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Family Game ON at the Library!

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Ready to get your Family Game ON? Visit the Aurora Public Library on March 22nd at 3 pm or the Dillsboro Public Library March 25th at 11 am with the whole family and compete in a variety of games to win fun prizes! Quiet games, loud games, board games, card games… you name it, the library has it! Forget about the quiet, serious library you know, we want you here on your spring break with one thing on your mind: family fun!

All ages are welcome to attend! If you are younger than 18 years old, please bring a parent or guardian with you. As a matter of fact, feel free to bring the whole family! Attendees will receive a pass to a surprise fun-filled Saturday at the Aurora Recreational Community Center, courtesy of the library! All you have to do is show up to Family Game ON to receive your pass. Can’t make it to either Family Game ON events? Speak to a librarian about getting a Family Game ON Passport that you can complete in the library on your own time or at home! After filling up your passport, bring it back for a ticket to our ARCC Library Party!

Questions? Please speak to a librarian at the Aurora or Dillsboro Public Library or call 812-926-0646.

We can’t wait to see you there! In the meantime, check out these neat books all about games, ready to be checked out by YOU!

 

Jumanji Interactive Movie Experience!

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Are you feeling a little WILD this Spring Break? Get caught up in a game this Spring Break at the APL Spring Break INTERACTIVE movie showing.

Jumanji (2005) is the name of the game and attendees will be part of the action! Your jungle tour guides have prepared a completely immersive experience full of thrills, laughter, and tons of adventure. Be sure to wear your jungle gear and your tennis shoes as you never know what will happen. This is a completely FREE program for children of all ages! Parents are welcome to join in the fun as well!

Start your adventure with us at the Aurora Public Library on March 24th @ 1 pm. We can’t wait to see you all there!

Want to get ready for your jungle exploration? Check out these Jumanji titles below! Believe it or not, Jumanji was originally a book by acclaimed author Chris Van Allsburg!

Lucky YOU! Patron Perks!

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It’s a lucky day for our patrons!

On March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, the Aurora Public Library District wants to celebrate the holiday with all of you! Anyone who visits either branch of the Library District will receive a surprise lucky patron perk!

Supplies are limited, so show up early! We hope to be lucky enough to see you there!

Check out these lucky books when you stop by!

February Storytimes

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Hearts, love, red, and penguins usher in our February Children’s Storytime.

Celebrating Valentine’s Day stories will have your child’s creativity flowing with hearts and the colors red. R-E-D red, we can all spell red, but can we find books where the covers and spines are red or have the word “red” in the title of the book?

What better way to wind up our February Storytime than with those cute little fellows in tuxedo-looking feathers! That’s right: penguins! Look for further details on our upcoming Penguin Pals show on February 25th at the Aurora Public Library. We don’t mean the stuffed ones either! Real live penguins will be stopping by the library, so come to our penguin storytime to get ready to meet these feathered friends!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you!

Penguin Pals at the Library! *FULL*

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**THIS PROGRAM HAS HIT THE LIMIT FOR SIGN-UPS AT BOTH LOCATIONS! READ BELOW TO JOIN THE WAITLIST.**

Penguins are slipping and sliding into the library! Join us with the Cincinnati Zoo to learn more about their African Penguin ambassador.

This program will be held at the Aurora Public Library on February 21st at 5:30 pm and at the Dillsboro Public Library on February 23rd at 5 pm.

Only 50 people can attend each date so registration is required. Please call us at 812-926-0646 or come to the library to be added to the waitlist today! We also will have a station with books about penguins available to checkout. We hope to see you there!

Fly Guy Celebration!

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Bzzzzz… Bzzz… Bzzzzz…

What’s that sound? It must be FLY GUY!

Are you ready for Buzz, Fly Guy, and Tedd Arnold? Tedd Arnold is the famous children’s author of the book series Fly Guy. Our Aurora Public Library District will feature a special storytime on Tuesday, January 17th at 5:30 p.m.! Fly Guy stories, crafts, and activities as well as snacks will be “buzzing” around for the kids to enjoy.

The Dillsboro Branch will also be holding a special storytime on Thursday, January 19th at 4:30 p.m. featuring Fly Guy books. We look forward to having all kids help us celebrate Tedd Arnold and his famous Fly Guy books!

January Storytimes

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Welcome, 2023!
Our storytime for children in January will start off with fun activities using the numbers in 2023. What do the words hibernation, arctic, and nocturnal all have in common? Why, animals of course! We cannot forget about snow, ice, and the color white to fit into our January storytimes also. There is going to be SNOW much fun! We hope you don’t miss out on this! There may be a surprise author study also on 2 special dates!
We hope to see all the kiddos at our storytime! Happy New Year!
January storytime has all kinds of cold-themed activities. We will start off the first week of January by celebrating our new year and incorporating the numbers 2, 0, 2, and 3 into our storytime. Books with numbers in their titles will be featured this week as well as New Year books… maybe books that just came out! Kids will enjoy making party poppers as well as participating in challenges involving building with 2 or 3 items. Imaginations will soar in this first-week challenge.
Happy New Year to everyone and we look forward to seeing you at our storytimes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Dillsboro Public Library and Wednesdays and Fridays at the Aurora Public Library at 10:30 am!

Christmas with Mickey and Friends

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Everyone loves a good Christmas movie. Cozying up with family and friends and watching a heartwarming holiday story is one of the best traditions of the season. So why not spend your holiday movie time with us?

Join us at the Dillsboro Public Library for a showing of Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas starting at 11:30 am on December 22nd! We’ll have plenty of snacks (including popcorn of course!) and drinks to enjoy while watching the show with your family. Feel free to bring a blanket and pillows to make yourself comfortable!

We hope to see you there with Mickey ears on!

Special Holiday Storytime!

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Sugar cookies, frosting, sprinkles, PJs, robes, and slippers, oh my! Children will not want to miss our special storytimes on Saturday, December 17th at 1:00 p.m. located at our Dillsboro Library Branch, and Tuesday, December 20th at 6:00 p.m. at our Aurora Library Branch. “Cookies for Santa” is our agenda for both of these dates. Stories and activities will feature children decorating two cookies; one for themselves to enjoy and then one to keep and put out for Santa on his special night. Don’t worry, we have a special box to keep that special cookie for you know who!

We cannot wait to see you there! Please wear your coziest, warmest, snuggliest pajamas and get ready to read and eat!