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08/14/2026

Backpack Giveaway! Spread the word, !

🗓️ August 15, 11:30 am - 1 pm
📍📚 Whitman Library, FLP Philly (200 E. Snyder Ave)

💙Senator Nikil Saval 💙Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler 💙Juntos 💙IBEW Local 98 💙Free Library of Philadelphia 💙

It's the last week to enter our children's Summer Reading raffle! Fill out a card at the Summer Reading table for your c...
08/11/2026

It's the last week to enter our children's Summer Reading raffle! Fill out a card at the Summer Reading table for your chance to win a Free Library tote bag filled with an Owala water bottle, a Phillies picnic blanket, and a National Geographic book ☀️😎📚

Here's our August calendar!We are open 11am-7pm Monday & Tuesday, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Saturday, and closed on Sundays.The...
07/31/2026

Here's our August calendar!

We are open 11am-7pm Monday & Tuesday, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Saturday, and closed on Sundays.

The Free Library's Summer Reading program, The Ultimate Quest, wraps up August 14th. Show your completed map to a librarian to receive a free book and continue to enter our raffles until August 14th. Summer Reading is for everyone: kids, teens & adults!

Programs & events happening this month:

Monday 8/3: Family BINGO 5:30-6:30pm, Friends of Whitman Library monthly meeting 6:30pm

Tuesday 8/4: Board Games for Kids 2-6:30pm (drop-in), Senior Strength Training 3pm, Adult Fiber Arts Circle 5-6:30pm (drop-in)

Wednesday 8/5: Walking Club for Adults 10:15am (weather permitting), Teen Video Games Club 3-4:30pm (drop-in)

Thursday 8/6: Crafternoon for Kids (Create Your Own Book or Comic Book) drop-in 2-4:30pm, Adult Yoga 3:30pm

Friday 8/7: Storytime 10:15am, Build It! for Kids 3-4:45pm

Monday 8/10: Family BINGO 5:30-6:30pm

Tuesday 8/11: Board Games for Kids 2-6:30pm (drop-in), Senior Strength Training 3pm, Adult Fiber Arts Circle 5-6:30pm (drop-in)

Wednesday 8/12: Walking Club for Adults 10:15am (weather permitting), Teen Video Games Club 3-4:30pm (drop-in)

Thursday 8/13: Crafternoon for Kids (Beading) drop-in 2-4:30pm, Adult Yoga 3:30pm

Friday 8/14: Storytime 10:15am, Build It! for Kids 3-4:45pm

Saturday 8/15: Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway 11:30am-1pm sponsored by PA State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler & the Friends of Whitman Library

Monday 8/17: Family BINGO 5:30-6:30pm, Monthly Book Club Discussion 6-7pm (adults) for Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Tuesday 8/18: Board Games for Kids 2-6:30pm (drop-in), Senior Strength Training 3pm, Adult Fiber Arts Circle 5-6:30pm (drop-in)

Wednesday 8/19: Walking Club for Adults 10:15am (weather permitting), Teen Video Games Club 3-4:30pm (drop-in)

Thursday 8/20: Crafternoon for Kids (Bookmarks) drop-in 2-4:30pm, Adult Yoga 3:30pm

Friday 8/21: Storytime 10:15am, Build It! for Kids 3-4:45pm

Tuesday 8/25: Senior Strength Training 3pm, Adult Fiber Arts Circle 5-6:30pm (drop-in)

Wednesday 8/26: Walking Club for Adults 10:15am (weather permitting)

Thursday 8/27: Adult Yoga 3:30pm

Friday 8/28: Storytime 10:15am

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200 Snyder Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19148

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+12156851754

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