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Ongoing Programs

The annual Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale will take place May 3rd-4th, more details to come.

We will be collecting book donations for the sale on Saturday March 23rd and April 13th from 9am-12pm at the library. We would love for you to think of us as you do some early spring cleaning! We will also be looking for volunteers to help with the book collection days and the sale itself.

Look out for a Sign-up Genius coming soon.

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Each donor will have their name appear on a leaf of the tree on our new mural in recognition of your support. You can pay via PayPal or bring a check to the library made out to the Friends of the Rowley Library. Green leaves for individuals are $25. An orange family leaf is $50. And a gold top contributor leaf is $100. These donation leaves will replace our traditional membership.

Upcoming Meeting: The Friends of the Rowley Library will meet on Wednesday, April 3rd at 7pm at the library.

The Friends Board- Siegi, Alex, Steve & Laura

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Featured Artists:

In our Gallery: Primary Color Caterpillars from Pine Grove School artists

Kindergarten artists learned about primary colors and secondary colors, overlapping the circles and coloring with oil crayons to create this adorable caterpillar with so much personality. The background was created with the secondary colors of green, orange and purple using watercolor paint and/or Kwik Stix.

In our Display Case: Hand Painted Eggs

Linda Ashely has been hand painting eggs for over 46 years and has passed the tradition on to her daughters, Allison and Kristen. These eggs differ from the traditional Ukrainian Easter Eggs, in that they are created using acrylic paint pens, colored inks and permanent markers, not using wax. The designs take inspiration from the natural world, sporting flowers, ferns, bees, and bugs, and also many geometric and abstract patterns. The eggs are traditionally shared with loved ones to renew the bonds of friendship and love, and they represent the rebirth of the earth as it reawakens after the long, dark winter and, in Christianity, the Resurrection and the promise of eternal life.

This month's featured items from our Library of Things:

We have something for whatever March brings!

Have fun outdoors with something from our Library of Things! We have badminton, croquet, cornhole and more. How about a metal detector? Or try our binoculars or the telescope!

Weather not so nice? Binge new shows & great movies indoors! We have 2 Rokus with Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+. Or try a board game or our Nintendo Switch.

We have many other items in our Library of Things! Most items check out for 1 week and must be picked up and returned inside at the Rowley Library.

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Looking for a way to motivate you and your little one to read more? The Beanstack challenge 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is the perfect way to keep track of the books you enjoy and keep you looking for more great material to read. There are certificates and prizes to keep you motivated along the way!

Click here to sign up for our monthly newsletter with recommendations from the Children's librarians for picture books and parenting resources!

March Passive Programming:

Each month in the Children's Room, you'll be able to participate in a themed scavenger hunt for a special bookmark and a guessing game to win a prize!

March's theme is SPRING! When you get out of school for the day, stop by to check out our March Book Displays! This month, we celebrate by showing our love for Women’s History Month! We also have a book display to celebrate the start of Spring.

Kids Guessing Game: Miss Sarah & Miss Megan would like to start planting these flower seeds, but they need your help counting how many are in there! Can you help them? The closest two guesses in each age bracket will get to pick out a prize! 5 years & younger | 6 to 12 years. March 1^st  to March 29^th .

iSpy Game: iSpy is back for March! Spring is on the way and flowers are blooming in the Children’s Room! Can you write down how many of each flower you can find? Pick up a sheet at the Children's desk and get hunting! March 1^st to March 29^th.

Teen Guessing Game: These strawberries aren’t quite in season yet, so we’ve put them in the jar to hang out. Can you tell us how many we’ll have once we open the jar in April? Prizes will be awarded to the two closest guesses. For tweens & teens ages 11+, March 1^st to March 29^th .

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