Make Valentines in the Children’s Room!
February 1-14
Spring Storytime Registration for 2, 3 and 4 & 5 year olds begins
Monday, February 8 9:00 am
LiveWires: Coffee & More “Remembering Pleasure Island” with Bob McLaughlin
Tuesday, February 9 10:00 am-12:00 Noon
Drop-in Evening Storytime for ages 2-4 and their adults
Tuesday, February 9 6:30-7:00 pm
Chapter Book Chats for elementary school children and their adults: “Holes”
Tuesday, February 9 6:30-7:00 pm
Bibliobabblers Book Discussion Group: “My Stroke of Insight”
Tuesday, February 9 7:00-9:00 pm
U.S. Citizenship Preparation Class (Drop-in)
Every Tuesday through April 27, 7:15-8:45 pm
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee & Refreshments at 9:30 a.m.
Billed as Boston’s answer to Disneyland, Pleasure Island opened in wetlands off of Route 128 in 1959. Bob McLaughlin, co-founder of the Friends of Pleasure Island, has collected images, film, oral history and artifacts relating to the park, which he uses in his book. Read on …
Saturday February 13, 2010
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday, February 13, 2010 is the date for the Reading Public Library’s annual magazine giveaway. Each year the library cleans out older issues of magazines to make room for newer issues. If you are a fan of Cooking Light, Real Simple, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, or many other titles, come to the library and pick up issues at no charge.
The library is open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We are unable to save magazines for individuals, so come early and bring a bag. The selection is first-come, first served. (Main Floor)
Sign-up begins Monday February 8th for our spring storytime sessions for children ages 2 through 5. Storytimes are a great way to foster early literacy skills and encourage a love of books and reading! Find out more about dates, times, and how to register here. For information about our drop-in storytimes and baby lapsits, please see our storytimes page.
Join us on Tuesday, February 16, at 6:30 for some great food, good company, and a lively discussion of Yiyun Li’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. Come celebrate the New Year of the Tiger with us – bring a friend or come alone – you won’t want to miss this last discussion in the American Voices series this year!
Please let us know if you’re coming so we can save you a seat! If you’re planning to attend the dinner at 6:30, please fill in the attached form and drop it off with your check or cash at the library. If you plan to attend the discussion only, please sign up online or by phone or in person – we’ll try to save you a fortune cookie!
Copies of the book – and movie - are available at the library now – you’ll definitely want to read the stories before the discussion.
Sure hope you can make it!
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Looking to learn another language? Whether you are studying a foreign
language or are an ESOL student, our World Language Collection has books, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs, and downloadable books for your educational and recreational needs.
For more information ask at the Information Desk, and be sure to ask for our two new brochures, “World Language Materials & More” and “World Language Materials & More for English Speakers of Other Languages”. And as always, we welcome your suggestions for any languages materials that you think would help us better serve our patrons.
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