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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!

--Booklists Kids

Native American Heritage Month: Kids Booklist

Celebrate Native American Heritage month this November with a good book – or two! This booklist of Children’s titles highlights books written and illustrated by Native American authors. Click on the image to request that title from our catalog. Checkout winners of the American Indian Youth Literature Award: here. Fiction Titles Younger Readers Older Readers […]

--Staff Picks Kids

“OCDaniel” by Wesley King

Joan read OCDaniel and this is what she thought… Daniel is a typical eighth-grader. He’s desperate to fit in, to make his father proud, and hide the fact that he thinks he might be crazy. He’s pretty busy with school and football (and Zaps and Routines), but then he gets a mysterious note that changes everything. […]

Kids

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 […]

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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 […]

General Kids Teens

Library Card Sign-Up Month!

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when Haverhill Public Library joins the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to remind parents, caregivers and students that signing up for a library card is the first step on the path to academic achievement and lifelong learning. There is nothing more empowering than signing up […]

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Back to School Book Bonanza (Fall Reading Challenge)

Join us for our Back to School Book Bonanza on Beanstack! Read a comic book. Listen to an audiobook. Experience a spooky story. We have fifteen reading challenges for you to complete! Finish five for a free book. Complete ten for another free book. Conquer all fifteen challenges to be entered into our gift card […]

General Kids

Kids Program Suggestion

Do you have a great idea for a program you’d like the library to host? Tell us! If your program is accepted you will be contacted by a Children’s Librarian! *Please note all library programs must be held virtually until further notice