Are you ready to get crafty? Join us at High Meadows to work on an available craft project or bring one of your own! This program is for adults (18+) only.
English
There will be a brief lesson for beginners at the beginning of the session. Each class go over the following:
- How each chess pieces move
- Chess rules
- Review how to use a chess clock
- How to use notation
- How to set up the chess board
- Discuss special moves
- Describe check and checkmate
- Review chess principals
- Cover minor tactics
- Discuss end game principals
- Then members will get a chance to play each other
**Ages 9-17 ONLY & FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE**
A bashful dinosaur enlists her friends and the audience to help her overcome her shyness and find her voice. The audience learns the importance of courage, confidence, and overcoming personal obstacles from within—with a little help from friends.
*Best suited for PreK–5th grade, but designed to be fun and engaging for all ages, including younger children and adults.
Climb aboard the Voyager, Clear Creek ISD’s bookmobile bringing stories, creativity, and discovery to your neighborhood.
Each stop features a new adventure as we spark your imagination and a love for reading!
Join us for this come and go event to pick up free books, engage in activities, and take home a makerspace activity.
Recommended for children ages 4-12.
Tommy Terrific presents A Magical Dinosaur Dig!
This interactive magic show features a giant magic trunk filled with dinosaur fossils and exploration tools. With the help of the Magician’s Handbook, kids guide Tommy on a magical adventure where the world of dinosaurs comes alive in wacky and unexpected ways. From the T. rex to the Triceratops and beyond, young audiences will uncover fun facts about dinosaurs and the age in which they lived.
Join us for an interactive story time for children of all ages! This program features songs, books, and crafts each week.
Space is limited. Please pick up your free tickets at the Children's Reference Desk the morning of the program to gain entry to Family story time.
Recommended for ages 0-5 and their families. Pajama Story Time is a program designed to ease your little one into nighttime. Wear your favorite pajamas and bring a cuddly stuffed animal!
*Free tickets are required and available at the Kid's Department desk*
Help us welcome the Houston Grand Opera to Aldine Library!
We are bringing children's books to life through song with our beloved program Storybook Opera! Storybook Opera! supports literacy development with interactive, singing storytellers. This program is perfect for children in Grades Pre-K through 2!
Bring in your gently used puzzles and exchange them for new-to-you puzzles!
Please limit puzzles to 15 per person and no puzzles with missing pieces.
The downstairs Meeting room will open at 3PM...the first few minutes will be the puzzle browse.
Anyone that brings in a 500+ piece puzzle can participate in the swap.
You will receive 1 ticket for each puzzle that you bring to trade for a new(ish) puzzle.
Any leftover puzzles will be donated to the Friends of the Library-Kingwood.
The Next Chapter Classics Revisited continues Thursday, June 18 at 10:15 AM in our downstairs Meeting Room. We look forward to showing Juno, the 2007quirky coming-of-age comedy. This film stars Elliot Page (as Ellen Page), Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Olivia Thirlby, and Allison Janney. Rated PG-13, Juno lasts 1 hour, 35 minutes. This film includes Closed Captions.