Family Story Time
Stories, songs, and crafts are offered each day at 11:00 am!
Alphabet Ready by 5
Celebrate a different letter of the alphabet on Mondays!
Baby Lap Time
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 am
Lego Club
All ages welcome! Wednesday, June 7th at 3:30 pm
Elementary Battle of the Books Club
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Tuesday, June 20th at 4:00 pm
Story Walks
Tot Lot:
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
Blowing Rock Park:
One
by Kathryn Otoshi
Scavenger Hunt
Each week, decode the title of a different book!
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Cook the Books:
Mystery and Crime Fiction Book Club
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Tuesday, June 6th at 4:00 pm
In Their Moment: Caring for Patients with Alzheimer's
Turner Stimpson to present on Saturday, June 3rd at 2:00 pm
High Country Writers
Physician,photographer, and author Douglas Butler will speak.
Thursday, June 8th at
10 am
Genealogy Gathering: Genealogy Basics with Terry Reigel
Thursday, June 8th at 2:00 pm
Author Visit Jerry Shinn
Saturday, June 10th at 2:00 pm
High Country Lifelong Learners Movie: "True Grit"
Monday, June 12th at 2:00 pm
Basic Concepts of Microsoft Excel
Tuesday, June 13th at 5:30 pm
Legal Aid NC Clinic: Divorce
Thursday, June 15th at 2:30 pm
Basic Concepts of Microsoft PowerPoint
Tuesday, June 20th at 5:30 pm
Basic Internet Concepts
Tuesday, June 27th at 5:30 pm
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Community Art and the Library First Friday
The Two Rivers Student Art Show, "Plant a Seed and Build a Better World," will have a reception from 4:30pm until 6:30pm in the Meeting Room of the Watauga County Public Library for the First Friday Art Crawl on June 2nd. In keeping with the summer reading theme of Build a Better World, the students have created seed and nature art pieces for display, helping to "Build a Better World" through their artwork. Work from students in grades K-8 will be on display either in the Meeting Room or in the library from June 1-6.
Thank you to the Downtown Boone Development Association, the Friends of the Watauga County Public Library and the High Country Watermedia Society for their support!
Summer Reading Kick Off is June 1st at 2 pm
Hey, Kids!
Get started early with your reading and never miss a beat
...and remember to check our in-house book sale too! Scroll down for all the details and mark your calendars now for our special programs... enjoy!
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Monica Caruso
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Thank you to the following recent donors:
Sunnee and Mark Freed - Children's Books
Audrey and Neil Hartley - Adult Audio/Visual
Inez Cothran - Adult Books (in memory of Pearle Munn Bishop)
St. Mary of the Hills Parish - Adult Books
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 Welcome Jasmine Schools to the library on Saturday, June 17th at Noon for a book signing of her YA book,
A State of Gray.
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 Cook the Books, a Mystery and Crime Fiction book club will meet on Tuesday, June 6th at 4:00pm in the Evelyn Johnson Memorial Meeting Room.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie is the reading selection for this meeting.
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Build a Better World!
Build a better world locally and create a positive change by bringing a canned good (peanut butter, jelly, or cereal) for the Health and Hunger Coalition or a food item for your favorite pet (dog or cat) for the Watauga Humane Society when you sign up for summer reading at the library. Just as skyscrapers are built to great heights, one brick at a time, participants will find themselves reaching for the stars through hands-on learning experiences this summer. Children who join the summer library program keep their minds active and enter school in the fall ready to learn and ready to succeed. So, go forth and build a better world.
The 2017 Summer Reading Program, Build a Better World, is open to young people, preschool through young adult, with programs, prize drawings, story times, and more. Registration for "Build a Better World" begins on June 1st. All programs are free of charge and we are very grateful to the Friends of the Watauga County Public Library for their support!
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June Watauga Summer Reading Events!
(sponsored by the Friends of the Library)
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Thursday, June 1st at 2:00 pm
- Summer Reading Kick Off
- Sign Up for Summer Reading
- Twist the Balloon Man
- Music with Tommy Smith
- Ice Cream
Monday, June 5th and Tuesday, June 6th from Noon to 1:30 pm
- Stop Animation
- Please Sign Up - Ages 10 and up
Tuesday, June 13th at 2:00 pm
Wednesday, June 14th at 1:00 pm
- Magic Show with Amazing Al (all ages)
Wednesday, June 21st at Noon
- Action Animals (all ages)
- Meet a Burmese Python, a Chicken, Patagonian Cavy, a Serval Cat, and a Siberian Lynx
Thursday, June 22nd at 11:30 am
- Art, Books, and Children with Ms. Pegge Laine (ages 4-6)
Wednesday, June 28th at 11:00 am
- Pinocchio Theater presented by the Green Bean Players
Wednesday, June 28th at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm
- Gem Mining with the Schiele Museum
- Sign Up Required
- All Ages
- On the front lawn of the Watauga Public Library
Thursday, June 29th at 11:00 am
- NC Museum on Natural Sciences
- Scientific Tools
- Limited to 30 students
- K to 3rd Grade
- Please Sign Up
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July Watauga Summer Reading Events!
(sponsored by the Friends of the Library)
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Monday, July 10th at 11:30 am
- Art, Books, and Children with Ms. Pegge Laine
Tuesday, July 11th at 1:00 pm
- Polymers and Putty Science
- Making Silly Putty
Tuesday, July 18th at 7:00 pm
- Look Up to the Stars with Kevin Manning
- Family
Wednesday, July 19th at 4:00pm
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August Watauga Summer Reading Events!
(sponsored by the Friends of the Library)
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Wednesday, August 2nd from 10:00 am to Noon
- Game Truck
- Please Sign Up
- Teens and Tweens
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Western Watauga Branch Summer Reading Events!
(sponsored by the Western Watauga Friends of the Library)
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Wednesday, June 14th at 10:30 am
- Amazing Al
- Motivational Magic Show
Wednesday, June 21st at 3:00 pm
- Action Animals (all ages)
- Meet a Burmese Python, a Chicken, Patagonian Cavy, a Serval Cat, and a Siberian Lynx, tropical birds
- Great for the entire family
Wednesday, June 28th at 10:00 am
- Gem Mining
- Schiele Museum
- Limited Space
- Sign Up Required
Thursday, June 29th at 10:30 am
- Art Books and Children
- Sponsored by the Turchin Center
- Picnic Shelter- Old Cove Creek School
Wednesday, July 5th at 10:30 am
Tuesday, July 11th at 3:00 pm
- Hands on Museum
- Polymer Science
- Making Silly Putty
Wednesday, July 19th at 10:30 am
- Art, Books and Children
- Sponsored by the Turchin Center
- Picnic Shelter- Old Cove Creek School
Wednesday, July 19th at 1:00 pm
Thursday, July 20th at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, August 2nd from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
- Game Truck
- Two Sessions
- Sign Up Required
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