Thank you for using the library! We hope that you are able to join us for some of our upcoming programs as well. Don’t forgetFor info on additional to be upcoming a programs,part please of check the our website Adult at www.gtpl.org Summer. Reading Program! Seussical Celebration

For every book you read or listen to, stop in and fill out an entry slip for a chance to win one of our weekly prizes. Sat., March 2 @ 2PM For more info on additional upcoming programs, please check our website at www.allendalelibrary.org. Join storyteller Jenifer Strauss for a fun filled afternoon

celebrating Dr. Seuss! Funded in part by an Arts & Join us for a craft on the first Monday of each Indivisible March's craft will be a cookie sheet Humanities Touring grant from the Michigan Humanities Council month! March's craft will be a spring wreath. (PG-13, 1hr 59min) magnet board. A variety of paper and Cost is $5 and must be paid by March 1. Ages Bring a sack lunch and enjoy a free movie at embellishments will be available. Cost is Come and tell favorite Seuss Stories 18+. Coffee will be provided by Biggby. the library. March’s film will be "Indivisible". $3 and must be paid by March 11. Come sing a Silly Seuss Tunes Popcorn and pop will be served as well. Ages 16+. **REGISTRATION REQUIRED** **REGISTRATION REQUIRED** Play in the Dr. Seuss Rumpy Tump Band

on bells and horns and bassoons! Seussy-like crafts we will make and take a recipe for Ooblek too! Meet the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax and Horton Hears a Who!

On March 13 at 1:30PM, join us to discuss During World War II, Michigan became a Many people from West Michigan served in Mommy & Me temporary home to six thousand German and WWI. Follow their experiences from the time The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah and on Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30PM, we will Italian POWs. Join us in listening to author they joined up through their service overseas. discuss Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Gregory Sumner tell the story of these Learn the process of locating their records as detainees and the ordinary Americans who well as how they can shed light on a veteran's Auschwitz. Stop by the library for a copy of embodied our highest ideals, even amid a time during the great war. the book. war. SAT., March 16 @ 10:30AM

Are you a crafty person? Do you have crafts Speakers Howard and Barb Collver will Participants will get to choose their own that you just can't seem to get done at home? recount their time in NYC working alongside unique design to paint a wine glass to take Now is your time to finish them! Bring the craft Dave Wilkerson, founder of Teen Challenge. home with them. All supplies will be provided. you are currently working on (or have been Their work with gang members and troubled, Cost is $5 and must be paid by 3/22. Space is waiting to start). Come and spend time drug-addicted teens is recounted in the classic limited. Ages 13 & up. socializing, sharing crafting experience, and book The Cross and the Switchblade. **REGISTRATION REQUIRED** enjoying snacks. No registration necessary. Ages 18+. Facebook.com/georgetowntownshippubliclibrary @gtplibrary gtplibrary 1525 Baldwin Street ** 616-457-9620 ** [email protected] ** www.gtpl.org Kids & Teens

Be sure to pick up a coloring programs

page for our This program, geared for kids age 12 months Ages 6+ Come explore our Maker Cart! The Ages 6+ Fun with science! Come experiment to 5 years, offers early literacy benefits while monthly coloring cart includes Dash and Dot robots, a Sphero, with different scientific principles in a fun and focusing on music and movement. Perfect Wee Ones (10:15 AM) a Makey Makey, a 3D Pen, LittleBits, building exciting way. Each month is a different STEM contest for kids who can't quite sit through a Preschool (11 AM) blocks, craft supplies, and more! (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) traditional story time, or anyone who loves to based activity. Registration is required.

move! Children of all ages welcome. Please sign up at gtpl.org

Movies @ the **Registration required** Lego Club Library

Join us for an all-ages 9/2: Diary of a Wimpy family storytime! We will Evening

Kid: The Long Haul read books, sing songs, Storytime Club make a craft, Join us for the movie Spiderman: Into the 9/16: Captain Spiderverse (PG)! Ages 3-17 are Sept. 2 11AM and have fun together. welcome. Children under the age of 6 Underpants must be accompanied by an adult 18 Join us for a fun hour of exploring with years of age or older. For a content playdough! During this drop-in program, we'll review, please visit our program calendar have playdough, tools, and some other fun at gtpl.org. Thurs., March 21 @ 6PM Thurs., March 7 @ 6PM accessories for you to use.

Creative Story Time

Dance Movement & Music

Mondays & Fridays Kids ages 6 - 12 years old are invited to bring Sept. 12 & 26 @ @ 10AM The library is teaming up with Lake Michigan Dance Academy to offer Join our theme-based book club! Participants a storage bag of their own building bricks to 9:30AM Creative Dance for Kids! This class will introduce your children to basic in 3rd - 6th grade will eat pizza, discuss what the Library. Each child will have 45 minutes principles of dance through new and imaginative ways of moving. Join they have read, and participate in a Library to create something around the theme that us for what is sure to be a fun, energetic, and exciting 30 minutes of auction to end the hour. Please sign up at the will be announced that night! Please sign up creativity. Ages 3 & up. library or online at www.gtpl.org. March’s at the library or online. Don’t have any Legos? theme is “Read a book set in another country”. Don’t worry; we have a limited supply that you can use!

Pizza & Pages

Touch, hear, see, and play! This drop-in

playtime focuses on letting kids play and Tinygami Origami Class

Play is an important part of early literacy learn using their senses, with things like sand, In this class, Artprize artist Stacie Tamaki will teach several beginner level folds. Each Sept. 19 4:30PM development. In this program, parents water, beads, and foam paint. Come and go attendee will leave with finished models to take with them as well as the ability to and caregivers will engage in purposeful as you please during the hour. Ages 0-5. recreate them. Authentic origami paper from Japan will be provided, but you are Play clothes that can get messy are encouraged. welcome to bring your own paper as well. See www.tinygami.com for more about the Sept. 5 at 4:30PM play with their children! Each activity area artist and examples of her work. Registration required. Children of all ages are includes tips and ideas on how to reap PARENTAL SUPERVISION REQUIRED. welcome to attend but any child under 13 MUST be accompanied by an adult. the most benefits. Some of our sensory bins include small pieces, which are great for sensory play, but mean you'll want to keep a close eye on your little ones! Sat., March 23 11AM