Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them Release Party

Calling Harry Potter Fans Ages 10 and Up!

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will hie the movie theaters in November, and we're having a party to celebrate its release.  Test your Hogwarts knowledge in our trivia game while enjoying wizardly snacks and creating beastly crafts.  Be sure to dress in costume so you can enter the costume contest for a prize!

WHEN: Wednesday November 16, 2017
TIME: 5-7 p.m.
WHERE: Burgess Community Room
WHO: For ages 10 and up

Lighten Up!

Hey, it’s time to lighten up! Winter is coming…Will your kids be walking and biking in the dark? If they are 10-14, they can join us to customize their backpacks, jackets, bikes, etc. with reflective materials, and create LED accessories to brighten their way. They can even make a jack-o-lantern light! Registration is required, so call 503-718-2656 or stop by the Children’s Reference Desk to sign up.

Bring Your Own Binder- Study Skills Workshop

Look at this incredibly 80s Trapper Keeper. I was looking at bindesr on Google images for this post and I saw this and was like, OMG, I use to own this! I was immediately transported back to a time when the brand of your school supplies was important and everyone in my class traded in eraser shavings. Why? I'm not sure, but I know the rare colors were the most valuable. Also, rubbing the hard metal side of a ruler against an eraser is apparently the most efficient way to produce the biggest volume of tradeable shavings. In case you need to know.

Anyway, kids. Bring Your Own Binder to our study skills workshop on Wednesday, August 24 from 5-7 p.m. in the Burgess Community Room. Folks going into grades 6-9 are welcome for this presentation by teachers from the Huntington Learning Center about tools and skills you need to be successful in school. This information will be especially useful to students entering 6th grade or 9th grade who will soon be coping with a new set of expectations at school. We'll provide some extra school supplies and snacks. Be there!

Operation S.T.E.A.M. Break

Hey, remember this game? Now tweens ages 10-14 can make their own at our Operation S.T.E.A.M. Break program on Wednesday, March 23 from 2-4:30 in the Puett Room. S.T.E.A.M. stands for Science Technology Engineering Art and Math. We'll be using all of those things to design, construct, code and play custom Operation games! No previous coding experience is required. Call 503-718-2656 or stop by the reference desk to sign up.

Fall and Winter Semester Book Group Registration NOW OPEN!

Starting today, August 1st, children entering grades 1-6 can register for a Tigard Public Library Book Group.  Registration closes August 31st.

The Kids Book Club is for children in grades 1-3 where books will be read and discussed that are written at a second grade reading level.  The books chosen to read are from the 2015-16 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award nominee list and participants will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite book from the list while in the kids book club.  The 2015 fall meeting dates are September 22, October 20, and November 17.  2016 Winter meeting dates are January 19, February 16, and March 15th. 

Super Readers is for children in grades 4-6 where they will read longer books.  The 2015 fall meeting dates are September 15, October 13, November 10, and December 8.  The 2016 meeting dates are January 12, February 9, March 8, and April 12.

BeTween The Lines is a NEW book discussion group for grades 6-8.  This is a great opportunity for readers of this age to discover some fantastic reads from the 2015-16 Oregon Reader's Choice Award middle school/intermediate division nominee list while enjoying snacks, games, and crafts.  The fall 2015 dates are September 28, October 19, and November 16.

Please come to the children's desk at the library to register your child for one semester of their choice for their appropriate age group.  Children may only attend one semester in order to allow more children to participate in the program.  All books have been generously donated by the Friends of the Tigard Public Library for each participant to keep their book.