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Read, Baby, Read: Baby and Toddler Storytime
Tue, April 29, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces that will help your young child develop important pre-literary skills while you bond and have fun together! This program is intended for our friends ages 2 and under, and their caregivers. Siblings are welcome.
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Baby & Toddler Storytime & Free Play
Tue, April 29, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for books, songs, and dancing! Then stick around for free play with toys! For ages 5 and under and their caregivers.
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Read, Baby, Read Storytime
Tue, April 29, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Come join Ms. Dee for songs, stories, rhymes and lap time! Stick around for playtime afterward. This program is intended for ages 0 - 24 months, along with their caregivers. This program has been made possible by a grant from the William Penn Foundation.
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Baby & Toddler Storytime & Free Play
Tue, April 29, 2025
11:30 A.M.
Walnut Street West Library
Join us for books, songs, and dancing! Then stick around for free play with toys! For ages 5 and under and their caregivers.
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Adult Basic Literacy Classes
Tue, April 29, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Nicetown-Tioga Library
Do you know an adult who wants to learn to read or write? We are offering FREE basic literacy course for adults to help them improve their basic skills. For more information, call 215-686-8664 or email adultlearning@freelibrary.org. Please note this class will be taking place in the upstairs…
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Music and Movement Storytime
Tue, April 29, 2025
1:00 P.M.
Haverford Library
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and movement that celebrates all things music! For ages 7 and under and their caregivers.
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Twilight Tales Family Story Time
Tue, April 29, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
Join us every Tuesday at the library for an interactive Storytime that includes favorite read-aloud books, songs, and craft that are fun for the whole family!
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Pieces of Me: Visual Memoir Workshop
Tue, April 29, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
Participants will create a layered art piece (painting, sculpture, or collage) incorporating found objects that symbolize pivotal moments in their lives. This workshop is led by Crystal Sharpe and will encourage storytelling and reflection, echoing this year’s One Book One Philadelphia…
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Grid Books Celebration- A Poetry Reading
Tue, April 29, 2025
5:45 P.M.
Literature Department
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
A Grid Books Celebration! Join us in collaboration with Moonstone Arts Center in introducing a stellar lineup of poets representing Grid Books Press and their strong ties to the Philadelphia area and its more than two decades of independent publishing. The free event will take place in the…
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Stories and Songs for Babies and Toddlers
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:15 A.M.
Falls of Schuylkill Library
Join Ms. Grace for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces perfect for infants and toddlers along with their caregivers! Free play with baby-friendly toys will wrap up the program. Siblings welcome. Read, Baby, Read is a series of programs focused on language and literacy development for…
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Read Baby Read Yoga
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Fox Chase Library
We have a very special guest for two of our Read, Baby, Read dates! We are happy to welcome Miss Mia, of Black Girls with Green Thumbs, for a special yoga session. This is designed for young children and their adults to learn calming strategies when processing big feelings. While Read, Baby,…
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Music and Movement!
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Join Ms Naomi for songs, dance, and fun explorations of rhythm and movement! This program is intended for our friends ages 6 and under and their caregivers. Wednesdays at 10:30am in the Montgomery Auditorium. Instagram: @freelibraryccd Facebook: ParkwayCentralChildrens
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Toddler Storytime
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Lovett Memorial Library
Come join Ms. Dee for songs, movement, and stories! Stay awhile for playtime afterward. This program is intended for children ages 2 - 6 and their caregivers.
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Toddler Storytime
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Eastwick Library
Join us for stories, songs, movement and other fun activities. There’s time for some free play at the end. For ages 5 and under and their caregivers.
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Read Baby Read Storytime
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Fox Chase Library
“Read, Baby, Read” on Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces. This program is intended for our friends ages 2 and under and their caregivers. Siblings are welcome. Read, Baby, Read is a series of programs focused on language and literacy development…
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Read Baby Read Infant/Toddler Storytime
Wed, April 30, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Wynnefield Library
Join Ms. Susan for fun-filled stories, songs and fingerplays for parents and their infants and toddlers to enjoy. Stay afterwards and explore our play space areas.
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Preschool Storytime & Playgroup
Wed, April 30, 2025
11:00 A.M.
Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
Join us for Preschool storytime every Monday! Enjoy stories, rhythms, and songs. Stay after storytime for playgroup. This program is intended for ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers. Siblings are welcome.
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Read to a Therapy Dog!
Wed, April 30, 2025
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
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Parkway Central Library
Independent readers and children who are learning to read are invited to practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from Comfort Caring Canines. Yes, you can pet them, too! Dogs will be accompanied by their handler during this program & each child will be assigned…
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Basic English Literacy
Thu, May 1, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Southwest CDC, 6328 Paschall Avenue, 19142
Do you know an adult who wants to learn English and does not know how to read or write? The Free Library of Philadelphia is offering a FREE basic English literacy course for adults to help them improve their basic skills in English. For more information, call 215-686-8664 or email…
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Read Baby Read Preschool Storytime
Thu, May 1, 2025
10:30 A.M.
Wynnefield Library
Join Ms. Susan for interactive stories, songs and fingerplays for preschoolers to enjoy. Stay afterwards and explore our play space areas.