Sign-Up For A Storytime At The Keene Public Library

A new series of storytimes starts the week of March 18, 2013. You can sign up to receive a weekly email reminder by visiting our online calendar of events.

If you've attended storytime at the Keene Public Library recently, please help us plan for by completing a quick online survey.

You can follow along with storytime by visiting Colleen's Preschool Storytime Blog

Through Storytimes, we hope to:

     Share the best of children's literature and illustrations;

     Introduce the library and its services to children and families;

     Teach children that the library is a helpful, friendly place where they can find materials to enrich their lives;

     Encourage children to become lifelong readers;

     Provide children with group activities and experiences;

     Promote language development and provide verbal learning experiences;

     Promote reading aloud at home by parents and caregivers.

Parents and caregivers are encouraged to use this opportunity to teach children listening and cooperative skills. The library has a few tips that can help make Keene Public Library Storytimes more fun and rewarding.

Lapsit Time

This series is for newborn and one year old babies and their caregivers. Each session is full of songs and rhymes, clapping hands and smiling faces.

Toddler Two-Times

These programs are for walking and talking toddlers up to the age of 36 months and their parents or caregivers. Each session features simple songs, rhymes, and fingerplays.

Preschool Story Time @ your Library

This storytime is for children three to six years of age that have not yet started kindergarten. Each storytime is a 30 to 45 minute celebration of language. Storytime includes several books, songs, poems, and other book related activities such as crafts and creative dramatics.

These three programs are held in four sessions throughout the year. Registration is ongoing throughout each session. As long as there is room in the program, we will sign up newcomers. Call the library at 603-352-0157 to find out the dates and times for these storytimes. Alternatively, you can check online on the library's children's program calendar.

Multi-Age Drop-In Story Programs

The library also offers two drop-in storytimes. Don't miss Saturday Stories @ your Library Saturday morning at 10 AM. There is no need to register for these programs. All you have to do is show up!

You can sign up for a storytime on our online calendar.  You can also sign up by calling the Youth Department at (603) 757-1856. In addition to storytimes, there are many other special library events. For more information, please check our online calendar.

Scheduled Storytime Series

The spring session of library storytimes is an eight-week session. It begins the week of March 18, 2013 and ends the week of May 10, 2013.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME:  Tues. at 1:30 p.m. or Wed. at 10 a.m. 
LAPSIT TIME for Babies & Caregivers: Thurs. at 10 a.m.  
TODDLER TWO-TIMES: Fridays at 10 a.m.

The summer session should start the week of June 17, 2013.

Don't forget, you can drop in anytime for stories on Saturday morning at 10 a.m.