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Music and Movement Storytime
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, December 27, 2025
                            
                            
                                10:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Walnut Street West Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and movement that celebrates all things music! For ages 7 and under and their caregivers.
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Honoring the Seven Principles: A Kwanzaa Celebration
                        
                        
                            
                                Sat, December 27, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Children's Department
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
This culturally rooted program will celebrate the legacy and values of Kwanzaa through the lens of Black heritage and collective empowerment. Participants will learn about the Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles), experience storytelling and cultural expression, and explore how Kwanzaa connects to…
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Kwanzaa Story and Kinara Coloring
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, December 29, 2025
                            
                            
                                2:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Northeast Regional Library
                            
                        
                    
Kwanzaa Story & Kinara Coloring Monday 12/29 at 2:30pm Join us for Kawnaa stories and then choose a kinara to color! This program is for children of all ages.
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Mr. Bey’s Builders Club
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, December 29, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Cecil B. Moore Library
                            
                        
                    
Want to build something amazing? Want to learn how to create with cardboard? Come learn with LEAP how to build a house with running water and lights using cardboard? Come find out on Thursdays at 3:30 pm! This program is geared towards school aged children and teens!
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Marevelous Mondays: STEAM Programming
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, December 29, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us every Monday for a marvelous time as we explore the world of STEAM. Each week will feature fun activities that focus on science, technology, engineering, art and math. All ages welcome!
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Cooking club for Teens and Tweens
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, December 29, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Queen Memorial Library
                            
                        
                    
Learn basic cooking skills by helping Ms. Vera prepare a delicious dish each month! We will work together to read the recipe, measure ingredients and cook the food -- and of course we will eat what we made! Open to youth ages 10-18.
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Crafty Mornings
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 30, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:00 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library
                            
                        
                    
Join Miss Chelsea the Children's Librarian for an hour of crafts. Craft is decided each week at the librarian's discretion. This program is intended for children and their families.
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Tuesday STEM Experiments!
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 30, 2025
                            
                            
                                3:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Paschalville Library
                            
                        
                    
Each week, learn about new concepts in science, technology, engineering, or math in fun hands-on experiments. Learn about robots, magnets, volcanoes, slime, and more!
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Rock Climbing and Open Play
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 30, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Cecil B. Moore Library
                            
                        
                    
Get ready to jump, crawl and run at the Cecil B Moore Library. Use our rock climbing wall, weights, resistance bands and pull up bars! Don't miss this chance to challenge yourself and have a blast with friends. In addition to using our rock climbing wall, you can build structures with…
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Family Movie Afternoon
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 30, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Kingsessing Library
                            
                        
                    
Take a break and come join us in our Community Room for a family-friendly movie night! We'll provide the snacks, seats, and movie- all we need is YOU!
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Reading with Coco
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 30, 2025
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Andorra Library
                            
                        
                    
Young readers are invited to read with miniature poodle Coco, a certified therapy dog. Children can practice reading out loud in a safe, judgement free space. Coco loves to hear stories - share a favorite with her. Recommended for young school-age children. Space may be limited.
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Twilight Tales Family Story Time
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, December 30, 2025
                            
                            
                                5:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us every Tuesday at the library for an interactive Storytime that includes favorite read-aloud books, songs, and craft that are fun for the whole family!
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Noon Year's Eve
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, December 31, 2025
                            
                            
                                11:30 A.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Philadelphia City Institute
                            
                        
                    
Come join us for a special new year's eve countdown for babies, toddlers and preschoolers! We will have stories, songs, and a countdown to noon with a sparkling apple cider "toast"!
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The Goblin Market, Drawings by George Whitman | Exhibition
                        
                        
                            
                                Now through Sat, January 3, 2026
                            
                            
                                5:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Rare Book Department
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
This exhibition presents the complete series of George Whitman's pencil and watercolor drawings for the narrative poem "Goblin Market." First published in 1862, the poem is the best-known work of the English writer Christina Rossetti. Whitman's drawings appear in a 1981…
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Claymobile Creations
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, January 5, 2026
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Queen Memorial Library
                            
                        
                    
Children and families are invited to create their own piece of art with teaching artists from the Claymobile! Join us on the following dates - 2/2/26, 3/2/26, 4/6/26
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Marevelous Mondays: STEAM Programming
                        
                        
                            
                                Mon, January 5, 2026
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library
                            
                        
                    
Join us every Monday for a marvelous time as we explore the world of STEAM. Each week will feature fun activities that focus on science, technology, engineering, art and math. All ages welcome!
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Writing The Worst Play Ever
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, January 6, 2026
                            
                            
                                2:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Lovett Memorial Library
                            
                        
                    
This multi-session program celebrates drawing as a form of storytelling by guiding students through the process of creating a story from beginning to end, developing character, plot, and conflict, and presenting their story in sequence with storyboard panels. These programs are hosted by Mr.…
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Wildlife Ranger at the Library
                        
                        
                            
                                Tue, January 6, 2026
                            
                            
                                3:30 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Kingsessing Library
                            
                        
                    
Come meet a Wildlife Ranger from the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum. Enjoy hands-on activities about nature and conservation in our Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Meet us at the LEAP tables in the children’s area of the library.
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Art Explorers: Origami
                        
                        
                            
                                Wed, January 7, 2026
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                
                                    Children's Department
                                
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                                Parkway Central Library
                            
                        
                    
Jill Saull, local artist and origami enthusiast will guide us to create multiple types of origami models. This is an interactive and fun, hands-on workshop suitable for school-aged children age 6 and up and their caregivers. This event will be held in the Story Hour Room, within the Central…
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Animal Tales with the Philadelphia Zoo
                        
                        
                            
                                Thu, January 8, 2026
                            
                            
                                4:00 P.M.
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                Charles L. Durham Library
                            
                        
                    
Each month, Charles L. Durham Library will be hosting the Philadelphia Zoo! Come listen to a story read by the librarian. Then, meet an animal from the story and discover and learn more about the animal with knowledgeable educators of the Philadelphia Zoo. Come by every month to see which animal…
 
                             
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                