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by | September 15, 2012 · 10:23 am

New York Life Free Child ID Event at the Library!

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Get an ID card for your child and teach your child about safety, Saturday, October 6th (during Community Day)  from 11AM-3PM at the Aston Library!

This FREE program is family friendly and fun. Children are digitally fingerprinted and photographed to make ID cards that are given to parents. In the event of an emergency the parents have the child’s photo, fingerprints, and other pertinent information needed by the police. Designed to help children of our community stay safe. There is no cost for families to participate.

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by | September 10, 2012 · 8:53 am

Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Beep Beep, Vroom  Vroom by Stuart J. Murphy and

Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris

Click here to request a copy or see if it is on the shelf-

Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom by Stuart J. Murphy cover

Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris cover

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by | September 3, 2012 · 12:53 pm

Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke by Pamela Duncan Edwards

and

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Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke by Pamela Duncan Edwards cover

Quack shack by Yukiko Kido cover

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by | September 2, 2012 · 8:42 am

Closed for Labor Day

The Aston Public Library will be closed September 3rd, 2012 for Labor Day.  Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to see you again soon!

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by | August 28, 2012 · 10:11 pm

Pals for Reading Pictures!

The kids had a good time at this month’s Pals for Reading and got to meet and read to many dogs and other creatures!  Here are some pictures and video-

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Thanks to Pals for Life for the program!  www.palsforlife.org

For more information about upcoming library programs for kids, go to
http://tinyurl.com/astonkidsevents

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by | August 27, 2012 · 8:07 pm

Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon and
Bats and Other Animals with Amazing Ears by Susan LaBella

Click here to request a copy or see if it is on the shelf-

Stellaluna cover

Bats and other animals with amazing ears cover

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by | August 27, 2012 · 3:36 pm

Ice Cream Storytime Pictures!

The kids had a great time at last week’s “ice cream” storytime !  Here are some pictures and a video-

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Thanks so much to Just Homemade Ice Cream of Aston for their generous participation and donation of ice cream!

For more information about upcoming library programs for kids, go to
http://tinyurl.com/astonkidsevents

For more pictures go to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonlibrary/

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by | August 22, 2012 · 6:15 pm

Summer Reading Club Ending Party pictures!

All the big (and little) readers had a great time at the Summer Reading Club ending party today in the gym!  Here are some pictures-

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Thanks so much to Aston Angel Network for the “grand prizes” this year!

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by | August 20, 2012 · 8:07 pm

Check out this week’s storytime books!

Check out the books that are featured in Ms. Joanne’s storytime this week!

Ice Cream Larry by Daniel Pinkwater and
From Milk to Ice Cream by Stacy Taus-Bolstad

Click here to request a copy or see if it is on the shelf-

Ice Cream Larry cover

From Milk to Ice Cream cover

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by | August 18, 2012 · 7:43 pm

Coming in September-Toddler Storytime!

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A special storytime for toddlers 2-3 will be coming for these dates in September, courtesy of the Delaware County Library System:

Thursdays September 6, 13, 20, 27

All will be at 10AM.

Toddler storytimes consist of books, music, fingerplays, rhymes, and puppets. The program is free but please register in advance.

Go to

http://tinyurl.com/astonkidsevents

to register!

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