The middle of September at the Tyler Public Library will be filled with bears, pirates and American girls!
Celebrate the Teddy Bear with four mornings of Teddy Bear Picnics for preschoolers, Tuesday through Friday, Sept. 14–17. Then, Saturday morning, Sept. 18, school-age girls can travel back in time to Colonial America at the American Girl Reading Club. That afternoon, all ages can set sail for the Library and a swashbuckling Pirate Party!
Picnic Time for Teddy Bears! – Young children are encouraged to bring their favorite bears or other stuffed toys to any of the four Teddy Bear Picnics that will be held Tuesday through Friday, Sept. 14-17, from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Each Teddy Bear Picnic will be filled with special Teddy tales, crafts, games and refreshments. The activities each morning will wrap up with a short film featuring one of the great bears of children’s literature.
“This is the 10th year that the Library has hosted Teddy Bear Picnics,” said Evelyn McLane, Library programming associate. “Our youngest Library patrons always enjoy bringing their favorite stuffed animals to the Library. For a special event like this, we invite children from buying prescription drugs online without a prescription area child care facilities to join the families and youngsters who visit us weekly for preschool story time.”
“Information is the currency of democracy.” – Thomas Jefferson – In honor of Constitution Week, costumed members of the Mary Tyler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will visit the Library’s American Girl® Reading Club on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. The special guests will share the story of the American Revolution and Constitution and describe details of life for girls and women in Colonial America. Girls will also learn colonial games, crafts and refresh themselves with some “revolutionary” snacks!
The American Girl® Reading Club, a regular family program for girls ages 5-12, meets on the third Saturday of each month.
Prepare to be blown out of the water! – Pirates, brigands and buccaneers acomplia no prescr of every age are invited to celebrate all things piratical Saturday, Sept. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Library’s “Talk Like a Pirate Party.” Would-be swashbucklers—in pirate costume or in landlubber togs—can gobble up pirate grub, try their hands at games and crafts and enjoy the antics of pirate sword fighters from Drama with a Point Productions.