Lucinda the Librarian - Balham Library

Hello everyone!

As I'm sure you've noticed... we've moved!

Rather than staying online, we're taking advantage of things reopening to return to live Rhyme times and Story Times at Balham, and it would be amazing to see you there!

We're trying out a couple of different slots at the moment, but it would be great to have your input on when the best times for songs and stories are - and so I've put together a little survey for everyone to fill out to try and get some sense of when our new activities should be: https://forms.gle/CQshsZ1msZrBaxir6

The quiz shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to fill out, and it would be really great to hear from you all. Please feel free to share it with anyone else you know so I've got the widest possible sample of input!

Follow the link to take part...

https://forms.gle/CQshsZ1msZrBaxir6

Thanks in advance

Lucinda

Scheduling preschool library sessions Once upon a time, when the world was young and we hadn't all been living through a pandemic, Balham Library had two early morning Rhyme Times and two mid-morning Story Times a week... Now that we're starting live events in the library again, I thought it was the perfect time to check in, see what ti...

Summer Reading Challenge 2021 with Wandsworth Libraries - assembly video Get ready to celebrate reading, and learn all about how we can work together to protect our planet with this year's Summer Reading Challenge: Wild World Hero...

Sorry about the confusion... today's storytime cut out twice while streaming, so here is version 3!

From Archie to Zack, by Vincent X Kirsh, is shared with kind permission of Abrams Young Readers.

Are you hooked on Euro 2020?! Check out our amazing selection of inspiring books all about your favourite footballing heroes!

https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/wandsworth/items?query=tom+oldfield

Enjoy a Father's Day story time about families of all sorts with Carolyn!

Don't miss today's super SPINE Festival event!

It's today!

Join us artists in residence Linden McMahon and Victoria Fifield at 3pm for our first SPINE Festival workshop of the year, combining poetry, art, drama and map-making to create an amazing event for 5 - 7 year olds!

Book your place here: bit.ly/EmpathyExplorers

Happy half term everyone! I hope you’re looking forward to some non-rainy weather and more things to do now that everything has opened up a bit more!

We’re really excited to be hosting SPINE Festival again this year, with incredible poets, artists, and even a play for you to enjoy! We’ve got amazing artists offering workshops this week and next, as well as month-long access to Half Moon Theatre’s online show The Cat-Astrophic Adventures of Dollop and Crinkle, and we really hope you enjoy the festival!

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EVENT LISTINGS


JUNE 3: 3 - 4.15 PM. AGES 5 - 7.
EMPATHY EXPLORERS
WITH LINDEN MCMAHON & VICTORIA FIFIELD

Come and discover a land populated by emotions! Create magical creatures who help us learn more about feelings, including mask-making, drama, and poetry.

We’ll make a map of our world together, including profiles for all your creatures, so others can explore it too.

Online event.Register now at bit.ly/EmpathyExplorers

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JUNE 10: 4 - 5.15 PM. AGES 8 - 12.
INTRO TO COMIC DRAWING
WITH CARTOONIST BEN POULTNEY

Learn comic drawing techniques with super-talented cartoonist Ben Poultney! Draw your own comic square all about empathy, then combine the squares to create an amazing digital display for Wandsworth Libraries

Register now for this fantastic online event at bit.ly/IntroToComics

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THE CATASTROPIC ADVENTURES OF DOLLOP AND CRINKLE
HALF MOON THEATRE
AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT JUNE. FAMILY FRIENDLY.
When Crusty and his scruffy cat Dollop arrive on Supreme Street, things will never be the same again. Soon there’s a full-scale battle of words, tinned beans and cooking pots, fuelled by misunderstandings and the inability to listen to others.

This spoken word poetry show is heartfelt, provocative and full of quirky humour, telling the action-packed story of new friendships and adventures that go cat-astrophically wrong.

Run time 54 minutes. BSL production available. Email [email protected] for more details.

This week we opened up our for the first time since March 2020! It's been a busy few days, but we're really happy to welcome our community back to the space again