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Free Library Youth Services Welcome to the Free Library of Philadelphia Youth Services and Programs!

Preparing for a plane trip might be hard enough, but what happens when you bring your pet rhinoceros with you? Chaos ens...
06/12/2025

Preparing for a plane trip might be hard enough, but what happens when you bring your pet rhinoceros with you? Chaos ensues!

With rhythmic, lyrical text and laugh-out-loud pictures, Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane is an instant classic that will delight readers from beginning to end. Join us for a special read aloud and Q&A session with up and coming author K.E. Lewis.

Saturday, June 28, 2:30pm: Independence Branch Free Library

Free books will be available for signing while supplies last. ALA attendees are encouraged to join!

Join us for a special visit with renowned picture book author and illustrator Eric Velasquez as he reads his stories and...
06/11/2025

Join us for a special visit with renowned picture book author and illustrator Eric Velasquez as he reads his stories and shares his creative process! Mr. Velasquez is an award-winning children’s book creator whose works draw from his experiences growing up in an Afro-Puerto Rican family in Harlem.

Friday, June 27:
10:30am Wynnefield Branch (Free Library of Philadelphia)
12:30pm Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library Children's Department
3:00pm: Lawncrest Branch - Free Library of Philadelphia

Free books will be available while supplies last. ALA attendees are encouraged to join!

Coming up next: Author visits with Andrea Tsurumi! Join us for a visit with local author and illustrator Andrea Tsurumi!...
05/27/2025

Coming up next: Author visits with Andrea Tsurumi!

Join us for a visit with local author and illustrator Andrea Tsurumi! From Accident! and Crab Cake to Mr. Watson’s Chickens, their beloved books are packed with hilarious visuals and amusing, thought-provoking stories. Andrea will read their picture books, talk about their experience making children’s books, and share a fun craft! This program is best suited to preschool and school age children and their families. A limited number of Tsurumi’s books will be available at each library visit.

Full schedule:
Monday June 2, 10:45am: Nicetown-Tioga Library
Monday June 2, 3:45pm: Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library (Free Library of Philadelphia)
Tuesday June 3, 11:30am: Library
Tuesday June 3, 3:45pm: Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library

This series is made possible by funding from the Philadelphia City Institute Board of Managers.

Starting today, Enchantment Theatre is bringing "Mommy's Khimar" to library branches! With expressive masks, life-size p...
05/19/2025

Starting today, Enchantment Theatre is bringing "Mommy's Khimar" to library branches!

With expressive masks, life-size puppets, original music, and imaginative scenic effects, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life “Mommy’s Khimar” by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. In this story, a Black, Muslim girl imagines all the things she can be in her mother’s beautiful, yellow khimar. Each performance will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by an audience Q&A session. Recommended for grades K-5 and families.

The full schedule for this series of performances include:

Monday, May 19, 3:00pm: Wyoming Library - Free Library of Philadelphia
Thursday, May 29, 10:30am: Lovett Memorial Library - Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Thursday, May 29, 3:00pm: Lovett Library
Saturday, May 31, 1:00pm: Lillian Marrero Branch Library
Thursday, June 5, 10:30am: Wynnefield Branch (Free Library of Philadelphia)
Please note there may be limited seating for this event.

Brr! It's cold outside! Cozy up with a favorite book or share a winter's tale with your loved ones.Join us online or thr...
12/23/2024

Brr! It's cold outside! Cozy up with a favorite book or share a winter's tale with your loved ones.

Join us online or through the Beanstack Tracker app to earn wintry badges and start a new reading streak!

https://freelibrary.beanstack.org



Double feature! This weekend, bring your friends & family to two fabulous winter holiday events. Catch our final perform...
12/11/2024

Double feature! This weekend, bring your friends & family to two fabulous winter holiday events.

Catch our final performances of the season! On December 14 at Joseph E. Coleman Library, learn all about Kwanzaa with Philadelphia’s Afrocentric Storytelling Group, Keepers of the Culture. On December 15 at Parkway Central Library, Pages to Pirouettes will bring their beloved performance of The Nutcracker back to the Montgomery Auditorium!

Read about all the Free Library’s holiday and winter offerings on our blog! https://libwww.freelibrary.org/blog/post/5417

View the full line-up at https://freelibrary.org/onstage

Did you know we host online reading challenges all year long? There's still plenty of time to fall into reading with us!...
11/08/2024

Did you know we host online reading challenges all year long? There's still plenty of time to fall into reading with us!

Earn points and badges for reading, completing seasonal activities, and sharing book reviews with other library lovers. Sign up at https://freelibrary.beanstack.org/ or through the free Beanstack Tracker app.



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1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103

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Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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