Join us for songs, books and more.
This program is recommended for children 12-24 months.
Registration required. Visit the library or call 202- 282-0021 to sign up.
The March selection for the Chevy Chase Library's Book Club is Wild by Cheryl Strayed. We will meet in the upstairs meeting room at 7 p.m.
Copies of the book can be picked up at the branch or you can download a digital copy from our catalog.
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Times. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18-36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children.
Tickets required; available on a first-come, first-serve basis the morning of the program.
Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years. Children and their grownups, will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. These 30-to-40-minute programs are designed to promote language and listening skills, expand children’s imaginations and arouse their curiosity about the world around them.
Join us for weekly chess instruction on Thursdays.
This program is for children of all ages who want to learn to play or improve their chess moves and play in tournaments. Our chess instructor will teach you how to think and plan your next move and use your brain power to win. Come and join our chess group and learn to make a risky move or two and have fun.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library.
When the chess instructor is unable to attend, this program will be canceled.
Afternoon showing of The Life of Emile Zola, biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
US, 1937, not rated, 1 hour and 56 mins.
Evening showing of The Life of Emile Zola, biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
US, 1937, not rated, 1 hour and 56 mins.
A story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers. These 20-to-30-minute story times introduce books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces developmentally appropriate for children ages birth to when they start walking. Baby Lap Time is a wonderful way to introduce your child to the joys of reading in a positive and fun atmosphere. This story time is designed so the baby will be in their caregiver’s lap and the grownup is actively involved in the program; it is recommended that each child have their own adult with them.
Join us for songs, books and more.
This program is recommended for children 12-24 months.
Registration required. Visit the library or call 202- 282-0021 to sign up.
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Times. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18-36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children.
Tickets required; available on a first-come, first-serve basis the morning of the program.
Explorations of Synesthesia in Adult and Teen Fiction
The last few decades have seen a resurgence of interest in synesthesia, the neurological condition in which a stimulus of one sense involuntarily evokes another sense (such as hearing colors or tasting words). Not only has synesthesia become a well-developed area of research within neuroscience, but many new works of literature, along with new attention on certain older works, have broadened awareness of this fascinating phenomenon.
Sisters who are smart, silly and social-media savvy.
These women of color are taking the world (wide web) by storm and unapologetically telling their stories.
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
Young people are often taught that humans have five separate senses. However, the neurological condition of synesthesia, in which a stimulus of one sense involuntarily evokes another sense, challenges the assumed universality of distinct senses. Although once thought to be very rare, recent scientific research has found that as many as 4 percent of people have at least one of over 80 kinds of synesthesia.
North Korea is a topic that is sometimes on the minds of people today as we try to understand this mysterious country which now has nuclear weapons and a seemingly unpredictable leader. These books may be helpful to you as you seek to better understand North Korea.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves – and Why It Mattersby B.R. Myers
Celebrate the 130th Anniversary of Sherlock Holmes
The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in December of 1887 and, as evidenced by the popularity of the BBC’s show Sherlock, he still resonates with us today. Have you read all the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories?
For most of my life I've been fond of zany wordplay, such as palindromes, anagrams, puns, lipograms, pangrams, oxymorons, and alliteration. I have discovered some novelists who share a similar fascination and whimsically employ wordplay in their fiction, even as they also explore deeper themes. If you too are a wordplay enthusiast, check out the children's and adult novels below.
So lately the term “self-care” has been very popular. (I can’t imagine why that could be.) The library is here for you in many ways. We have yoga and meditation classes. We have quiet and comfy chairs. My colleague Reza S. has some non-fiction recommendations for you.
So, um, North Korea has been in the news a lot lately. Now might be a good time to read some of their fiction. However, there really isn’t a lot of it that is available to the world outside North Korea. Until recently, there hasn’t been any unauthorized work making its way out of the country, which is exceptionally chilling, given that unauthorized fiction tends to find its way out of all authoritarian regimes. (People need to tell their stories.) However, this March saw the U.S.
I went to a state university. It was really big, and a lot of my fellow students were adults with jobs and kids and, you know, actual lives. So there really wasn't much campus life going on. I don't regret my decision (I saved a ton of money) but I do envy people who had "real" college experiences.
Indulge in these fantastic wordless picture books!
Wordless picture books are a fantastic format to boost children’s literacy skills and to foster a rich imagination. These books allow children to interpret the illustrations and create their own stories as they “read” the book – one book can have countless stories within it! They also reinforce the fact that pictures tell as much of a story as words do, they help children develop storytelling skills, and when you “read” the book with them, you can introduce them to a plethora of new vocabulary.
