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Book Party: Leave It To Plum! (Grades K-5- VIRTUAL)

Pick Up Kit at Main Library between Nov 21-Nov 27

2022-12-01 17:00:00 2022-12-01 17:45:00 America/Chicago Book Party: Leave It To Plum! (Grades K-5- VIRTUAL) We're having a book party & you're invited! Meet Plum, a sassy peacock at the Athensville Zoo, who is also a detective. Join us to read parts of the book & make a peacock fan. Registration required. Virtual - Kidspace - Zoom

Thursday, December 01
5:00pm - 5:45pm

Add to Calendar 2022-12-01 17:00:00 2022-12-01 17:45:00 America/Chicago Book Party: Leave It To Plum! (Grades K-5- VIRTUAL) We're having a book party & you're invited! Meet Plum, a sassy peacock at the Athensville Zoo, who is also a detective. Join us to read parts of the book & make a peacock fan. Registration required. Virtual - Kidspace - Zoom

Virtual

Kidspace - Zoom

We're having a book party & you're invited! Meet Plum, a sassy peacock at the Athensville Zoo, who is also a detective. Join us to read parts of the book & make a peacock fan. Registration required.

***NOTE:  Please register separately for each child planning to attend this program.***

When the Athensville Zoo peacocks are accused of stealing from the zoo visitors, Plum wants to solve the case and allow his peacock friends to roam the zoo freely again.  But Itch, a Ningbing, doesn't want that to happen at all.  Join us to explore this fun book by Matt Phelan and make a peacock fan. 

  

This program has supplies to be picked up at the KidSpace Youth Reference Desk at the Main Library (270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin). Program supplies will be ready for pick-up between Monday, November 21st through Sunday, November 27th.  All registered participants will receive an email with the zoom login prior to the program date.  

If you would like to pick up the supplies at the Main Library Drive-up Window instead of inside the library at the youth desk, please call the youth desk at 847-429-4685 before you arrive at the library.  

Program supplies in the bag:

2 sheets of teal paper

2 large popsicle sticks

1 purple peacock body

1 piece with 2 teal eyepatches and 2 teal wings

4 purple strips of paper

1 yellow rectangle

1 teal rectangle for head feathers

1 rubber band

2 Q-tips

6 glue dots

1 foldable peacock fact book

Program supplies to gather at home: 

Scissors

Black marker (thin tip) 

Liquid glue (like Elmer's)

Glue stick (for small pieces)

We will be "painting" some pieces with liquid glue and Q-tips, so please be sure to prepare your space accordingly.  

For a list of possible book titles that we may use in this program, click here

New to Zoom? Click here for more information. 

If you are unable to attend the program, please cancel your registration so a student on the waitlist can join the event.  We will be taking attendance at the programs and staff members reserve the right to move a registrant to the waitlist if they are found to be consistently absent from the Zoom event part of the program. 

AGE GROUP: | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Book Clubs & Discussion Groups | Activity |

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Phone: 847-742-2411

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