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Get together with fellow teen arts and crafts lovers while casually exploring your creative mind and spirit. No artistic experience or ability is required, but pre-registration is a must in order to have enough materials available! Ages 12-18. *Registration required and may close up to 48 hours in advance of program. September 11 - laminated bookmarksSept. 25 - fabric/sweater pumpkinsOct. 9 - Decoupage leaf artOct. 23 - Halloween watercolor paintingNov. 13 - origami with Harry…
Chess Champs come and play!
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every week on Saturday mornings to play casual chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Instructors are present when their schedule permits.
Sponsored and affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
Love the Shenandoah Valley? American folklife? Feisty heroines? If so, join us for an author talk. Our speaker is Stephanie Gardner, author of Rattlesnake Granny: Nancy Remembers Life in Old Thornton Gap, Inspired by True Stories. In this historical fiction, meet Nancy Pullum, a mountaineer rattlesnake catcher living in the Thornton Gap area. Nancy made her living catching rattlesnakes and then selling their oil as a medicinal treatment. Follow Nancy’s story as she…
On today's program, create a pet pals pop-up book with us!
Craft kits with instructions are also available for pick up at your local library. (while supplies last)
Click here then use the login information below to gain access:
Username: PTA2021HRL
Password: summer2021
Brought to you by the Friends of Handley Regional Library.
Page Turner Adventures transforms kids into Storyologists and sends them into the Once Upon a TIME MACHINE where they explore stories from the…
Did you know that Handley Library now has a program for ages 6-11 every week? There’s a little something for everybody, so read on to learn more about these awesome programs. Kid Crafternoons - 1st Saturdays at 3PM on the Children’s FloorGet your creativity flowing as we make a new craft inspired by a famous artist. This program focuses on art, but history and STEAM topics are also covered. Participants will get a Grab-and-Go kit with craft instructions and extension activities on…
Are you ready for some special treats?
Then Join us in the Land of Sweets!
This week, we'll focus on the Land of Sugar and Sweets Activity Badge and all of the virtual programs that accompany this. You will find these on Beanstack when you click on the tab for Activity Badges.
If you have a Pre-Reader who is logging books read, scroll until you see this picture:
Complete 3 activities related to this theme that include the Five Practices of Early Literacy-Talking, Singing, Reading…
Have you been a faithful attendant of babytime for many months now, but your little is starting to walk, and the baby time activities just aren't keeping them engaged as much anymore? I’m sure that your little’s readiness to move up has come long before you are emotionally ready to move past babytime, and to admit that perhaps you have a toddler, not a baby anymore! When my own daughter was 16 months, I didn’t feel ready for toddler time, but I knew it was time for us to move up. Today I’m…
Chess Champs
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every other week to play casual and blitz chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Free!
Sponsored and affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
As we head towards a full moon this week, type #moonlight magic into the search bar above to start your journey on a thematic week of moonlight magic! You’ll find many wonderful books to read by the light of the moon (and your lamp!) such as Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett, I See the Moon by Jacqueline Mitton, By the Light of the Moon by Fran Preston-Gannon, and Moon River by Johnny Mercer.
Place the books on hold with your…
Listen to a story and complete a STEAM challenge inspired by the book. Then, take home a Grab-and-Go Kit that includes all supplies and extension activities to do later. Ages 6-11.This Month's Theme: "Map Making" / Book- Camilla Cartographer by Julie Dillemuth