Read and Play

9:30am - 10:30am
Kids, Birth - 24 Months
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Large Meeting Room (Staff Use Only)
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 24 Months )

Program Type: , Storytime

Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.

Family Storytime

9:45am - 10:45am
Kids, Birth - 8
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 8 )

Program Type: , Storytime

We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. 

Read and Play

9:45am - 10:45am
Kids, Birth - 24 Months
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Location: Mount Airy Branch
Room: Mount Airy Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 24 Months )

Program Type: Storytime

Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.

Meetup Mondays

10:00am - 12:00pm
Everyone, All Ages
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Everyone ( All Ages )

Program Type: Fun and Games, STEM/STEAM
Description:

Get together at the library for a fun social time for you and your children. We’ll provide the space, toys, and activities, you provide the fun. Play is an important part of developing early literacy skills.

Ready, Set, School!

10:30am - 11:30am
Kids, 3 - 6
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Large Meeting Room (Staff Use Only)
Age Group:
Kids ( 3 - 6 )

Program Type: , Storytime

An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.

Ask a Master Gardener

10:30am - 12:30pm
Adults
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Gardening and Environment
Description:

Drop in and bring your questions about fall and winter gardening to a Carroll County Master Gardener. Pick up tips, handouts and more!

Family Storytime

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids, Birth - 8
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 8 )

Program Type: , Storytime

We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. 

Meetup Mondays

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids, 2 - 5
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Location: Mount Airy Branch
Room: Mount Airy Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 2 - 5 )

Program Type: , Music Theater and Dance
Description:

Join us for a playgroup just for preschoolers. Come enjoy a festive space where you and your child can explore and play with our toys, read a board book, enjoy music, and socialize with others.

Spooky Storytime

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids, 2 - 6
Required
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 2 - 6 )

Program Type: , Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Description:

It's almost Halloween! Put on a costume and join us for a spooky storytime with stories, songs, and a witch's brew. 

Disclaimer(s)

Only kids need to register. 

West Middle SCORE practice

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Everyone
Offsite Event
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Location: Offsite
Age Group:
Everyone

Description:

West Middle SCORE practice

Open Exploration

3:00pm - 8:30pm
Kids, 6 - 17, Teens
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Mid-Size Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 6 - 17 )
Teens

Program Type: STEM/STEAM, Technology and Maker
Description:

Drop in for self-directed use of our makerspace resources during our unstaffed open lab hours.

Shiloh SCORE practice

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Everyone, 11 - 14
Offsite Event
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Location: Offsite
Age Group:
Everyone
( 11 - 14 )

Description:

Shiloh SCORE practice

Gingerdead Houses

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens, 11 - 17
Required
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens
( 11 - 17 )

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Description:

Gingerbread isn’t just for the winter! Come create some shockingly sweet and marvelously macabre dwellings for ghosties and goblins. All supplies will be provided, just bring your creativity.

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Refreshments will be served.

Ribbons of Scarlet Author Tour: Laura Kamoie, Stephanie Dray, and E. Knight

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Required
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Location: Mount Airy Branch
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Required
Seats Remaining: 51
Description:

Meet three of the authors of Ribbons of Scarlet: Laura Kamoie, Stephanie Dray, and E. Knight.

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

North Carroll Book Discussion Group: Educated

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Book Clubs
Description:

Do you enjoy reading and talking about books? Then our book discussion group is for you! We will feature a different book at each meeting. Come join us for a sharing of good books and ideas.

This month's selection is Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover.

Botanicals with Bite

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Gardening and Environment
Description:

Join Courtney Coddington, Home Horticulture, Master Gardener, University of Maryland Extension, Carroll County as we explore the inspiration for witches' brew, poison arrows, and other toxins.