SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS

MOTHER GOOSE TIME

Stories, fingerplays, & songs

for babies age 6-24 months.

Mondays at 10:30

Sept. 9   
Bouncing Babies

Sept. 16   
ABC’s

Sept. 23  
Fall Fun

Sept. 30   
Down on the Farm

TODDLER STORYTIME

Stories, fingerplays & a craft

for children age 2.

Fridays at 10:30

Sept. 13   
On the Go

Sept. 20   
Best Buddies

Sept. 27   
E-I-E-I-Oh

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGE 3 TO 8

Fridays at 3:45

Sept. 6   
Back to School with Monster U 
 Have a scary good time with everybody’s favorite monsters in this craft program!

Sept. 13   
Very Hungry Caterpillar  

You won’t go hungry in this program featuring a story, craft, and snack!

Sept. 20   
Fall Festival 
Say goodbye to summer at this party celebrating the arrival of autumn! 

Sept. 27   
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 
Watch out for falling food in this program featuring a story and crafts!

FAMILY MOVIES

Saturdays at 2:00

Sept. 7   
Oz the Great & Powerful

Sept. 14   
Jack the Giant Slayer

Sept. 21   
Escape from Planet Earth

Sept. 28  
The Muppet Movie 

Reminder for Dig Into Reading club!

Friday August 9
All reading records are returned to the library. 
Absolutely no reading records will be accepted after that date!

August Teen Tween Book Club meeting

August 14 @ 3 pm

Teen Book Club meeting for
The Lucky One 
by Nicholas Spark





Teen next book will be:
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld









August 28 @ 3pm
Tween book meeting for:
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton

Teen Book Club meeting

Wednesday July 10
@ 3 pm
The battle of Book Vs. Movie
 for
The Pecks of Being a Wallflower  
by Stephen Chbosky






Our August book will be

The Lucky One 
by Nicholas Sparks

Children's Writing Club Meeting

Children's Writing  Club Meeting

@ 6- 7:45 pm

Thursday, June 27

Imagination  Creativity  Inspiration

Teen, Tween Book Club Meeting

Tween book club for

The Sea of Monster 
by Rick Riordan
@ 3:15
Wednesday, June  26





Tween next bool will be
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull









Teen book club meeting for

Paper Towns by John Green
@ 3
Wednesday, June 12

Teen  next book will be
The Pecks of being a Wallflower 
by Stephen Chbosky

Dig into these Summer Programs for Children and Families

MOTHER GOOSE TIME
Mondays @  10: 30
Age 6-24 months

July 15
Summer Sun









July 22
Row Your Boat








July 29
Beach Babies













August 5
Splish Splash 











TODDLER STORYTIME
Fridays @ 10:30
Age 2

July 19

Fun in the Sun






July 26
Catch of the Day










August 2

Boat Afloat







August 9
Just Keep Swimming 






CRAFT PROGRAMS
Fridays @ 3:45
Age 3 to 8

June 7

Tissue Paper Art 








June 14
Father's Day Gift











June 28
4th of July Party












July 5
Dinosaur Dig








July 12
King Tut's Tomb









July 19
Boardwalk Bonanza 










August 2

Time Capsules 







August 9
American Indian Art









MAYOR'S BOOK CLUB 
PRESENTS STORYTELLER 
Tuesday, July 30 @ 3

Julie Pasqual:

Folktales from Around the World 










CHILDREN'S MOVIES 
Tuesdays @ 3


July 2
Journey to the Center of the Earth  










July 16

City of Amber













August 6
Scooby Doo & the Pirates 











TEEN MOVIES 
Tuesdays @ 3

June 25

Warm Bodies 











July 9
Dark Knight Rises










July 23

Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief 

Children's Writing Club Meeting

Children's Writing  Club Meeting

@ 6- 7:45 pm

Thursday, May 30

Imagination  Creativity  Inspiration

Poetry Contest Winners Announcement

Imagination  Creativity  Inspiration 

April is National Poetry Month

"A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him." - Dylan Thomas

Neptune Public Library is proud to present winners of our poetry contest: 

Trinitee Smith
Winner of group Children K-4 

Boys!

Today I was thinking about boys
They always think about their toys.
They are crazy.
They are kookie.
They always say "cool to dog poopie.
But one day I will marry one.
I don't think it will be much fun. 




Juliana Rodriguez
 Winner of group Tween and Teen 

Day at the Beach

Sandy toes in the sand;
The warmth of my parents’ hands.
Collecting colorful shells as we walk along;
Listening to the ocean’s soothing song.
A beautiful sunset dripping into the sea;
The noisy seagulls flying freely.
I look out and strain to see;
A dolphin family playing in the water happily.
There is no place on Earth I’d rather be;
Than here by the ocean only mom, dad and me.

Rosemary Wright
Winner of  group Adult 

Dining Hall, 1:55 pm                                                              

I could bolt out the door,

run away through September sunlight

warm like lemon glaze.

I could forget class,

abandon the blue portfolio,

and that drawing, my first,

messy and meaningless,

like tracks of slugs on sidewalks.

I stare at my plate,  

tuna sandwich reeks like cat food,

chocolate cake tastes like chalk.

A class critique.  My stomach lurches,

a pack mule stumbling on rock.

Lamar appears,

my sixth-grade student years ago,

now grown tall, dignified,

a Druid priest in an Eagle’s tee shirt.

He sits, tells me he’s an art major.

I blink,

tell him I’m retired,

trying new things.

My voice sounds small,

a mouse in a jar.

He frowns, touches my arm.

I feel the warmth

of crocus melting snow.

Stay in school, he whispers,

We’re all beginners.

Always.

I murmur thanks.

Still I scan the door,

like a bird fluttering  against glass,

seeking escape.

The clock ticks,

I trudge to class.

Teen, Tween Book Club Meeting

Wednesday, May 22
@3:15
Tween Book club meeting for
Love that Dog
by Sharon Creech








 Tween's  next month book will be:

Sea of Monsters 
by Rich Riordan










Wednesday May 8
@ 3

Teen Book club meeting for

Along for the Ride 
by Sarah Dessen










Our June book will be

Paper Towns
By John Green