Winter Reading Challenge
Our winter reading challenge is about to begin! Early registrants are eligible to win a free Chipotle kids’ meal. Register today! Please enjoy this holiday book list:
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Holiday Books are Back!
Winter holiday books are now available for browsing in our downstairs children’s area! To celebrate our holiday book cart, we produced this short film. Please enjoy!
November 19, 2020
Haverhill Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes of November 19, 2020 The regular monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library was called to order at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2020 via Zoom or in the auditorium. In attendance were Trustees Bresnahan, Coletti, Rurak, and Veasy-Sirois. Also in attendance were Director, […]
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.” If you’re like me, you’ve been waiting for this book for 16 years! Susanna Clarke’s first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, is a delicate masterpiece of storytelling magic, and is a book I revisit every year so my bar was set high for her […]
Maids by Katie Skelly
On the first page of Maids, a graphic novel by Katie Skelly, a young woman picks a human eyeball off the floor and cautiously pokes at it with her index finger. As she is about to prod the pupil of the disembodied ocular sphere, Skelly shifts the frame to show the same young woman ringing […]
Character Election 2020
The results are in! Introduce your child to the election process in a gentle and friendly way by voting for Best Character 2020! An official ballot drop box will be available in our downstairs children’s browsing area on 10/27. Or you may vote “absentee” by clicking here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3TGDT9K One vote per reader, please! Voting ends […]
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Lillian is in her late twenties. She works at a grocery store and lives in her mother’s attic. She is unhappy, but has no inclination toward change. That is, until she receives a letter from her childhood best friend, Madison. Now married to a state senator who has his eyes on the presidency, Madison needs […]
Kids Programs
We post regular updates on our social media pages! Click the logos to visit HPL on YouTube and Facebook. Children’s programs have transitioned to a mix of in-person and virtual programs. We have two weekly in-person storytimes at 10am: Lapsits on Mondays and Pre-K Storytimers on Thursdays. Checkout Eventkeeper for all our programming. Below you […]
Fingerplays, Baby Bounces, Scarf and Bubble Songs
Check out some of Colleen’s favorite activities from storytime! Do you know all these fun rhymes? Cuentacuentos Songs (Canciones y Rimas en Español y Ingles)Download