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Wallingford Table Presents: A Juneteenth Celebration!

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Elementary Schoolers, Tweens, Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture
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Event Details:
Join us for the next event in our Wallingford Table series: a community celebration of Juneteenth! Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On Tuesday, June 18th, we will gather at St. Paul's Episcopal Church to ...

Juneteenth

All Day
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Wallingford Public Library

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
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Event Details:
Ages 3-5 | Registration RequiredBooks, puppets, and songs will reinforce your child's pre-reading skills through repetition and rhyme. A craft is included that will help kids develop their fine motor skills. Please note, if your child's age qual...

Bouncing Babies

10:00am - 10:30am
Wonder Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 0-18 months | Registration RequiredThis class introduces babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups to the library and each other while learning how to support their growth and development through songs, puppets, rhymes, and books. Includes playtime ...

Bouncing Babies

11:00am - 11:30am
Wonder Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 0-18 months | Registration RequiredThis class introduces babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups to the library and each other while learning how to support their growth and development through songs, puppets, rhymes, and books. Includes playtime ...

Waddling Ones & Twos

10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 18 mo - 35 mo | Registration RequiredThis class is great for active toddlers. Songs, rhymes, movement, parachute play, books, and a whole lot of fun help children learn more about how language works. Incudes play time afterwards. Please not...

Trading Card Battle Club

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Wonder Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens, Middle Schoolers
Program Type: Hobbies & Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 9-14 | Registration encouragedCalling all trading card sharks! If you have the urge to battle, come bring your Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Magic the Gathering cards down to the library to test your skills and compete for prizes. Premade decks can be ...

Happy Feet

10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 2-3 | Registration RequiredFull of music, movement, and stories, this program is perfect for children who are working on making the transition to Preschool Story Time.Please note, if your child's age qualifies them for multiple story times, only...

Family Story Time

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Community Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Birth - Age 5 | Registration RequiredJoin Miss Kari at this active, early literacy enriched story time where we will explore books, songs, and rhymes for all ages. ...

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 3-5 | Registration RequiredBooks, puppets, and songs will reinforce your child's pre-reading skills through repetition and rhyme. A craft is included that will help kids develop their fine motor skills. Please note, if your child's age qual...

Mystic Aquarium's Touch Tank

3:30pm - 6:30pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities
Registration Required
Event Details:
Family Event | Drop InMystic Aquarium's animal ambassadors are swimming up to the library! Their human educator friends will bring an assortment of live invertebrates such as lobsters, horseshoe crabs, and shellfish that you will have an opportunity ...

Wallingford Land Trust Hiking Passport

All Day
Children's Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens
Program Type: Summer Reading, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Hobbies & Gaming
Event Details:
Recommended for ages 5-11 | First Come, First ServedGrab a hiking passport and get it filled out by taking pictures at various Wallingford Land Trust landmarks and trailheads! Completing hikes counts towards earning rewards for Summer Reading as well...

Bouncing Babies

10:00am - 10:30am
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 0-18 months | Registration RequiredThis class introduces babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups to the library and each other while learning how to support their growth and development through songs, puppets, rhymes, and books. Includes playtime ...

Bouncing Babies

11:00am - 11:30am
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 0-18 months | Registration RequiredThis class introduces babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups to the library and each other while learning how to support their growth and development through songs, puppets, rhymes, and books. Includes playtime ...

Spooky Campfire Stories

7:00pm - 7:45pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 8-12 | Registration RequiredThis story time is not for the faint of heart! Gather around our library campfire, have a s'more, and see if you can handle these spooky stories! Participants are welcome to bring a comfy blanket to sit on for this pr...

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Special Accommodations

If you have a disability and may require special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please contact us at (203)265-6754. Advance notice is required to arrange for some accessibility needs. 

 

Waddling Ones & Twos

10:30am - 11:00am
Community Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 18 mo - 35 mo | Registration RequiredThis class is great for active toddlers. Songs, rhymes, movement, parachute play, books, and a whole lot of fun help children learn more about how language works. Incudes play time afterwards. Please not...

Happy Feet

10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 2-3 | Registration RequiredFull of music, movement, and stories, this program is perfect for children who are working on making the transition to Preschool Story Time.Please note, if your child's age qualifies them for multiple story times, only...

Family Story Time

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Community Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Birth - Age 5 | Registration RequiredJoin Miss Kari at this active, early literacy enriched story time where we will explore books, songs, and rhymes for all ages. ...

Beading Kits

All Day
Children's Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Recommended for ages 7-12 | First Come, First ServedAre you a brilliant beader? These kits are for you! The kits contain the supplies and instructions to make a beaded fish keychain and enough supplies for you to make something of your own design!&nb...

Bouncing Babies

10:00am - 10:30am
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 0-18 months | Registration RequiredThis class introduces babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups to the library and each other while learning how to support their growth and development through songs, puppets, rhymes, and books. Includes playtime ...

"Ghostbusters" Marathon!

10:30am - 8:30pm
Community Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens, Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Film & TV
Event Details:
To celebrate our "Eerie Encounters" summer reading theme, we're showing the cult classic Ghostbusters, starring Bill Murphy and Sigourney Weaver, on repeat throughout the day! This 1984 supernatural comedy follows a team of scientists ...

Bouncing Babies

11:00am - 11:30am
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 0-18 months | Registration RequiredThis class introduces babies, toddlers, and their grown-ups to the library and each other while learning how to support their growth and development through songs, puppets, rhymes, and books. Includes playtime ...