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Visit the Bethlehem Area Public Library at 11 E. Church St. (main) or 400 Webster St. (SouthSide branch) or visit www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuAN4Af6kv3jQl1us_WkWQ/featured and www.bapl.org/events/categories/virtual-events for a variety of items. Bethlehem Area Public Library staff will be available by phone at 610-867-3761 (main-11 W. Church St.) or 610-867-7852 (SouthSide branch- 400 Webster St.) For chat service, visit www.bapl.org/. email, and chat service by visiting www.bapl.org.

For general information, visit www.bapl.org (main) or at www.facebook.com/paBAPL or www.bapl.org/ssmain.htm (SouthSide).

Virtual Story Times and Programs available on BAPL’s YouTube and Facebook pages and Spike’s Campground

Main Library - 11 W. Church St.

Call 610- 867-3761 or visit www.bapl.org.

Wednesday, February 17 through 27

Positively you care kit available with all that you need to be in the moment and live positively. The kit includes a journal, make your own hot chocolate bomb mold, a list of self-help resources and opportunities for grades six through 12. Available at main library while supplies last.

Wednesday, February 17

Virtual Homework Help, grades K-12, Moravian College America Reads program tutors. 4 to 6 p.m. Click on https://moravian.zoom.us/j/94245474243 to be placed in a waiting room, then moved to a break out room to work with a trained and cleared as per required tutor for a 30-minute session. No registration is needed. For information, visit www.bapl.org

Lehigh Valley Audubon Society: S.O.S. Save Our Swifts by Saving their Urban Habitat: Telling the Story of the Chimney Swifts and their Connection to Our City. Masonic Temple swifts are featured. 7 to 8:30 p.m. For information and to make a booking: visit /www.bapl.org/events/s-o-s-save-our-swifts-by-saving-their-urban-habitat-telling-the-story-of-the-chimney-swifts-and-their-connection-to-our-city/

Thursday, February 18

Toni Morrison Book Club, 6:30 to 8 p.m. For information and for a booking, visit www.bapl.org/events/toni-morrison-book-club/

February 20 through 24

Bring your cell phone to the main library. You might need to download a QR code Reader from an app store. View the featured picture book posted on the Cohen Room porch side windows. Scan the QR code on each panel and hear a librarian read the story as you move along the porch. New story every four weeks.

Sunday, February 21

Draw With Librarians, 10 a.m. Step by step directions given via a librarian’s recorded sessions on BAPL’s Facebook and Youtube channel. Check each week for a new lesson.

Monday, February 22

School survival guide. All day. Weekly tips and tricks on how to survive and master time management, classmates, procrastination problems, and more. Presentation on BAPL Facebook and Youtube channels.

Wednesday, February 24

Tune in & Take-away story session, 10 to 10:15 a.m. Weekly recorded story, fingerplay and song with a take-away learning packet from the main library in the Youth bundles area. Recordings on Spike Campground page under “Youth Services-Home”; click on the stack of books. Recordings are also found on BAPL Facebook and BAPL Youtube channel.

Virtual Homework Help, grades K-12, Moravian College America Reads program tutors. 4 to 6 p.m. Click on https://moravian.zoom.us/j/94245474243 to be placed in a waiting room, then moved to a break out room to work with a trained and cleared as per required tutor for a 30 minute session. No registration is needed. For information, visit www.bapl.org 02/24/2021

SouthSide branch- 400 Webster St.

Call 610-867-7852 or visit www.bapl.org/events/ for information.

Monday, February 22

Storytime To Go, “Library Mouse”. Southside virtual kids’ room with Miss Stef. Pick-up a free grab bag while supplies last; one per child. New bag every two weeks. Visit www.bapl.org/events/storytime-to-go-south-side-2021-02-22/

Tuesday, February 16 through 25

Harry Potter take home family game night in a bag. Pick up at the Southside branch as long as supplies last. Visit www.bapl.org/events/harry-potter-take-home-family-game-nightsouth-side-2021-02-19/ for more information.

Coolidge Building - 2740 Fifth St.

Visit www.bapl.org

Wednesday, February 24

7 to 8 p.m. Writing Boxes for Kids: MAPS! Writing Boxes (based on the work of author and librarian Lisa Von Drasek) is a series of simple and fun mini writing sessions for kids second through fifth grade. Topics like maps, comics, hieroglyphics, recipes, poetry and more. Register for a box of creative supplies and the Zoom link. For more information and to register, call Regina at 484-892-6267.

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