Library Events

Join Ms. Karen every Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. for an online Circle Time via Zoom! To participate, go to https://zoom.us/ Click on "Join a Meeting." Then put in this Meeting ID: 995-4901-8825 and Meeting Password: 178851. At Circle Time, we sing songs, have fun with fingerplays and rhymes, and do lots of dancing and movement exercises. We read one book in the middle of the program. Note: if your child has a birthday coming up, please email Ms. Karen your child's name, age and birthday so we can celebrate! Email: karenm (at) takomaparkmd (dot) gov. 
 

THERE ARE NEW ZOOM CREDENTIALS, BEGINNING JAN. 7, 2021! 
To participate in Zoom Spanish Circle Time, go to: https://zoom.us/ Then put in Meeting ID: 959-5178-5847 and Meeting Password: 793725

Join the fun at our weekly Zoom Spanish Circle Time, led by Senora Geiza! In this 30-minute online program, kids and adults can sing songs and do rhymes and movement exercises in Spanish. To participate, go to https://zoom.us/ Click on "Join a Meeting." The Meeting ID is 966-2757-5745 and Meeting Password is 437375

Sponsored by Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library.

OPEN MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
CLOSED MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11

We have been open for curbside service most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.  Instructions

We will close for holidays such as Labor Day and Veterans Day. And, as this is an experimental program, we may close unexpectdly at other times.  If this happens, we will post notices on Facebook and Twitter.

If you like to draw, please join Library Associate Dave Burbank every Friday from 4-5:30 p.m. for our online Scribbler's Cabal via Zoom! To participate, go to https://zoom.us/ Click on "Join a Meeting" then put in this Meeting ID: 734-913-6285. At the program, everyone focuses on their own drawing, and shares as they feel comfortable. 

Register here if you are having problems with your library card number or have questions about your account.   Be sure to give us your preferred e-mail address, the one you want us to use in contacting you.    We can do renewals, verify new cards, etc.

Your actual name and address should match whatever we have on record.

Calling all comics lovers! Join Library Associate Dave Burbank once a month, on a Wednesday, from 4-5:30 p.m., for our online Comics Jam via Zoom. To participate, go to: https://zoom.us/ Click on "Join a Meeting," then put in this Meeting ID: 734-913-6285. At the program, Dave will read and show comics, then conclude by taking "drawing requests" from participants. 

Join the virtual version of our family book club -- our Caldecott Club!
On Tuesday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m., Mr. Dave will read picture books that are all possibilities for the Caldecott Medal, which will be announced Monday, January 25, along with the rest of the ALA Youth Media Awards. We discuss each book, using our "kid-friendly" Caldecott criteria, then vote on our favorite at the end of each night. 

Then, on February 23, we will have a wrap-up and discuss the winner!

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