Local · Guide · Lower Merion
The Main Line libraries, by what they're good for
Ten libraries, one card system for Lower Merion, and which branch to pick for which kid.
Lower Merion runs six branches on one card (Ardmore, Bala Cynwyd, Belmont Hills, Gladwyne, Ludington, Penn Wynne). Narberth has its own small library, and Radnor, Haverford Township and Tredyffrin each run theirs.
Babies and toddlers. Penn Wynne has Baby Time on Tuesdays at 1 and Books and Blankets Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30. Haverford Township does Babies and Books Tuesdays at 11:30 with a play social right after. Radnor's Mother Goose on the Loose (birth to 24 months) runs Tuesdays at 10 and 11.
Preschoolers. Ludington has a story time at 11 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with a different librarian each day, and the biggest Junior Room. Bala Cynwyd goes Monday and Tuesday at 10:30. Narberth is Wednesday and Friday at 11 and moves outside to the park pavilion when the weather is good.
School-age. Ludington runs LEGO Night (Nov 5 and 19, 6-8pm). Penn Wynne has evening clubs: chess (7-10), Pokemon, a graphic novel club. Haverford Township has a MakerSpace, LEGO Club and kids yoga on Saturdays. Tredyffrin's makerspace does robots and 3D printing for school-age kids.
Sunday. Only Ludington, Bala Cynwyd, Radnor and Tredyffrin are open Sunday afternoons; the rest are closed.
Holiday week. All Lower Merion branches close at 5 on Nov 25 and are closed Thanksgiving Day.
Kynlo Local is what parents on the Main Line and nearby keep for each other — dated things this week, rainy-day places with hours, guides and lists, checked against the venue's own page. Kynlo is the family assistant that carries the remembering: a morning letter, a shared calendar, and one-text handoffs. Read tomorrow's letter, free.