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Library Lion by Michelle KnudsenKids Discover the Trail & Trumansburg Kids Explore and Discover at the Tompkins County Public Library!

Did you know ...

  • TCPL welcomes ALL of the Kindergarteners in the Ithaca City and Trumansburg School Districts for special class visits?  During the visits, two classes visit together, with the Kindergarteners buddied up with a Kindergartener from the other class.  Together, they enjoy an interactive storytime, Buddy Book Time, and a “Library Lion Hunt” tour of the Youth Services Department!
  • We have been welcoming the Kindergarteners from ICSD since 2005!
  • We have been welcoming the Trumansburg Kindergarteners since 2010! 
  • Over 400 Kindergarteners now visit the library through this program each year!
  • Since the program’s beginning in 2005, TCPL has had over 2600 Kindergarteners visit and learn about the library! 
  • Tompkins County Public Library "Kids" card
  • Each Kindergartener who visits receives a free copy of the book Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and a new library card!
  • To learn more about the Kids Discover the Trail program, please visit www.kidsdiscoverthetrail.org/

    To learn more about the Trumansburg Kids Explore and Discover program, please visit www.tcsdfoundation.org/content/view/trumansburg-kids-explore-discover.html

    Please contact Sarah O’Shea, Youth Services Librarian, for information specific to TCPL’s visits at soshea@tcpl.org or 272-4557 Ext. 275.

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  • Families Learning Science Together
  • Kids Discover the Trail & Trumansburg Kids Explore and Discover
  • Mother Daughter Book Club
  • The Reader Is In
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Kindergarteners arrive at the Tompkins County Public Library

Kindergarteners arrive at the Tompkins County Public Library - one stop on the "Trail." See our photo gallery!

Kids Discover the Trail!

KIDS DISCOVER THE TRAIL!

Kindergarteners visit Tompkins County Public Library and discover that the library is a lively, fun, welcoming place. Watch the video.


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