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Ages 3 and Up

The library’s stuffed animals want to go on field trips! Check one out, bring them home, and add to their personal scrapbooks by writing about and taking pictures of the fun things you do together. When you’re at the library, you can visit the animals who have made it back to home base and see what they’ve been up to. Stuffed animals may be periodically rotated out based on condition.

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Just in time for vacation, the Dobbs Ferry Public Library presents a Summer Reading Bingo — for adults!

The board is designed to expand your reading palate and encourage your appetite. Complete each row and get a prize! The boards will be available at the circulation desk and on the website. Keep track of the books you read, and the rewards are all yours!

Download the Bingo Board and sign up here!

Prizes:
One Row: Dobbs Ferry Public Library Owl Sticker
Two Rows: 3D Printed Bookmark or Key Chain
Three Rows: Stress Ball Shaped Like A Cow
Four Rows: Water Bottle
Whole Board: Tote Bag

Have questions? Email asati@dobbsferrylibrary.org

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Visit our Storywalk all Summer long; starting at the Keeper’s House and continuing toward Chestnut Street on the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.

Available in Spanish and English.

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Adventure Begins at Your Library!

Complete activities on the board – get small prizes for every activity you complete; when you get a BINGO (across, down or diagonal), return this sheet to the library to be registered to win a grand prize!

Download the Bingo Card here – cards must be returned by August 16th to qualify for grand prize drawing.

Questions?  Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org

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Fill out a brief form and Alex, the teen librarian, will recommend titles for you! All you have to do is pick them up.

Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org for more info.

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For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

Registration recommended but not required – email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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Ages 6-14

Dive into a Minecraft water park where you’ll tackle water slides, obstacle courses and diving boards!

Registration is required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Are you interested in creative writing? Do you want to meet other writers and get inspired? Bring a poem, short story, or excerpt from your novel to share with the group. Get feedback and support each other.

Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.org to get the Zoom link — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

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Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park (Weather Permitting)

This month, we will be reading “Tom Lake” by Ann Patchett. Get the book at the Library!

Register with reference@dobbsferrylibrary.org for the exact location — please indicate the title and date of the program you are registering for!

In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family’s orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.

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Ages 8-18

Love D&D? Try out three other tabletop roleplaying games to explore new settings and mechanics. We will do two sessions each of Mausritter, Pirate Borg, and FIST.

You must be able to make it to both sessions of at least one game; please let us know what you prefer when you register. Due to space restrictions, we may only be able to place you in one of the three games.

Registration is required and is strictly limited – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

• July 10 & 17: Mausritter: Inspirations: Redwall, The Secret of NIMH, Lord of the Rings.  tep into the shoes of a brave little mouse and explore the great, big world! Use your wits and teamwork to survive dangerous challenges and defeat powerful foes. Survive long enough and you may become heroes of legend! If you are new to roleplaying games or D&D looks too complex, Mausritter is a great introduction for players of all ages.
• July 24 & 31: Pirate Borg: Inspirations: Pirates of the Caribbean, works of HP Lovecraft, The Secret of Monkey Island. Explore the undead-infested Dark Caribbean in search of treasure and infamy. Find treasure, bury it, and search for someone else’s hidden loot. Steal a ship, fight the British, and flee from the unknowable terrors of the deep. Be the filthy, greedy scoundrel you always wanted to be and live the pirate life!
• August 7 & 14: FIST: Inspirations: Your favorite action heroes, spy movies, and Saturday morning cartoons. Take on the role of a paranormal mercenary and fight the battles no one else can. As a member of the Freelance Infantry Strike Team, you can expect to: prevent an Alien plot to brainwash the planet, battle legions of laser dinosaurs from the future, and rescue the President from a space volcano lair (again). Use your brains, tools, and a near-infinite supply of cool sunglasses to defend the world!

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Is your child asking about Dungeons & Dragons, but you don’t have the answers? Join parent volunteer and Dungeon Master Alex Peck for a drop-in session where you can learn more about this tabletop roleplaying game and how you can help your child set up a game at home. If you’re interested, you can also discuss getting involved with the library’s D&D club.

Registration required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Ages 3-6

Join us for a children’s book-inspired obstacle course at the Keeper’s House (15 Walnut Street) to celebrate the upcoming closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics.

Registration is required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Children & Tweens/Teens

Close out the summer at our annual finale party with games, LEGOs, sidewalk chalk, and more. Enjoy FREE ice cream from Penny Lick, too! Everyone is welcome, whether or not you achieved your reading goal this summer.

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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Ages 3 and up.

Pick up a kit containing a craft that you can do at home. Supplies are limited — first come, first served!

This Week’s Craft – Paper Bag Lifeguard Craft

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All Ages welcome.

Children read one-on-one with Buddy, a specially trained Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) and his handler, Dobbs Ferry resident Marty Kanengiser. Children will select a book to read to Buddy before the program begins, and they will spend 10-15 minutes reading aloud. They are also welcome to ask questions about Buddy, a 12-year-old rescued black lab who loves children, other dogs, and reading.

Registration REQUIRED — email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.

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This month choose your favorite sea creature keychain made using the library’s 3D printer! Options are narwhal, dolphin, pufferfish, octopus, or shark.

Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to request yours – please indicate what sea creature and color you want. No cost, limit one per person.

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Ages 3 and Up

The library’s stuffed animals want to go on field trips! Check one out, bring them home, and add to their personal scrapbooks by writing about and taking pictures of the fun things you do together. When you’re at the library, you can visit the animals who have made it back to home base and see what they’ve been up to. Stuffed animals may be periodically rotated out based on condition.

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Visit our Storywalk all Summer long; starting at the Keeper’s House and continuing toward Chestnut Street on the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.

Available in Spanish and English.

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Fill out a brief form and Alex, the teen librarian, will recommend titles for you! All you have to do is pick them up.

Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org for more info.

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For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

Registration recommended but not required – email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.

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Join us for a wonderful gathering of creativity and community at the Dobbs Ferry Library’s crocheting and knitting group. This is the perfect opportunity to meet and chat with fellow crafters from your community.

We will provide you with the supplies to create a granny square or dishcloth.

You can join at any time at no cost.  Please call 693-6614 to register or email dflfriends@mail.com.

Even if we’re not working on a type of crafting you’re interested in, you are welcome to come and chat and work on your own projects! Newcomers are always welcome.

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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Is your child asking about Dungeons & Dragons, but you don’t have the answers? Join parent volunteer and Dungeon Master Alex Peck for a drop-in session where you can learn more about this tabletop roleplaying game and how you can help your child set up a game at home. If you’re interested, you can also discuss getting involved with the library’s D&D club.

Registration required – Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615 or stop by the Children’s Room to register.

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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Action! Comedy! Thriller! Fantasy! Anything goes in our Grab Bag movie series!

This month’s feature is: The Martian

Bring Him Home – Stranded by accident on the barren world of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney must rely upon his ingenuity to survive, while NASA and his fellow crew members struggle against the odds to attempt a rescue. A science fiction thriller directed by Ridley Scott; starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

2015 – 141 min – Rated PG-13

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Click, Clack, Boo! Weird fiction writer, Luis Paredes, is hosting a 100-Word Horror Type-In at the Dobbs Ferry Library on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 2pm.

Attendees are welcome to use one of Luis’s vintage typewriters to craft their own 100-word horror story and learn how to submit the pieces for publication in print or online magazines with a handy submission guide written by the local author.

“Coming up with an idea is often a stumbling block for new writers, so I’ll provide several one-sentence prompts for attendees to use as inspiration,” said Luis.

Luis hopes the event serves as a way to (re)introduce attendees to the joys of distraction-free writing on a typewriter. He plans to host several more type-ins at libraries and other venues across Westchester later this year.

Registration is required and limited to the first eight eager typers who submit their confirmation to attend by sending an email to luis@luisparedeswrites.com with their name and a phone number.

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This month choose your favorite sea creature keychain made using the library’s 3D printer! Options are narwhal, dolphin, pufferfish, octopus, or shark.

Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org to request yours – please indicate what sea creature and color you want. No cost, limit one per person.

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Ages 3 and Up

The library’s stuffed animals want to go on field trips! Check one out, bring them home, and add to their personal scrapbooks by writing about and taking pictures of the fun things you do together. When you’re at the library, you can visit the animals who have made it back to home base and see what they’ve been up to. Stuffed animals may be periodically rotated out based on condition.

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Visit our Storywalk all Summer long; starting at the Keeper’s House and continuing toward Chestnut Street on the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.

Available in Spanish and English.

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Fill out a brief form and Alex, the teen librarian, will recommend titles for you! All you have to do is pick them up.

Email teens@dobbsferrylibrary.org for more info.

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For parents and caregivers of babies up to 24 months.

Join children’s librarian Gina to learn songs, fingerplays, and more that you can do with your baby.  Each meeting will leave time for open discussion and connection with other parents/caregivers.

Registration recommended but not required – email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.

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18 to 36 months.

Get your wiggles out with songs and stories with Ms. Gina!

Email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the children’s room for information and to sign up.

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Copies of this book will be available for pick up at the circulation desk.

To register, email sbock@dobbsferrylibrary.org!

Book blurb:
“An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get tooclose to anyone-she isn’t sure her heart can take it. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again. Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed. After all, love is never a matter of time-but a matter of timing”

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Ages 3 +

Use your imagination to build something special with our giant stash of LEGOS!

Fridays all month long.

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The Dobbs Ferry Public Library will be closed on Saturday August 31, Sunday September 1, and Monday September 2 for Labor Day Weekend!

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Join us for another cult classic FAN SELECTION FRIDAY, this time with Dobbs Ferry’s own Terrapin Rose,  on September 6th at 8pm, where we’ll get our last blast of Summer with her selection of Back to the Beach (1987/PG/92 min/Comedy, Musical)!

summary: Life’s a beach when Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter (Connie Stevens) in Southern California with their punk rock son (Tommy Hinkley) and discover there’s still some wild times left in them.

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To see one of our previous CCMN film discussions, check out our interview with Makeup/Special Effects Artist Dan Frye (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Dr. Who)

Follow us on Instagram: @CultClassicMovieNight

Questions?  Email TDeery@DobbsFerryLibrary.org

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