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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, 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 24 through Saturday, February 27

You Care kit with all that you need to be in the moment and live positively. 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 while supplies last.

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

Window Walk at Main, all day. Bring a cell phone. 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 28

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, March 1

Sleepy Time, 7 p.m. 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.

Wednesday, March 3

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

SouthSide branch- 400 Webster St.

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

Through Thursday, February 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

Writing Boxes for Kids: MAPS! Writing Boxes 7 to 8 p.m. (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.