Teen Meet-Up: Retro Recess

 Burnette Branch, Programs, Summer Reading, Teens
Jul 012021
 

Thursday, July 22, 4-6 pm, Maybelle Burnette Library

Teens and tweens can meet up at the playground behind the Burnette Library for this special edition of Retro Recess! Hang out on the playground with your friends, tie dye a t-shirt, play yard games, and enjoy some retro fun like sidewalk chalk, hula hoops, jump rope, giant bubbles, and squirt gun painting. Pizza will be served. Registration is required.

Teens should bring a beach towel or blanket for sitting on the grass and a white t-shirt to tie dye.

Ages 10-17. This is a parent-free, outdoor event. Attendance is free, but registration is required. To register or for more information, please call 586.353.0579 or sign up online.

This meet up will take place at the playground behind the Maybelle Burnette Library.

Teen Meet-Up: Party in the Park

 Miller Branch, Programs, Summer Reading, Teens
May 282021
 

Friday, June 25, 6-8 pm, Arthur Miller Library

The Warren Public Library is kicking off summer with an outdoor party for tweens and teens outside the Miller Branch Library.

Teens and tweens from all four library branches are invited to Party in the Park with a variety of yard games, a water blaster battle, DIY tie dye, ice cream floats, pizza, and more!

Ages 10-17. This is a parent-free, outdoor, after-hours event. Attendance is free, but registration is required. To register or for more information, please call 586.751.5377 or sign up online.

Covid safety protocols will be in place and masks will be required. Please bring a white t-shirt to tie dye. Bring a blanket or beach towel for socially distanced seating.

This meet up will take place in the Community Center Pavilion at the West soccer field near the Arthur Miller Library.

Cruisin’53 at Civic Center South

 Burnette Branch, Children, Family, Summer Reading
May 282021
 

Saturday, June 5, 2021, 12 pm, Maybelle Branch Library

In conjunction with the Cruisin’53 event, we will have fun for kids outside the Burnette Branch Library.  We will have music, games, crafts, giveaways, a free magic show by Ming the Magnificent at 2 pm and more!  A Warren Police K-9 unit will be here from 12-2 pm and the police department’s Mobile Command unit will be here for residents to tour.   You can even sign up for our Summer Reading Club while you are here!

We hope to see you there!

Summer Reading Club Extension and Prize Pickup

 Burnette Branch, Busch Branch, Civic Center Library, Miller Branch, Summer Reading
Aug 142020
 

Haven’t gotten around to joining Summer Reading Club? Created a ReadSquared account—but keep forgetting to log your reading? Disappointed that you haven’t earned a chance to win some great prizes, like a Nintendo Switch, a bike, a Kindle Fire, Amazon gift cards, and gift cards from local businesses?  You’re in luck! Summer Reading Club has been extended through Labor Day (Monday, September 7)! 

Visit warrenlibrary.readsquared.com to join Summer Reading Club, log your reading, and earn virtual raffle tickets for prizes. Again this year, kids who finish Summer Reading will earn free books, and teens who finish will earn scratch-off prize tickets.

While still closed to the public, we are happy to announce that prizes will be able to be picked up at the following locations & times (weather permitting) beginning Monday, August 17:

  • Civic Center Library Children’s Garden (Children’s and Teen prizes): Mondays – Fridays, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
  • Dorothy Busch Branch (Children’s prizes only): Mondays, 6:00-7:00 pm; Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm; Fridays, 10:00-11:00 am.
  • Arthur Miller Branch (Children’s prizes only): Mondays, 11:00 am-12:00 pm; Tuesdays, 6:00-7:00 pm; Thursdays, 6:00-7:00 pm.
  • Maybelle Burnette Branch: Call the library at 586.353.0579 to arrange a time for pickup.

The Warren Public Library’s Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the Friends of the Warren Public Library. 

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