Learn about pattern and symmetry by creating beautiful monarch and blue morph butterflies! All supplied are provided.
Crosby Edith Fae Cook Cole Branch Library
Register for a 30 minute slot for one-on-one help with any of your issues with your computer, phone, or other device!
Slots are 12:00-12:30, 12:30-1:00, 4:00-4:30, and 4:30-5:00.
In honor of Black History Month, we will learn about the artist Alma Thomas and create art inspired by her style. All supplies will be provided.
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30 am for songs, stories and fingerplays designed to develop your child's early literacy skills. Plus there is plenty of time for the children to play and for caregivers to socialize. Fun for toddlers and their caregivers!
Come and join us to create an easy and adorable 3-D Easter Egg Craft! We will make colorful paper Easter eggs with your own designs then make 3-D "grass" holders to display the eggs. All supplied are provided.
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30 am for songs, stories and fingerplays designed to develop your child's early literacy skills. Plus there is plenty of time for the children to play and for caregivers to socialize. Fun for toddlers and their caregivers!
Are you in the 7th–12th grade and interested in volunteer opportunities? Sign up to be a Big Buddy for the Crosby Branch Library! HCPL's Book Buddies program pairs trained teen volunteers (Big Buddies) with children in grades K-3rd (Little Buddies) for 10 weeks of shared reading.
Our next session will run from February 10- April 21. You will meet on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:15 pm to read with your Little Buddy.
This training is mandatory for all interested new Big Buddies.
Join us every Tuesday at 10:30 am for stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts using best practices of the Every Child Ready to Read program. You and your children will have fun while honing skills necessary to be ready to read!
For the month of April, we will combine our toddler story time with our Family Place Parent Child Workshop! Each week we will introduce an early childhood topic with a story and fingerplay. A community expert in each topic will be on hand for one-on-one time with parents while the children will have extra toys and playtime. Topics include: Early Literacy, Nutrition, Developmental Milestones, Speech and Language Development, and Movement. Check with the Crosby Library for the schedule and list of community experts.
Calling all tweens! Join us at the Crosby Library for Plot Twisters, a monthly book club where we sample a variety of books in different formats (including print and audiobooks) and come back together the next month to talk about what we’ve been reading. Discover new stories, try new formats, and see which plots really twist your brain!
Ages 9-13
See front desk for more information.