The mission of the Garden City Public Library isto connect people with information.
| Mon: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Tues: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Weds: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Thurs: | 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Fri: | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Sat: | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Sun: | 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
Mother Goose Storytime
This fun, 30-minute storytime is for children ages birth – 2½ years and an adult caregiver. Join a librarian and enjoy movement, music, rhymes, and books from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM on the following dates.
- Tuesday, April 16, 10:30 AM (Registration begins Tuesday, April 9, 10:00 AM.)
Online registration on Eventkeeper with a library card is required. A separate registration is required for each session and for each child you wish to attend this program.
It is Library policy that parents of children under 10 attending a program remain at the Library throughout and meet the child upon completion of the program.
Preschool Storytime
This 30-minute program is for children ages 2-5 (not in kindergarten) and their caregivers. Join a Librarian and enjoy stories, music, and movement from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM to on the following dates.
- Tuesday, April 16. (Registration begins Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 AM.)
Online registration on Eventkeeper with a library card is required. A separate registration is required for each session and for each child you wish to attend this program.
It is Library policy that parents of children under 10 attending a program remain at the Library throughout and meet the child upon completion of the program.
Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses
Drop off your gently used eclipse glasses in the box located in the Library foyer in order to recycle them.
Glasses will be sent to Eclipse Glasses USA, who will distribute them to people around the world, so they can experience the next solar eclipse in their region.
Glasses will be collected until April 25.
Nearly 90 residents gathered on the Garden City Library’s front lawn April 8 to catch a glimpse of history as a total solar eclipse became visible across a band covering parts of North America, including right here in Garden City. The “Drop-In Viewing Program” was free for patrons. Over the four days prior, the Library gave out more than 1,400 solar eclipse glasses to Garden City Library cardholders. The Library initially ordered 200, then 200 more, and added another 1,000 glasses on Friday! Staff also provided additional surplus glasses not needed on the last day to assist with the Library’s “Drop-In Viewing Program” held Monday afternoon.
How Many Peeps Are in the Jar?
How many Peeps do you think are in the jar at the Garden City Public Library? Stop by the Library and take a guess! You might win a prize!
The Peeps jar is on the Friends of the GCPL Book Sale shelves (behind the Circulation Desk). You can write your guess on the form provided.
The number of Peeps in the jar – and the winner – will be announced on Friday, April 26, in front of the Friends’ Book Sale shelves at 4:00 PM. We hope to see you there!
For information on the Friends of the Garden City Public Library, please visit gardencitypl.org/ friends.
Reading Pals
A teen volunteer helps a child with a craft at “Reading Pals,” 11/28/23.
“Reading Pals” is a program presented by the Young Adult Department in conjunction with the Children’s Department.
This fun, 30-minute program is for children ages 4 through Grade 2. Under librarian supervision, teen volunteers read to the children, then they do a craft together.
“Reading Pals” will take place on Tuesday, April 16, from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
Online registration on Eventkeeper with a library card is required, beginning Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 AM. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Volunteers Needed: Reading Pals
A teen volunteer reads a picture book to children at “Reading Pals,” 1/16/24.
Volunteer to read to and then do a craft with children ages PreK-Grade 2 during the program “Reading Pals“!
The April session will be held on Tuesday, April 16. The “Reading Pals” program runs from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
Volunteers are asked to arrive at 3:30 PM to review the material before the start of the program and stay until 5:00 PM to help clean up. Volunteers must be in Grades 6-12 only. Registration to volunteer begins Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 AM online via Eventkeeper.
This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
Problem Registering for a Program?
If Eventkeeper is down, please call the Library at 516-742-8405 and speak to a staff member in the department hosting the event that you want to attend.
Roof-Replacement Project Nearing Completion
The Garden City Public Library’s roof-replacement project is nearing completion. Abatement has been completed, as well as the roof work. The containers have also been removed from the parking lot. Masonry restoration work is ongoing; the project will take a few more weeks to complete. This work has no impact on Library hours and services.
Library Staff Participate at Inaugural Adelphi Writers & Readers Festival
Keynote speakers Adriana Trigiani & Alice Hoffman and moderator Laura Zigman.
Readers and writers came together for two days of everything literary at a festival at Adelphi University last weekend, Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April 6.
Librarian Kristen Sweeney, Library Chairman (and Adelphi Alumnus) Randy Colahan, and
Library Director Marianne Malagon.
Garden City Public Library enlisted its support to the event as a sponsor and helped provide representatives from Garden City and other Nassau public libraries to enhance the festival with readers’ advisory and information about local libraries’ services.
Among those in attendance for the Garden City Public Library were Library Board Chairman Randy Colahan, Library Director Marianne Malagon, Assistant Library Director Ralph Guiteau, and Librarian Kristen Sweeney.
The free celebration of storytelling, literature, and the power of the written word featured best-selling author and Adelphi alumna Alice Hoffman, who inspired and founded the event.
Hoffman is the author of more than 40 books, including Practical Magic, The Dovekeepers, and Aquamarine.
L-R: Jan Heinlein (Nassau Library System), Ralph Guiteau (asst. director, Garden City PL), Nadine Bucilli (director, Locust Valley Library), Erika Wadsworth (Locust Valley Library).
Nassau Libraries sent representatives to support the festival with readers’ advisory and information about local libraries’ services.
These Garden City and Nassau Library representatives, along with students, teachers, emerging writers, and the local Garden City community and beyond, had a chance to meet bestselling authors Victor LaValle, Adriana Trigiani, Ann Leary, Mona Awad, Ada Calhoun, Liana Finck, Lauren Grodstein, Charles Leerhsen, Lisa Belkin, Julie Klam, Kim Coleman Foote, Laura Zigman; discover their next favorite writer; and get an inside look at the art of writing and the business of publishing.
