April Blast Off Book Club Pick-up

9:00am - 9:00pm
Pickup
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Pickup
Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2
Program Type: Book Club, Activity
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Seats Remaining: 9
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Blast Off Book Club is our book club for emerging readers in grades K – 2. Currently we are offering Blast Off Book Club to go, with the option for a Zoom meet-up.

Register to reserve a Blast Off Book Club kit, containing this month’s book and a list of related activities. Students are welcome, but not required, to attend a Zoom session the following week to discuss the book and the activities.

Did you hear the buzz? This month's Blast Off book is  Give Bees A Chance by Bethany Barton

The discussion will be held on Zoom  on Tuesday, April 12 at 4pm!

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Outdoor Preschool Story Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Field Beside Library
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Field Beside Library
Age Group: Youth, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
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Seats Remaining: 18
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Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more in the library garden! This story time is designed for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers.

Please register each week you plan to attend.

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Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.

Spanish Language Discussion Group

10:30am - 11:30am
Online
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion Group, Language

Our Chinese Language Discussion Group is online only at this time.

Please note that each group is volunteer-facilitated. These are not classes. They will have no teacher and may have no native speakers. However, the library has many resources for language learning—ask us today!

For more information about all our Language Discussion Groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/languagediscussiongroups.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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Middle School Tech Tuesdays w/ Sages Entertainment

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Levenson Room
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8)
Program Type: Activity, Computer, Gaming, Science & STEAM
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Seats Remaining: 7
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Calling all creative thinkers! Students in grades 6-8 are invited to join the Portsmouth Public Library and Sages Entertainment as we design/play games, program some robots, and code microcontrollers.

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Middle School Book Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8)
Program Type: Book Club, Discussion Group
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Seats Remaining: 9
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Middle School Book Club meets every month. This month we will be meeting in person!

This month’s book is Charlie Thorne & the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs

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This event will be held online on the Zoom platform. Questions or trouble connecting? Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/news/onlineprograms.

Teen D&D

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Levenson Room
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Tween & Teen, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Activity, Gaming
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Seats Remaining: 5
Details:

ADVENTURE AWAITS!!

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Classics Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, Authors & Books
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The library's Classics Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

No registration required.

This club will be held online only at this time. Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.