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Monday: 9am-9pm

Tuesday: 9am-9pm

Wednesday: 10am-9pm

Thursday: 9am-9pm

Friday: 9am-6pm

Saturday: 9am-1pm

Sunday: 1pm-5pm

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By Phone:

516-249-9090

 

By Fax:

516-694-9697

 

In Person:

116 Merritts Road

Farmingdale, NY 11735

 

Email:

falmail@nassaulibrary.org

 

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Farmingdale Public Library for Kids!

 

Make a Splash Read 2010 Summer Reading Club Kick-Off!

Monday, June 28 starting at 9:00am

 

Visit our 2010 Summer Reading Club Page for Online Registration 

and Reporting, Great Summer Programs, and More!

 

Join "Make a Splash READ!" this summer at the Farmingdale Public Library. We have six weeks of fun waiting for you: great programs, raffles, and contests too! The 2010 summer reading program is open to children ages birth through entering Gr. 5. Proof of residency in UFSD #22 residents required to join the Summer Reading Club.

 

 

Travel Kits are Back by Popular Demand!

 

Going on vacation? Take one of our travel packets with you! Each packet is filled with puzzles, games, coloring sheets, and more. Packets are available beginning June 28. Proof of residency in UFSD #22 required. While supplies last. 

 

 

Come Make an Underwater Friend with Us!

 

Delightful Dolphins

Friday, July 30 at 2:00pm 

Entering Gr. K-2

Paint the dolphin and waves to create a beautiful work of art that is also a wonderful game to play! Register online with your child's library card beginning July 16. Preference given to UFSD #22 residents. 

 

Let's Get Cooking

 

Book and Cook

Thursday, August 19 at 7:00pm

Entering Gr. K-2

Come listen to some stories and make a special treat. Register online with your child's library card beginning August 5. Preference given to UFSD #22 residents. 

 

Discover New Worlds at the Library!

 

Underwater World

Wednesday, August 11 at 2:00pm

Entering Gr. 3-5

Let's create a great 3D project that can be an aquarium or seashore panorama. Register online with your child's library card beginning July 28. Preference given to UFSD #22 residents. 

 

 

Check Out Some of These New Books!

 

Wolf Pie by Brenda Seabrooke

When Wilfong the wolf fails to blow down the house of the Pygg brothers, he stays outside their door all winter learning their games and listening to their jokes and stories, but although he claims to be reformed, the pigs are reluctant to offer friendship.

 

 

 

 

Fashion Kitty and the Unlikely Hero by Charise Mericle Harper

When the principal of Kiki's school makes a new rule that everyone has to wear boring school uniforms, Fashion Kitty puts her fashion powers into action, unexpectedly encountering one kitty who does not want her help.

 

 

 

 

 

Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon

When Suki the salamander--the new foreign exchange student--is being stalked by ninja frogs, Danny, Wendell the iguana, and Suki travel to Great-grandfather Dragonbreath's home in mythical Japan to find a solution for the problem.

 

 

 

 

Babymouse Burns Rubber by Jennifer L. Holm

Babymouse's dreams of being a race car driver come true when she and her best friend Wilson enter a soap box derby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discover New Worlds with our Discovery Backpacks!

 

Stop by the Youth Services Department the next time your in the library and check out one of these exciting and educational backpacks!

 

Topics to choose from:

Colors and Shapes, Dinosaurs, Farm, Fire Engines, Human Body, Insects and Spiders,  New Sibling,  Numeration, Time, Teddy Bear, and Transportation.

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

(please click on event for more information)

 

Wednesday, July 28

Walk-In Craft: 10:00am

Play Hooray: 10:30am

Shake, Shake, Shake: 2:00pm

Wrestling Fun: 7:00pm

 

Thursday, July 29

Beach Bums: 2:00pm, 7:00pm

Tie Dye: 7:00pm

 

Friday, July 30

Delightful Dolphins: 2:00pm

Puzzler: 3:00pm

 

Monday, August 2

Beacons of Light: 2:00pm

Game Club: 7:00pm

Party Dances at My Fun Place: 7:00pm

 

 

Tuesday, August 3

Summertime Fun: 10:00am

Scrabble Tile Jewelry: 2:00pm

 

Wednesday, August 4

Walk-in Craft: 10:00am

Play Hooray: 10:30am

Splish Splash: 2:00pm

 

Thursday, August 5

Ozzie the Octopus: 2:00pm

Make Your Own Pizza: 7:00pm

 

Monday, August 9

Writers' Group: 2:00pm

Game Club: 7:00pm

Ice Cream, Ices, and Sorbets: 7:00pm

Party Dances at My Fun Place: 7:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

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Farmingdale Public Library, 116 Merritts Road, Farmingdale, New York 11735, 516-249-9090