NCLI - The Parrish Art Museum (Can you spy where you've been "drawn" into the museum?)

Inspired by Art from our Parrish Visit? Check Out These New Beautifully Illustrated Books!

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Blue Horse Easel Hour

NCLI December: We Cut Down Our Mitten Tree @ Shamrock Christmas Tree Farm in Mattituck!

The Original Art @ Society of Illustrators, NYC

Join Us for the Mock Caldecott! (see post below)

Pumpkin Picking & Our Halloween Parade!

NCLI Apple Picking @ Davis Farm

Pooh's 90th Birthday Celebration

Vanderbilt Museum NCLI

Sea Life @ Ponquogue Bridge Beach

Cookiebot! Party

Cookiebot! Party
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Harry and Horsie in....Cookiebot! Register for our program on June 29th!

No Child Left Inside for May - The Suffolk County Farm

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee and A Fun Day for Miss Danielle & Miss Kelly

Elizabeth A. Morton NW Refuge, Sag Harbor, April 2011

Amy's Ark Studio & Farm Spring 2011

South Fork Natural History Museum & Nature Center for NCLI!

Join us for our No Child Left inside Programs...

Too much time indoors with television, video games and computers can be harmful to our children. Our No Child Left Inside Programs bring fun and learning outside of the library. We have met at local parks for storytime, museums such as CMEE & SOFO, over the winter we meet real reindeer or cut down our Mitten Tree at local nurseries, we visit Amy's Ark Yoga/Art Studio and Farm in Westhampton, the Quogue Wildlife Refuge and Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank for hands-on nature experiences. In the Summer we collect sealife for our Discovery Tank at Ponquogue Bridge Beach with Cornell Marine Instructors and cool off in Atlantis Marine World Aquarium or visit The Hall of Fishes and walk along the water at The Vanderbilt Museum. In the Fall join us for apple & pumpkin picking at local farms or hiking and wildlife observation at Morton Bird Sanctuary in Sag Harbor. We look forward to visiting new places like the the Parrish Art Museum, the Pollock Krasner House and more in the future! No Child Left Inside sessions may run for 3 or 4 weeks or be a singular date, please check our newsletter and blog posts for details. This national movement seeks to reconnect our children with nature and began with the book Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. Check out the book from our Parenting Collection or go to http://richardlouv.com/ for more information.







Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Summer Fairy & Gnome Party


What a beautiful afternoon for gnomes, fairies and real miniature horses! Children and horses alike came dressed in their best for fun, snacks and crafts on the lawn of our Hampton Bays Library. Miss Lonna's mini horses Missy and Sugar were fed, petted and groomed by our littlest patrons while parents enjoyed a wonderful photo opportunity! Thanks to all who attended for spending an enchanted afternoon at the Library!

Why not make this evening an enchanted one at your house? An end of Summer night is the perfect setting to dress up, string some pretty lights, put on some folk music and dance around the yard. Then you can sit around a fire with some snacks (flower shaped cookies sprinkled with fairy dust - sugar crystals) and read aloud...

The Book of Wizard Craft by Janice Eaton Kilby
Fairies and Magical Creatures by Matthew Reinhart
Flyte by Angie Sage
Hansel and Gretel by Michael Morpurgo
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
Thumbelina by Sylvia Long
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Graphic Novel by Daniel Conner