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The Mount Tabor Branch will be closed on Saturday, August 5th for Children's Day.

Summer Reading at the Library!

This year's Summer Reading theme is Build A Better World. Stop by any of our locations to pick up a Summer Reading activity sheet and get started!

We have Summer Reading activities all summer long for children, teens, and adults. A full schedule of events can be found on on our website at parsippanylibrary.org.

The last day to hand in activity sheets and raffle tickets for Summer Reading is Monday, August 28.

The Main Library and Lake Hiawatha Branch received safe viewing glasses through Star_Net for the upcoming August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse.

Individuals can pick up one pair per person at the Main Library Information Services desk or the Lake Hiawatha Branch Information Services desk or the Mount Tabor Branch beginning on Tuesday, August 8 while supplies last.

For more information contact the Main Library at 973-887-5150 x209 or the Lake Hiawatha Branch at 973-335-0952.

Programs for Children

Main Library

Zumba for Kids

August 2

2:00pm-2:45m

Ages 5-11

Learn some new moves and have fun exercising with Zumba! Comfortable clothes and sneakers are recommended. No registration required.

Drop-in Craft

August 5

10:00am-10:45am

All Ages

Drop in to make a colorful summer craft! No registration required.

Bingo for Kids

August 11

3:00-3:45pm

All Ages

Play bingo with your friends and possibly win a prize! No registration required.

Lake Hiawatha

Register for a time slot with our Sphero Robots!

You will need to come with a smartphone or tablet to download a free app to use with the Spheros. If you do not have a device, please let us know beforehand.

Registration begins two weeks prior to each date. You may register for one time slot per day only.

Ages 3-6

August 16, August 23

1:00pm-1:30pm OR 1:30pm-2:00pm

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Entering Grades 1-3

August 14, August 28

11:00am-11:30am OR 11:30am-12:00pm

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Entering Grades 4-6

August 30

6:30pm-7:00pm OR 7:00pm-7:30pm

Kids Basic Business Skills Workshop

This course is a three-day learning experience that teaches money management and financial responsibility through games and activities. This course is taught by Teen Junior Acievement Volunteers. For more information contact 973-521-2254. Registration is required and will begin on August 8.

Ages 7-11 - register for one session

Session A (11:00am-12:00pm)

August 22, August 24, August 25

Register online here

OR

Session B (6:30pm-7:30pm)

August 21, August 22, August 23

Register online here

Tutti A Tavola! Everybody Come Eat!

Lake Hiawatha

August 17

7:00pm-8:30pm

Professor Patti Grunther will discuss the ties that bind Italian food and Italian culture through stories of living in Italy for more than 20 years. Registration is required. Register online here.

Congratulations to Katy Halpern, Children’s Librarian, Lake Hiawatha Branch Library!

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded the 2017 Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award to Katy Halpern, Children’s Librarian at the Lake Hiawatha Branch of the Parsippany Library. Katy was one of four children’s librarians selected to receive this award.

An annual gift made possible from Penguin Young Readers Group and Random House Children’s Books, enabled Katy to attend her first American Library Association’s Annual Conference as well as the Newberry-Caldecott-Wilder banquet held in Chicago in June. This was an opportunity for “four hardworking, dedicated librarians who want to learn, network, and celebrate their profession.” stated Adrienne Waintraub, executive director of school and library marketing, Random House Children’s Books.

Katy has been a children’s librarian since 2012 in her first library position at the Lake Hiawatha branch of the Parsippany Library System. She created a Sensory Storytime program to provide children with special needs the opportunity for monthly field trips to the Lake Hiawatha Library. Katy also won the 2013 Best Practices in Early Literacy Award from the New Jersey State Library. In addition to the Sensory Storytimes, Katy has offered Preschool Math programs, Music and Movement Storytimes, and Book Bundle projects. Her programs are very well attended and as a result both circulation and attendance at the branch have increased. Katy serves with the Morris Area Youth Services committee involved in a number of programs including Best Books for Children and a Preschool Workshop for teachers.

Katy also enjoyed the opportunity to attend various sessions and talks and came away with many exciting and great ideas to implement at the branch and share with her colleagues. One is the importance for creating play spaces in the library for parents and children to drop in the library to interact together in a play situation, such as building, coloring, and working on puzzles. Many of these materials, Number Tiles, Animal Counters, and Early Literacy kits such as flash cards, puzzles, books and number and letter matching games have been generously donated by the Friends of the Parsippany Library.

The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, is the world’s largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library services to children.

Save the Date!

The Friends of the Library Lobby Book Sale will start up again on September 1st!

Can't wait until September? Visit our Book Nook, located at the Parsippany Community Center on 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha. The Book Nook is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Check out the Friends of the Library website for more information: www.friendsoftheparsippanylibrary.weebly.com

Programs for Teens

Main Library

Trivia Fridayl

August 4

3:00pm-4:00pm

Grades 6-12

Teen Central

Have fun with friends, enjoy a snack and test your trivia knowledge for the chance to win a prize! No registration required.

When the Sun Goes Dark: Astronomy Program for Teens

August 7, 1:00pm-3:00pm

(rain date: August 9, 1:00pm-3:00pm)

Come learn all about the eclipse and the science of the sun, then we'll safely observe it through a specialized telescope! Registration is required. Register online here.

Throwback Thursday Movie Afternoon: Clueless

August 24

1:00pm-3:00pm

Film is rated PG-13. Students 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is not required.

Lake Hiawatha

STEAM Workshop

August 14

3:30pm-5:00pm

Grades 6-12

Come with your friends and participate in some STEAM-related activities. Team up and see if you can win the marshmallow challenge! Make slime! (Because, why not?!) Registration is required. Register online here.