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Saturday Aug. 23, 2025

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11 am – 4 pm

Back to School Festival

Major R Owens Community Center, 1561 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 2

The Paley Center for Media

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

3 pm

Storytime/Playdate Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

West Farms LibraryBronx

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5 – 6 pm

Best of All Things is Water with Megan and Scott Chaskey

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Sunday Aug. 24

Gosman’s Arch #2-Antoni Ghosh

3 am – 4:30 pm

Memories of Gosman’s Dock – presentation & book signing

Books & Readings

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Buzzing Bee Hives

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11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
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Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 2 pm

Book Signing with grannysoffherrocker at Lenny’s clam bar

Books & Readings

Lenny’s Clam BarHoward Beach

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 2

The Paley Center for Media

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2 – 4 pm

An Afternoon with Stan Smith

P.C. Richard & SonUpper West Side

2:30 pm

Sunday Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Grand Concourse LibraryBronx

3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Monday Aug. 25

10 am

Baby Storytime (Registration Required)

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

58th Street Library

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Books and Babies!

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

Tuesday Aug. 26

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller Park

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am

Live Virtual Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Italian

4 – 5 pm

Elementary Italian with Susan Kaplan

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

4 pm

Family Storytime: Preschool Fun!

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Wednesday Aug. 27

10:30 am

Online Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Hudson Park LibraryOnline

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
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Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Bottle of Red and a Character’s Dead Mystery Book Club

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Thursday Aug. 28

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
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Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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4 – 6 pm

Celebrate the launch of “The Inn Crowd” at The Roundtree with Porta

Books & Readings

The Roundtree, AmagansettAmagansett

7:30 – 9:15 pm

Hampton Synagogue Author Discussion Series

the hampton synagogueWesthampton Beach

Friday Aug. 29

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
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Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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7 – 9:30 pm

Voices United

WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CTRBROOKLYN

Saturday Aug. 30

10 am – noon

Read Aloud in the Park August 30th!

Prospect Park, Long MeadowBrooklyn

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Noon – 1:30 pm

Paley Family | From Storytime to Screentime in New York | Harold & the Purple Crayon Episode 1

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family

The Paley Center for Media

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