Family Storytime: Celebrating Winnie-the-Pooh at 100
FREE👶 Up to age 5📍 Upper East Side

Family Storytime: Celebrating Winnie-the-Pooh at 100

📆Sat, Sep 19 · 10:15 AM
📍NYPL Webster Library · 1465 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10075 Get directions ↗
🏷Free

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Wrap up Library Open House Week (September 10-19) by joining us for songs, rhymes, and favorite read-aloud books in this storytime that’s fun for young children 5 and under. Ideal for caregivers with multiple-aged children. Winnie-the-Pooh was first published in October 1926. Leading up to Pooh's 100th birthday, we will celebrate everyone's favorite "Silly Old Bear" with a bear-themed storytime! Copies of Winnie-the-Pooh, donated by Penguin Random House, will be available to program participants on a first-come, first-served basis. For children ages 0-5. Please Note: First-come, first served. Limited to 25 children plus caregiver(s). Ticket required for entry. Tickets will be available in the Children's Room starting at 10 AM. This program will take place on the third floor. Please check nypl.org/webster for the current service status of our elevator.

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