Children's Library
Events and Activities
 
For a full account of our events and activities,
and to register for programming, please visit www.dillonlibrary.org
 
 
 
 Upcoming Special Events 
 
Drop-In LEGOs
 
We supply the LEGOs, you bring the creativity!
 
Alternating Tuesdays
May 2  & 23 @ 4pm
 
 
 
 
 
Story Time Yoga 
 Story Time Yoga with Peace Play seeks to enlighten young minds with the magic of yoga while recounting some of the world's most delightful, instructive stories. 

Tuesday, May 9th @ 11am

Ages 2 and up and in-person.
Please register.
.Story Time Yoga
Tuesday, February 21 @ 11 am
No Registration  All Ages
Kid's Minecraft Play
Come play Minecraft with us!  All you need is a Minecraft Bedrock account and a compatible device (Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows 10, Console, or VR Gear). 
Both experienced and new players are welcomed but our Minecraft Club platform space is limited to 10 players. 

Open World / Build Session for ages 10-15
 
Wednesdays 5/10 and 5/31  
 4:30 - 6:00 pm   
Must register!
 
         
 
 
 
         
 
Mother's Day Craft
Join Ms. Pat for a fun and exciting Mother's Day Craft!
 
 Thursday 5/11 @4pm
Please register.
 
 
 
Star Wars Cartoon Workshop with Doug Baron
Saturday May 13th
1:30-3:30pm
 
Must register!
 
 
Origami
 Have fun folding origami with our
Teen Volunteer Elizabeth.
 
Tuesday 5/16 @ 4:30pm
 
 

Mandarin Story Time  
 Join our Teen Volunteer Elizabeth as she presents stories in Madarin for your youngster!
 
Tues. May 9 @ 4:30
 
 
Join Miss Karina for songs, stories, and games in English and Spanish.
All ages. In-person. Registration recommended.
 
Sat. May 27 @ 12:00
 
Spring Planting Program
We will have seeds & dirt to start your child's 1st seedlings of the year!
Plus, learn a little about helping our world with the importance of growing a garden.
 
 
Weekly Events for All Ages
Baby Play Time
 
            Mondays @ 10am - 12pm
 
Parents & caregivers are invited to socialize and have open-ended play with our toys and puzzles.
 
                      Ages 0-5.
Rhythm, Rhyme, and Story Time
With Miss Caroline
 
     Thursdays @ 10:30 am - our NEW TIME!
 
Enjoy weekly music + stories with Miss Caroline.
 
                         Ages 2+ 
 
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
1000 Books Before Kindergarten 
The Dillon Library participates in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten early literacy program.
 
Turn in your reading logs for prizes and more.
 
For more information, please contact the Children's Librarian.
What's Happening at the Library
 
 
Thank you all for entering our March
"Lucky You! Library Contest & Survey" - your suggestions really matter and are appreciated!
 
Winner of the Family 4 Pack Tickets:
Kathy Antonucci
 
Winner of our Book Bundle: Angela Verrone 
 
 
 
 
Teens:  Looking for community service?
 ~Sneak Peak into our June Activities~
 
 
Starting on Memorial Day, the library will be closed on Sundays and closing at 3:00 on Saturdays in July & August. 
 
 
High School Summer Reading Lists will be posted soon!
 
 
 
             Summer Reading Program - "All Together Now"
Begins June 26th!
 
Access our Kids' Catalog Here.
 
 
A present for Mom
by Vivian French

Stanley has trouble deciding what to give his mother for Mother's Day.
Mother's Day
by Anne F. Rockwell

The students in Mrs. Madoff's class share how they will celebrate Mother's Day with their families.  In the latest book from the mother-daughter team, are included instructions for making a flower for mom from a button, paper, and a pipe cleaner.
Peculiar primates : fun facts about these curious creatures
by Debra Kempf Shumaker

Peculiar Primates is an great picture book with a scientific-and child-friendly facts. With examples of different primates as well as extensive backmatter explaining the fascinating science behind their behaviors, this new book captures the wonder of our ecosystem and primate friends.
Let's read!
by Studio Fun International

In this four humorous level-one stories, Blippi volunteers at an animal shelter, drives an excavator, takes a walk around his neighborhood, and imagines he's a dinosaur.
Hannah and the Ramadan gift
by Qasim Rashid

The debut picture book that celebrates good deeds during the month of Ramadan finds Hannah learning the importance of the holiday by helping her friends and neighbors as well as by showing kindness and generosity acts that can make the world a better place.
Spring according to Humphrey
by Betty G Birney

Helping the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class prepare for Family Fun Night, Humphrey the Hamster, wonders about his own family before deciding to focus on the beautiful spring season and all the wonderful friends he has made. By the award-winning author of "The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs".
The Nazi hunters : how a team of spies and survivors captured the world's most notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb

Recounts of how, sixteen years after the end of World War II, a team of undercover Israeli agents captured the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in a remote area of Argentina and brought him to trial in Israel for crimes committed during the Holocaust.
 
Crooked kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo

Kaz and his crew find their loyalties tested after pulling off an impossible heist and are forced to fight for their lives when powerful enemies descend on Ketterdam in pursuit of knowledge about a dangerous drug.
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman

In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to survive until they turn eighteen.

Any questions? Contact Children's Librarian Maria Provini at 
mprovini@dillonlibrary.org or call 908-234-2325 ext. 107
 
Clarence Dillon Public Library
2336 Lamington Rd.
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921
908-234-2325

http://www.dillonlibrary.org