# Things to do with kids at Cranston Public Library — Central Library

> 7 upcoming family events and 2 ongoing programs and visits at Cranston Public Library — Central Library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd, Cranston, RI 02920, in the Providence–Warwick area. Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Mon, Nov 2.

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## Events ahead

- [Haunted Library Scavenger Hunt — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/haunted-library-scavenger-hunt-cranston-central-library--listing-b3c93e9675b5f2c4dd7c4936) — Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 9–14 · checked Oct 30. Kids and teens entering grades 4–8 follow a library-wide scavenger hunt to find the code that unlocks a series of puzzles and solve the haunting.
- [Robot Racers: Coding with Color — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/robot-racers-coding-with-color-cranston-central-library--listing-8b950344ff9432189100d3bb) — Wed, Nov 4 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 5–11 · checked Oct 30. Kids in grades K–5 learn coding basics by racing the library's fleet of robots through a series of challenges.
- [Meet Jessie the Red-Tailed Hawk — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/meet-jessie-the-red-tailed-hawk-cranston-central-library--listing-27f92d6154ee6667f777b8e3) — Sat, Nov 7 · 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · All ages · checked Oct 27. Wildlife educator Dr. Danielle Lincoln brings Jessie, a red-tailed hawk, to Cranston's Central Library for a half-hour Saturday morning presentation on raptor biology, ecology…
- [Glow Night — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/glow-night-cranston-central-library--listing-215301322afa080127e54c27) — Tue, Nov 17 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · All ages · checked Oct 27. As the nights get longer, Cranston's Central Library welcomes them with an evening hour of glow-in-the-dark fun for the whole family. Children and grown-ups make glow art, then…
- [Dinosaur Explorers — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/dinosaur-explorers-cranston-central-library--listing-93749a5b924dd71ca41eda05) — Sat, Nov 21 · 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 5–11 · checked Oct 30. Kids in grades K–5 and their families make pipe-cleaner dinosaurs, hatch dino eggs and assemble skeletons in a dinosaur-bone imagination playground.
- [Library Explorers (Grades 4–8) — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/library-explorers-grades-4-8-cranston-central-library--listing-6e54c62780913a96b2efdc9d) — Wed, Dec 2 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 9–14 · checked Oct 30. Kids in grades 4–8 learn how the library works and get hands-on practice searching the catalog and using the Dewey Decimal System.
- [Gingerbread Story Hour — Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/gingerbread-story-hour-cranston-central-library--listing-02a078a34f51c47fb4ba9600) — Tue, Dec 8 · 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 2–8 · checked Oct 27. An early-evening holiday story hour at Cranston's Central Library for children ages 2 to 8 and their families. The group reads a gingerbread man adventure, sings songs, and then…

## Ongoing programs and visits

- [Open Play @ Central Library — Cranston](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/open-play-central-library-cranston--listing-1a2697d997e5e98cc0a6d1ed) — Mondays 10–11am (listed Oct 26, Nov 2, 9, 16) · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 0–5 · checked Oct 24. A weekly drop-in play hour in the Central Library's James T. Giles Community Room for young children and their families. The library provides all the play materials; come any…
- [Weekday Storytimes at Cranston Central Library](https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/weekday-storytimes-at-cranston-central-library--listing-339aa5b19b1a52f14e52fac2) — Mondays 10–10:30am (babies 0–2, Children's Program Room); Wednesdays 10–11am (ages 3–5… · Cranston Public Library — Central Library · Ages 0–5 · checked Oct 24. Central Library runs three themed weekday storytimes; themes change every few weeks (recent ones: Baby Bop, Lots of Letters, Boom! Boom! Crash!, Jingle Bell Babies, Jingle Jam)…

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- [This weekend in Providence](https://grassyknees.com/providence/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/providence/this-weekend.md)

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