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October 2, 2025

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28September 28, 2025
29September 29, 2025

7:00 PM: 📚✨ Book Club: The Light-Keeper's Daughters ✨📚

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
September 30, 2025

Book Club September 30th, 2025

Join us this month as we read The Light-Keeper's Daughters by by Jean E. Pendziwol. https://shorturl.at/htMJA

Whether you’ve read the book cover to cover or just getting started, all are welcome! Come chat, connect, and share your thoughts with fellow readers. ☕📖💬

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10:30 AM: 🦇 Preschool Story & Craft Time 🦇

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
October 1, 2025

Preschool Story and Craft Time

Theme: We’re a Little Batty!

📖 Story: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
🎶 Song: Flutter, Flutter Little Bat
✂️ Craft: Make your very own bat with a fun cut & glue activity!

Supplies Provided: printed bat pieces, glue, scissors, and coloring supplies.

🌟 What Kids Will Learn (while having fun!):
Active listening & following directions
Fine motor skills: cutting, gluing, coloring with a pincer grip
Gross motor skills: balancing, spinning, and throwing

Come join us for stories, songs, and crafts that are a little batty, in the best way! 🦇💜

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2October 2, 2025
3October 3, 2025
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5October 5, 2025
6October 6, 2025
7October 7, 2025

10:30 AM: 🎃✨ Preschool Story & Craft Time ✨🎃

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
October 8, 2025

Preschool Story and Craft Time 10-8-25

Theme: Every Shape and Size is Special

📖 Story: Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano
🎶 Song: Five Little Pumpkins
🎨 Craft: Silly Spookley Painting

Supplies Provided: orange paint, square paper, googly eyes, and glue

🌟 What Kids Will Learn (while having fun!):
Active listening & following directions
Fine motor skills: cutting, gluing, dotting with fingers, coloring with a pincer grip
Gross motor skills: balancing, spinning, and throwing

Join us for stories, songs, and a silly Spookley craft that celebrates how every shape and size is special! 🧡🎃

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9October 9, 2025
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13October 13, 2025

5:30 PM: 📚 Library Board Meeting 📚

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
October 14, 2025

Library Board Meeting
📚 Library Board Meeting 📚
For more information, please contact us at (989) 871-2003
Meetings are held in the Frieda Meachem Conference Room and begin at 6:00 pm

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10:30 AM: 🦆Preschool Craft & Story Time🪿

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
October 15, 2025

Preschool Story and Craft Time 10-15-25

Theme: Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

📖 Story: Duck & Goose – Honk! Quack! Boo! by Tad Hills
🎶 Song: Go Away Spooky Goblin
🧪 Craft/Activity: Monster Slime Sensory Bag

🌟 What Kids Will Learn (while having fun!):
Active listening & following directions
Fine motor skills: squishing, pressing, pinching
Sensory exploration & creative play
Gross motor skills: movement and rhythm with the song

Bring your little goblins and ghouls for a not-so-spooky story, silly song, and a monster slime activity that’s full of surprises! 🎃👻💜

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7:00 PM: 🎃 Halloween Theme Trivia Night 👻📽️

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
October 15, 2025

Halloween themed Trivia Night at Benny's Bierhalle

🎃 Halloween Theme Trivia Night 👻📽️
Are you a horror movie master or just here for the Hocus Pocus?

Join us for a spooktacular evening of Halloween Movie Trivia and more! From nostalgic classics to chilling thrillers, we’re diving into some of the most iconic Halloween-themed movies ever made.

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, October 15th
🕖 Time: 7:00 pm
📍 Location: Benny's Bierhalle

🎬 Featured Movies: Hocus Pocus 🧙‍♀️ / Halloweentown 🧛 / Scream ☎️🔪 / IT 🎈 / Beetlejuice 👻

👀 Bonus Rounds Include: Pet Sematary 🐾 / Friday the 13th 🔪 / Random Halloween Facts 🎃

💡 Bring your spooky smarts, gather your team, and prepare for a night of frightful fun and fierce competition.

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16October 16, 2025
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21October 21, 2025

10:30 AM: 😺Preschool Story & Craft Time ✨

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
October 22, 2025

Preschool Story and Craft Time 10-22-25

Theme: Looks Aren’t Everything

📖 Story: Hoodwinked by Arthur Howard
🎶 Song: Halloween is Coming
🎨 Craft: A Totally Not Creepy Kitten 🐾

🌟 What Kids Will Learn (while having fun!):
Active listening & following directions
Fine motor skills: cutting, gluing, coloring with a pincer grip
Creative expression & imagination
Gross motor skills: rhythm and movement with the song

Join us for a silly-not-scary Halloween story, a catchy song, and a kitten craft that shows looks aren’t everything! 🐱🎃💜

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23October 23, 2025
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28October 28, 2025

10:30 AM: 👻Preschool Story & Craft Time🎃

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
October 29, 2025

Preschool Story and Craft Time 10-29-25

Theme: Happy Halloween

📖 Story: The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo by Elaine Bickell
🎶 Song: Five Little Ghosts
🎨 Craft: Dot-A-Ghost 👻

🌟 What Kids Will Learn (while having fun!):
Active listening & following directions
Fine motor skills: dotting, coloring, gluing, cutting
Gross motor skills: movement and rhythm with the song
Creativity & imagination

Join us for a fun (not-too-spooky) Halloween storytime full of ghosts, giggles, and a dotty ghost craft! 🎃👻🧡

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10:30 AM: 🧙‍♀️ASILYNOT Story & Craft Time🧹

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
October 30, 2025

Preschool Story and Craft Time 10-30-25

Theme: Happy Halloween

📖 Story: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
🎨 Craft: Which Witch with a Broom 🧙‍♀️🧹

🌟 What Kids Will Learn (while having fun!):

  • Active listening & following directions

  • Fine motor skills: cutting, gluing, coloring

  • Gross motor skills: acting out broom-riding fun

  • Creativity & imagination

Join us for a magical Halloween story and craft where kids can make their very own “not-so-spooky” witch with a broom! 🧙‍♀️🎃👻

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31October 31, 2025
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