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Baby Bounce: Up and Down

Monday, March 31, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting/Activity Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Join us for a fun and interactive story time for babies and toddlers up to age 23 months old. We will read stories, sing songs and do simple movement activities. This week's t...

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for a fun and interactive story time for babies and toddlers up to age 23 months old. We will read stories, sing songs and do simple movement activities. 

This week's theme is up and down. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

A child with a looking glass in a hot air balloon, a girl in a wheelchair reading a book on top of two large books and a boy with a backpack pointing to planets in the sky standing on a rocky cliff.

Toddler and Preschool Story Time: Mythical Beings

Monday, March 31, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Story Time Area (BOR) at Bordeaux Community Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs and more. We will have a craft and a coloring sheet at the end. Please note that this program is appropriate for sensory seekers. This week's t...

Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Story Time Area (BOR)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs and more. We will have a craft and a coloring sheet at the end. 

Please note that this program is appropriate for sensory seekers. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Four old books laying on their side stacked on top of each other on a table with a book shelf in the background.

The 100 Club Short Story Book Club

Monday, March 31, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

The Short Story Book Club for busy individuals offers a curated selection of short stories, each 100 pages or less, from the esteemed collection "The Best Short Stories of 2024" O....

Cancelled
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Short Story Book Club for busy individuals offers a curated selection of short stories, each 100 pages or less, from the esteemed collection "The Best Short Stories of 2024" O. Henry Prize winners.

The words "Play Ready" on a black background. The words are formed with different items needed for sports or activities such as balls and dice.

Flowering Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
6-11 Years
Event Details:

It's officially spring and flowers have sprung up in the Cliffdale Regional Library just in time for Earth Day. Can you find all 8 flowers blooming beautifully in the children's se...

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

It's officially spring and flowers have sprung up in the Cliffdale Regional Library just in time for Earth Day. Can you find all 8 flowers blooming beautifully in the children's section for the entire month of April? 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

Kelvin Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Event Details:

Kelvin the robot is visiting the library this month and he is trying out several different jobs in the science field. Find them for a sticker prize! This program runs through the m...

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Kelvin the robot is visiting the library this month and he is trying out several different jobs in the science field. Find them for a sticker prize! This program runs through the month of April. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

Kelvin Scavenger Hunt

All Day
East Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Event Details:

This month we have Kelvin the robot visiting the library and he is trying out several different jobs in the science field. Can you help find the 5 different Kelvins hidden in our c...

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

This month we have Kelvin the robot visiting the library and he is trying out several different jobs in the science field. Can you help find the 5 different Kelvins hidden in our children's area and receive a prize? 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

NC Science Fest Scavenger Hunt

All Day
North Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
6-11 Years
Event Details:

We are celebrating the NC Science Festival with a scavenger hunt! Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet at the children's services desk, find all eight science symbols and return the shee...

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

We are celebrating the NC Science Festival with a scavenger hunt! Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet at the children's services desk, find all eight science symbols and return the sheet for a free sticker. This program runs April 1-30, 2025. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Metal containers holding pens, colored pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and rulers.

Origami Butterflies

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
19+ Years, All Ages
Event Details:

Celebrate spring with a butterfly! Grab some origami paper and follow the instructions provided to craft this iconic insect. This program will run from April 1 to April 30, 20...

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Celebrate spring with a butterfly! Grab some origami paper and follow the instructions provided to craft this iconic insect. 

This program will run from April 1 to April 30, 2025. 

The words "Play Ready" on a black background. The words are formed with different items needed for sports or activities such as balls and dice.

Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Story Time Area (BOR) at Bordeaux Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
6-11 Years
Event Details:

Self-directed scavenger hunt running through April. Find images that correlate with Dewey Decimal categories of the natural sciences hidden around the children's area. For mor...

Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Story Time Area (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Self-directed scavenger hunt running through April. Find images that correlate with Dewey Decimal categories of the natural sciences hidden around the children's area. 

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

STEAM Craft Kit

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Event Details:

Create your very own musical instrument! This craft kit will be available for pick up during the entire month of April while supplies last. This event is part of the North Car...

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Create your very own musical instrument! This craft kit will be available for pick up during the entire month of April while supplies last. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The words "Play Ready" on a black background. The words are formed with different items needed for sports or activities such as balls and dice.

Umbrella Scavenger Hunt

All Day
West Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Event Details:

April showers have arrived, and we seem to have lost all of our umbrellas. Find all six hidden in our children's area and then return to the desk to receive a prize. For more ...

