Young children, their parents and other family members are invited for a special Holiday Family Story Hour Party at Oneida Public Library on Saturday, December 10, at 11:00 a.m.
With the OPL’s Youth Services Coordinator Megan Gillander acting as host, the event will serve up holiday songs, activities, games, stories and small gifts for the small people.
Special guest Pattina Keniston, an American Sign Language instructor, will join the festivities by teaching the other guests some basic sign language and interpreting the stories in sign for the hearing impaired. Other special guests will read children’s seasonal picture books.
Once again, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on hand to regale the gathering with Clement Moore’s classic “’Twas the Night before Christmas” and distribute gifts from their bag of surprises.
Refreshments are being provided by the Friends of Oneida Public Library.
Guests may also wish to help decorate the OPL’s Giving Tree. This year, the Giving Tree is dedicated to supporting the library’s participation in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for preschoolers. For a dollar, a donor can purchase an ornament decorated with the cover of one of the picture books in the Imagination Library. For $30 in donations, the OPL can provide a free age-appropriate book once a month for a full year through the Dolly Parton Foundation.
The Holiday Family Story Hour Party, being held in the OPL’s Meeting Room on the main floor, is free and open to all young children and their parents or guardians. For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St. or call 363-3050 and ask for Megan Gillander.