The best part of Jennifer Farmerie’s day is seeing the smiling faces of families at the Sewickley Public Library. She has seen many as the children’s department head the past eight years. From reading at storytimes to welcoming special guests at various programs, good vibes abound when Farmerie’s on the clock.
“It really is fun,” Farmerie said. “I enjoy connecting with the families. I enjoy singing the songs and sharing stories with the kids.
It really is a very fun job.” One of her more popular programs, family storytime, is changing from twice a week to just weekly starting in September. The all-ages program will continue 10 a.
m. Mondays starting Sept. 9 through Dec.
2 at the Ohio Township Nature Center, 325 Nicholson Road. Its second weekly session, Fridays at Henle Park, is over for the year. Children would dance under a giant colorful parachute and then later hear a story while laying on top of it.
It would usually start around 11 a.m. and lead up to the noon opening of the Leetsdale park’s splash pad.
The change from twice to once a week is part of the library’s fall programming transition. The nature center is nearly seven miles away from the library at 500 Thorn St. Farmerie said about 40 people, more than half of them children, participate in storytime.
Registration is required for the free program. “We have craft kits and we’d like to make sure we have enough crafts for all of our friends who are coming to storytime,” Farmerie said. “They a.