Ages Birth-6
March Bear Finds Eggs
Located at Oliver Murphrey Park, the Farmville Public Library StoryWalk® is an interactive experience for all ages. Each month, a new picture book is featured, with the pages spread across 18 stations encouraging families to read and move along the paved path to continue the story. The paved walking path is perfect for strollers and new walkers. The address is Oliver Murphrey Park, 3475 N. Main St, corner of N. Main and St and Dale Dr.
Coming to the StoryWalk® in April Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn.
Babies to Twos Storytime
Wednesday and Thursday at 10am
Walk, roll, or crawl into Babies to Twos Storytime! This interactive program between children and their caregivers features age-appropriate activities for ages birth-2 years. The 30-minute program includes a read-together book, lap bounces, music, and movement with shaker eggs and scarves, and concludes with the bubble dance. Each family is provided a copy of the featured Read Together book to share during the program. No registration is required. All ages are welcome to attend. The program is free and open to the public.
Preschool Storytime
Wednesday and Thursday at 11am
Preschool Storytime features early literacy activities for ages 3-5 including a picture book read aloud, music and movement, and craft or hands-on activity. No registration is required. All ages are welcome to attend. The program is free and open to the public.
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e-books and e-audioNC Kids Digital Library offers e-books, audiobooks, streaming videos, and Read-Alongs. This collection was designed for youth ages pre-K through 4th grade and includes picture books, youth fiction, youth non-fiction, and more.
Titles can be accessed from your desktop. Mobile and tablet customers, download the OverDrive app for iOS and Android.
Getting Started
Click on the link to begin using NC Kids Digital Library. To sign in and checkout items from the NC Kids Digital Library click SIGN IN on the upper right side of the page. Select your library from the list of Libraries and enter your library card number. You can also access NC Kids Digital Library using the Libby app. Already using the Libby app to access ebooks and more from your Library? Follow these steps to find a Library and and add it to your Libby app. You can then switch back and forth between your library and NC Kids Digital Library. |
Imagination LibraryDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age 5, no matter their family’s income. Thanks to North Carolina law makers, Smart Start and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are working together to get books into the hands of North Carolina’s youngest children. Register for free here.
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3rd Friday 2024 ScheduleApril 19 Big Bad Wolf Night May 17 Pokemon World June 21 Sylvan Heights July 19 Foods of the World |
Thursday, 3/28
11am On the Farm
Join us to decorate a planter for seedlings that will be planted in the community garden. Participants will plant seeds for vegetables in the planters. The produce will be donated to the local outreach kitchen. The program will also feature farm animals from Pitt County 4-H
Join us to decorate a planter for seedlings that will be planted in the community garden. Participants will plant seeds for vegetables in the planters. The produce will be donated to the local outreach kitchen. The program will also feature farm animals from Pitt County 4-H
Monday, 4/01
10am Party
Celebrate National Library Week with us! We’ll play Book Character BINGO, blow giant bubbles, play games like musical chairs, and eat cupcakes! The Read Aloud is Oh Look, a Cake! Kids may choose to come in costume.
Celebrate National Library Week with us! We’ll play Book Character BINGO, blow giant bubbles, play games like musical chairs, and eat cupcakes! The Read Aloud is Oh Look, a Cake! Kids may choose to come in costume.
Youth ages 3-12 are invited to celebrate Arbor Day by planting a White Dogwood Sapling. Stop by the Library and pick up a Arbor Day coloring sheet for the appropriate age category, return the page to the Library by April 12, and pick up a free sapling during Storytime at the Dogwood Festival on Saturday, April 27 at 11am in the Kids Cool-Fest Tent. Saplings may also be picked up April 29-May 3 at the Library.
Our Summer schedule is still being planned, but here's a peak at some of the activities we'll be offering.
June 21 Sylvan Heights Bird Park Visit
9:30am Animal Meet and Greet
10am Show
6:30pm Show
10am Show
6:30pm Show
Jerry Lawson, father of modern gaming
Click the interactive Google Doodle to learn about Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, one of the fathers of modern gaming. Lawson led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges. The Doodle features games designed by three American guest artists and game designers: Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel. Source: Google
The first home video game system consoles could only play one or two built in games. If you wanted to play new games, you had to buy a new console. Gerald (Jerry) A. Lawson, a largely self-taught engineer, became a pioneer in electronic video entertainment. He led the team that created the first home video game console with interchangeable cartridges, the Channel F (for fun), which allowed you to buy new games. Lawson also designed the first joystick.
Gerry Lawson's children talk about his role as a video game pioneer. |
Click or tap to learn about Video Game History from the History Channel |
Video: How to Become a Video Game Designer |
Read About ItClick or tap to borrow ebooks and audiobooks about video games from the Libby app with your Farmville library card. Download to read on your computer, phone or tablet. |
All Together Now at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Read: Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet.
Watch: Visit the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade website for videos and STEAM activities.
Watch: Creating a Macy's Parade Balloon.
STEAM Activity: Design and make your own character balloon. Plan your design on paper. Use party balloons, paper, tape or glue, permanent markers, ribbon to create the character balloon.
