Are you interested in creating your own podcast?
Join us for a three-part series of workshops to learn how to record interviews, tell stories, edit audio, and create your own podcast!
Dance, sing and play instruments with your friends at the library! This program is aimed at children under 5 and their caregivers.
Have a large group? Please call ahead to make special arrangements.
Start your Saturdays with Carol, Marjorie and some relaxing, stress-free yoga. Everyone is welcome, beginners especially. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring water. Bring your own yoga mat or use one of ours (limited availability). A signed waiver form is required.
Build, explore and play with LEGOs and DUPLOs in the Children's Room from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday. This program is designed for children ages 2-12 years old and their caregivers.
Join dogs from People Animals Love (P.A.L.) for a special story hour on the third Saturday of each month featuring an opportunity for children to meet and read with dogs. P.A.L. story hours provide a great way for your budding reader to get some reading practice in with an attentive and patient audience.
Bring your plants, cuttings and seeds to share, and take some new ones home. Introduce your plant to its new parent by labeling them with information like its name, light, soil and water preferences. Click here for our plant information template.
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 from 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.
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 from 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.
A drop-in group for adult speakers of other languages to improve their oral skills in American English and gain more confidence in speaking. Participants should already have a working knowledge of English.
Stories, songs, dances and more in English and Spanish for children ages birth to 5 and their adults. For safety's sake, there is a limit of 75 participants for each story time. Remember: There is a story time at 10 a.m. and another repeated at 11 a.m.
To schedule a class visit, please call 202-671-3125.
Charlotte is a PAL volunteer and visits the Mt Pleasant Neighborhood Library when her schedule permits.
Here are ten fun facts about Princess Charlotte:
Charlotte was born in 2007.
Charlotte’s birthday is on July 4th.
Charlotte is a 90lb Great Pyrenees (Note: Males can grow to over 150lbs!).
Mt. Pleasant Library - Sunday, October 4 at 2:30 p.m. The Joe Falero Latin Quartet will perform live music such as: Latin Jazz, Salsa, Merengue, ChaCha, Cumbia, and Bolero. Bandleader, Joe Falero is a veteran percussionist with the ability to blend different styles of Latin music. Come and learn the history of these rhythms and enjoy an afternoon of jazz!
Keanu Reeves shooting right0handed in his latest flick, 'John Wick'
Jump right is when an ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
We're watching what happens on Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room.
Fun fact: Even though he is left-handed, Keanu Reeves learned how to shoot right-handed, specifically for this film.
Resilience as a defining character trait in fiction
This list came out of a reference question that I got recently -- a patron I've gotten to know over the years asked for books about people dealing with hard situations -- and doing something about them.
The question bounced around in my head for a few days. She was graciously willing to wait for an emailed list, since it was the end of the day when she asked the question...and it finally hit me. She wanted books about survivors. Not quite Robinson Crusoe, but someone who navigated the mess of the world and came out better for it.
Following in the Mad Max series is Mad Max Fury Road.
In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland.-taken from imdb.com
Will they succeed? Find out Saturday, Sept. 5 at 2 p.m.
Charlie is our newest PAL volunteer and will visit the Mt Pleasant Neighborhood Library when his schedule permits.
Here are 10 fun facts about Charlie:
1. Charlie is a rescue dog.
2. Charlie was born in 2011.
3. Charlie is super fast and loves to run!
4. Charlie loves to give kisses.
I love graphic novels. The artwork and design can add so much to a reading experience.
One of my favorite genres of graphic novels is autobiographies and memoirs. I find something so intriguing about seeing the way artists represent their own selves and lives in their art. This list includes some autobiographical stories and memoirs from amazingly talented female writers and artists.
A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Wacth with us Aug. 15 at 2 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room.
See you there!
Action Movie Saturdays are BACK!!!
Our latest is Project Almanac-teens invent a time machine and what could possibly go wrong?
Join us Saturday, Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room.
