Week Calendar

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Join us as we host Playdates at the Library. During this continuous program we will provide different play materials such as sensory toys, LEGOs, etc. We hope to see you there. Ages 0 to 4 years old. 

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

This week's theme is buttons and pockets. 

Story time for 1-3-year-olds. 

This week's theme is gardens. 

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

Story time for ages 0-5-year-olds. Story time includes reading stories, creative storytelling, music and movement and more. Please note that this program is appropriate for sensory seekers. 

This week's theme is names. 

Learn about spring and make a fun craft to take home. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1403.

Story time for 3-5-year-olds. 

This week's theme is rain & rainbows. 

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

Join us for stories, songs and more. For toddlers 2-3 years. 

This week's theme is flowers. We will make a themed craft at the end. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1481. 

Story time for 2-year-olds. 

This week's theme is ducks. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1450.
 

Cuddle, Play, Socialize. Songs, rhymes, finger plays and short stories are the highlights of this lap-sit experience for parents and their children. For babies and tots 0-23 months. 

Story time for ages 3- to 5-year-olds. Story time includes reading stories, creative storytelling, music, movement and more. Please note that this program is appropriate for sensory seekers. 

This week's theme is names. 

Make a Decorative Pen for yourself or your friends and family. Materials will be provided. 

Registration is required by calling (910) 483-7727 ext. 1414 or registering online. 

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

This week's theme is bugs. 

Story time for children 1-5 years old. 

This week's theme is planes. Did you know FLIGHT was invented in NC. Our State of Innovation! 

Story time for children 1-5 years old. 

This week's theme is NC...our State of Innovation! Do you know what was invented in NC? Our state has created some very important, and some interesting, inventions! 

It's time to unleash your creativity and express yourself as a master storyteller. You will learn to code your own animations and imaginative stories with Code Ninjas! For ages 8 and up. 

Celebrate the importance of Earth Day by using crafting materials that already exist and using them in new, creative ways, such as making a piece of jewelry or a picture frame. All materials provided. All ages are welcome. 

Story time for 3-5-year-olds. 

This week's theme is gardens. 

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

Cyber Swarm is the ultimate combination of imagination meets creation. These tiny, interconnected Cubelets are set to offer endless possibilities for creativity and entertainment.

Join us for stories, songs and more. For kids 3-5 years. 

This week's theme is flowers. We will make a themed craft at the end. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1481. 

Story time for 3–5-year-olds. 

This week's theme is ducks. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1450.
 

The more we get together for stories, songs, dance and activities, the happier we are in this weekly story time. For toddlers 2-3 years. 

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

This week's theme is science. 

This story time take and make craft will be available at the youth services desk from April 15 - April 22 or as long as supplies last. 

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

Bridge is fun, and recent studies show it keeps people smarter, happier and more social as they age. Want to learn bridge or brush up on your skills?

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Try your hand at making several different types of model siege machines (catapults, trebuchets, etc.). Test your contraptions on a series of targets for accuracy and power. 

In this amazing game building class, Ninjas will learn some of the basics of computer science by coding mini games such as a maze, hide-and-seek and even your very own creation with Code Ninjas! Geared for ages 5-7. 

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world. 

It's time to unleash your creativity and express yourself as a master storyteller. You will learn to code your own animations and imaginative stories with Code Ninjas! For ages 8 and up. 

Join museum educator Leah Zavaleta from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville for an ecoEXPLORE program about botany.

Learn about ballistics and projectile physics by building catapults, balloon-cannons and exploding ninja stars. 

Join us to discover the stunning native wildflowers of Cumberland County and their crucial role in our local ecosystem.

Drop in for some board game fun! Break out the classics, like Chess or Scrabble, or learn something new. This is a great opportunity to meet table top gamers and explore new games you might love. 

Trying to make some snacks for a group of friends with only $25? We invite tweens & teens (ages 10-14) to learn how to budget as we make snacks to eat together. 

Are you feeling lucky? Join us for Bingo-Rama to test your luck and prepare to battle it out with friends & family! Whether you’re a bingo fan or just love a good challenge, this event is perfect for you. 

Learn Spanish using CCPL's Transparent Language learning software! Make new friends, practice with your fellow language learners and build your language skills. We will meet once a month to practice. 

Children’s author and educator, Melissa Davis, will share her new book Home Is Where the Army Sends You: Ft. Liberty, North Carolina. After the story, Melissa will entertain questions from the audience. 

Learn the art of creating and solving coded messages and combine them with the power of computer science to write programs that encrypt and decrypt secret messages with Code Ninjas. For ages 10 and up. 

North Carolina is the home state for a very unusual structure patent. 

Find out what makes this structure so unique as we explore shapes in engineering and in nature and design our own dream house with a variety of materials. 

Just in slime! Join us as we get ready to get down and messy as we make Edible Marshmallow Slime as part of the Science Festival. For ages 3-5 years old. 

Each month we will explore an iconic work of Children’s Classic Literature and do either a related craft or a STEM activity. 

For April the book is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 

Come in and celebrate Earth Day with a relaxing coloring program to help you destress from the workday or workweek. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1435.

Build and play with LEGOs, Magna-tiles and DUPLOs. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1450.

Music lovers and creative minds, this class is for you! Dive into the world of electronic music composition with code using Sonic Pi.

Calling all heroes, mages, wanderers, scoundrels and goblins! Join the party and play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons with Dungeon Master Taylor. We will be meeting every Thursday. 

Can you cook for a group with $25 or less? We invite teens (ages 14-18) to learn how to cook a meal on a budget. And yes, you get to eat the food too! 

Practice reading out loud to a four-legged friend. The dogs from Love on a Leash enjoy listening to stories of all kinds and are a great way to encourage shy or reluctant readers. Bring your favorite book or choose one of ours. All ages. 

Years after establishing a literary career through his compilation of the mystery genre’s most unsolvable classics, an unsuspecting bookseller is tapped by the FBI for help solving murders that eerily mimic the books on his list. 

Celebrate poetry month with a workshop presented by local poet LeJuane, "El'Ja," Bowens. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1481.