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Roswell Public Library
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Address: 301 N.
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Roswell Public Library
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Address: 301 N.
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1998
| February 1-28 | Enter the win-a-book contest by turning in date due slips with your name, age, and number of hours you have read or listened to books on the back. Names of winners will be posted February 28. |
| February 4 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Observe Children's Dental Health Month at "Big Tooth Storytime." Activities will include pop-up books "Brush Your Teeth Please" and "Going to the Dentist"; felt board story "Big Sweet Tooth"; fingerplay "My Tooth Brush"; song "Happy Tooth"; and cut-and-tell story "The Dentist." Make a happy tooth finger puppet. |
| February 7 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Pet pigeons from the award winning flock of Mr. Danny Zamora. View a variety of fancy pigeons and learn about raising pigeons. Make a pecking pigeon toy. |
| February 11 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. AND February 14 |
Enjoy a variety of Valentine activities
including felt boards "Hugs and Kisses for Elbert Elephant", "Pretty
Valentine", and "A Valentine for Kitten"; fingerplays "Make a
Valentine" and "Valentine's Day"; pop-up "Love Bugs"; and tell-and-draw story "Claudette's Valentine". Assemble and decorate an assortment of Valentine cards. |
| February 16 | President's Day - Library Closed |
| February 18 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Observe Humpback Whale Month with "The Grouchy Ladybug" pop-ups "Pretend You're a Whale", "Swimming", & "Whales Mighty Giants of the Sea"; feltboards "A-Hunting We Will Go" and "Quick As a Cricket"; and stick puppet play "Penguin Moon." Make a water spurting whale. |
| February 21 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Recognize African American History Month with African tales including pop-up "The Hunter Who Was King"; feltboards "Anansi and the Rock" and "Turtle Comes to Dinner"; and shadow puppet play "Anansi the Spider." Make a thatched dwelling and a beaded necklace. |
| February 22 | Discover the joy of New Mexico books through "Boots, 3:00 p.m. Moccasins, and Gumshoes," a program for all ages presented by Ethel Armstrong and Barbara Harris, editors of DISCOVER NEW MEXICO, A READING LIST. |
| February 25 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Hop aboard the "Reading Railroad" with train activities including big book "Freight Train"; pop-up "Steam Locomotives"; and felt boards "Shapes on the Go" and "Transportation." Make a train banner. |
| February 28 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Celebrate National Snack Food Month with yummy stories including big books "It Looked Like Spilt Milk", and "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"; pop-up "Snack Attack"; and felt board "A Cake for Barney." Make worm pie. |
| March 1-31 | Enter the win-a-book contest by turning in date due slips with your name, age, and number of hours you have read or listened to books on the back. Winners will be posted April 1. |
| March 4 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Pig out on books with big book "I Went Walking", pop-up "This Little Piggy", felt board "The Old Woman and Her Pig", cut-and-tell "Erin's Surprise", glove puppets "Three Little Pigs", shadow play "Dickery, Dickery, Dare" and piggy puddle craft. |
| March 7 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Create during Youth Art Month with tell-and-draw stories and stories of young artists including "The Little Painter of Sabana Grande", and collaborate on a mural for display during March. |
| March 11 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. AND March 14 |
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with felt boards "The Little Old Lady and the Leprechaun" and "Patrick Needs Shamrocks", cut-and-tell story "A Lucky Catch", finger plays "Five Wee Leprechauns" and "Can't Catch Me!", and movement activities "Dance, Dance, Leprechaun and "Irish Potato Hop". Make St. Patrick's decorations including door hangers, pots of gold, and shamrock crowns. |
| March 18 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Think pink with flamingos in felt board "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear", pop-ups "Color Surprises and "Surprise Party", and featured book "Fiona Raps It Up". Make flying flamingos. |
| March 21 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Take a trip to Egypt with Pop-ups "Egyptian Mummies" and "The Mummy's Tomb" and featured book "Croco'Nile". Make a pyramid and a jeweled crocodile. |
| March 25 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Focus on the body with "The Amazing Pull-Out, Pop-Up Body in a Book", movement activity "Two Little Feet", felt boards "Terri and Tody Get Dressed" and "My Body", and big book "I Like Me". Trace and decorate your body |
| March 28 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Enjoy money magic with the illusion "Double Your Money" big book "A Chair for My Mother", and cut-and-tell story "The Golden Cave". Make a lift-the-flap money puzzle and money hat. |
| April 1-30 | Enter the win-a-book contest by turning in date due slips with your name, age, and number of hours you have read or listened to books on the back. Names of winners will be posted May 1. | ||||
| April 1 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Ducks are featured in big book "Across the Stream", pop-up "My Little Duck", felt board "Little White Duck", glove puppet "Five Little Ducks", and puppet play "Snack Time with Quackers". Make a duck paperbag puppet. | ||||
| April 4 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
National Humor Month is recognized with goofy stories including big book "Silly Sally", felt board "The Goat in the Chili Patch", and puppet skit "Monkey's Snack". Make a balloon big foot. | ||||
| April 8 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. AND April 11 |
Easter is celebrated with felt boards "Easter Fun", "Egg Match", and "Ten Little Easter Bunnies", finger plays "Easter Bunny" and "Five Little Easter Eggs", movement activity "I See Something", and songs "Did You Ever See a Rabbit" and "Easter Bunny". Decorate eggs and bunnies with lace, glitter, and feathers. | ||||
| April 12 | Easter Sunday, Library closed | ||||
| April 15 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
National Poetry Month is observed with big book "Jamberry", pop-up "Nursery Rhyme Peekaboo", felt board "Giant Jim", glove puppet "Little Bo Peep" and shadow puppet "Hey, Diddle, Diddle". Make a Jack and Jill puppet play. | ||||
| April 18 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Umbrellas for April showers are featured in rainy stories including the tell and draw story "At the End of the Rainbow", natures green umbrella in pop-up "Creatures of the Rain Forest", and felt board "Piggy in the Puddle". Make a piggy in puddle with a parasol. | ||||
| April 22 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Ladybugs take the spotlight in pop-ups "Ladybug on the Move" and "The Magic Blanket", felt boards "Carochinha" and "A House of Leaves", and stick puppet play "The Grouchy Ladybug". Make a ladybug. | ||||
| April 25 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Chaves County Soil and Water Conservation present an educational program about natural resources of the Pecos Valley. Take home a grow-it kit. | ||||
| April 29 10:00-10:30 a.m. |
"Little" things mean a lot in big books "The Little Red Hen" and "Ten Little Mice", pop-up "Little Buddy Goes Shopping", felt boards "Little Cockroach Martina" and "Eight Little Traveling Bears", and stick puppet play "Little Red Riding Hood". Make little fuzzy-wuzzies. | ||||
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