(Virtual) Boredom Busters - Exploding Sidewalk Chalk!
2020-06-12 15:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Combining three of Miss Anna’s favorite things –science, art and explosions—we’ll be heading outside to decorate some drab walkways with Exploding Sidewalk Chalk! We’ll be testing out two methods, so if you’d like to follow along, here’s what you need:

Exploding Sidewalk Chalk
Ziploc baggies – sandwich size and/or film canisters
Food Coloring or watercolors
Cornstarch
Vinegar & Baking Soda and/or Alka seltzer
Water
Something to stir with

See you on Friday!

(Virtual) Family Storytime
2020-06-15 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-08-31 10:30 - 11:00
Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. on Facebook Live!
Combining stories, songs, movement, and of course BUBBLES! This storytime has something for everyone!

(Virtual) Boredom Busters - Father's Day Craft
2020-06-19 15:30 - 16:00
Fridays at 3:30 p.m. on Facebook Live! All Ages &Their Families
This Week On A Very Special Boredom Busters…
It’s Father’s Day! So we’re making our own unique Father’s Day cards using popsicle sticks! If you’d like
to follow along, here’s what you need:
Scissors
Markers
Twine or Yarn
Popsicle Sticks
Glue or Hot Glue
See you on Friday!

(Virtual) Boredom Busters - Sharpie Tie-Dye
2020-06-26 15:30 - 16:00
Fridays at 3:30 p.m. on Facebook Live! All Ages & Their Families

This Week On A Very Special Boredom Busters…
It’s our last Boredom Busters! So we’ve decided to go out in style, making our own tie dye T-shirts! If you’d like to follow along, here’s what you need:

Sharpies or any permanent markers
White or light color T-shirt
Rubbing Alcohol
A plastic cup, or a flat piece of cardboard

See you on Friday!

(Virtual) 2020 Children's Summer Reading Kickoff!
2020-06-29 16:00 - 17:00
All Ages & Their Families
No more fancy performers. We’re getting to the heart of what makes Summer Reading so special: Ice cream before dinner! And we’re going to make the ice cream ourselves! You’re welcome!
On Facebook Live!
Make Your Own Ice Cream Ingredients:
Ingredients:

1 cup milk or half-and-half
1.5 to 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Materials:

2–3 cups ice, crushed or cubed
1/3 cup kosher or coarse salt
1 quart-sized plastic Ziploc bag
1 gallon-sized plastic Ziploc freezer bag

(Virtual) Firefly Storywalk with Westchester Land Trust
2020-07-05 19:00 - 20:00
On Facebook Live & Instagram. All Ages & Their Families
It’s World Firefly Day! Lewisboro Library and Westchester Land Trust are teaming up for another virtual program! This time we’ll be learning all about fireflies, those bodacious bio-luminescent bugs! No registration required.

(Virtual) Mythical Monday: Ganesha's Sweet Tooth
2020-07-06 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families
We’ll follow up a reading of Sanjay Patel’s Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth by making our own coconut laddoo, a delicious and easy treat!
Supply List:

10 ounces unsweetened, flaked coconut
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
1 (14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk
Food coloring (optional)
An adult to work the stove!

No registration required.

(Virtual) Summer Slump Book Club: Gr. 2 & 3
2020-07-09 16:30 - 17:30
Meets Every Two Weeks Via Zoom. For Children Entering Grades 2 & 3.
While summer vacation is a welcome and much-needed break, sometimes kids can run the risk of falling into the Summer Slump; forgetting some of the information they learned in school the previous year. Well, have no fear! Lewisboro Library’s here to keep your kids’ brains from turning into complete mush! You may order your books from the Library or access digitally.
The book selection for July 9 is The Witches, by Roald Dahl.
Please register below so we can send you the Zoom invite.

(Virtual) Mythical Monday: Anansi the Spider
2020-07-13 16:00 - 17:00
Live Via Facebook & Instagram. All Ages & Their Families.
Originating in West Africa, Anansi is the King of Stories. Joined by artist and educator, Sam Kanner, we’ll learn about this trickster god, and then do a weaving project. To register and arrange to pick up supplies, email amoser@wlsmail.org. Supplies are limited, so one pack per patron, please!

(Virtual) Pancakes & Pajamas
2020-07-14 18:00 - 19:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Join us for a sort of Second Breakfast, listening to the German folktale, The Runaway Pancake!
Supply List:

2 Tbsp. butter
3 large eggs
¾ cup whole milk
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
¼ tsp. Kosher salt
Cast iron skillet or a 9×13 pan
An adult to work the oven!

No registration required.

