool Storytime
Thursday, October 9, 10:45am
Tinker Youth Program Room
Ages 3-5. Enjoy stories and songs while building pre-literacy skills and learning about the world around us. Registration required. Sign up once to be registered for the full fall session. Children can attend without a caregiver. Caregivers must remain in the Youth Services Department during the program. Registration required.
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Halloween Storytime & Costume Parade
Friday, October 31, 10:00am
Main Meeting Room
Ages 0-5 with caregiver. Come to the library in your costume to enjoy spooky stories and songs, then show off your costume in our parade around the library! Registration is required.
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Sensory Playtime
Monday, October 6, 10:00am
Main Meeting Room
Ages 0-4 with caregiver. Enjoy sensory play experiences with your little ones! Stations are designed to stimulate your child’s mind through sensory, discovery, and gross motor activities.
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Preschool STEAM: Oobleck!
Friday, October 17, 10:00am
Tinker Youth Program Room
Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Join us for our Preschool STEAM program, where we will do an activity based on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and/or Math. This month, we will be making Oobleck! Dress to get messy. Registration required.
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Book Subscription Theme Bags
Friday, October 10, 9:00am
Youth Services
Ages 0-5. On the 10th of each month come pick up your bag with five books selected for you based on that month's theme. Each bag also includes some coloring sheets. Turn in your bag by the end of the month so we can refill it for the next month.
Registration required. Must have a library card from Messenger Public Library.
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Early Reader Book Club
Saturday, October 4, 10:00am
Tinker Youth Program Room
Ages 5–7 with caregiver. Just starting to read or exploring early chapter books? Join us to read together, talk about books, and do crafts. Copy of the book to keep for the first 6 people signed up and attending. Other copies will be available to use at the program. Refreshments provided.
October: Pumpkin and Beetle: Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho
November: Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
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Books & Bites
Friday, October 18, 10:30am
Tinker Youth Program Room
For ages 8-12. Let's learn how to make a tasty snack. Chow down while listening to a short story or chapter book teaser. Registration is required.
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Read with Rover
Sunday, October 19, 2:00pm
Main Meeting Room
For readers. Love reading? Or dogs? Practice reading aloud with a licensed therapy dog from the Fox Valley Therapy Dog Club. Each attendee will get 10–15 minutes to read with a dog. Order will be determined by arrival at 2pm. Bring a book or arrive early to choose something to share with the dog. Registration is required.
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Creativity Lab
Monday, October 27, 6:30pm
Tinker Youth Program Room
Ages 8-12. Art, science, and technology, oh my! Let's explore a hands-on STEAM activity together. Dress to get messy! Registration is required.
October 27: Spiral Art
November 24: Dino Museum Mystery
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Teen Book Subscription Box
Friday, October 10, 9:00am
On the 10th of each month, pick up your box with two books selected for you. Each box also includes some treats for you to keep. Turn in your box by the end of the month to be eligible for the next month's box. Please register with your email address so you can receive confirmation and reminder emails.
Space is limited; registration required. Must have a Messenger Public Library card to participate.
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Audible Arts: Ghost Painting
Thursday, October 16, 7:00pm
Tinker Youth Program Room
Ages 11-18. Let's get crafty while listening to an audiobook! This month we will be listening to It happened to Anna by Tehlor Kay Mejia, a scary novel, while creating ghost paintings. Registration required.
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Youth Scientific Literature Program
Sunday, October 5, 2:00pm & Sunday, October 26, 2:00pm
Tinker Youth Program Room
The Youth Scientific Literature Program is a program that teaches middle and high schoolers how to read and interpret scientific papers. Each meeting, a guest PhD student or college professor will breakdown a scientific paper from a high school journal, with a new scientific field being explored each week. Participants will also have the option to participate in the scientific research process themselves, in a topic of their interest, by compiling a literature review under mentorship. The Youth Scientific Literature Program meets on Sundays from 2-3pm in the Tinker Room, with meetings occurring twice a month. The program is open to all those from ages middle to high school. This is a peer-led program and is not run by library staff.
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Messenger Public Library of North Aurora
113 Oak Street, North Aurora, Illinois 60542
630-896-0240www.messengerpl.org/ |
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