May the Force be with...the SRP!

 

Kelly Patton and Dean Turner (from the Heights Neighborhood Library) reprised a Star Wars story time they had previously performed at Harvard Elementary.

In addition to reading from Star Wars beginning readers, they sang Star Wars parody songs and told hideously “punny” Star Wars jokes.

Thank you, Kelly and Dean, for this amazing SRP activity! 

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SRP Kickoff Show

On Wednesday, June 1, we kicked off our Summer Learning Program with the most awaited event of the summer: Ronald McDonald show.

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TOYOTA FAMILIY LEARNING PROGRAM 2016- GRADUATION DAY

The Houston Public Library’s Toyota Family Learning Program is a national initiative of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) developed with generous funding from Toyota.
Carnegie NL and Center for Learning hosted the Toyota Family Learning Program for three consecutive years, 2014,2015 and 2016. The GRADUATION DAY for the 2016 edition was on May 31,  2016, at the Houston Public Library's historic Julia Ideson Building. It was a wonderful experience for the participants and all of us.

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Summer Reading Program is coming!

Aim for the Stars! 

Summer Reading Program

Our annual Summer Reading Program for kids, tweens and teens is here!

Sign up, read, log, review and win awesome prizes!

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Celebrating "Cinco de Mayo" at the library

Cinco de Mayo is probably the holiday most often celebrated that no one understands.
The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza.[
In the U.S. the date has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

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