As the school year ends, Baby Time and Story Time will shift from their regular weekly schedule to a special summer schedule!  We are excited to offer a fantastic programming line-up this summer which will be announced soon! Next week will be the last week of our regularly scheduled Baby Times and Story Times. 

Baby Time will take place on Monday, May 13th, 10:30-11 am.
The last date for Baby Time is Wednesday, May 15th, 10:30-11 am.

The last day for Story Time is Friday, May 17th, 10:30-11:15 am.

 
     Storytime and Babytime will be taking a spring break from Monday,April 1st - Friday, April 5th.  Both programs will resume the week of April 8th.

Tuesday, March 19 @ 10:30 am

Join us for a wonderful concert Tuesday morning with Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Barbara Bailey Hutchison. Barbara's voice is familiar to millions!  She has appeared at the Whilte House three times, performed in nearly all 50 states, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. Barbara grew up in Detroit and launched her musical career while attending Michigan State University, where she gained a loyal following. She began touring colleges and universities throughout the United States and was voted "Best Solo Performer", "Best Acoustic Performer", and "Best Female Performer" in a national magazine poll.

While her music tends to defy categorization, her lyric driven, melodic, often humorous, alternative folk music speaks to issues of tolerance and human rights, as well as personal relationships, and funny circumstances. Inspired by experience, hers are songs in which everyone can find themselves. Barbara is also a talented painter! Her visit to the library is part of a music and art filled week-long residency at Red Cedar Elementary School.

This event is co-sponsored by Abbott Nursery School.  Thank you!

Our regularly scheduled Tuesday morning story time will resume next week, on March 26th.

Curious George Story Time
Saturday March 16
11am - Noon

Please join us for Curious George stories as well as songs, a take-home craft, and a special visit from Curious George himself!

This free photo opportunity event is for Curious George fans age 2+ and does not require registration.

Curious George is coming to visit!  Join him for stories and a craft, plus a photo opportunity.  Ages 4 and up.

Catch up with George before the event - You can find Curious George stories in:

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StoryTime for tonight, Tuesday January 29 at 6:30 is canceled.

Did you know that The Gruffalo is coming to town? The Wharton Center is hosting a performance of the musical play The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson, on January 27th!  Stop by the children's reference desk at the ELPL where you can enter to win a pair of tickets to the show and join us at any of our Story Times this week to celebrate the work of author extraordinaire Julia Donaldson!  She is amazing!

Stories, rhymes and a craft.  Ages 2-5.

The last day for Storytime is May 17.  Storytime will resume in the Fall.  Have a great summer!

Stories, rhymes and a craft.  Ages 2-5.

The last day for Storytime is May 17.  Storytime will resume in the Fall.  Have a great summer!

Stories, rhymes and a craft.  Ages 2-5.

The last day for Storytime is May 17.  Storytime will resume in the Fall.  Have a great summer!

Story Time and Baby Time will resume at their regulary scheduled times this week!  We will be very excited to see all of our old and new Story Time and Baby Time friends!  

The regular weekly schedule includes:
Story Time on Tuesdays @ 10:30 am, Tuesdays @ 6:30 pm, and Fridays @ 10:30 am
Baby Time on Mondays @ 10:30 am and Wednesdays @ 10:30 am

(The next break from the regular schedule will occur April 1-April 5, 2013)

This week, we will be sharing stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft featuring rabbits and starring the Velveteen Rabbit!  The Velveteen Rabbit (Or How Toys Become Real), written by Margery Williams with illustrations by William Nicholson, was originally published in 1922.  The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book.  It has been republished many times and is considered a classic in the world of children's literature. The Wharton Center's production of The Velveteen Rabbit is this Saturday, January 12 at 1:30 and 4:00 pm.  Register by this Wednesday, January 9, at the children's desk, to win free tickets to this weekend's performance.

One of the book's most famous passages is as follows: 

"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

 
     Storytime and Babytime will be taking a winter break from Monday, December 17th-Friday, January 4th.  Both programs will resume the week of January 7th!

On Tuesday, October 2nd, East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas visited Miss Karrie's story time to read Moose on the Loose by Kathy-Jo

Did you know that ELPL has a Storyline phone line that you can dial anytime, day or night, to hear a story?  This week enjoy library page Alivia Knol read Dream Big, Little Pig by Kristi Yamaguchi in honor of the 2012 Summer Olympics and ELPL's summer reading theme Dream Big, Read!  To listen to the story put on your jammies, grab a cup of cocoa and dial 517-319-6915.