What do you do with old, broken crayons? Take the paper off, break them up even more, and melt them into crazy molds to make new crayons! Is it chemical reaction or physical?
We provide the crayons, you make and keep the new ones!
For Grades: 3 and up
Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 6:00 PM
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine St., Scranton, PA 18509
lclshome.org/childrenslibrary
Registration is required.
Call, (570) 348-3000, ext. 3015, to RSVP.
Join the staff members of the Lackawanna County Library System libraries to celebrate the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Lackawanna County. Featuring the Scranton Cultural Center’s Youth Theater Program performing songs from the Wizard of Oz PLUS stories, songs, take-home crafts, and ice cream from Fidelity Bank! And sign your child up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 10:30 AM at the Lackawanna County Children’s Library.
For Families with children ages 0-5.
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine St., Scranton, PA 18509
Registration is not required.
Call, (570) 348-3000, ext. 3015
In this heartfelt and universal story, a mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong–ruining storytime, salon time, picnic time, and the puppet show they’d been looking forward to going to all week. Mom is nearing a meltdown…until her loving daughter reminds her that being together is the most important thing of all.
Join us on Wednesday, May 4th at 6PM when we celebrate a special library day with stories, songs, and crafts. The first 15 families to register and come to the program will receive a free hardcover copy of the book.
For Families with children ages 3 to 7.
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine St., Scranton, PA 18509
lclshome.org/childrenslibrary
Registration is required.
Call, (570) 348-3000, ext. 3015, to RSVP.
Join Ms. O’Handley and her pet chicken, Mrs. Orpington, for some holiday fun!
Children will create wooden chicken ornaments for their Christmas trees! For children of all ages.
Event space is limited and meets CDC guidelines.
Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 6:00 PM
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine St., Scranton, PA 18509
lclshome.org/childrenslibrary
Registration is required.
Call, (570) 348-3000, ext. 3015, to RSVP.
In this episode of Lexivore, Mary and Renee discuss literary festivals, awards and pilgrimages. We discuss our favorite awards and book lists, some of the biggest literary festivals in the world as well as those close to home, and our own personal literary (wish list) pilgrimages. We enjoyed chatting about our favorite awards and which books we don’t think award worthy.
We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including the county-wide Summer Quest program and which programs we are most excited for. We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, our new plan for rotating podcast recording now that there’s three of us (Megha and Mary next, and we will go from there). And we include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing spooky reads for fall with a Special Guest.
We hope you enjoy our podcast! You can listen to it Here!
In episode 21 of Lexivore, Renee and Megha are joined by a guest, Mary Graham, in discussing ‘The Midnight Library’, a New York Times Best Seller by Matt Haig. It’s an exploration of the lives one could have lived, the things that shape us and the possibilities that open up or close behind us. We discuss the book itself, including both the work as a whole and in depth look at several sections – including one section in the middle that included a polar bear (everyone’s favorite!), and the ending with a little bit about how we expected the story to go. We had a lot of fun during that discussion!
We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including our new subscription boxes and kits like mental health, antiracism, and even baking, as well as discussing the possibility of in person programming this summer. We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, and include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing literary culture, including literary trips, festivals, and prizes. We hope you will join us for that one, too!
We enjoyed making this podcast and hope you enjoy it as well! You can listen to it Here!
Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always
encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington,
Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden was of elected one the youngest United States Senators ever
elected. This is his story. Recommended for children 8 and up.
In this two part Zoom program, we will learn more about Joe Biden as a child in Scranton and how his upbringing shaped him into the man he is today!
For information, call the Lackawanna County Children’s Library 570-348-3000 ext. 3015
To register email lohandley@albright.org and you will be sent the Zoom link.
Welcome to Episode 20, All Things Digital, in which Renee and Megha explore and explain some of the digital resources available to us – including from our own lovely Abington Community Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Libby the library app and the digital collections available through that, and some that are just generally available online.
We also talk about digital reading in general, from ebooks to audiobooks, to reading newspaper or magazine articles online through their own websites, to some of the interesting options available with ebooks that may not be available in print books – like using a special font that helps readers with dyslexia or works that incorporate technology more deeply – like using links to cleverly present a “choose your own adventure” story, including pictures, playlists or videoclips for a multimedia approach to storytelling, or the fun little stories or discussions that can pop up in comments on a work between the readers and with the authors.
Also our next episode will be reading and discussing Matt Haig’s Midnight Library – Get excited, it sounds so interesting 🙂
We hope you enjoy our podcast. You can listen to it Here!
In the 18th episode of Lexivore, the last of this year, Megha and Renee cover the mystery genre, including talking about the books from authors from various styles of mystery like cozy mysteries, or suspense, intricately written ones and a few darker, crime-novel style mysteries.
We include some widely read authors, like Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark, and some that are a bit less well known. We also cover some YA mystery series and even a few well read children’s mysteries like Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown, stories that we read when we were younger and that are still read today,
We also briefly discuss what might draw us to the mystery genre, or related genres like true crime. And there is a brief teaser included, for the episode beginning our next season, which will be Romance – get excited!
We hope you enjoy our podcast! You can listen to it Here!
Trick-or-Treat at the Children’s Library!
Also stop by the Albright Library to show off your costumes for another treat!
Drop-by in costume for a grab-&-go treat!
1-3 PM All Ages
No Contact | Free | Masks are required