The preschool storytime will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays from March 6 to April 24 and 1 p.m. Wednesdays from March 7 to April 25. There will be no storytime April 10 or 11. Registration is required.

Family storytime will be held 7 p.m. Wednesdays from March 7 to April 25. There will be no storytime April 11. Family storytime is open to children of all ages, and you do not need to register.

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Join us the first Tuesday of every month for Creation Station Club. Open to kids of all ages to learn how to build, share and create, it is held 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the community room.

Construction play teaches children to problem solve, connect socially, understand and be inquisitive in their play. Playing with no specific set purpose or limitations allows children to use the full force of their imaginations.

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The library will have special hours for staff training March 9. We will be open 1-6 p.m. We will be closed all day March 16 for additional training.

We will be changing our catalog and circulation system at the library in April. Plan ahead to get your books and movies for the days we are closed. Watch for information about our new system, called SPARK.

If you would like a copy of your loan history from the current system, please ask at the front desk, and we will print it off for you. This will show the items you have checked out the past year.

We are excited to join the 10 other libraries in Lehigh and Carbon counties. The new system for us will be the Lehigh Carbon Library Consortium (LCLC), which would include Catasauqua, Coplay, Dimmick, Emmaus, Lehighton, Lower Macungie, Palmerton, Parkland, Slatington, Southern Lehigh and Whitehall. So between April and October 2018, these libraries will join together in a cooperative library system.

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The adult winter reading program will continue until March 15. Our theme is year is “Book Your Winter Getaway!”

Sign up before March 15 either online or at the front desk. This is open to anyone 18 years old and older. All you need to do is write down the author and title of each book you read or listen to and turn in the log by 5 p.m. March 15.

There is an additional reading challenge you may complete to be entered to win an additional prize. You must complete the challenge and return it by 5 p.m. March 15.

The wrap-up party will be March 27, either 1-2 p.m. or 6-7 p.m.

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“Intro to Genealogy” will be taught 6-8 p.m. March 22 and 10 a.m.-noon March 24.

Let us help you get started digging up your roots. Library director Patty Vahey will show you how to use our Ancestry and Heritage Quest databases to search for records and documents.

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Call the library at 610-432-4339 for more information on any of our programs. We have the newsletter and calendar on our website, whitehallpl.org, and copies at the front circulation desk.