LATEST FOUNDATION EVENTS
23rd Noyes StoryWalk® Sends Kids to School with a Laugh!

For its 23rd free Noyes StoryWalk®, The Noyes Children’s Library Foundation presents We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, written and illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins.
Families can laugh out loud with this back-to-school story on posted signs at Clum-Kennedy Park in Kensington, MD from Friday, September 1 to Sunday, September 24, 2023. Clum-Kennedy Park is located at the corner of Kensington Parkway and Frederick Ave. in Kensington, MD. Other Kensington events going on during September include the annual Labor Day Parade and Festival on September 4; the Paint the Town Art Show from September 2-4; and the Kensington Train Show on September 10, which includes the Noyes StoryWalk® Steam Train, Dream Train at Reinhardt Park from September 6-13.
The first book in Higgins' “Penelope Rex” series, We Don’t Eat Our Classmates is a New York Times #1 best-seller in which Penelope starts school and has to learn how to make friends instead of eating them. (Adults may think this sounds scary, but kids apparently know better!) Author-Illustrator Ryan T. Higgins’ book Mother Bruce has won the E.B. White Read Aloud Award, and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator honor.
Families are encouraged to check out the Foundation's Events page for crafts related to the StoryWalk®, and to share a selfie while at the StoryWalk® or a photo of a completed craft on the Foundation's Facebook page (facebook.com/MakeMoreNoyes). Families can also post to Facebook or Instagram and tag the Foundation @makemorenoyes.
Learn more about StoryWalks® at Noyes on our StoryWalks® page.
Families can laugh out loud with this back-to-school story on posted signs at Clum-Kennedy Park in Kensington, MD from Friday, September 1 to Sunday, September 24, 2023. Clum-Kennedy Park is located at the corner of Kensington Parkway and Frederick Ave. in Kensington, MD. Other Kensington events going on during September include the annual Labor Day Parade and Festival on September 4; the Paint the Town Art Show from September 2-4; and the Kensington Train Show on September 10, which includes the Noyes StoryWalk® Steam Train, Dream Train at Reinhardt Park from September 6-13.
The first book in Higgins' “Penelope Rex” series, We Don’t Eat Our Classmates is a New York Times #1 best-seller in which Penelope starts school and has to learn how to make friends instead of eating them. (Adults may think this sounds scary, but kids apparently know better!) Author-Illustrator Ryan T. Higgins’ book Mother Bruce has won the E.B. White Read Aloud Award, and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator honor.
Families are encouraged to check out the Foundation's Events page for crafts related to the StoryWalk®, and to share a selfie while at the StoryWalk® or a photo of a completed craft on the Foundation's Facebook page (facebook.com/MakeMoreNoyes). Families can also post to Facebook or Instagram and tag the Foundation @makemorenoyes.
Learn more about StoryWalks® at Noyes on our StoryWalks® page.
For PDF's of activities related to We Don't Eat Our Classmates, click the images below!
Find out more about award-winning author Ryan T. Higgins HERE!
Back to the '80s Family Dance Party a Huge Success!

Families flocked to The Noyes Children’s Library Foundation's Back to the 80's Family Dance Party at Kensington Town Hall on January 21, 2023.
A Squad Entertainment had children and parents kicking up their heels, while craft tables bustled with creativity and special Storytimes provided additional entertainment.
The Noyes Children's Library Foundation holds family dance parties to unite the community in support of its early literacy initiatives and of the Make MORE Noyes Renovation Campaign. The funding for the Make MORE Noyes Renovation has recently been achieved, and the renovation project will begin by summer 2023.
A Squad Entertainment had children and parents kicking up their heels, while craft tables bustled with creativity and special Storytimes provided additional entertainment.
The Noyes Children's Library Foundation holds family dance parties to unite the community in support of its early literacy initiatives and of the Make MORE Noyes Renovation Campaign. The funding for the Make MORE Noyes Renovation has recently been achieved, and the renovation project will begin by summer 2023.