For Kids & Family
in February

Eugene Public Library

FREE

Sensory Storytime
Every Wednesday, 1:00, Downtown
Enjoy fun stories, songs, and word play at a gathering designed especially for children with sensory integration or other special needs, with caregivers. Led by Debby Laimon, Early Childhood School Psychologist.
Click for complete storytime schedule.

Cuentos y Canciones
Every Saturday in February & March, 11:00, Bethel
Cuentos y Canciones (Stories and Songs) is a weekly storytime in Spanish for kids and family. Click for complete storytime schedule.

La Biblioteca Pública de Eugene tiene el placer de anunciar un programa infantil, ubicado en la Sucursal de Bethel. Cuentos y Canciones, para familias y niños pequeños, se presenta solamente en español y es gratis, no hace falta registrarse. Tiene lugar cada sábado en febrero y marzo. Los programas empiezan a las 11:00 en la Sucursal de Bethel, 1990 Echo Hollow Road, en Eugene. Gratis. Información: 541-682-5450 (marque el 5).

Dog Tale Time
Every Saturday in February and March, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., Downtown
Starting a week in advance, pre-register at 541-682-8316 for 15-minute reading sessions.
Kids build skills by reading to trained dogs. Dogs and handlers courtesy of PAAWS (People and Animals Who Serve), a local chapter of the Delta Society. Grades K – 6.

Fiddlin’ Sue & Tom
Sunday, February 5, 3:00, Downtown
Kids and family: have a good old time with good old time music! Tap your toes and slap your hands to fiddling, bluegrass, newgrass, and “SueGrass” played by Fiddlin’ Sue and Tom Hunnel.

Try Ballet
Sunday, February 12, 3:00, Downtown
Kids and family: try ballet with Felicia Sanders of Oregon Ballet Academy. Learn the five ballet positions plus steps including leaping, twirling, and sliding; then combine them to create a fun winter dance.

Music with Anahid at Sheldon and Bethel Family Storytimes
Thursday, February 16, 11:00, Sheldon
Friday, February 17, 10:15, Bethel
This week at Sheldon and Bethel Branch Family Storytimes, join guest music educator Anahid Bertrand of Early Ears. She’s fluent in musical fun -- and six languages!

Create a Zany Hat
Sunday, February 19, 3:00, Downtown
Kids and family: create a unique, colorful party hat with feathers, ribbons, stickers, and more. With Cynthia Black of Dragonfly Studio.

Tween Scene Book Group
Thursday, February 23, 4:00 - 5:00, Downtown
Pre-register and pick up the book at the Children’s Center starting February 1.
This month’s book is Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers. In a novel that School Library Journal calls “a combination of Nancy Drew and Indiana Jones,” young Theodosia has her hands full at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London. Her father is head curator, and her mother an archaeologist, but only Theo can see and fight the ancient curses that cling to the museum’s artifacts. For grades 4 through 6.

Games with Hidden Math
Sunday, February 26, 3:00, Downtown
Kids and family: play fun games with “hidden math” including Ricochet Robots, Blokus Trigon, and Can't Stop. Led by gamer extraordinaire Chris Ballowe.

Booker T. Washington: A Play by & for Kids
Wednesday, February 29, 10:15 and 11:00, Downtown
In honor of Black History Month, the students of Drinking Gourd Elementary School, ages five through eight, perform a play for young children about educator and author Booker T. Washington. Audience members get to participate in the show, which is subtitled “A Young Child’s Desire to Learn.” This is the 19th annual Black History Month play performed by Drinking Gourd Elementary School at the Library.

Note: Saturday Family Music Time is on break and will return in May.

Sponsored by Eugene Public Library, Friends of the Library, and Eugene Public Library Foundation.
Eugene Public Library
541-682-8316
www.eugene-or.gov/library