One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten Celebration!

10:00am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Severna Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severna Park - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Reading with our children is wonderful!  Let's celebrate the families who participate in One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten and have a great, big party! Fun for all.

Cancelled

Family Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Sensory Playtime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Accessibility, Kindergarten Readiness, Neurodivergent / Neurodiverse, Special Events, STEAM
Event Details:

Sensory play is any activity that stimulates a child's senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing. Through sensory play, children use scientific processes to investigate new sensations. We will have different stations to explore!

Earth Day Storytime

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Crofton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Crofton Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Gardening & Environment, Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Enjoy an environmentally-minded storytime as we explore a variety of activities teaching the importance of treating the Earth with kindness.

Adult Book Club: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

11:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Adult Learning, Books and Writing
Event Details:

What's better than diving into a fantastic new book? Discussing it with other readers afterwards! 

Join us this month at PJ's Coffee since Linthicum Library will be closed for renovations. 

Trade School Fair

11:00am - 2:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Career Development, Special Events, STEAM
Event Details:

University or for-credit community college is not the only way to obtain a successful and fulfilling career.

Cancelled

Family Storytime

11:30am - 12:00pm
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Cardio Drumming for Fun and Fitness

11:45am - 12:15pm
Adults
Library Branch: Deale Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Come and try Cardio Drumming for Fun & Fitness. You can stand or sit for this program where we will tap, stretch and move to music while drumming on large fitness balls. 

Disclaimer(s)

Release and Waiver Form

This program requires the completion of a Release and Waiver form.

Este programa requiere completar un formulario de liberación y renuncia.

 

Teen Comics and Graphic Novel Club

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Teens (Ages 11+)
Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room A
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Books and Writing
Event Details:

Join other comic and graphic novel fans to discuss what you are currently reading, writing, or illustrating. If you are curious, come and see what this medium is all about from those who love it!

Malikat Al Dabke Performance

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Program Type: Arab American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Performing Arts & Music
Event Details:

Join us for an awe-inspiring performance by Malikat Al Dabke (Queens of Dabke) and experience the vibrant and rhythmic traditional dance form known as dabke!

Game Swap and Play

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Odenton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Games, Special Events
Event Details:

Trade your gently used board games and puzzles with other gamers, and stick around for an afternoon of gaming. Don't have something to trade? That's OK! You don't have to donate to take something new to you.

Stitch n'Chat

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Mountain Road Library
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Special Events
Event Details:

Join us for some social stitching! All types of stitchers are welcome.

Tatreez with Wafa Ghnaim

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Crofton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Crofton Community Meeting Room
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Arab American Interest, Arts & DIY, History & Genealogy, Special Events
Event Details:

Join Wafa Ghnaim—a Palestinian dress historian—to learn about traditional Palestinian embroidery: Tatreez, and Palestinian arts and culture in an educational presentation. 

Flicks with Sticks: Dead Poets Society (PG, 1989)

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Busch Annapolis Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides)
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Movies
Event Details:

Bring your knitting, crocheting, other needlework and enjoy crafting along to a movie starring Robin Williams. Patterns will be provided for those who wish to knit or crochet items requested by Luminis Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at library programs has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Alergias Alimentarias: La Biblioteca no puede garantizar que la comida servida en los programas no ha estado en contacto con las nueces de árbol, la soya, u otros alérgenos.

Color Me Calm

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Library Branch: Severna Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severna Park - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Neurodivergent / Neurodiverse, Older Americans
Event Details:

Are you looking for some peace and quiet to let your inner artist emerge?

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available with advanced notice for library-sponsored programs. To schedule an interpreter, complete this request form at least one week prior to the event date. For questions, email programming@aacpl.net.