#children's programs

Join the Kingsbridge, Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil libraries as they host activities for the whole family during this special all day event at Seton Park. Enjoy storytime @ 11am & 1pm, plus arts & crafts activities and lawn games throughout the day! Get to know your neighborhood libraries during this fun-filled affair! 

Library Community Fun Day

Seton Park (next to the Spuyten Duyvil Library)

Friday June 13, 2025

Once upon a time I would have been happy that the BBC is to invest money in producing children’s programmes. But I have seen what the people now in charge of the BBC have done with Doctor Who. What used to be a fun, apolitical show has been turned into a social justice propaganda vehicle with frequent references to homosexuality, and featuring the social justice ideal human being, a black lesbian. And of course Doctor Who is now a woman. Not yet black or lesbian as far as I can tell, but that could be next. This future Doctor Who might even be fat and disabled.

So I strongly suspect that any new children’s programmes paid for by the BBC (or rather the licence fee payer) will be gay, transsexual, social justice propaganda. Children will be indoctrinated to value all that is perverted and to regard as tyrannical all that is normal.

I used to admire the BBC and still value the useful work it does, but I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it should be sold off as soon as possible.

I have no objection to sexual deviants of all kinds living as they choose, so long as they stay within the law, but, please, leave the kids alone.

Want to R.E.A.D. to Tyler?

On Monday afternoons, a therapy dog named Tyler visits our library for a program called R.E.A.D. to a New York Therapy Dog. Kids ages 5-12 can register for an appointment to read to Tyler!

At today's RIGAMAJIG program, kids played with all different kinds of wood and plastic pieces to create different structures and shapes!

But in the eyes of this intrepid librarian, it was the addition of the GEEMO to the mix that made things EXTRA weird. Sure, they're made of rubber [oops, excuse me, not rubber but "recyclable elastomer"] and magnets, but they feel like ... I dunno ... something alien!

Anyway, hooray for STEM, hooray for STEAM, and OMG --

WHAT

IS

THAT???

It turns out that Geemo is advertised as "a new species of toy."

Here at the Kingsbridge Library, over the years we’ve had many book discussions for adults, kids, and teens. But at yesterday’s discussion of Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, something happened for the very first time -- one of the kids who participated gave the librarian a Venn Diagram about the characters in the book!

Early childhood is a very important time for every child. This is when children start learning basic habits, simple rules, and how to behave with others. Some children learn better when their day is clear and planned. A simple routine helps them feel safe and calm. An Early child care system that follows a structure gives children a fixed daily flow, which makes learning easy and less confusing.