{"id":45666,"date":"2025-09-27T00:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T05:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=45666"},"modified":"2025-09-27T00:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T05:59:32","slug":"asl-storytime-at-westbank-community-library-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/09\/27\/asl-storytime-at-westbank-community-library-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"ASL Storytime at Westbank Community Library &#8211; Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/09\/27\/asl-storytime-at-westbank-community-library-austin\/asl-storytime-at-westbank-community-library\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?fit=640%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,471\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ASL Storytime at Westbank Community Library\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?fit=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?fit=560%2C412&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45668\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?resize=500%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?resize=560%2C412&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?resize=260%2C191&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASL-Storytime-at-Westbank-Community-Library.png?resize=160%2C118&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>ASL Storytime at Westbank Community Library &#8211; Austin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What: ASL Storytime for children and families<\/p>\n<p>When: Monthly on Wednesdays, 10:30am &#8211; 11:00am (families often stay until 11:30am-12:00pm for playtime)<\/p>\n<p>Where: Westbank Library &#8211; Gathering Room (2nd floor) 1309 Westbank Dr, Austin, TX 78746<\/p>\n<p>Cost: FREE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Sessions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, October 15, 2025 &#8211; Halloween-themed books<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, November 19, 2025 &#8211; Thanksgiving\/gratitude-themed books<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, December 17, 2025 &#8211; Winter-themed books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Makes This Special:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional ASL interpretation provided<\/li>\n<li>Toys available for children after storytime<\/li>\n<li>Families welcome to bring snacks<\/li>\n<li>Easy access &#8211; take stairs or elevator to 2nd floor Gathering Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The library staff, led by Maureen Turner Carey, are incredibly dedicated to serving the Deaf community and have been running this program for years. They would love to see more Deaf families participate!<\/p>\n<p>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/westbanklibrary.com\/event\/asl-storytime-westbank-2\/?instance_id=49262\">https:\/\/westbanklibrary.com\/event\/asl-storytime-westbank-2\/?instance_id=49262<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASL Storytime at Westbank Community Library &#8211; Austin What: ASL Storytime for children and families When: Monthly on Wednesdays, 10:30am &#8211; 11:00am (families often stay until 11:30am-12:00pm for playtime) Where: Westbank Library &#8211; Gathering Room (2nd floor) 1309 Westbank Dr,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2025\/09\/27\/asl-storytime-at-westbank-community-library-austin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,3787],"class_list":["post-45666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-austin","tag-library"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-bSy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38872,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/03\/22\/american-sign-language-storytime-austin\/","url_meta":{"origin":45666,"position":0},"title":"American Sign Language Storytime &#8211; Austin","author":"Chrissy Snider","date":"March 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"American Sign Language Storytime An American Sign Language interpreter will be joining our regularly scheduled Storytime to interpret our stories and songs for deaf patrons, and to teach hearing patrons signs they can incorporate into everyday life with their little ones. 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