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Sunday June 1, 2025

Noon – 2 pm

Reading into History

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
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The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

2 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
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Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Monday June 2

10 am

Baby Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
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58th Street Library

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Countee Cullen Library

10:30 am

Bilingual Storytime: English/Spanish

Ages: 12 and under
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96th Street Library

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

11 am

Baby and Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Kips Bay Library

11:15 am

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Hudson Park Library

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Books and Babies!

Ages: 12 and under
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Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Ottendorfer Library

11:30 am

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Yorkville Library

Noon

Baby Lapsit Storytime for Newborns/Crawlers/Pre-walkers

Ages: 12 and under
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South Beach LibraryStaten Island

3 pm

Kids STEAM: Storytime STEAM

Ages: 5 – 12
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Riverdale LibraryBronx

3:30 – 5 pm

Idlewild’s Science Book Club

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

4 pm

Family Storytime!

Ages: 5 – 12
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Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

4:30 pm

The Art Lab!

Ages: 5 – 12
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Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

Tuesday June 3

pride artwork

10 am – 4:30 pm

We are the Rainbow: Artwork

Ages: 8 and under
Art
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The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

10 am

Toddler Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
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58th Street Library

10:15 am

Baby Lapsit: Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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96th Street Library

10:30 am

Bilingual Storytime Plus

Ages: 3 – 12
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Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Yorkville Library

10:30 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Countee Cullen Library

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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125th Street Library

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Mulberry Street Library

11 am

Live Virtual Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

11 am

Family Storytime at Columbus

Ages: 12 and under
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Columbus Library

11 am

Family Storytime @ City Island

Ages: 12 and under
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City Island LibraryBronx

11 am

Little Movers Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
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Hamilton Grange Library

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Parkchester LibraryBronx

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