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National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect.
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March has come in like a lamb. Yay!
Here are the things that are going on in the month of March in the Youth Services department.
We hope you will bring your kiddos to join in.
Come and have some silly fun with us!
Welcome to the new Youth Services page – one spot for news, pictures, events, and more from Miss Lesa.FEBRUARY 2025 YOUTH events.STORYTIMES in February -5th at 10:30 am7th at 10:30 am [First Friday ]19th at 10:30 am11th at 6pm – FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY. We will be showing the movie IF FEBRUARY 18th -PICKLE AUTOPSY – 10 years old or over “coroners” needed for sign up. Join us for this silly and fun event.February 25th at 6pm. – LEGO Play! Open LEGO play in the library! Come and create whatever you like. We have LEGO, DUPLO and more.Coming in JANUARY 2025.I have some fun things planned for January in the YOUTH DEPARTMENT.Here are some that are happening in the beginning of the month.Be sure to sign up for those that require it.~Lesa
DECEMBER events coming!
In December, we will have several fun events. It’s holiday time, so it’s holiday events!
Storytimes will be on the 6th, 11th and 18th. There will be no storytime on December 4th due to a staff get together for the holidays.The 6th is the First Friday Storytime at 10:30 am. Following this storytime will be a parent cafe where parents and I can chat about programs. Let me know what you would like to see offered here at the library. Share your thoughts and ideas. Refreshments will be provided.On the 21st is our monthly Stay Play – LET’S PLAY! day at 1pm in the meeting room. This is geared toward children, birth to age 5 and their grownups.At 2pm on the 21st, we are having a KIDS IN THE KITCHEN event. Let’s make cookies! Sign up is required for this event by December, 14th.On the 23rd, we will have a movie in the afternoon since it’s a no school day. We hope you can come and enjoy the events.
New activities are always on the horizon at Iola Public Library. We are excited to announce a special art workshop for kids in March where they can unleash their creativity and make their own masterpieces. Stay tuned for more details and be sure to check back often for updates on all our youth programs. We love to see our young patrons engaged and having fun while learning. Remember to bring your friends along for even more fun!
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Osa’s Amazing Adventures 2 pm March 9
This Women’s History Month program from the Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Chanute, highlights the life and career of Chanute native Osa Johnson (1894-1953).
February YOUTH calendar of events. Bring your kiddos for library fun times!
Events in February for Youth at Iola Public Library.
Mark your calendars for January Iola Public Library Youth Department events!
Iola Library Youth events for the month of January 2024. Storytimes, Stay & Play, Make your own squishy toy, Crayola Creative Youth Night.
Youth Services December happenings. Click me to find out more information!
December is full of fun stuff for our youth visitors. Storytime the first 3 Wednesday's of the month. Kids In The Kitchen 3 day workshop. Gifts for Mom & Dad. Holiday movie. Stay & Play.
Kids in the kitchen – 3 day session for age 7 and up.
Kids in the kitchen. Held at the Flewharty Annex. December 19,20,21 at 2 pm. Sign-up is required by December 11th to participate. This workshop is for kids aged 7 and up. Over the 3 days, we will cover a variety of foods that the kids will prepare from start to finish...
Author Meet & Greet and Book Signing Nov. 18, 2-5 pm
Come meet Shawn Warner and get your book signed!
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CALENDAR MARCH 31 - APRIL 5
MON. Chess Club with Josh, 6:00, genealogy room, everybody welcome. In Stitches, adult crochet with Jen, 6-8:00, Flewharty, all welcome.
TUES. R.W. Alley, illustrator and author of children's books, 5-6:00, meeting room; meet-and-greet with refreshments. First 10 people receive free book; also books for sale.
WED. Story time for littles, 10:30, meeting room with Lesa. Two O'Clock Book Talk, meeting room with Colleen; open discussion of what you've been reading.
THURS. Youth crochet with Jen, 6-7:00, library lounge. Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet Laureate, 7:00, meeting room, "Memory Feast", poetry and recipes.
FRI. First Friday story time with Lesa, 10:30, meeting room.
SAT. Play the Day Away, 9-4:30; meeting room open all day for board games and puzzles, yours or ours. Bring snacks if you wish.
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MEET & GREET R.W. ALLEY, author and illustrator of children's books, 5-6:00 Tues., April 1 in the meeting room. Take home one of his books, free, if you're one of the first 10 to get in line. (Books will also be for sale.) Alley is illustrator of more than 100 children's books. For more than 20 years he has been illustrator of the revived "Paddington Bear" series. He is also author of several books. His Breezy Valley at Work series launched with "Firefighters to the Rescue". "Hospital Heroes Save the Day" published in December.
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DO YOU HAVE LIBBY? It's free. It's easy. If you have our library card, you can download the app, borrow a title, and read or listen on any of your devices. sunflowerelibrartry.overdrive.com
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Here's what is happening in Youth Services in the month of APRIL!
SPRING IS HERE!
April is Child Abuse Prevention month - CAP.
Show your support by wearing blue on April 4th.
Join us on April 9th for a CAP event. After storytime, children can plant their own flowers that they will take home and grow. After that, we will go outdoors and "plant" blue pinwheels to show our support of CAP.
Flowers, greenhouses, Spring fun and a Bear Hunt!
I hope to see you and your littles!
~Lesa
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TRACI BRIMHALL, KANSAS POET LAUREATE, will be here 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, to celebrate National Poetry Month. Her topic is "Memory Feast". As poet laureate, her initiatives have centered on uniting the state's agricultural roots with the literary arts. She is currently working on a cookbook that combines poetry and recipes from across the state--she calls it "an anthology of nourishments". The recipes have come from all four corners of Kansas, she says, "from urban centers and small towns, from restaurants to farms to food trucks."
Brimhall has published five collections of poetry, most recently "Love Prodigal" (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). Her poems often marry the ordinary with the surreal. They have appeared in journals and magazines such as "The New Yorker", "Orion", "The New Republic", "Poetry", "The Nation", and "The New York Times Magazine".
Brimhall is a university distinguished professor of creative writing and narrative medicine at Kansas State University. Through fellowships with the National Endowment for the Arts, National Parks Service and Academy of American Poets she's taught writing workshops in farm schools, art museums, libraries, medical communities and outdoors. She's also received a Karnes Fellowship through Purdue Library's Special Collections to study the lost poem drafts of Amelia Earhart.
Watch a lecture she gave on writing last August by clicking the YouTube link below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y0XPqq5xsg
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