Alabaster Library: Kids' Connection: nov '26 kids connection

KIDS' CONNECTION NOVEMBER 2026

News, activities, and more for families with kids 11 and younger.

H a p p y F a l l, y' a l l !

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES!

November 4, 3:30 p.m. Shelby 4-H Drama Club Kids 9 years old and older can discover the magic of theater. The goal is to put on a play in the spring and this month’s meeting is the last time to join the production because intense rehearsals will get underway. Register here.

November 9, 10:00 a.m. Homeschool Happening: Map Masters
Young cartographers in first through sixth grades can join us for a hands-on workshop where we explore the world the old-fashioned way: not with GPS. Kids will discover how maps "work” and create their own map based on a well-known fairy tale. Register here.

November 13, 3:30 p.m. Shelby 4-H Science Club Kids 9 years old and older can examine the world of chemistry at the library. Register here.

November 16, 4:00 p.m. Handmade Holiday Kids ages 5 and older can make festive crafts, including woven paper placemats, glowing tree lanterns, and festive paper holiday crackers. Register here.

November 20, 4:00 p.m. American Girls Club: Caroline Kids 6 years old and older can explore life during the War of 1812 with Caroline Abbott, an adventurous and brave American Girl character who loves to sail. Come with or without a doll to learn, create, and make new friends. Register here.

November 21, 10:30 a.m. Science Saturday: Superhero STEM This month’s focus: sight and sound. Kids in first through sixth grades can create kaleidoscopes and sonic blasters to learn about optics and acoustics. Register here.

November 22, 2:00 p.m. Lego® Engineers Kids 9 years old and older can join us and spark their curiosity with hands-on learning of STEM using Lego bricks. Lego Engineers projects focus on earth and space, engineering technology, physical science, and life science. How can you move big items fast? Using Lego bricks kids will make a simple design that includes specified criteria for success. Register here.

November 25, 10:15 a.m. Thanksgiving Break Story Time Families with kids of all ages can get a head start on the grateful season with Ms. Karen during this session of turkey tales and more! Register here.

November 30, 5:30 p.m. Lego® Engineers Spark your child's curiosity with hands-on STEM learning using Lego bricks! In this exciting workshop, young engineers will tackle a real-world challenge: What if we could build better prostheses? Kids 9 years old and older can use Lego bricks to design, build, and test their unique solutions to compare how well they perform. Register here.

Sign up for all programs unless otherwise noted at

https://cityofalabaster.libcal.com/

MEET A JUNIOR LIBRARIAN!

Meet Ellie, one of our Junior Librarians. She frequently helps before, during and after programs. Her hobbies are dancing, reading and art. She says that three words to describe her are responsible, kind and friendly. Ellie says that she would like to visit Paris one day.

November 11 LIBRARY CLOSED for Veterans Day

November 26, 27, 28, 29 LIBRARY CLOSED

Happy Thanksgiving!

NEW BOOKS!

The Blanket
by Marie Dorleans

Tommy is afraid of wind, rain, cats, dogs, dragonflies, loud laughs... everything. One stormy night, he wraps himself in a big red blanket and discovers that inside his knitted shield, he doesn't feel so afraid anymore. So, he wears his blanket at home, in the car, at school... everywhere. But has his woolly armor become a barrier between Tommy and... everyone?

Anansi and the Talking Cloth
by Caroline Brewer

This rhyming and rhythmic original Anansi fable finds Anansi the Spider trying to save the city. One day the sun stops shining because the kente-cloth making spiders stop weaving in protest against mass-produced cloth. Handmade kente cloth has made Africa famous and the spider city wealthy. Without it, the city is doomed. Anansi faces the biggest challenge of his spider life, and his clever trickster past, coupled with help from his wife, will restore harmony.

Dog Days: The Crush and Other Stories
by Claudia Boldt

Mia and Willow are dogs and best friends and they'd have it no other way--but Mia's crush on a skateboarding cat named Jesse is ruining Willow's life. The two buddies come together and apart as all BFFs do--riding bikes, complaining about homework, eating ice cream, and getting up to all kinds of hijinks.

There's a Dragon in the Well!
by James Serafino

A fire-breathing dragon is discovered in the well and the townsfolk are quick to panic. But wait . . . is this dragon really as dangerous as they think? Despite one child's insistence that the dragon is harmless--based on her encyclopedic dragon knowledge--fear quickly turns into something even bigger and scarier than a fiery beast hidden in the dark: an angry mob. Will the villagers be able to quiet their yelling, put down their pitchforks, and conquer their fear in time to realize that sometimes a dragon in a well might turn out to be a gift rather than a curse?