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Upcoming June Events
Friday, June 3, June 10, June 17, and June 24
Bedtime Story on our CLOSED Facebook group
STORY TIME
Preschool Story Time at the Corpening Memorial YMCA
Mondays, June 13, June 20, and June 27, at 10:30 a.m.
Books, songs, felt board stories, action rhymes and fun for preschool-aged children.
Preschool Story Time at the Old Fort Library
Tuesdays, June 14, June 21, and June 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Books, songs, felt board stories, action rhymes and fun for preschool-aged children.
Juvenile Storytime
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Juvenile readers (2nd-5th grade) join Ms. Danielle on our CLOSED Facebook group (McDowell Library Children Services). We will read one chapter each episode!
Books we’ll be reading are:
Shadow of the Shark: Magic Treehouse # 53 by Mary Pope Osborne
If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams
Ocean Animals from Head to Toe by Stacey Roderick
CRAFT TAKE AND MAKES
—Craft Pick-up for June!
Have a question about a program posted? Call us at either 828-652-3858 for Marion or 828-668-7111 for Old Fort.
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2. Library Card– Anyone with a McDowell County Library Card can get access by entering the library card # as the barcode and their PIN as the password.
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