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For toddler and preschool
2026-11-06 10:30:00 2026-11-06 11:00:00 America/Chicago Storytime Music, stories, and a take home craft! Registration is NOT required but encouraged if you would like to receive notifications about this event. Nixon Library - Meeting Room

Friday, November 06
10:30am - 11:00am

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Nixon Library

Meeting Room

Music, stories, and a take home craft! Registration is NOT required but encouraged if you would like to receive notifications about this event.

Read stories, learn a couple baby ASL signs, and shake to music with shaker eggs! 

Books for this month: My Tooth is Lost by Drew Daywalt and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. 

Questions about this program? Please contact the CALS Nixon Library at 501-457-5038.

All abilities are welcome. To request ASL interpretation or other accommodations, contact Heather Zbinden (501.918.3069 or email hzbinden@cals.org) SEVEN business weekdays before a program.

AGE GROUP: | Preschoolers ages 3-5 | Babies & toddlers ages 0-2 |

EVENT TYPE: | Literature & Language | Fun & Play |

Nixon Library
Phone: 501.457.5038
Branch manager
April Hicks
Hours
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Nixon Library

Today's hours

We're open 9:00AM to 8:00PM

Branch manager
April Hicks
Address
703 West Main Street
Jacksonville, AR 72076
Tel: 501.457.5038
About the branch

Open since 2009, the Esther DeWitt Nixon Library is a 13,700 square-foot building located on historical Main Street in Jacksonville. Our resources include adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction materials in print and on DVD, as well as the vast digital collection common to all CALS libraries and available to download or stream 24/7. Innovative new collections have added birdwatching kits, engravers, fishing poles, telescopes, and toy library. Library users may enjoy free use of public computers, wireless internet access, and three study rooms equipped with dry erase boards. A larger meeting room features a catering kitchen, projector and screen, AV system, wireless access, laptop connection and a dry erase board. An outdoor pavilion with seating can accommodate talks, concerts, or other gatherings. The Nixon Library hosts educational and recreational programs for library users of all ages. In addition, the Nixon Library is home to Jacksonville’s Centennial Time Capsule and is a geocache location.

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