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Children's Programs April 2026 |
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Storytime Tuesday April 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 10 - 11 AM (Durham branch) (Ages 0-6) Reading, singing, playing, bubbles, scarves, puppets, and crafts! April 7: storytime with a Firefighter! April 21: storytime with a Police Officer! This is a drop-in program, no registration required. |
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Tween Escape Room Tuesday April 7, 5 - 6 PM (Durham branch) (Ages 9-12) Sign up with your friends and see if you can beat the running high score! |
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Homeschool Group Tuesday April 14, 1:30 - 2:30 PM (Durham Town Hall Park) (Best for ages 5-10) Meet other local homeschool families while enjoying relaxed actvities including crafts and science experiments! |
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Knitting Help with Patti Tuesday April 14, 4 - 5 PM (Durham branch) (All ages) Bring your knitting and crochet projects - Patti would be happy to help! This is a drop-in program, no registration required. |
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Read to a Dog Wednesday April 15, 4:00 - 5:00 PM (Durham branch) (Ages 5-18) Practice and enjoy reading in a stress-free environment. Pick a 15-minute time to read to a gentle therapy dog. |
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Kids' Tea Party Thursday April 16, 5 - 6 PM (Neustadt branch) Tuesday April 21, 5 - 6 PM (Ayton branch) Thursday April 23, 5 - 6 PM (Durham branch) (Ages 5-10) Dress up in your fanciest tea party outfit, make crafts, and play tea party games. |
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P.D. Day Fun Stations Friday April 24, 12 - 3 PM (Durham branch) (Ages 5-12) Fill your PD Day with fun activities like LEGO, Play-doh, and crafts! This is a drop-in program, no registration required. |
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LEGO Coding Mini-Sessions
Tuesday April 28, 5:00 - 6:30 PM (Durham branch)
(Ages 6-12) Book a 30 minute time slot and explore LEGO, coding, and STEM with our educational LEGO Spike sets. Please register in advance on our website. |
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Teen Book Reviews Ongoing, (all branches) (Ages 13-18) Read a book. Write a review. Get volunteer hours! We need help promoting the teen book collection. If you read a book from our collection and write a (short) review, we can give you 4 volunteer hours per review! |
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Grab & Go Craft Kits Available starting April 1st. (all branches) (Crafts designed for kids 3-12.) Stop by your local branch and pick up a grab & go craft kit. You supply basic craft supplies (glue, scissors, pencil crayons), we'll provide everything else. |
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Jr. Tiny Art Show Pick-up
Available starting April 1st. (all branches) (Ages 5-18) Stop by the library to pick up your tiny canvas! Decorate the canvas and return it by April 30th. We will have a Jr. Tiny Art Show unveiling in early May where you can invite your friends and family and enjoy the local talent! |
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Teen Bookmark Challenge
April 1 - 31 (all branches)
(Ages 13-18) Grab a bookmark at the library and complete 4 of 5 challenges to get a prize!
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Library Scavenger Hunt March 3 - 31 (all branches)
(Ages 0-18)
Stop by your local branch and try to find all of the hidden objects. Everyone who participates is a winner! |
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Check out some new arrivals: |
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I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy
by Mychal Threets
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Dubbed the Internet's librarian-- and now host of the relaunched Reading Rainbow -- Mychal Threets invites all to take a look and find themselves at the library Perfect for little readers who are regular visitors and those who might be stepping into the stacks for the first time. Welcome to the library It's a place just for you There are activities, movies, games, and SO. MANY. STORIES. Best of all, it's a place where you will always belong. Take a tour of the library with the internet's favorite librarian, Mychal Threets This heartwarming debut picture book from Mychal extends an invitation to anyone who could use a little library joy and a reminder that libraries are for everyone.
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Cat's New Book
by Nathalie Belhassen
Celebrate the joys of reading and sharing with Cat and all the friends he makes through the magic of stories. Cat's brand new book has the cleanest cover and the smoothest pages. It even smells good! He can read it whenever he wants to because it's all his, and he plans to keep it looking new forever. But then Mole asks to read it. And then Frog. And then Turtle. After so much sharing, Cat's perfect new book is sandy and stained and...not so new anymore. This makes Cat sad. Will a new perspective from Squirrel be enough to teach Cat about what really make a book special?
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It's Spring!
by Renée Kurilla
A celebration of warmer days, blooming flowers, and everything else the spring season has to offer--
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Beatrix and the Unicorn
by Lita Judge
Inspired by the famous Unicorn Tapestries, acclaimed author-illustrator Lita Judge weaves together a beautiful picture book about a servant girl searching for a real unicorn--and with it, the promise of friendship. Long ago and far away, a girl named Beatrix wakes each day to her chores in the castle. She serves the meals and scrubs the floors. And when no one is looking, she gazes at the tapestry of the unicorn in a garden. The unicorn is the most beautiful thing she's ever seen, but it's only made from thread. Beatrix knows if she could find the real unicorn, she would never feel lonely again, so late one evening, she gathers what she needs for a long journey and slips out into the night...
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Kid X
by Tracey Baptiste
A boy with the ability to turn himself invisible realizes he may not be the only one with special skills-- Provided by publisher.
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