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Saturday Aug. 9, 2025

10:30 am

Family Storytime: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Little Ones

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

Noon – 1:30 pm

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

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

Sunday Aug. 10

Noon – 1:30 pm

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

The Paley Center for MediaManhattan

Monday Aug. 11

10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime: Baby and Me

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

11:30 am

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Yorkville Library

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12:30 – 1:30 pm

Bryant Park Reading Room: Reel Talks

Bryant ParkManhattan

Reel Talks

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Bryant Park Reel Talks: 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins

Bryant ParkManhattan

4 pm

Cozy Corner Reading Club

Ages: 5 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Hamilton Grange Library

Tuesday Aug. 12

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10:30 – 11:15 am

Young Sprouts Gardening

Rockefeller ParkManhattan

10:30 am

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

10:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Yorkville Library

11 am

Live Virtual Toddler Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

11:15 am

Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

67th Street Library

11:30 am

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Webster Library

Kim Perell

Noon – 2 pm

Signing with Kim Perell @ B&N 5th Ave NYC!

Books & Readings

Barnes & Noble-Fifth AveManhattan

Noon – 2 pm

Signing with Kim Perell

Books & Readings

Barnes & Noble-Fifth AveManhattan

4 pm

Family Storytime: Preschool Fun!

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

4 pm

Pre-K Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

67th Street Library

4:15 pm

Storytime for ages 3, 4, and 5

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family

Battery Park City Library

Wednesday Aug. 13

11:30 am

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

53rd Street Library

11:30 am

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Webster Library

4 pm

Little Movers Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Battery Park City Library

Thursday Aug. 14

11:30 am

Toddler Time: Little Movers

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

53rd Street Library

11:30 am

Lapsit Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Washington Heights Library

Saturday Aug. 16

11 am

Saturday Family Storytime: Summer at the Library

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Yorkville Library

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 MediaManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

The Four Faced LiarGreenwich Village

Sunday Aug. 17

11 am

日本語ストーリータイム Family Storytime in Japanese

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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 MediaManhattan

Monday Aug. 18

Reel Talks

8 am – 5 pm

Bryant Park Reel Talks: Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960-1990

Bryant ParkManhattan

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