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Bloomington, IL 61701

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All Day	This event is in the "Child" group. BPL Leaf Hunters' Adventure 09/07/2021 @ 10:00am - 10/23/2021 @ 12:00am This event is in the "Child" group. Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Department Age Group: Child Program Type: In-Person Program : BPL Leaf Hunters' Adventure Find and record the number of colorful leaves found in four areas of our Children’s Department. This fun, leaf-finding adventure is based on the book, We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt, by Steve Metzger. Once your adve...
10 am				This event is in the "Child" group. Preschool Story Time 10:00am - 10:30am Register Required This event is in the "Child" group. Register Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Story Room Age Group: Child Program Type: Story Time, In-Person Program Registration Required Seats Remaining: 7 : Join with your child for longer stories, flannel boards, music, and puppets which will help get your pre-readers ready for school. This story time and is recommended for children age 3-5 years old. Meet in the Story Room at Bloomington Libr... Disclaimer(s) Daycares Due to limited space in the story time room, groups, such as daycares, interested in story times need to make arrangements by contacting Melissa Robinson by phone at 557-8960 or e-mail at melissar@bloomingtonlibrary.org. This event is in the "Child" group. Preschool Story Time 10:30am - 11:00am Register Required This event is in the "Child" group. Register Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Story Room Age Group: Child Program Type: Story Time, In-Person Program Registration Required Seats Remaining: 4 : Join with your child for longer stories, flannel boards, music, and puppets which will help get your pre-readers ready for school. This story time and is recommended for children age 3-5 years old. Meet in the Story Room at Bloomington Libr... Disclaimer(s) Daycares Due to limited space in the story time room, groups, such as daycares, interested in story times need to make arrangements by contacting Melissa Robinson by phone at 557-8960 or e-mail at melissar@bloomingtonlibrary.org.	This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Toddler Story Time 10:00am - 10:30am Register Required This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Register Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Story Room Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler Program Type: Story Time, In-Person Program Registration Required Seats Remaining: 2 : Toddlers are always on the go! This interactive story time in the Story Room will encourage emerging language skills with books, rhymes, music and lots of movement activities. This program is intended for toddlers, age 19-35 months, and their caregiv... This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Toddler Story Time 10:30am - 11:00am Register Required This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Register Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Story Room Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler Program Type: Story Time, In-Person Program Registration Required Seats Remaining: 8 : Toddlers are always on the go! This interactive story time in the Story Room will encourage emerging language skills with books, rhymes, music and lots of movement activities. This program is intended for toddlers, age 19-35 months, and their caregiv...	This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Fun Friday Story Time 10:00am - 10:30am Waitlist Required This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Waitlist Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Story Room Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler Program Type: Story Time, In-Person Program Registration Required Waitlist Seats Remaining: 2 : Fun Friday Story Time! Join us every Friday in the Story Room for music and movement, stories, and fun! This program is intended for children ages birth to 11 years and their caregivers. Registration is required and is limited to 8 families. ... Disclaimer(s) Daycares Due to limited space in the story time room, groups, such as daycares, interested in story times need to make arrangements by contacting Melissa Robinson by phone at 557-8960 or e-mail at melissar@bloomingtonlibrary.org. This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Wild Card Friday 10:00am - 10:30am This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Virtual Room Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler Program Type: Online Program, Facebook (Pre-recorded) : Wild Card Friday Wild Card Friday videos continue! What will we share? A Halloween DIY (What week do you think we'll post that)?... a recorded story time? ... a travel update on Melvin's visits to new states and libraries? ... a ...	This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Mini Explorers Story Time 10:00am - 10:30am Register Required This event is in the "Child" group. This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group. Register Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Children's Story Room Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler Program Type: Story Time, In-Person Program Registration Required Seats Remaining: 3 : Mini Explorers Story Time: Explore Autumn Let's explore Autumn together! We'll gather in the Story Room for an in-person meeting of Mini Explorers. During story time, we'll learn about leaves, pumpkins, and all things Fall! We'll read stories, ask...
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6 pm				This event is in the "Child" group. Tales for Tails 6:00pm - 7:00pm Waitlist Required This event is in the "Child" group. Waitlist Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library Room: Outside Age Group: Child Program Type: In-Person Program Registration Required Waitlist Seats Remaining: 1 : This program pairs trained and certified therapy dogs with children in Grades K-5 who want to practice reading aloud. On the night that the program meets, there will be 4 time slots available for kids to meet and read to a pup on the&nbs...