If you are entering Grades 6-12 you may also be a VolunTeen and earn community service hours. Sign up to be a VolunTeen anytime between June 16 and July 1. You must sign up for Summer Reading to be a VolunTeen!
Click here for the Catch The Reading Bug Summer Schedule (Birth - Entering 5th Grade)
Click here for a registration form for both Summer Reading & VolunTeen Registration
Come join the Burnt Hills Ballston Lake Girl Scouts and the Town of Ballston Community Library for STORIES IN THE PARK! This fun Family event will be presented at the Pavilion at Indian Meadows Park on Droms Road in Glenville. Saturday May 31st beginning at 9AM. Come hear a story, see play and make a craft. Bring a snack, a blanket or folding chair.
Drop in and make a gift for a great guy in your life. Celebrate Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, Cousins, Brothers & Friends! Saturday June 7 from 1:00-3:00 PM in the community room.
Thursday May 22 2:30-4:30. Come and hang out with your friends. Play on the library’s new Wii, play board games and eat some snacks! TEENS ONLY
Friday May 16 at 1:00 PM Storyteller Marni Gillard will share memories: diving off the high board and riding her first BIG bike. She’ll share folktales too and invite listeners to try out a story on a partner. For second grade and up. Come join the fun! Please sign up at the circulation desk.
Drop in between 1-3 PM on Saturday May 3 in the Community Room. Make a present for any of the special ladies in your life. For kids in grades K-5. Remember Mother’s Day is May 11!
Welcome back from vacation! There is a lot going on at the Library this week! The story time schedule is back to normal and we have lots of new books in the children’s room. Also on Saturday, April 26 from 1-3 PM there will be a reception in honor of the BH-BL student artwork currently on display in the Community Room. Then, on Wednesday April 30, New York Times Bestselling Author Michael Buckley will be here at 7:00 PM to speak. His books, The Sisters Grimm, are available at the library and are a must read for any lover of fairy tales.
If you are looking for something to read this Spring Break I have just the series for you. The Sister’s Grimm by Michael Buckley is set in upstate
“I guess Mom was pretty proud of herself for making me write in that journal last year, because now she went and bought me another one.” And so begins Book Two in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney. Greg is back and pretty much up to his usual stuff – just as seventh grader this time. This year though Rodrick knows a secret about Greg and is making is life difficult. Be sure to check this book about as soon as possible, the next installment of Greg’s life will be available in September and it looks likes there’s going to be a movie out some time next year!
If you’re looking for something to do over break, the library is the place to be! We have lots of new books and DVD’s and some cool activities to do too.
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