Crafternoon: Monarch Butterflies
FREE👶 Ages 4–8Weekly📍 Midtown East

Crafternoon: Monarch Butterflies

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📍NYPL 53rd Street Library · 18 West 53rd Street, New York, NY, 10019 Get directions ↗
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Meet us in Community Room B on the Central Level at 4 PM every Monday in September (besides Labor Day) for a storytime followed by a craft. The book and craft will be appropriate for children in PreK-2nd grade, but younger or older children are welcome to modify the craft to suit their ability. On September 28, in honor of Hispanic and Latine American Heritage Month, we will read A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony and create Monarch butterfly suncatchers! *Please note: this session will meet downstairs by the children’s non-fiction books.*

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