Youth

He's wild, he's crazy, he's BAD KITTY...and he's coming to the Longview Public Library!!!! Join us on Wednesday, July 17th for a very exciting meet and greet with author Nick Bruel! Creator of the Bad Kitty series of books about a little black kitty who is not nice but naughty!  Nick will tell us how Bad Kitty was created and how kids can grow with her as she stars in both easy readers and chapter books! Nick also illustrates the Bad Kitty books!
As a special treat, 10 lucky Summer Reading Club participants who are current on their reading will get to have lunch with Nick!
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.
 

Join us on Monday, July 8th for Cool School w/ Ms. Maria! No worries, this is not your typical school- this one is really fun! Ms. Maria is very entertaining and she won't be sending anyone to the principal's office!
Cool School is an interactive musical program where YOU get to be the star of the show! Filled with upbeat music and fun songs, Ms. Maria keeps everyone smiling and laughing. An exciting multicultural program, parents enjoy it as much as the kids! If Ms. Maria keeps your kids begging for more, she has CDs available!
(*Please note this is a MONDAY night program!)
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ! It's summer and that means flowers and bees! Most people are scared of bees but they are good for many reasons and not all of them sting!
Our friend Bobo the Bee Man will be here on Friday, July 5th to tell us all about them! He has a fun show-n-tell program all about bees and he'll bring along a real bee hive that you can see as well as many different products made by bees, such as beeswax and honey! So come on into the Moeschle Room and see what the buzz is all about! We'll start at 10:30 AM.
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

Does sword fighting captivate you? Do you dream of being a knight and fighting battles with your sword? Join us on Friday, June 28th for a spectacular sword fighting demonstration by the Fellowship of the Christian Swordsmen! They'll be starting at 10:30 AM so don't be late!
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

Between 1854 and 1929, over 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City and given away at train stations across America. Children were sent to every state in the continental United States in order to rid the streets and overcrowded orphanages of homeless children and provide them with an opportunity to find new homes. The Longview Public Library will host a special program about this event called “Riders On The Orphan Train.” The program will take place in the Library’s Moeschle Room on Tuesday, May 21^st at 7:00 PM.

The one-hour multimedia program will combine live music, a video montage with archival photographs and interviews of survivors, and a dramatic reading from Alison Moore’s 2012 novel, Riders on the Orphan Train. Although the program is about children, it is designed to engage audiences of all ages and to inform, inspire and raise awareness about this little-known part of history. Local relatives and acquaintances of Orphan Train Riders are especially invited to attend and share their stories with the audience. The event is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

We're crazy about camping! If you are too, come by the Library on Friday, July 26th because we have the perfect program for you! We'll meet a real Park Ranger from Tyler State Park and he's gonna teach us all about camping! We'll also learn about some of the plants and animals that we might see while camping in our local state park too!
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

She's back! Dru Woods is returning and she's bringing all of her marionette friends with her! This will be an interactive program filled with songs, stories, and loads of puppet fun!  You'll even get a chance to be part of the action as we make marionette magic! Won't you join us? Dru will be performing at the main branch at 10:15 AM and also at our Broughton Library branch at 1:00 PM.
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

Drama, Drama, Drama!!! That’s what it’s all about as students from this summer’s Le Tourneau Drama Camps will be stopping by to perform for us! Be sure to catch this morning of theatrical fun! 
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

Come one, come all to experience the magic of Brett Roberts! Brett will amaze you with his wonderful wizadry and marvelous magic! Join us in the Moeschle Room on Wednesday, July 3rd  at 10:15 AM or 11:15 AM for all the excitement!
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.

Puppets, puppets everywhere! Join us on Wednesday, June 26th at 10:15 AM as the Sue Godsey shares all kinds of fabulous fun with puppets & stories!  It’s a morning of make-believe magic not to be missed!
 
*This is a Summer Reading Club (SRC) Event! Join us this summer for a collection of exciting programs on Wednesdays and Fridays!  Although the programs are geared toward children ages 5-12, all ages are welcome to attend if they can behave appropriately.  Adults who are not accompanied by a child may attend summer programs if space permits.  Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis and attendance is limited to room capacity for all programs.