Hallow-Read Beanstack Challenge
Participate in the Hallow-Read Beanstack challenge all throughout October! The challenge is open to ALL ages. All those that complete the challenge will be entered to win a gift card! Sign up here.
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Category: Kids
Take our Trail Tale Home
Do you enjoy our Trail Tale Storywalk® on the boardwalk or downtown? Did you know you can check them out to post somewhere on your own? Just search “storywalk” in our catalog to see all your options, and then ask a Librarian to get it for you!
Drag Kings, Queens, and Friends Storytime
Saturday, July 16th & Saturday, August 13th at 11am Storytime with Drag Kings, Queens, and Friends, is a story hour featuring a revolving cast of beloved local Boston performers. Storytime with Drag Kings, Queens, and Friends is a lively pop-up story session with, you guessed it, drag performers and sparkly friends!
A Few of My Favorite Books
I became the new Head of Youth Services back at the beginning of April. I thought, what better way is there to introduce myself than to share a few of my favorite children’s and young adult books! I have many favorites that I grew up with and hold near and dear to my heart, but […]
Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Children’s Room has resources for you! We are giving away copies of a comic called “Different Kinds of Hurt: Isaac’s Story” (available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean). Stop by and visit our Worry Monster. Read one of the books from our Youth Booklist.
Lotus Lanterns
Wednesday, May 18 at 4:30pm Follow along as a member of the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project shows step by step how to make a lovely lotus flower lantern using colored paper and wire frames. A short documentary will follow. This class will be held over Zoom and kits will be available to pick up […]
Zita the Space Girl
Zita the Spacegirl is about a young girl, Zita, who finds herself on another planet as she attempts to save her friend from aliens. Joseph has been kidnapped by aliens who believe he has been sent to them to save their planet. As Zita tries to find out where the aliens have taken Joseph, she […]
Poetry Month Booklist
April is poetry month! Find suggested picture books, nursery rhymes, novels in verse and books in Spanish (libros en español).
Ron’s Gone Wrong
“Ron’s Gone Wrong is a computer-animated film set in a world where it’s the norm to have B-Bots, digitally connected robot companions. Barney is a shy middle-schooler who is the last one in his city to finally get Ron, his B-Bot. Unfortunately, his “Best Friend Out of the Box” becomes a major pain, malfunctioning on […]
Kindergarten Registration
Registration for free all-day kindergarten is open for 2022-2023! If your child is turning five on or before August 31, 2022, register by May 1.