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Bring your family to the library for a night out together! Decorate your own superhero mask while watching part or all of the 'The Incredibles' (the first movie). Families are invited to drop in any time during the showing for kids to choose a paper mask and design their own superhero character while watching the movie together. The lights will be on low so kids can see their masks and walk about safely. Here's the story: Bob and Helen Parr and their three children are living an ordinary life in the suburbs, when Bob (a.k.a. the superhero 'Mr. Incredible') gets a secret assignment to save the world. But he can't do it alone...turns out the whole family will need to get into the act, even baby Jack-Jack! What's daily life like for a superhero family? Hilarious, action packed, and dangerous, but here's one family that sticks together through thick and thin.

Babies and their families are invited to share songs, rhymes, bouncing games, finger plays, and short stories at this early literacy event. Following the program, there's time for play with developmentally appropriate toys and socializing for both parents and children. The program is designed for children aged 3-24 months, and occurs on the first and third Friday of each month.

Sean's Shadow Puppets returns for an evening of charming folktales for the whole family, told using handmade puppets. This event is co-hosted with the Humboldt Literacy Project, -- they also make sure that all children who attend receive a free book!

Need some recommendations for new books to read? Want to share a great new read with someone? This casual community gathering discusses books, shares recent reads, and offers new suggestions of titles to read. No mandatory reading is required, just a love of reading.

The book to be discussed this month is 'Shift Happens: Breakdowns during Life's Long Hauls,' by local author Margot Genger. Have you read it? Drop in and join the discussion!

Would you like to learn one simple trick to enliven long car trips, help your kids succeed in school, and strengthen family relationships, all while having fun together? By playing with family storytelling you can do that and more! Join Youth Services Librarian Jeanine Lancaster for an evening of storytelling games and activities. Listen to stories, help tell a story, share your favorite stories. We might pull a story out of a bag, write an ad lib story, or create story characters to take home. Each child in attendance may choose a gently-used book from the Humboldt Literacy Project, free, as part of the fun. Family Literacy Night is a monthly series of programs that runs from September to May and features storytellers, musicians, and more. Each session offers fun for families and new tips for storytelling adventures at home.

Babies and their families are invited to share songs, rhymes, bouncing games, finger plays, and short stories at this early literacy event. Following the program, there's time for play with developmentally appropriate toys and socializing for both parents and children. The program is designed for children aged 3-24 months, and occurs on the first and third Friday of each month.

Kids have fun and build confidence as they read to an interested, uncritical four-footed friend.

Drop by to use our button-maker to make pins and magnets with your own special designs on them! Draw, collage, or print your own artwork and use a template to make it the right size for a button or magnet.