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What's Happening!

Xtreme Reads Summer Reading is Happening!
May 17th - July 31st

Xtreme Reads is reading challenge for motivated readers entering grades 3 through 6. They will select books that fit a reading challenge like, "Read a Book Set In Another Country." Once they finish reading their selected, over 100 page book, they will submit their title and answer a question to enter their name into a drawing for prizes.

The more you read, the more chances you have to win.
Go to the Xtreme Reads page of our website for more information.

Summer Reading @ O'Neal Library at City Hall
May 17 - July 31

Summer Reading is here! Download the beanstack app to start tracking your reading. Every 100 pages logged in the app, will earn you a dinosaur egg.

Stop by the library at MB City Hall to claim your dinosaur eggs and excavate dinsaur fossils. Once you find 6 different dinosaur fossils, you will earn a free book that you can keep forever.

We also have the Summer Reading scavenger hunt, books, and the book room!

For more information, check out the Summer Reading webpage.

The Secret Ingredient:
Hot Chocolate Bombs
Thursday, Feb. 19th
5:00 on Zoom

Register as a family to pick up your secret ingredients.
Then gather your family & meet us on Zoom to create a yummy treat.
All ages with adult.

Register Here

Programs

Looking for storytimes

storytime webpage

Print Calendar

Printable July Calendar

Follow us on social media

Graphic Novels

More booklists

New Graphic Novels
- The power of being Odd
- Action Dude
- Molly and the bear
- The makers club
- Julie and the blue guitar
- Pizza face
- The prophecies begin
- Gamerville
- The adventures of Thunder and Sage
- The old Willis place
- Too cool for school
- Ali Cross
- The night librarian
- Spider-Man. Cosmic chaos!
- Detective Sweet Pea
- Race to warp speed
- Camp prodigy
- Time buddies
- Time to party
- I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
- Bunny vs Monkey
- Summer vamp
- Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Buns gone bad

Weekly Programs

Library Out Loud Adventure
Tuesdays @ 3:30 Grades K - 2nd

Sign in and drop off for a live-action storytime.
Every week!
REGISTER UPON ARRIVAL

Due to renovation, LOL has been indefinitely suspended.

SNaP
Thursdays @ 3:30 Grades 3 - 6

Hang out & craft, game, watch movies, or enjoy a special guest.

NO REGISTRATION, DROP OFF PROGRAM

Due to renovation, SNaP has been indefinitely suspended.

Special Events

Summer Reading Kickoff Carnival &
Thomas Hughes Brinkley Memorial Fun Run

Sunday, May 17th 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Join us for a special Summer Reading Carnival at the Crestline Elementary Fields due to the library closing for a renovation.

The afternoon’s events begin at 3 p.m. with the Thomas Hughes Brinkley Memorial Fun Run. Children and their grownups are invited to walk, run, bike, scoot, skate and stroll the one-mile course that starts at the Crestline Fields and runs through the adjacent neighborhood.

The carnival starts immediately after until5:00 p.m. and will feature a train ride, face painting, game booths, a rock-climbing wall, and a bouncy house. A visit from the MBFD to "cool off" all the kids will wrap up the party.

$25 Wristbands – which come with a T-shirt, while supplies last, and allow kids to participate in all carnival activities – will be available to purchase online. Patrons can also buy wristbands and individual activity tickets at the carnival. (All proceeds go to the Children's Dept.)

Rain or Shine.

Buy tickets online here

Online/Zeffy - $29.25 ($25 with a service fee of $4.25)
Credit Card (Day of the Carnival) - $26 ($1.00 processing fee)

Let it Snow!
Books in the Brook
Saturday, Feb. 7th Drop by 2:00-4:00

We'll be making Snow at Overton park. Dress for the weather and
drop by to play in the "snow" and throw a few snowballs.
All ages with an adult.

NO REGISTRATION

The Secret Ingredient:
Hot Chocolate Bombs
Thursday, Feb. 19th
5:00 on Zoom

Register as a family to pick up your secret ingredients.
Then gather your family & meet us on Zoom to create a yummy treat.
All ages with adult.

Register Here

Family Night
Drum Circle with Get Rhythm!
Tuesday, April 14th
Dinner @ 5:15 Show @ 5:30

A communal, interactive drumming experience open to all. This gently guided activity allows participants to create music with neighbors. No experience required. This Family Night will be on the lawn across from the library, weather permitting.

Light dinner provided staring at 5:15 pm, followed by the show at 5:30 pm.
All ages with adult.

NO REGISTRATION

Tinker Lab: Everything's A-O-Clay!
K - 2nd Grade
Monday, April 6th
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This month's Tinker Lab is all about clay! Try your clay-sculpting skills on a variety of activities in a range of skill levels. Crafts are designed for kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders to participate in with the assistance of their caregiver.

