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Get Creative with Slime Creatures

Join us on Wednesday November 9th at 4:30pm as we create Fall Slime Creatures. Start off by choosing a color to make some amazing glitter slime.

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Wee One’s Yoga Storytime begins! Join us!

Beginning on Wednesday evening, November 2nd @ 5:30pm--- Wee One’s Yoga Storytime program series is here at the library! The series will incorporate a yoga or movement story, as shared by Marcia McGee, to help children with communication skills, and positive body awareness. It will also introduce various mindful activities to help children with self-regulation. For Babies, Toddlers, Children, and their grown-ups
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NaNoWriMo

Many readers aspire to be authors as well!  Would-be authors envision themselves traveling around the country conducting book talks and book signings while watching their novels catapult up the best sellers charts...
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Letters from Our Fighting Men

Letters from Our Fighting Men is a collection of brief notes and photographs of 48, mostly Michigan men, serving in the U.S. Military in World War II.

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A Great FREE Gift Idea: Books!

Research shows that reading to children is an important part of helping them get ready for kindergarten.  The Dolly Parton Imagination Library sends a FREE book every month to the home of each registered child (birth through five years of age)!...
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Happy Halloween Reading

It’s that time of year: crisp fall air, flannel shirts, and Halloween! It’s the perfect time to discover a new horror author. Some authors you might try reading include Paul Tremblay, a winner of the Bram Stoker Award and author of the terrifying The Cabin at the End of the World.  Fair warning: do not read this book if you are vacationing in an Up North cabin...
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Vote for Flint Forward!

If you've had a chance to visit the renovated Library, you know what an amazing job OPN Architects did in bringing our vision for a 21st century Library to life. They chose to create a video about this project that showcases the gritty, determined people of Flint and their commitment to the next generation of learners...
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Library Renovation Wins Prestigious Design Award

The newly renovated Flint Public Library has received an Excellence in Design Merit Award from the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Awards reflect a project’s design excellence, response to solving architectural challenges, and importance in the community...
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Happy TeenTober!

In October libraries across the country celebrate TeenTober. What used to be Teen Read Week and Teen Tech Week have been rolled into a month of celebration for all of the things you can learn and do at the library...
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Explore Flint’s Quilting Legacy

Fabric can tell fascinating stories. Flint Public Library is home to storytellers of all kinds, and so we are pleased to once again welcome the Flint African American Quilter’s Guild for their annual exhibit on October 13-15...
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September is Awesome!

September is the month for: Library Card signups, It is the month that celebrates Fall Hats and it is part of the month that celebrates Latina/o/e/x and Hispanic Heritage (from September 15 to October 15...
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Crafting for Paws

October is coming quickly! On Saturday October 1st we will be celebrating Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. After storytime we will be crafting and creating fleece tie blankets and fleece toys that will be donated to the Humane Society...