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Registration opens:
November 19th, 2025 7:00pm

Book Bingo

2025-12-10 16:00:00 2025-12-10 17:00:00 America/New_York Book Bingo For kids ages 7 to 10 years old. Eastside Branch - Program Room

Wednesday, December 10
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-12-10 16:00:00 2025-12-10 17:00:00 America/New_York Book Bingo For kids ages 7 to 10 years old. Eastside Branch - Program Room

Eastside Branch

Program Room

For kids ages 7 to 10 years old.

About the Program

Come play a fun game of Book Bingo and see how many of your favourite characters you can recognize.

For kids ages 7 to 10 years old. Please register each child attending separately.

Please note, a caregiver must remain in the library while children under 10 years of age attend a program.

We kindly remind you that registrations will be removed if the registered person does not meet the program’s specified age requirements.

Photography Notice: Please note that photographs and video may be taken at this event and may be broadcast, reproduced and/or made available in print or online. For individual or small group photos, staff will make attendees aware of their presence and will ask permission before taking photos.

For larger public events, please note that by attending, you are consenting to the use of your appearance, image and voice in print or digital productions created by the Waterloo Public Library for promotional use only. Please speak to library staff at the event if you’d like to be excluded from any photo/video.

Programmer: Ikhlas

AGE GROUP: | Kids |

EVENT TYPE: | Literacy and Language Learning | Games | After School |

TAGS: | Other Children’s programming |

Eastside Branch
Phone: 519-886-1310
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Mon, Nov 10 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Nov 11 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Nov 12 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Nov 13 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Nov 14 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Nov 15 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Nov 16 Closed
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About the branch

Located at the RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex, the Eastside Branch boasts specialized creative spaces, quiet study areas, a nature education space and lots of natural light.

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