Register Here

Jólabókaflóð: The Book Flood
Dec. 15th - 23rd

This Icelandic tradition of gifting books on Christmas Eve while drinking hot cocoa is celebrated every year on December 24th.

To participate, fill out the following form to help us select a library picture book for your family (one book per family) to enjoy reading together on Christmas Eve.

Pick up your wrapped library book and hot cocoa mix December 15 to 23rd. Please allow at least 48 hours after filling out the form for us to select and wrap a picture book for your family. The library is closed Wednesday, December 24.

Clubs

Illustrator Art Club
Monday, April 20 @ 4:30 pm
Ages 6 & up with their Adult
This month we will learn about the illustrator Marietta Apollonio and create art inspired by them.

Register Here

Due to renovation, Illustrator Art Club has been indefinitely suspended.

Xtreme Hot Off the Press
Thursday, April 9
6:00 pm
4th - 6th Gr.
Share a book you've enjoyed and get to know some of Ms. Morgan's latest favorites over pizza.

Register Here

Due to renovation, HOTP has been indefinitely suspended.

9:30 & 10:30 Registration
11:15 Free Play
All ages with adult

Children move through different sensory stations with a caregiver. Each station has a developmental goal and includes engagement prompts.

Register Here

Due to renovation, Sensory Play has been indefinitely suspended.

Tinker Lab
Mon., March 2
4:00 pm

This month's Tinker Lab is all about clay! Crafts are designed for K-2nd Grades to participate in with the assistance of their caregiver.

Register Here

Due to renovation, Tinker Lab has been indefinitely suspended.

Sensory, Play, Explore, & More

Sensory Play, Explore, & More
@ 9:30 & 10:30 Registration
11:15 Free Play
All ages with adult
Children move through different sensory stations with a caregiver. Each station has a developmental goal and includes engagement prompts.
REGISTER HERE
Sensory Play is not available at this time.
As soon as we know when it will be back, you will know.

Looking for storytimes

storytime webpage

Print Calendar

Printable June Calendar

Follow us on social media

Graphic Novels

More booklists

New Graphic Novels
- The power of being Odd
- Action Dude
- Molly and the bear
- The makers club
- Julie and the blue guitar
- Pizza face
- The prophecies begin
- Gamerville
- The adventures of Thunder and Sage
- The old Willis place
- Too cool for school
- Ali Cross
- The night librarian
- Spider-Man. Cosmic chaos!
- Detective Sweet Pea
- Race to warp speed
- Camp prodigy
- Time buddies
- Time to party
- I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
- Bunny vs Monkey
- Summer vamp
- Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Buns gone bad

Online on Zoom

ONL<code> Club on Zoom
Monday, March 28 @ 4:00
Grades 3rd - 6th
Sign up for this monthly coding & programming club.
REGISTER HERE

O'NEAL LIBRARY

(205) 879-0459

O'NEAL LIBRARY

(205) 879-0459

The February meeting of the O'Neal Library Board will take place at the Mountain Brook City Hall.

During renovations, visit the Library at City Hall.

What's Happening!

Programs

Looking for storytimes

Print Calendar

Printable July Calendar

Follow us on social media

Graphic Novels

Weekly Programs

Special Events

Clubs

Sensory, Play, Explore, & More

Looking for storytimes

Print Calendar

Printable June Calendar

Follow us on social media

Graphic Novels

Online on Zoom

BOOKS/MAGAZINES

AUDIOBOOKS

MOVIES

Research

Summer Hours:

9-6 | M, W, Th, F, Sa
9-8 | Tues
2-6 | Sun

THE O'NEAL LIBRARY AT CITY HALL

56 CHURCH STREET

MTN BROOK, AL 35213

(205) 879-0459

Temporary Location Hours:

9-6 | M, T, Th, F
9-2 | Weds

Hours:

9-8 | M, T, Th
9-6 | W, F, S
2-6 | Sun

Website Feedback

What's Happening!

Programs

Looking for storytimes

Print Calendar

Printable July Calendar

Follow us on social media

Graphic Novels

Weekly Programs

Special Events

Clubs

Sensory, Play, Explore, & More

Looking for storytimes

Print Calendar

Printable June Calendar

Follow us on social media

Graphic Novels

Online on Zoom

BOOKS/MAGAZINES

AUDIOBOOKS

MOVIES

Research

Summer Hours:

9-6 | M, W, Th, F, Sa9-8 | Tues2-6 | Sun

THE O'NEAL LIBRARY AT CITY HALL

56 CHURCH STREET

MTN BROOK, AL 35213

(205) 879-0459

Temporary Location Hours:

9-6 | M, T, Th, F9-2 | Weds

Hours:

9-8 | M, T, Th9-6 | W, F, S2-6 | Sun

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9-6 | M, W, Th, F, Sa
9-8 | Tues
2-6 | Sun

9-6 | M, T, Th, F
9-2 | Weds

9-8 | M, T, Th
9-6 | W, F, S
2-6 | Sun

Website Feedback