We Need Teen Volunteers!

Calling all teens ages twelve to seventeen!  Gain valuable community service and work experience by helping the Denton Public Library with its largest program of the year: the Summer Reading Club.  We need teens to help register customers for the Summer Reading Club and hand out Summer Reading Club prizes.  Please visit the reference desk at any Denton Public Library location for an application and more information.  No prior experience is needed, but attendance at one of the following orientations is required:

 

Emily Fowler Central Library              

Contact: Grace Smart                                                            

502 Oakland

Denton TX, 76201

349-8759

grace.smart@cityofdenton.com

 

Orientation dates:

Thursday, May 30 at 7 p.m.

Monday, June 3 at 2 p.m.

 

 

North Branch Library

Contacts: May Beth Everett/Juli Gonzalez

3020 North Locust

Denton TX, 76209

349-8741

may.everett@cityofdenton.com

juli.gonzalez@cityofdenton.com

 

Orientation dates:

Friday, May 24 at 2 p.m.

Monday, June 10at 7 p.m.

South Branch Library

Contact: Jess Turner

3228 Teasley Lane

Denton TX, 76210

349-8256

jess.turner@cityofdenton.com

 

Orientation dates:

Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 6 at 2 p.m.

 

 

 

 

For more information, contact Dana Tucker at 940-349-8715, or dana.tucker@cityofdenton.com, or visit .  

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LEGO Builders Club

Love building with LEGOs?

Love building with LEGOS?  Get creative and build with the library’s LEGOs.  Build on the monthly theme or just make an awesome creation. All LEGOS provided by the library (please don’t bring your own.)
Ages 6 and up.

Friday May 17th @ 4pm
Emily Fowler Library

See you then!
Stacey

North Branch StoryTime – Belly Buttons!

Join us at the North Branch Library on Friday, April 26 at 11am for our weekly StoryTime.  Our StoryTime classes are free for ages 1-5 and their caregivers, and no registration is necessary.  This week, we will be reading books about belly buttons.     View and print this week’s songsheet.  Here are the books we will be reading:

 

Here are some other great books about bellies and belly buttons:

 

 

 

 

 

 

We can’t wait to see you at StoryTime!

-Dana

North Branch StoryTime – Boxes!

Join us at the North Branch Library on Friday, April 19 at 11am for our weekly StoryTime.  Our StoryTime classes are free for ages 1-5 and their caregivers, and no registration is necessary.  This week, we will be reading books about boxes and all the fun things you can do with them.   View and print this week’s StoryTime songsheet.  Here are the books we will be reading:

 

 

Check out these other great books about boxes:

 

We can’t wait to see you there!

-Dana

Read-Along StoryTime at the North Branch Library

 

Join us for our StoryTime for children who are just learning to read.  At each program, a librarian will read an easy reader book while each child follows along with a copy of the book in-hand or on a projector screen.  Each session will also include literacy-based games, a craft, and/or a simple writing activity. 

Our next session will be held Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.  We will read I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss as a group and we will also be reading Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.   This program is free and is best for children in Pre-K-2nd grade, and there is no requirement for reading ability.

 

 

 

For more information, contact Dana Tucker at 940-349-8715, or dana.tucker@cityofdenton.com, or visit .  

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Plant a Seed StoryTime at the North Branch Library

Get ready for Earth Day and Arbor Day with plant and tree-themed stories, songs and rhymes.  Plant a Seed StoryTime will be on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at the North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.  After StoryTime, we will plant our own seeds to take home.  This program is best for ages 1-5, but the whole family is welcome.

 Here is what we will be reading:

Here are some other great books about plants and trees:

 

We can’t wait to see you at this special evening StoryTime!

-Dana

 

Laughs and Crafts at the North Branch Library

Need to unwind after a hard day at school?  Join us as we read funny picture books and make fun crafts.  This month, we will celebrate National Poetry Month by reading works by Shel Silverstein, including A Giraffe and a Half and selected poems, followed by a poetry activity.   Laughs and Crafts meets on Monday, April 15 at 4 p.m. at the North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.  This program is free and is best for children in grades K-3rd.

 

 

For more information, contact Dana Tucker at 940-349-8715, or dana.tucker@cityofdenton.com, or visit .  

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Emily Fowler StoryTime

 

Emily Fowler StoryTime

  Wednesday, April 10th @ 11 am

This week: Police Officers

  

Join us for interactive preschool classes that use stories, songs, & puppets

to build early literacy skills & prepare children to learn to read.

For children ages 1-5 & their caregivers.

 

See you at StoryTime!

-Stacey and Grace

 

North Branch StoryTime: Things That Go

 Join us at the North Branch Library on Friday, April 5 at 11am for our weekly StoryTime.  Our StoryTime classes are free for ages 1-5 and their caregivers, and no registration is necessary.  This week, we will be reading books about things that go.    View and print this week’s songsheet.  Here are the books we will be reading:

 

 

Check out these other great books about things that go:

 

 

We hope to see you there!

-Dana

StoryTime at the North Branch – Swamp!

 Join us at the North Branch Library on Friday, March 29 at 11am for our weekly StoryTime.  Our StoryTime classes are free for ages 1-5 and their caregivers, and no registration is necessary.  This week, we will be reading books about swamp animals.  View and print this week’s songsheet.  Here are the books we will be reading:

 

Check out these other great books about animals of the swamp:

 

 

We can’t wait to see you there!

-Dana