"The Place for Everyone"

220 West Tioga St.   Tunkhannock, PA 18657
570-836-1677
Monday - Thursday   11 a.m. - 8 p.m.      Friday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.      Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Dog Safety with Gus, the Therapy Dog
Saturday, May 5, 2012
11am to 1pm
Ages 5 to 12 (Parents/guardians must stay)
Limited to 20 children

"Tales of Japan"
Join storyteller Fiona Powell
on Tuesday, April 24 @ 6:30pm
Open to first 50 registrants between ages 5 & 12
Parents/Guardians must stay

Titanic
Friday, April 13 at 6:30pm
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Learn about the Titanic through books & activities
Limited to the first 20 registrants between 8 and 12

Baby Story Time
Tuesday, March 27th @ 6:00pm
A special story time for our tiniest patrons!
Limited to the first 25 registrants between birth and age 2.
Parents/Caretakers must stay.

Gus, the Therapy Dog
Saturday, March 10, 2012
11am to 1 pm
Ages 5 and up (Parents must stay)
Children may sign up for one 15-minute appointment.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Friday, March 9th @ 6:30pm
Listen to a bedtime story, have a "midnight snack," then
leave your stuffed animal for a library sleepover.
Return on Saturday, March 10th @ 10am to pick up your stuffed animal.
Registration limited to 35 children, ages 3 - 8

Kitchen Chemistry
Friday, March 23rd at 6:30pm
We'll do crazy chemistry experiments using ingredients
you can find in your home kitchen.
Limited to 20 registrants between the ages of 7 and 11

Tunkhannock Public Library Readers Guild
This new program for students ages 6 - 15, will start November 1st.

Our children's librarian, Tracey Pratt, shares information and welcomes your interest on her blog.

A Bookworm's Diet
 

All ages are welcome and there is no fee or registration.
It begins at 11:00 a.m. in the LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM.

Story Hour is a great opportunity for children to get together with their peers and
for parents to meet and make friends as well.

Call the library (836-1677) for more information.

The library is always looking for volunteers who are willing to share a reading experience
for Story Hour. For more information, please call the Tunkhannock Public Library
at 836-1677.
 

    

AR is a computer program that helps teachers and parents to see how well students under-stand what they are reading. Students read an AR book on their assigned book level and then take a test about the book on a school computer. Students earn points for testing well.

Many books are AR books! To find out if a book is an AR book, visit the website http://www.arbookfind.com and type in the book's title. The website will tell you if the book is AR. It will even tell you the book's level (BL) and point value. Library books are marked by book level and point value with colored stickers.
 

Come and check out our Discovery Kits in the Children's Section here at the library.

In the fall of 2004 The Tunkhannock Public Library was notified of its inclusion in the 2004-2005 P&G Fund contributions. A gift of $5,000.00 was committed to the Discovery Kits project. Together the Fund and the Library have created twenty (20) theme boxes which can enhance the learning of pre-school through third grade children of our community.

After completing a Discovery Kit form any adult library patron may check out a Discovery Kit. Since the form will be placed in a file, it must only be completed once. The patron will also receive a copy for future reference. The rules of use are listed on the form. The Kits are checked out for a 7-day period and cannot be renewed. Each family is limited to one kit per week. The overdue fine is $1.00 per day.
 

The Library is famous for its schedule of  Summer Programs for children.  Reading and spending time at the Library is definitely a cool thing to do. The schedule for summer programs is usually announced around the middle of May. Informational flyers will be distributed to all of the area elementary schools, as well as the fifth graders in the middle school. Watch here on the website for an early look at what will be available.