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

April showers have arrived, and we seem to have lost all of our umbrellas. Find all six hidden in our children's area and then return to the desk to receive a prize. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Family Story Time: We Love the Library!

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting/Activity Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Join us for our story time for 2- to 5-year-olds. Each week will be a different theme of stories and fun! This week's theme is National Library Week. For more information...

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for our story time for 2- to 5-year-olds. Each week will be a different theme of stories and fun! 

This week's theme is National Library Week. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

A child with a looking glass in a hot air balloon, a girl in a wheelchair reading a book on top of two large books and a boy with a backpack pointing to planets in the sky standing on a rocky cliff.

Toddler Story Time: Whose Hat Is This?

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting/Activity Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Story time for 1- to 3-year-olds. This week's theme is community helpers. For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1459.  

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Story time for 1- to 3-year-olds. 

This week's theme is community helpers. 

For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1459. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The logo for Cape Fear Botanical Garden with a green gazebo and the name below it.

Nature Tales: Down in the Dirt

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome! This month's theme is Down in t...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

A child with a looking glass in a hot air balloon, a girl in a wheelchair reading a book on top of two large books and a boy with a backpack pointing to planets in the sky standing on a rocky cliff.

Preschool Story Time: Silly Stories

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Story Time Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Story time for 3- to 5-year-olds. This week's theme is silly stories. For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1449. 

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Story Time Room (CLF)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Story time for 3- to 5-year-olds. 

This week's theme is silly stories. 

For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1449. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Community Resources

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Room #1 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
General Program
Age Group:
19+ Years, All Ages
Event Details:

Our Community Navigator links customers and patrons to needed resources and information.

Cancelled
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #1 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:

Our Community Navigator links customers and patrons to needed resources and information.

A child with a looking glass in a hot air balloon, a girl in a wheelchair reading a book on top of two large books and a boy with a backpack pointing to planets in the sky standing on a rocky cliff.

Family Story Time: We Love the Library!

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Meeting/Activity Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Join us for our story time for 2- to 5-year-olds. Each week will be a different theme of stories and fun! This week's theme is National Library Week. For more information...

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for our story time for 2- to 5-year-olds. Each week will be a different theme of stories and fun! 

This week's theme is National Library Week. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

A child with a looking glass in a hot air balloon, a girl in a wheelchair reading a book on top of two large books and a boy with a backpack pointing to planets in the sky standing on a rocky cliff.

Preschool Story Time: Whose Hat Is This?

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Meeting/Activity Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

Story time for 3- to 5-year-olds. This week's theme is community helpers. For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1459. 

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Story time for 3- to 5-year-olds. 

This week's theme is community helpers. 

For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1459. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The logo for Cape Fear Botanical Garden with a green gazebo and the name below it.

Nature Tales: Down in the Dirt

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Off Site
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years
Event Details:

A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome! This month's theme is Down in t...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Metal containers holding pens, colored pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and rulers.

Story Time Take and Make Craft

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Event Details:

This story time themed take and make will be available at the youth services desk from April 1 to April 7 or as long as supplies last. For more information about this pro...

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

This story time themed take and make will be available at the youth services desk from April 1 to April 7 or as long as supplies last. 

For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727 ext. 1459. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

A pile of multi-colored sensory toys with different textures.

Centered on Sensory

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Story Time Area (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Sensory Program, Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
Event Details:

Join us for a playtime session featuring different activities using the senses. This month's centers include a silent disco, themed sensory bin, fidget petting zoo and calm and col...

Cancelled
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Story Time Area (HQU)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Sensory Program, Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for a playtime session featuring different activities using the senses. This month's centers include a silent disco, themed sensory bin, fidget petting zoo and calm and color. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

Terrific Tuesday: Vibe With Me

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (NRL) at North Regional Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
6-11 Years
Event Details:

Learn about sonic vibrations with fun experiments like wine glass rim music, making a liquid xylophone and building your own tin can telephone. This event is part of the North...

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Learn about sonic vibrations with fun experiments like wine glass rim music, making a liquid xylophone and building your own tin can telephone. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Polyhedral dice on top of two Dungeons and Dragons books.

Dungeons and Dragons

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (WRL) at West Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Adventure is calling...and we're looking for a party! Whether you have a sword, a bow, an axe or other weapon to lend to the cause, join us the first and third Tuesday of each mont...

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:

Adventure is calling...and we're looking for a party! Whether you have a sword, a bow, an axe or other weapon to lend to the cause, join us the first and third Tuesday of each month for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.