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Paws for Reading

2:00pm–2:15pm
Children
Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: In Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Registration Required

Practice your reading skills with a captive canine audience in a private setting with Linda and one of her former and friendly Seeing Eye puppies (and registered therapy puppies) who are excited to hear you read to them! Please note, sessions are in 15-minute blocks. Bring your favorite book from home or arrive early to choose a book from the library's collection. Grades 1-4. Please register. 

Paws for Reading

2:15pm–2:30pm
Children, School age (5-10 yrs.)
Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: In Library
Age Group: Children, School age (5-10 yrs.)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required

Practice your reading skills with a captive canine audience in a private setting with Linda and one of her former and friendly Seeing Eye puppies (and registered therapy puppies) who are excited to hear you read to them! Please note, sessions are in 15-minute blocks. Bring your favorite book from home or arrive early to choose a book from the library's collection. Grades 1-4. Please register. 

Paws for Reading

2:30pm–2:45pm
Children, School age (5-10 yrs.)
Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: In Library
Age Group: Children, School age (5-10 yrs.)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Practice your reading skills with a captive canine audience in a private setting with Linda and one of her former and friendly Seeing Eye puppies (and registered therapy puppies) who are excited to hear you read to them! Please note, sessions are in 15-minute blocks. Bring your favorite book from home or arrive early to choose a book from the library's collection. Grades 1-4. Please register. 

PAWS is cancelled for Sunday 12/21. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Paws for Reading

2:45pm–3:00pm
Children, School age (5-10 yrs.)
Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: In Library
Age Group: Children, School age (5-10 yrs.)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required

Practice your reading skills with a captive canine audience in a private setting with Linda and one of her former and friendly Seeing Eye puppies (and registered therapy puppies) who are excited to hear you read to them! Please note, sessions are in 15-minute blocks. Bring your favorite book from home or arrive early to choose a book from the library's collection. Grades 1-4. Please register. 

Move & Groove

10:30am–11:00am
Toddlers (18 mos. - 3 yrs.), Preschool (3-5 yrs.)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 2
Age Group: Toddlers (18 mos. - 3 yrs.), Preschool (3-5 yrs.)
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Music

Join us for this weekly event where we dance along to a playlist of our favorite songs and play with egg shakers, rhythm sticks, and more! Designed for ages 18 months - 5 years old, this program gives kids a chance to dance, sing, and get active! No registration required. 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Music for Adults with Disabilities

10:30am–11:00am
Adults (18+)
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Music
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Mr. Jim Gaven for a fun, interactive music program designed for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This program will include sing-a-longs, guided percussion activities, and sign language through song.

Kids Art Workshop

4:00pm–5:00pm
Children, Teens & Tweens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Teens & Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

In this workshop, specifically for kids aged 8-12, we will lean about American artist and force of nature, Georgia O’Keefe.

Knit & Crochet

6:30pm–8:30pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Like to Knit or Crochet? Come and join this friendly group. Beginners to experts are welcome. Please bring your own materials. No registration required. 

Get Fired Up for Literacy

All Day
School age (5-10 yrs.), Teens & Tweens
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: In Library
Age Group: School age (5-10 yrs.), Teens & Tweens
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Get Fired Up for Literacy starts today!! It is a reading challenge for 1st-4th graders only. The goal is to read the most minutes of everyone else in your grade.

Mah Jong

1:00pm–4:00pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1 & 2 Combined
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Games

Mahjong is a fun and popular tile-based game of strategy, skill, and lots of luck. Some experience recommended. Bring your National Mahjong League 2025 card and a mahjong set (if you have one). No registration required.

The Year in Review: Film & TV 2025

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults (18+)
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

In which we discuss the best (and maybe the worst) and most popular—deserved or not deserved?—film and television from the past year. Hosted by Irv Slifkin. Registration required. You will receive a zoom link beforehand. 

Knit & Crochet

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Craft Room
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Like to Knit or Crochet? Come and join this friendly group. Beginners to experts are welcome. Please bring your own materials. No registration required. 

Chess Club

2:00pm–3:00pm
Everyone
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Craft Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Games

Come play Chess at the library!  New and experienced players welcome.  We'll provide chess boards, but feel free to bring your own if you like.  Registration not required.

Foreign Film: Kendi

1:00pm–4:00pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1 & 2 Combined
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

In the winding streets of Istanbul, stray cats express a freedom as timeless as the city itself.

Move & Groove

10:30am–11:00am
Toddlers (18 mos. - 3 yrs.), Preschool (3-5 yrs.)
Cancelled
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1 & 2 Combined
Age Group: Toddlers (18 mos. - 3 yrs.), Preschool (3-5 yrs.)
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Music

Join us for this weekly event where we dance along to a playlist of our favorite songs and play with egg shakers, rhythm sticks, and more! Designed for ages 18 months - 5 years old, this program gives kids a chance to dance, sing, and get active! No registration required. 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Silent Book Club

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Quiet Study
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Book Club

Are you looking for a cozy spot to read in companionable silence? Maybe a place to gather with other book lovers and find out what they're reading? Guess what we have just the place, Mount Laurel Library is starting our own chapter of The Silent Book Club this summer. Every other Monday evening we will gather for 1.5 hours, the first half hour will be set aside to share what you're reading or generally socialize, and the next hour will be for quiet reading.

We will provide a comfortable seating area and refreshments, just bring your own book or choose one from our collection, and join in.

Knit & Crochet

6:30pm–8:30pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Craft Room
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Like to Knit or Crochet? Come and join this friendly group. Beginners to experts are welcome. Please bring your own materials. No registration required. 

Lego Club

10:00am–12:00pm
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Craft Room
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome back to Lego Club!!! Join Mount Laurel's own Vivian J. this winter break for some fun yet challenging builds. Please register.

Hunters of the Sky with Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge

10:30am–11:00am
Children, Tweens (10-13 yrs.)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1 & 2 Combined
Age Group: Children, Tweens (10-13 yrs.)
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Students are introduced to a variety of raptors (birds of prey) through an engaging lesson. Observe each species’ unique characteristics and learn about its adaptations.

Mah Jong

1:00pm–4:00pm
Adults (18+)
Library Branch: Mount Laurel Library
Room: Meeting Room 1 & 2 Combined
Age Group: Adults (18+)
Program Type: Games

Mahjong is a fun and popular tile-based game of strategy, skill, and lots of luck. Some experience recommended. Bring your National Mahjong League 2025 card and a mahjong set (if you have one). No registration required.