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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…
Join us in participating in the "All the Feels" Youth Winter Reading Challenge located on our library website and on Beanstack.
In this emoji-themed reading challenge from January 1–31, readers of all ages will explore how reading helps process and express emotions with mindfulness by logging reading, completing activities, and writing book reviews. Each completion receives a badge and fills in a space on the virtual bingo card.
From reading and listening to writing an emoji-only book review…
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.
Handley Regional Library System, in partnership with Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference, announces Rockin’ the Library on June 24th at Handley Library from 5PM-7PM. The event is being held on Braddock Street outside Handley Library. Well-known authors and illustrators Kevin Henkes, Bob Shea, Scott Magoon and Kwame Alexander are attending, along with storybook characters including James Dean’s Pete the Cat, Lilly from Kevin Henkes’s “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” and the…
Enjoy a program perfect for preschoolers to learn through stories, rhymes, movement, and song. (Best for ages 3 & up)
This week's theme is: "Author Spotlight - Bill Martin Jr."! Come join us as we celebrate the works of renowned children's book author, Bill Martin Jr.!
Join us on as we hear stories and participate in singing, playing, reading, writing and sharing.
Books are shared and the puppets perform fun songs as we sing, play and dance along.
Bowman Library, Children's…
Volunteers will be on hand to collect your gently used books (in good, clean condition), DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks on CD and electronic games in the Bowman Library parking lot. We wish we could accept every book that is donated, but we simply don't have the space! Many books we receive cannot be sold and it takes time and energy to deal with these donations. The Friends of HRLS is run on volunteer power, so please go through your donations before bringing them to us and discard items…
Are you up for a challenge? Listen to a story and complete an engineering challenge inspired by the book. *NEW! Pick up a Grab-and-Go Kit at the Handley branch for activities to go with the virtual program and more, while supplies last.
January: "Bruces's Big Move" by Ryan T. Higgins
February: "Love Monster" by Rachel Bright
March: "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin
April: Pete the Cat Fan Club
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.
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…
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…