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Eagles Eye Mobile at the Library
Wed, June 25, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Fumo Family Library
This summer, the Eagles Eye Mobile, powered by Vision to Learn, is providing no-cost eye exams and glasses for children in grades K-12 who have previously failed a vision screening or are having vision problems. Visit the link below to schedule an exam appointment for your child (available…
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Game Day Wednesdays
Wed, June 25, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Lawncrest Library
12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Join us for Scrabble, chess, checkers, Clue, Monopoly, card games, and more. Bring your own board or card games or use ours.
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Summer Lunches for Kids
Wed, June 25, 2025
1:30 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Monday, June 23 – Friday, August 15th @ 1:30 pm Free lunches are available for children up to 18 years old, provided by Nutritional Development Services. All meals must be eaten onsite. We cannot accommodate groups.
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Drag Queen Visit!
Wed, June 25, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Meet Brittany Lynn, Drag Queen Extraordinaire, at our Summer of Wonder Carnival! Children and families are invited to this family Pride event and kickoff to Summer Reading. Brittany Lynn will be looking fabulous and will be sharing some stories and songs. This event will be taking…
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Wonder Win Wednesday
Wed, June 25, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Overbrook Park Library
Every Wednesday in June! Want to go on an adventure, build a world of fantasy and wonder or play in a video game or learn chess and play checkers? Come along and let’s tell stories and go on adventures together. Let’s explore role-playing games and video or make our own adventures.
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Procrastinator's Summer Reading Club
Wed, June 25, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
​Don't wait until the last week of August to do your required summer reading! Join us to set goals and tackle a little reading each week -- and have a chance to win summer reading prizes! Wednesdays at 3:30 pm, June 25th - August 20th
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Silent Book Club
Wed, June 25, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Need a recommendation to complete your Summer Reading Log? Don't hestitate to ask Librarian Kate for a good book and join other children in Silent Book Club for a chance to read a Summer Reading Prize!
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Summer Movie for the Family!
Thu, June 26, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Northeast Regional Library
Join us inside the cool air conditioning to watch a family-friendly movie. Popcorn will be served but feel free to bring a snack! June 26th / July 17th & 31st / August 7th
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Summer Lunches for Kids
Thu, June 26, 2025
1:30 P.M.
Greater Olney Library
Monday, June 23 – Friday, August 15th @ 1:30 pm Free lunches are available for children up to 18 years old, provided by Nutritional Development Services. All meals must be eaten onsite. We cannot accommodate groups.
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Owl Pellet Dissection
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Owls are amazing birds of prey, but they have some weird habits around the dinner table. Follow along with an instructor as we learn a little more about these birds, figure out what owl pellets are, why owls make them, and finally, what's inside!? This program is presented by The Center for…
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Claymobile: Pop-Up Ceramics Studio
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:00 P.M.
Tacony Library
Join us for a pop-up ceramics workshop! Learn the basics of working with clay to shape, paint, and glaze your own clay creation in this workshop led by The Clay Studio.
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Weekly Summer Read-a-Thon
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Cecil B. Moore Library
Read books and earn prizes all summer long. Each week at Cecil B. Moore, we’ll have our all- ages reading lounge set up. Come early and pick some lo-fi beats to set the moo. We’ll set a summer-long reading goal and compete together to see if we can read enough to get an ice cream…
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Tinker Thinker Thursday
Thu, June 26, 2025
2:30 P.M.
Overbrook Park Library
Every Thursday in June! Mini Engineers can build with LEGOs, blocks, straws, and recyclables to solve silly challenges made by Ms. Sa-de
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LEGO Club
Thu, June 26, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Create with LEGO and other building toys 3pm-4:45pm in the meeting room.
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Science in the Summer: Be a Health Scientist!
Thu, June 26, 2025
3:00 P.M.
Kensington Library
This summer's theme is: Be a Health Scientist! Health Science is all about finding ways to keep people healthy and helping them get better when they are sick. The human body is complex. There are many parts that work together to protect us from sickness, and work to keep us healthy.…
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Baby Rave: Music with Ry
Thu, June 26, 2025
3:00 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
Join us for an afternoon of music, dancing, and family fun! Electronic dance music for children and their caregivers, led by DJ, professional music teacher, and performer Music with Ry. (Instagram: @music_with_ry) In case of rain, we'll be inside.
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Teen Slide Show and Tell/Yap-athon
Thu, June 26, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Field Teen Center
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Parkway Central Library
Got a topic you're dying to yap about? Make a short presentation (up to 5 minutes) and share it at the Teen Center! Email us your presentations in advance at TeenCenter@freelibrary.org , then present on Thursday, June 26th at 3:30 p.m. Anyone without a presentation is welcome…
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Pin Your Pride!
Thu, June 26, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Andorra Library
Pride is protest! Make your own handmade pins from scratch to tell your own Pride story. We'll have magazines, stickers, fun paper, and more. You can also get to choose from a collection of Queer fiction and non-fiction books. For Tweens and Teens.
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Adult Gel Coloring
Thu, June 26, 2025
11:15 P.M.
Fox Chase Library
Join us for adult gel coloring! Bring your own coloring pages and medium of choice or pick from our supplies. Hosted by the Friends of Fox Chase Library!
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Eagles Eye Mobile at the Library
Fri, June 27, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Wynnefield Library
This summer, the Eagles Eye Mobile, powered by Vision to Learn, is providing no-cost eye exams and glasses for children in grades K-12 who have previously failed a vision screening or are having vision problems. Visit the link below to schedule an exam appointment for your child (available…