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Spitfire Book Club

Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
2025-05-21 17:00:00 2025-05-21 18:00:00 America/New_York Spitfire Book Club Spitfire club, Spring Session. Changing the world, one book at a time! Kindergarten - 3rd Grade. James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Wednesday, May 21
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-21 17:00:00 2025-05-21 18:00:00 America/New_York Spitfire Book Club Spitfire club, Spring Session. Changing the world, one book at a time! Kindergarten - 3rd Grade. James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library

Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Spitfire club, Spring Session. Changing the world, one book at a time! Kindergarten - 3rd Grade.

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! 

No registration is required to attend.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion Groups |

TAGS: | Spitfire | Friends of Duncan Library |

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library
kpayne@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1705
Fax: 703.746.1785
Branch manager
Kayla Selsky
Hours
We're closed Tuesday August 19 due to Closed for software upgrade.
Mon, Aug 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 19 Closed
(Closed for software upgrade.)
Wed, Aug 20 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 22 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 23 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 24 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: A11, A12
  • 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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