(Virtual) Franken Pez & Fairy Doors
2020-07-15 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Decorate a fairy door, then create a horrific creature to go though it! To register and arrange to pick up supplies, email amoser@wlsmail.org. Supplies are limited, so one pack per patron, please!

(Virtual) Summer Slump Book Club: Gr. 4 & 5
2020-07-16 16:30 - 17:30
Via Zoom. For Children Entering Grades 4 & 5.
While summer vacation is a welcome and much-needed break, sometimes kids can run the risk of falling into the Summer Slump; forgetting some of the information they learned in school the previous year. Well, have no fear! Lewisboro Library’s here to keep your kids’ brains from turning into complete mush! You may order your books from the Library or access digitally.
The book selection for July 16 is The Miscalculations of Lightening Girl, by Stacy McAnulty.
Please register below so we can send you the Zoom invite.

(Virtual)Folktale Fun: Tiddalik, the Thirsty Frog
2020-07-17 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Enjoy the Indigenous Australian tale Tiddalik, The Thirsty Frog, and then do a simple water experiment!
Supply List:

6 wide mouth glasses or jars
Paper towels
Food dye or liquid water colors

No registration required.

(Virtual) Mythical Monday: Big Turtle
2020-07-20 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook & Instagram. All Ages & Their Families.
According to the Iroquois Creation Myth, North America was created by Sky Woman on the back of Big Turtle. For this craft we’ll show you how to create your own colorful Big Turtle shells! To register and arrange to pick up supplies, email amoser@wlsmail.org. Supplies are limited, so one pack per patron, please!

(Virtual) Dragons Love Tacos, and So Do We!
2020-07-21 19:00 - 20:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Move over mermaids – dragons are the end all & be all of mythical creatures! In the East they’re revered, while in the West they’re feared, but no matter where they’re from THEY ALL LOVE TACOS! It’s a fact! We’ll read Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri’s popular Dragons Love Tacos, then make our own dragon-worthy candy tacos!
Candy Taco Supply List:

For your shell use a large, moist cookie. They’re easy to bend!
For your “meat” use any sort of cake or brownie you’d like crumbled up!
For toppings go crazy! Sour cream? What about icing or whipped cream? Lettuce and tomatoes? Try red and green M&Ms!

No registration required.

(Virtual) Fairly Stem-Worthy Fairytales
2020-07-22 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Create a bed that could support the weight of Goldilocks after a bowl of porridge! Build a house worthy of the Three Little Pigs!
Three Little Pigs Supply List:

12 DOT candies, or 12 pieces of some other gummy candy
Toothpicks with pointed ends

Goldilocks & The Three Bears Supply List:

10 straws, 10 Post-It notes, OR 10 Popsicle sticks (only use one type of material!)
Roll of tape
4 pipe cleaners
4 index cards
2 pieces copy paper
2 pieces cardstock
1 foot of string or twine
Scissors
Markers

No registration required.

(Live AND Virtual) Summer Slump Book Club: Gr. 2 & 3
2020-07-23 16:30 - 17:30
Meets Every Two Weeks Live AND Via Zoom. For Children Entering Grades 2 & 3.
While summer vacation is a welcome and much-needed break, sometimes kids can run the risk of falling into the Summer Slump; forgetting some of the information they learned in school the previous year. Well, have no fear! The Lewisboro Library’s here to keep your kids’ brains from turning into complete mush! You may order your books from the Library or access digitally.
We will meet (weather permitting) on the front lawn of the Library with assigned spots six feet apart. But we also have the option to tune in via Zoom for those who can’t make it to the Library. No matter how you participate, we ask that you register below. If the weather is bad, we’ll all meet via Zoom, so everyone will get a Zoom link just in case.
If you have questions, please email Miss Anna at amoser@wlsmail.org.
The book selection for July 23 is Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke.

(Virtual) Mythical Monday: The Minotaur
2020-07-27 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook & Instagram. All Ages & Their Families.
Ferocious half man, half bull, The Minotaur is at the center of a pretty gruesome and tragic Greek Myth. Literally! Poor guy lived in a labyrinth! Joined by artist and educator, Sam Kanner, we’ll make our own labyrinths, and maybe walk away with a little respect for this misunderstood monster?
Labyrinth Supply List:

Paper
Pencil
Markers, Colored Pencils or crayons

No registration required.

(Virtual) Bodacious Butterbeer
2020-07-28 19:00 - 20:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families
Turkish Delight anyone? Treacle Tart? Wash it down with some Butterbeer!
Butterbeer Supply List:

1 12 oz. can of Cream Soda
1 tsp. butter extract
1/3 cup Whipping cream
¼ cup marshmallow cream

No registration required.

(Virtual) Folktale Fun: Rabbit & Crab
2020-07-31 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Enjoy the Mayan tale Rabbit & Crab, and then do a little gardening based on the story!

