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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)

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

next to me

11 am – 2 pm

NYSCI Meet the Authors – Daniel Salmieri and Sophia Haas (Next to Me)

New York Hall of ScienceCorona

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

2 pm

Family Storytime

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

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

3:30 pm

Sunday Story Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings
Family

Todt Hill-Westerleigh LibraryStaten Island

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