Please read our announcement below about our "Limited Reopening." Item Returns and Curbside Pickups: Patrons wearing masks , may return library materials in the rear drive-through Book Drop. Curbside Pickup service: Please place your selections on hold through the Library Catalog. (Please Note: Inter-library Delivery is now available. Items received from other libraries will be quarantined for one week so please anticipate delays. )You will be notified when your order is ready for pick up and may come any time during our pick up hours (Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m. -4 p.m. and M-Thu. 6:30-8:30 p.m.). We now offer "Book A Time Under the Browsing Tent" and "Laptops on the Lawn". Please check back for updates on our Summer Reading Programs, virtual offerings and collections.

Pre-School Story Times

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Continuing through the fall session, we have gone virtual with our story times! We are planning to use Google Meets for live story times and book club meetings – links to these events will be sent to registered users.

Please send a request to join the private J.V. Fletcher Library Youth Services Department Facebook page to see all kinds of other fun posts and news from your friends in Youth Services.

In the Fall, we are planning for our bi-annual, free, online registration for Story Times to begin at 6:30 PM the Monday after Labor Day.

We will offer a variety of virtual story time options. Sign ups will open on Monday, September 14 at 6:30PM.

Registration Story Times

  • Baby Lap Time is an early literacy story time for parents and babies held in our Story Hour Room. We share songs, books, and the latest baby brain research. Registration is required.
  • Wiggle Words is a weekly story time for 2-3 year olds. Fun stories and activities are shared with parents and children.
  • Book Bunch is a weekly story time for 3-5 year olds. Parents may choose to join us as we share books and activities in this program.
  • Book Worms brings books alive for our 4-5 year olds. Children attend by themselves.

Drop-In Story Times

DRIVE IN Mother Goose will be a weekly DRIVE IN story time for babies and pre-schoolers. This means that if the weather permits (no snow,no rain, no gale force winds), you will drive into our parking lot, tune your AM radio to 1610, and enjoy Mother Goose from your car. You might even want to stop at Muffins on Main for beverage and snack before you pull in …

Youth Services staff will be performing for you live on the lawn and on a raised platform so that you can see. We have 51 spaces available in our lot and you must stay in your vehicle to maintain social distancing.

VIRTUAL Pajama Time is once a month on a Monday evening for children ages 3 to 7. Children can watch in real time – register for each night separately up to 6 pm, you will be emailed a meeting link to log into. Get into those pajamas and grab a favorite stuffed animal or blanket.

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