Monday- Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 3pm
What do the Friends of the Library do?
Our Friends of the Library are an amazing group of people dedicated to supporting the library by raising funds to help pay for many of the programs and services patrons enjoy every month. Some of the things they help with are:
* Summer Reading craft supplies
* Summer Reading prizes for kids and adults
* Special performers and speakers
* MakerSpace supplies
* ASL Interpreter for book club
The Friends are having a fundraiser on Saturday, March 15 from 10am - 5pm. There will be Bingo ($1 per card) with great prizes from local business and snacks for sale from 3pm - 5pm. There will also be a 50/50 raffle that you can enter all day long.
Hope to see you at Bingo!
“Know It, Control It" is a program designed to help people self-monitor their blood pressure and make healthy lifestyle changes to control it
This program runs 8 weeks on Wednesday mornings at 10am beginning March 5 and ending April 23. Each week, a different topic will be discussed and incentives with be given away to assist participants with implementing the strategies.
Registration is required and open now. Use the QR code or call the library. For more information about the program go to: https://www.startwithyourheart.com/knowit-control-it
In September of each year, all of the libraries make a report to the State Library of North Carolina about the programs and services we provided to our patrons the previous year.
Here is a snapshot of Farmville Public Library’s report card from July 2023 - June 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Angie, abates@farmvillenc.gov or 252-753-2665.
March Events
Sat, March 1 at 10am
Be Your Own Hero: Paper Bag Princess Day
Join us for Paper Bag Princess Day: Be Your Own Hero We'll meet heroes-from local first responders to a superhero, We'll also read The Paper Bag Princess. The morning includes crafts, meet and greets with our heroes, and more Participants are invited to dress up as a princess, prince, dragon, or hero (real or super).
Wed, March 5 at 6:30pm
Wills, Estate Planning, & Life Insurance
Join us on Wednesday, March 5 at 6:30pm for an informational presentation on wills, estate planning, and life insurance at the Library Local experts in the field, Christopher P Edwards Attorney PLLC, and Phillip A Irvin of Farm Bureau Insurance will lead the discussion This is an excellent opportunity to learn and get questions answered
This program is free and open to the public. No registration required.
Sat, March 1 at 12pm
LEGO Build: Dragon
Are you brave enough to stand up to a dragon? In The Paper Bag Princess, Elizabeth rescues herself and stands up to the dragon. Before we can stand up to the dragon, we’ll need to build one! We'll work together using the LEGO Build app to complete a dragon and talk about what it means to be your own hero and stand up to the dragons in our lives.
Coming In April
Friday, April 4 at 6:30pm
Join us for Minecraft in Real Life
Featuring real world activities inspired by the game.
Go on a resource hunt in the library to complete survival mode
Use sticker blocks to create your own world on paper. Make a sword.
See real life items from the game like gems and animals.
Wednesdays
Storytime
Toddler Storytime at 10:30 am
Kids can waddle, toddle and wiggle during Toddler Time for ages 1-3. The 30-minute program includes a read-together book, lap bounces, music, and movement with shaker eggs and scarves, and concludes with the bubble dance. Each family is provided a copy of the featured Read Together book to share during the program.
Thursdays
Lapsit Storytime at 9:30 am
This interactive program between children and their caregivers features ageappropriate activities for ages birth to 15 months. The 30-minute program includes a read-together book, lap bounces, music, and movement with shaker eggs and scarves, and concludes with the bubble dance. Each family is provided a copy of the featured Read Together book to share during the program.
Preschool Storytime at 10:30 am
Preschool Storytime features early literacy activities for ages 3-5 including a picture book read aloud, music and movement, and a hands-on activity including STEM and art projects.
Wednesday, March 19 10am
Encore the mini-horse and his human, Abriana Johnson, will lead us around the StoryWalk. the featured book is one of Abriana’s titles from the Cowgirl Camryn series which features Encore and his barnyard besties.
