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Registration is now open for all August programs! |
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Summer Reading for Kids (entering grades K-6)
June 20 - August 20 Set your own reading goal! Earn a Gannon’s Ice Cream token when you reach 50% and a free book when you complete your goal. Reach your goal early? Keep logging to be entered into our monthly raffle drawings! |
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Jackson Pollock Painting Extravaganza!Date/Time: Monday, 8/4 at 2:30pm
Presenter: OFL's Children's Librarian
Location: Library Garden
Join us in our garden for a exuberantly messy, paint-splattering event where we will enjoy painting like the abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. We will use washable paint, but wearing appropriate clothing is a wise choice.
For families of all ages! | REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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Pokémon Trading Card GameDate/Time: Monday, 8/4 at 6pm
Presenter: OFL Staff
Location: Community RoomEnjoy a fun game of strategy and partnership while battling new friends with Pokémon cards. All skill levels are welcome!
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Rock Painting with Rosco the Rock SnakeDates/Time: Fridays, 7/11-8/15, 11am-4pm
Presenter: OFL's Children's Librarian
Location: Juvenile Non-Fiction AreaOn Fridays throughout summer, we invite you to stop by our Rock Painting Station to paint a rock and leave it to dry and be added to Rosco the Rock Snake in our Garden! All summer long Rosco will grow longer the more people that join us in painting rocks. How long will Rosco the Rock Snake get by the end of summer? It's up to all of you! Enjoying watching this community art project evolve and grow all summer long. For all ages! | DROP-IN- No registration necessary Dates/Time: Friday, 8/15 at 3pm
Location: Library Garden Celebrate the end of our summer community art project, Rosco the Rock Snake, with a meet and greet with an actual snake. You're invited to meet Miss Hannah's bullsnake, Mimikyu. You can even get snake kisses on your hand! For families of all ages! | No registration necessary
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Family StorytimeDates/Time: Wednesdays, 8/6 & 8/13 at 10am
Presenter: OFL Children's Librarian
Location: Community Room
Each week, children and their caregivers are invited to the library for an exploration into stories, songs and fun early literacy activities!
For babies, toddlers & preschoolers | REGISTRATION REQUIRED- registration opens 1 week prior to each session; registration closes 12 hours prior to each session. |
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Playing is learning! Babies, toddlers and preschoolers along with their parents/caregivers are invited to spend time in OFL's playroom to play together and socialize. Children get the chance to interact with each other while parents/grandparents and other caregivers meet and chat. Special age appropriate toys will be featured in this program. For families with children ages 0-5 years | No registration necessary |
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Baby Book ClubDate/Time: Friday, 8/8, 10:30- 11:00am
Presenter: OFL's Children's Librarian
Location: Community RoomJoin our Baby Book Club! We'll meet in the Play & Learn Room. We will have several copies of the book of the month, with August's book being Dragon's First Taco by Adam Rubin. We can all hold, and read the same book together, and, just like our Family Storytime, we will do some simple finger plays and rhymes, all wrapped up in a baby-appropriate chunk of time of just a half an hour. For babies thru Pre-K | No registration necessary
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PICTURE BOOK: Axolotl and Axolittle by Jess HitchmanAxolotl and Axolittle are total opposites through and through, but after a squabble, they learn to make up and get along, as siblings often do. |
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JUVENILE FICTION: Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. JacksonBrooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon is thrust into an intricate web of lies when a shocking murder on Martha's Vineyard threatens to expose dangerous secrets. |
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JUVENILE GRAPHIC NOVEL: Miss Camper by Kat FajardoSue is heading to Camp Willow this summer! She's looking forward to hiking, archery, and making comics in the fresh air. She's especially excited about LARPing (live-action role-playing) and can't wait for the freedom of being away from home. But she won't be far from family because her big sister, Carmen, is a camp counselor and her little sister, Ester, is a fellow camper and won't give her any space! All Sue wants is to make memories with her friends, but they're assigned to only a few of the same activities. To make matters even worse, her best friend, Sam, has a best camp friend named Marisol? And Sue's good friend Izzy has a crush on Sue?! This summer isn't at all going as planned! |
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Summer Weekend Hours
3rd Sunday in June through Labor Day Saturday: 10am-2pm Sunday: Closed |
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Onondaga Free Library
4840 West Seneca Tpk Syracuse, NY 13215
Hours:
Monday 9:00am-8:30pm Tuesday 9:00am-8:30pm Wednesday 9:00am-8:30pm Thursday 9:00am-8:30pm Friday 10:00am-5:00pm Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm* Sunday CLOSED*Summer Saturday Hours:
3rd Sunday in June through Labor Day Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
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