Ostrander Branch

The Hobbit Preview Party

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Tween and Teen Program

Tweens and Teens are invited to this event celebrating the opening of this long-awaited movie!

Ages 9-17

eBook Workshop

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Teen and Adult Program

Is a Nook, Kindle or iPad on your wish list this year? Come and compare eBook devices. Learn how they work and which one might be best for you. Bring your questions to this hands-on workshop.

eBook Workshop

Child/Parent Book Discussion

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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Grades 1 - 5 & Caregivers

Read and discuss Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan. Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years.

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Frame It! Family Night

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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Family Program

Join us as we enjoy a great holiday story and make a dry erase board from your own art. It’s the perfect gift!

Dry Erase Board Craft from Art and Frame

Paws for Reading

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

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Ages 5 & up

Sign up at the Ostrander Branch Library to have a trained therapy dog listen to you read your favorite story! Call 740.666.1410 or stop in to register.

Pre-registration is required.

dog reading a book

Adult Book Discussion

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Ostrander Branch

A tender yet honest exploration of faith, forgiveness and last chances, Stewart O’Nan’s The Odds is a reminder that love, like life, is always a gamble.