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8 E X L I B R I S • Y E L L O W S P R I N G S L I B R A R Y A S S O C I A T I O N • S P R I N G , 2 0 2 4 EX LIBRIS P.O. BOX 554 YELLOW SPRINGS, OH 45387-0554 ADDRESS CORRECT ION REQUESTED YELLOW SPRINGS COMMUNITY LIBRARY | 415 Xenia Ave. A D D R E S S L A B E L H E R E Yellow Springs Library Programming for Children & Tweens NACIM SAJABI Youth Services Librarian It continues to be a vibrant winter here at the Yellow Springs Community Library. We have so much fun together! Story times have included celebrating Native American Heritage Month with the music of Navajo musician, Sharon Burch , spinning dreidels for Hanukkah, and decorating Christmas trees. We learned about soccer from coaches and trainers visiting from Hawaii. Yoga baby time had us, young and old alike, trying various poses. Lunar New Year included learing about the Year of the Dragon, which ended with a beautifully crafted felt rhyme cre- ated by Janet Ogden . Tuesday after school programs for 6–12 year olds continue to be well-attended. We hosted dog trainer extraordinaire Neil Silvert and his dog, Ace . We watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and made paper plate kinaras for Kwanzaa. made extra special when a parent shared a Swahili song with us about the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. We honor The Season of Non- Violence (January 30–April 14) by creating group posters. For the Lunar New Year, we invited Josh Wong to share how he celebrates the event. We decorated a paper dragon and ate special treats. Nancy Lineburgh also shared a fun streamer activity. Febru- ary wrapped up with crafting beautiful stained glass hearts and folding origami. We also held group yoga, led by Marie Hertzler . We are grateful to community members who have shared their talents and time! Tweens Read (ages 9-12) CONTACT: 937-767-7661 or 937-352-4003 www.greenelibrary.info HOURS: Mo.–Th:10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Fr.: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sat.: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun. (Sept.–May) : 1–5 p.m. YSLA: facebook.com/YellowSpringsLibraryAssociation | yslibraryassociation@gmail.com meets monthly and has included discussion and sharing, cooking roasted vegetables and eating venison, playing LPs on a record player, decoding ciphers, and baking Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies. Books have included Book Scavenger by Jennifer Bert- man, Stop Talking by Andrew Clements, The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, and Cookies and Milk by Shawn Amos. Passive programs have in- cluded scavenger hunts through- out the children’s area. The current hunt has children looking for facts and names of important Black Americans. Children who finish the hunt can come to the front desk and receive an award for Black History Month. 4 Visit greenelibrary.info and select ‘Events’for programschedules.