The StoryWalk® is located at Oliver Murphrey Park parking is along Dale Drive Cowgirl Camryn went out to the barn to feed her herd only to find someone was missing! Help Cowgirl Camryn find Encore the miniature horse and fix the problem that allowed him to make his great escape!
1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a program designed to introduce literacy skills to children before they start kindergarten. The program provides a way to strengthen bonds, increases attention spans, develops speaking/speech patterns, and allows for a safe way to explore the world.
Families with children ages 0-5 are invited to sign-up for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. Participants will receive a tote bag with goodies to begin the reading journey toward reading 1,000 books.
Homeschool STEM & Stories
Friday, March 14 10am
All ages
We’ll practice the Binary Alphabet and make a Binary message with beads. The featured story is Margret and the Moon by Dean Roberts. Margret Hamilton invented binary code so people could program spacecraft computers to solve problems.
March 17 - 21
Monday March 17 at 10:30am
Life-Size LEGO challenge. Teams will design and build a creation using 100 Biggo Blocks.
Tuesday March 18 at 2pm
Come celebrate National Panda Day with showing of the original Kung Fu Panda movie. See how Po’s adventures all began.
We’ll have popcorn, but feel free to bring your own snacks!
Thursday March 20 at 10:30am
It’s the First Day of Spring!
Come decorate your own pot and plant a seed. During this program Zac Hackney from the Community Garden will talk about seeds and how they grow into plants.
FridayFamilyNight
Friday,
March 21
National Crayon Day
6pm - Crayon Slime
Featured read aloud is Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson.
7pm - Melted Crayon Artwork
Create an artwork on canvas by melting crayons. The featured read aloud is the Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow .
Registration is required for both programs. RSVP to hharden@farmvillenc.gov
Classic Film Club
Monday, March 10 at 6:30pm
On Dangerous Ground stars Robert Ryan, Ed Bagley, and Ida Lupino. For his own good, a hardened and embittered NY police detective is assigned to a murder investigation in the countryside for a change of scenery. While searching for the killer, he meets the suspect's sister, a blind woman who might turn his life around.
Bring your own snacks and drinks with lids, and as always, feel free to bring your comfy chair along, too.
Stitch’n Together
Tuesdays, March 11 & 25 at 6:30pm
This group enjoys crafting with any kind of needle. They knit, crochet, cross-stitch, and more. They love to help others learn, too. Bring a project you are working on OR come learn a new one This group is open to everyone They love to socialize as much as they craft, so come meet a new friend!
Craft Night
Thursday, March at 6:30pm
Come paint wood slices at the Library! You can use these as coasters, ornaments, or hang them up as art We will provide the wood slices, acrylic paint and brushes, and paint pens Feel free to bring any additional supplies you would like to use
Registration is required, as supplies are limited. Register online at farmvillelibrary.org/craft-night-registration or by calling the Library. Registration is free!
Tuesday, March 25 at 10am
Coffee &
ROCK Museum of Scotland Neck
Are you interested in Planet Earth and its history? Rocks, fossils & minerals help to tell the story Come and join us for a presentation about rocks with ROCK Museum, where we are passionate about what we do As lifelong avid collectors we will be happy to share what we know and answer questions We will have a lot of interesting specimens to look at & if you haven't started collecting rocks yet we can help you out with that too.
ROCK Museum is a non-profit educational organization located in Scotland Neck, NC. Tours and class about rocks & lapidary are available. Learn more about the ROCK Museum here: https://www rockmuseumeducation com/ There is no registration required for this program. All are welcome!
Tuesday, March 25 at 2pm*
Thursday, March 27 at 6:30pm
This month, we’re reading “Isaac’s Storm” by Erik Larson
Book Club
“September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy
Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude.”
Copies of the book are available for check out at the adult services desk located on the second floor. All adults are welcome to join us at one of our Book Club meetings!
*ASL interpretation will be available on 3/25 at 2pm
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The Friends of the Library support many of the programs you have come to love. Please consider joining the Friends today.
Thank you