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Tuesday Aug. 19, 2025

10 am

Toddler Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

58th Street Library

10:15 am

Baby Lapsit: Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

96th Street Library

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Mulberry Street Library

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
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The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – noon

Storytime: Ladybugs

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

11 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Edenwald LibraryBronx

11 am

Urban Health Plan Baby Fun

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Hunts Point LibraryBronx

11 am

Live Virtual Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

11:15 am

Tuesday Family Storytime at Seward Park Library

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Seward Park Library

11:15 am

Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
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67th Street Library

11:30 am

Music & Play

Ages: 12 and under
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Tompkins Square Library

2:30 pm

Summer Adventure Kids Activity Series week 8

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings

St. George Library CenterStaten Island

4 pm

Family Storytime: Preschool Fun!

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

David Helfand

7 – 8 pm

The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom (A Free, In-Person Lecture & Book Signing)

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
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East Hampton LibraryEast Hampton

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