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The Spitfire Club

Grades 4th - 6th
2023-03-22 17:00:00 2023-03-22 17:50:00 America/New_York The Spitfire Club Spitfire club Spring Session. Changing the world, one book at a time! Grades 4th - 6th James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Children's Area

Wednesday, March 22
5:00pm - 5:50pm

Add to Calendar 2023-03-22 17:00:00 2023-03-22 17:50:00 America/New_York The Spitfire Club Spitfire club Spring Session. Changing the world, one book at a time! Grades 4th - 6th James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Children's Area

Spitfire club Spring Session. Changing the world, one book at a time! Grades 4th - 6th

The Spitfire Club is an extracurricular book club built around a collection of children's literature featuring strong, diverse, female protagonists. By creating demand for and building an inclusive community around diverse girl-positive books, The Spitfire Club enhances literacy and social-emotional skills, nurturing each Spitfire's love of reading, love of self, and love for Spitfires across all communities. Every week girls will get a reading log to take home and track the number of chapters they read, be sure to remind them to bring it back the next week! 

The Spring session will meet every Wednesday starting February 22nd through April 12th from 4:30pm - 5:30pm. We will not be meeting on April 5th during spring break. 

No registration is required to attend.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Children |

TAGS: | Spitfire book club | Spitfire | Scribble Book Club |

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library
bstovall@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1705
Fax: 703.746.1785
Hours
We're closed Monday May 29 due to Memorial Day
Mon, May 29 Closed
(Memorial Day)
Tue, May 30 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 31 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jun 01 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jun 02 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 03 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 04 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

Parking: There is a small lot with 9 spaces.  On street parking is available.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1.3 miles) and King Street Stations (1.5 miles)
  • Metrobus: 10A, 10B
  • DASH Bus: 33

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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