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<\/p>\nTo honor September as Library Card Sign-Up Month, Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. teamed up with Queens Public Library for a Community Day on September 19, 2026. The event aimed to spotlight the exciting opportunities available through the library and to encourage residents\u2014especially\u00a0students, now that\u00a0the new school term has begun\u2014to sign up for their own library card.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA library card opens the door to learning, excitement, and new adventures,\u201d\u00a0Senator Addabbo said.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s\u00a0why\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0committed to events like Library Card Sign-Up Month, which help bring attention to the wide range of services and programs available across Queens Public Library locations.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0pleased to partner with QPL once again for another fantastic day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The program took place at the Queens Public Library in Woodhaven and included Spanish Storytime with Bilingual Birdies, followed by Family Storytime featuring Senator Addabbo. The celebration also featured a music performance by Brittany & Isaac, and wrapped up with\u00a0\u201cHistory of Balloons,\u201d\u00a0presented by Nick the\u00a0Baloonatic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the story session, Senator Addabbo read A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon\u2014one of the books he\u00a0frequently\u00a0shares during youth\u00a0storytimes\u00a0because of its message about staying true to yourself. In the story, Camilla Cream adores lima beans but refuses to eat them out of fear her friends\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0accept her. As a result, her skin breaks out in stripes and other patterns until she discovers that the solution is to embrace who she is and enjoy the lima beans she loves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWatching children\u2019s faces light up as they connect with a story is truly wonderful,\u201d\u00a0Addabbo said.\u00a0\u201cSharing books aloud at events like this offers many great benefits, including strengthening literacy skills and building a love of reading.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were plenty of library staff members on hand to help attendees sign up for a library card. All were welcome to enjoy this fun, free day of activities and education. Senator Addabbo was also joined by Dennis Walcott, President and CEO of Queens Public Library.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Senator Addabbo reads a book to the children during a\u00a0storytime\u00a0session at the library.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To honor September as Library Card Sign-Up Month, Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. teamed up with Queens Public…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-361638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}