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

Poem of the Month Winner

Imagination  Creativity  Inspiration

Neptune Public Library 

Children's  Writing Club

Congratulations to

 Juliana Rodrigues

Her poem 
Apples 
Have been voted 

Best Poem of the Month!