Watch: Visit the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade website for videos and STEAM activities.
Watch: Creating a Macy's Parade Balloon.
STEAM Activity: Design and make your own character balloon. Plan your design on paper. Use party balloons, paper, tape or glue, permanent markers, ribbon to create the character balloon.
All Together Now at the Pool!
Read: Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall.
Watch: Jumping Off a Red Bull High Diving Platform on YouTube!
STEAM Activity: Design and make a diving board and try to land the diver in the pool.
Materials: Craft sticks (at least 5), Spoon, Rubber Bands (at least 3), pom-pom or aluminum foil rolled into balls.
Objective: Launch the diver from various heights and distances to see how these factors affect the direction and height of the object. Launch from (floor, chair, table, chair on top of table). For design help visit One Little Project.
Watch: Jumping Off a Red Bull High Diving Platform on YouTube!
STEAM Activity: Design and make a diving board and try to land the diver in the pool.
Materials: Craft sticks (at least 5), Spoon, Rubber Bands (at least 3), pom-pom or aluminum foil rolled into balls.
Objective: Launch the diver from various heights and distances to see how these factors affect the direction and height of the object. Launch from (floor, chair, table, chair on top of table). For design help visit One Little Project.
All Together at Independence Day Fireworks
Read: On the Fourth of July: A Sparkly Picture Book About Independence Day by Maggie C. Rudd.
Activity: Magic Milk Fireworks. Get directions from The STEM Laboratory.
Activity: Magic Milk Fireworks. Get directions from The STEM Laboratory.
All Together Now at the Town Commons Fountain
Book: Someone Build's the Dream by Lisa Wheeler and Loren Long.
Activity: Design and build a water fountain.
Activity: Design and build a water fountain.
All Together Now at a Rocket Launch!
Read: Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket by Sue Fliess.
Middle Grade+ Read: Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson NASA Mathematician by Lisa Cline-Ransome.
Watch: NASA Shuttle Launch (YouTube)
Watch: Apollo 15 Splash Down (YoutTube)
Watch: How Did the Space Shuttle Launch (YouTube)
STEAM Activity: Design and straw rocket. Get a printable rocket template and instructions from Buggy and Buddy.
Middle Grade+ Read: Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson NASA Mathematician by Lisa Cline-Ransome.
Watch: NASA Shuttle Launch (YouTube)
Watch: Apollo 15 Splash Down (YoutTube)
Watch: How Did the Space Shuttle Launch (YouTube)
STEAM Activity: Design and straw rocket. Get a printable rocket template and instructions from Buggy and Buddy.
All Together Now with Community Builders
Thank you to those who’ve given their time and talents by visiting our youth during our All Together with Community Builders series. Below are photos from these visits and the books our guest readers have read aloud.
ECU Women’s Basketball Team
The ECU Women’s Basketball Team are the best sports! They’re serious on the court but they showed their silly side during Storytime at Farmville Library. The players led kids in a warmup of Head, Shoulders , Knees, and Toes and a team spirit dance party with scarves, shaker eggs and bubbles. They read aloud the books “The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors” and “The Books With No Pictures.” Thank you Pirates for embodying the spirit of the summer reading program All Together Now at Farmville Library which is celebrating community and kindness. A special shout out to hometown star and Farmville Central alumn Amiya Joyner. Your hometown is proud!
Farmville and Fountain Fire Departments
Thank you to the volunteer firefighters from Farmville and Fountain Fire Departments for joining us at the library for All Together Now with Community Builders. They presented two programs. During Storytime firefighter Valerie read “I Am Brave” and during Community Builders she read “Molly, by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America’s First Female Firefighter.” Firefighter Diego demonstrated the safety gear they wear to fight fires. Chief Brady and others answered many good questions from the kids. They brought the vehicles and equipment they use when responding to fire and rescue calls. The firefighters also led us in Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.
FFA and 4-H
All Together Now with Community Builders: FFA and 4-H. Thank you to Mariam from Little Creek Market for bringing a tractor and produce from the farm and telling us about growing fruits and vegetables. Participants met farm animals including goats, chickens and a rabbit thanks to Sybil, officer, and Danielle, advisor, with the Future Farmers of America Chapter from Farmville Central High School. Sybil and Cecelia read the interactive book The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming. 4-H participants Erin and Emily told us about how to raise chickens at home and how to get started raising and showing animals with 4-H.
NCDOT BeRailSafe
Kids are on the right track for rail safety thanks to the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Be Rail Safe presentation from Miss Flower and Mr. Smock. Participants took home an activity book, train coin bank and conductor hat. Learn more at BeRailSafe.
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
Student Access Project
The easier way for Pitt County Schools students to access library books, computers, and online resources. Every PCS student has a special Farmville Public Library account, which allows students to use their student ID number instead of a traditional library card. Students may bring their student ID number to the library to check out or access materials, or library staff will gladly look up their account number for them. For online resources that require a pin number, students can use the last 4 digits of their student ID number as their pin. PCS student files will be updated quarterly to ensure up-to-date records and parents can opt out at any time. |