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September Closings Labor Day: Monday, September 2 - The Library will be CLOSED Staff Education Day: Wednesday, September 11 - The Library will be CLOSED
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Weekly Storytime Wednesdays, 10:30 AM Preschool storytime. Schedule: September 4, 18, 24
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Sensory Storytime Tuesday, September 3, 6 PM Join us for a storytime tailored for children with autism, developmental delays, and/or sensory issues. Storytime includes books, songs, movement, and therapeutic play. Siblings welcome!
Registration is Required: Please stop by the Children's Room to register or call us at (864) 941-4656.
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Tooty-Tot Storytime Tuesdays, 11:00 AM Schedule: September 10, 17, 24 Thursdays, 10:30 AM Schedule: September 5, 12, 19, 26 Toddler storytime for children 3 and under accompanied by an adult.
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Family Storytime Thursdays, 4:00 PM Share stories, songs and much more while building literacy skills with fun for the whole family. Schedule: September 12, 26
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Furry Tales with the Greenwood County Humane Society Third Thursday, 4:00 PM Share stories, songs and much more while building literacy skills with fun for the whole family. Schedule: July 18
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Free Back to School Eye Screenings 20/20 by 2020 Sponsored by Johansen Precision Eye Care Saturday, September 7 12 PM - 3PM Children's Room #2020SCKIDS
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Early Release Afternoon Matinee Trolls Wednesday, September 18th: 1:00 PM Rated PG - 1h 32min After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.
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Clemson Youth Learning Institute Presents: Super Snack Making Friday, September 20: 4:00 PM Learn about: • My Plate healthy eating education • Kitchen Safety • Food prep • and more! Registration Required. Register at the Children's Room Desk or call 941-4656.
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Oral Health for Kids Thursday, September 26: 11:00 AM The Children's Room in Greenwood is partnering with the Children's Center and Pediatric Dentistry of Greenwood to provide an educational event on oral health for children birth through elementary school. Healthcare providers will be here to discuss up to date oral health care for children.
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Storytime at McDonald's Friday, September 27: 10:30 AM Event Location: McDonalds 1204 Main Street South Greenwood, SC 29646 Bring your Library card and get a free kids meal!
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The pigeon has to go to school!
by Mo Willems
The irrepressible Pigeon from the Caldecott Honor-winning Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! throws a fit over his worries about the first day of school, from heavy backpacks to finger paint on his feathers.
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Llama Llama loves to read
by Anna Dewdney
The intrepid Llama Llama begins learning how to read on an exciting school day marked by letter practice, word cards and a visit to the library, where he selects a book that he anticipates reading to Mama Llama at home.
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The day you begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming combines lyrical, reassuring text with artwork by the award-winning illustrator of Book Fiesta to inspire readers to find the courage to connect with others.
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Sarabella's thinking cap
by Judith Byron Schachner
A little girl who occasionally gets lost in her imagination receives support and encouragement from a teacher who understands the importance of creativity and individuality. By the best-selling creator of the Skippyjon Jones series.
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Shawn loves sharks
by Curtis Manley
Loving sharks more than anything in the world, Shawn is disappointed when he is assigned a different kind of marine animal to learn about for a school project while his nemesis, Stacy, is assigned the shark subject he adores.
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School's First Day of School
by Adam Rex
The best-selling author of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning illustrator of Harlem's Little Blackbird present the story of how a school building shares jitters with the students on a first day of school.
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My stinky new school
by Rebecca Elliott
When Toby starts at a new school, he is worried that he won't make any friends, but when after meeting an alien, a mermaid, a dinosaur expert, and a pirate, he learns that he has new friends after all
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First grade dropout
by Audrey Vernick
A humorous picture book recounts the story about a first-grader who makes a mistake so hugely humiliating (and hilarious) that he can't possibly go back to elementary school.
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You go first
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
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Confessions from the principal's kid
by Robin Mellom
Treated like an outsider by classmates who think she will tattle on them, fifth-grader Allie, the daughter of the school principal, hangs out with other misfit students who are the children of the school's teachers and resolves to join an elite math team of popular kids led by her former best friend.
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Let's pretend we never met
by Melissa Walker
Struggling to adapt when her family moves during the school year, Mattie makes friends with the girl next door during winter break only to confront unpopularity when she learns that her new friend is the weird girl in school who no one likes.
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Mango delight
by Fracaswell Hyman
Seventh-grader Mango's life is transformed when she becomes a YouTube sensation, and soon she must decide what kind of friend she wants to have and, more importantly, what kind she wants to be.
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Piecing me together
by Renée Watson
Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, Jade would rather participate in the school's Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
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The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary
by Laura Shovan
In a story told in verse from multiple perspectives of the graduating fifth grade class of Emerson Elementary, the kids join together to try to save their school from being torn down to make way for a supermarket.
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Slacker
by Gordon Korman
Trying to cruise through school doing as little work as possible, an unmotivated boy gets his comeuppance when a community service project escalates into an all-out battle with an extracurricular activity-obsessed, mean-spirited girl.
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Fuzzy
by Tom Angleberger
When Max befriends her new robot classmate, Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program.
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