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Monday Aug. 18, 2025

10 am

Baby Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
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58th Street Library

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Books and Babies!

Ages: 12 and under
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Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Tuesday Aug. 19

10 am

Toddler Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
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58th Street Library

11 am – noon

Storytime: Ladybugs

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

11 am

Urban Health Plan Baby Fun

Ages: 12 and under
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Hunts Point LibraryBronx

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Edenwald LibraryBronx

11 am

Live Virtual Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Wednesday Aug. 20

11:15 am

Little Movers Storytime: Cameras and Mirrors

Ages: 12 and under
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Mariners Harbor LibraryStaten Island

4 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

4 pm

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Battery Park City Library

Thursday Aug. 21

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10 – 11 am

Stories in the Garden

Ages: 8 and under
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Classes

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
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Sedgwick LibraryBronx

11 am

Little Movers Storytime!

Ages: 12 and under
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Hunts Point LibraryBronx

11 am

Emma Bowen's Project Healthy Launch

Ages: 12 and under
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Hamilton Grange Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime: Toddlers and Tales

Ages: 12 and under
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Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
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53rd Street Library

3:30 pm

Campfire Story at Morrisania Library

Ages: 12 and under
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Morrisania LibraryBronx

Saturday Sep. 6

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10 am – 1 pm

Touch a Truck

Ages: All
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