Penny A's blog

  Join us as the Houston Audubon Society presents "Birds, Books, and Beyond" on Tuesday, June 26 at 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm.  You'll soar to new heights as you learn fun facts about birds and get to see some of them up close.  To learn more about the Houston Audubon Society, check out their website  http://www.houstonaudubon.org.

Tickets are required.  They are free and available from the Children's Department starting thirty minutes before each program.   This program is sponsored by the Friends of Freeman Library.  For more information, please call us at 281-488-1906.

  Join us this Tuesday, June 5 from 2:30-4:30 pm for the return of Marsha's Petting Zoo.  It has become a tradition at Freeman Library to have Marsha's Petting Zoo at the kick-off of our afternoon SRP events in the Children's Department.  We'll have llamas, goats, chicks, deer, piglets  and other fun animals to pet.  No tickets are required for this program.  Just line up along the front  porch and we'll take you through in groups of about 15-20.  

    There will be a change in the storytime schedule for the last week of May.  The library will be closed Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day.  Tuesday, May 29 will be the only day of the week that we will have Book Babies and Toddler Time.  We will have  Preschool Storytime at its regularly scheduled time of Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:30 pm.   We also will have Twilight Tales on Thursday, May 31 at 6:30 pm.

              If you're looking for something to do this Friday, May 18 with your baby, join us for Baby Playtime in the Children's Activity Space at 10:00 am.    This program is designed for children ages 0-18 months along with a parent  or caregiver.  We'll have educational toys, bubbles, board books and lots of fun!  Come hang out with your child while you mingle with other adults.   No tickets are required for this program.  

 Want to know about the new hang-out spot in the Children's Department?  We now have three tables dedicated to early literacy skills.  Children's librarian Elizabeth Hunt created these tables after attending the Public Library Association's convention recently.  She developed these tables to help parents encourage early literacy skills.  It looks like she succeeded. These tables have become very popular with families.