(Virtual) Humpty Dumpty Egg Challenge
2020-08-03 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook & Instagram. All Ages & Their Families.
It’s Librarian vs. Librarian! Using a limited number of household items, Miss Anna and Dolores will compete to make the sturdiest contraptions for their Humpty Dumpty eggs to be safely dropped from a great height.
No registration required.

(Virtual) Make Your Own Alien
2020-08-05 16:00 - 17:00
Facebook & Instagram. All Ages & Their Families.
Venus smells like rotten eggs. Neptune is super cold and super windy, and Jupiter’s orbit is really, really fast. Imagine if there was actual life on these planets! What would it look like? How would it survive? We’ll design our own aliens based on what we know about our solar system.
No registration required.

(Live AND Virtual) Summer Slump Book Club: Gr. 2 & 3
2020-08-06 16:30 - 17:30
Live AND via Zoom. For Children Entering Grades 2 & 3.
While summer vacation is a welcome and much-needed break, sometimes kids can run the risk of falling into the Summer Slump; forgetting some of the information they learned in school the previous year. Well, have no fear! The Lewisboro Library’s here to keep your kids’ brains from turning into complete mush! You may order your books from the Library or access digitally.
We will meet (weather permitting) on the front lawn of the Library with assigned spots six feet apart. But we also have the option to tune in via Zoom for those who can’t make it to the Library.
No matter how you participate, we ask that you register below. If the weather is bad, we’ll all meet via Zoom, so everyone will get a Zoom link just in case.
If you have questions, please email Miss Anna at amoser@wlsmail.org.
The book selection for August 6 is Dragons & Marshmallows, by Asia Citro.

(Live AND Virtual) Summer Slump Book Club: Gr. 4 & 5
2020-08-06 16:30 - 17:30
Live AND via Zoom. For Children Entering Grades 4 & 5.
While summer vacation is a welcome and much-needed break, sometimes kids can run the risk of falling into the Summer Slump; forgetting some of the information they learned in school the previous year. Well, have no fear! The Lewisboro Library’s here to keep your kids’ brains from turning into complete mush! You may order your books from the Library or access digitally.
We will meet (weather permitting) on the front lawn of the Library with assigned spots six feet apart. But we also have the option to tune in via Zoom for those who can’t make it to the Library.
No matter how you participate, we ask that you register below. If the weather is bad, we’ll all meet via Zoom, so everyone will get a Zoom link just in case.
If you have questions, please email Miss Anna at amoser@wlsmail.org.
The book selection for August 6 is Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull.

(Virtual) Make Your Own Magical Potions
2020-08-19 16:00 - 17:00
Via Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know! We always make potions and charms! Well, we promise to stop as soon as it stops being fun, which is NEVER!
Miss Anna has all the supplies you need to create these potions, so stop by the Library to pick up your craft packet and then follow along on Facebook!

(Live AND Virtual) Summer Slump Book Club: Gr. 4 & 5
2020-08-20 16:30 - 17:30
Live AND via Zoom. For Children Entering Grades 4 & 5.
While summer vacation is a welcome and much-needed break, sometimes kids can run the risk of falling into the Summer Slump; forgetting some of the information they learned in school the previous year. Well, have no fear! The Lewisboro Library’s here to keep your kids’ brains from turning into complete mush! You may order your books from the Library or access digitally.
We will meet (weather permitting) on the front lawn of the Library with assigned spots six feet apart. But we also have the option to tune in via Zoom for those who can’t make it to the Library.
No matter how you participate, we ask that you register below. If the weather is bad, we’ll all meet via Zoom, so everyone will get a Zoom link just in case.
If you have questions, please email Miss Anna at amoser@wlsmail.org.
The book selection for August 20 is Sal & Gabi Break the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez.

(Virtual) Unicorn Slime
2020-08-25 16:00 - 17:00
Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Unicorns’ magical horns are said to purify water and counteract poison. What this has to do with the tricolor slime we’ll be making, we don’t know. No registration required.
To make your own slime along with Miss Anna, you’ll need:
White School Glue
Liquid Starch
Food Dye – 3 colors

(Virtual) Jam Comics: Fantasy Edition
2020-08-26 16:00 - 17:00
Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Make your own comics inspired by fantastical writing prompts. No registration required.

(Virtual) Dragon Eyes
2020-08-27 16:00 - 17:00
Facebook Live. All Ages & Their Families.
Sure dragons are fire-breathing monsters, but they have some seriously beautiful peepers!
Miss Anna has all the supplies you need to create these mystical artifacts. Stop by the Library to pick up your packet of craft supplies and then follow along on Facebook.
