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Children’s & Teen Programs
Family Movie
Night! Bolt (PG) – All Ages: Friday,
June 26 at
6:30 PM
Celebrate the beginning of summer vacation with the
first Family Movie Night of the summer!
Popcorn and water will be served. Please
pre-register, so we know how much popcorn to buy!
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Ice Cream
Social – Summer Reading Kickoff! – Tuesday,
June 30 at
3 PM
Come make your own yummy sundaes, socialize with
friends, and enjoy fun activities like face painting, paper airplane
making (and perhaps a distance contest), sidewalk chalk art, and bubble
blowing! Volunteers needed to
help with activities – please sign up to volunteer in the Children’s
Room.
This year we have scheduled two rain dates:
Wed. July 1 & Thurs. July 2.
 Please, PLEASE pre-register
for the Ice Cream Social (preferably at least a week ahead), both so we
can provide enough sweet treats for all, and also so that we can notify
you if we need to use a rain date.
Call the Children’s Room at (978) 456 – 2381 to
pre-register.
Paws
and Read – Pre-Registration required:
Wednesdays,
July 8, 15
, 29; August 5 & 12 from
10:30 –
11:30
AM
Reading
to Winston the
Therapy Dog is a fantastic way to bolster a child’s reading confidence!
Pre-registration required.
Tie
Dye Bonanza! – All Ages: Wednesday, July 8 from
3:00
to
4:00 PM
Bring
your own t-shirt and join the tie dying fun!
This program will be outside – rain date is Thursday, July 9 at
3:00
.
Circle of
Songs with Hugh Hanley – Ages 0 to 7:
Wednesday, July 15 from
3:00
to
3:50 PM
Hugh Hanley has been singing with young children for
over twenty years in his work as an early childhood educator, music
specialist and entertainer. His
work has helped him gain an understanding of young children as developing
music makers and a familiarity with the environments in which they play
and learn. He draws from a
wide and varied repertoire of songs, fingerplays, and music activities
that are appropriate, accessible, and highly engaging.
Hugh has learned all of the material he uses in his work from folk
traditions, children, and their teachers and parents.
Please pre-register.
Music
Together with Alex Andrews – Ages 0 to 5:
Tuesday, July 7 and
Wednesday, July 22 at
3:45
PM
This
drop-in series features music and movement and a story with Alex Andrews
of Apple Country Music Together.
The
Magic of Bonaparte – All Ages: Tuesday, July 21 from
3:00
to
4:00 PM
Bonaparte
is “
Boston
’s Hottest
Magician”; his dazzling, interactive style of magic has captured the
hearts and provoked the laughter of thousands of children and adults
around the world. Children of
all ages will be amazed and astounded as they witness objects mysteriously
change places and change colors – right before their eyes!
Items Impossibly Vanish and Reappear – visual magic at its best!
Please pre-register.
Science
Magic – Ages 7 and up: Wednesday,
July 29 from
3:15
to
3:45 PM
Ever
wonder how magic tricks really work? This
program investigates the science behind the "magic" of several
classic magic tricks. You
might learn how to snatch a tablecloth without disturbing the items on
top, make a balloon fireproof, and use electromagnetism to defy gravity.
For the grand finale, our educator will demonstrate how science can
make it safe to lie down on a real bed of nails.
(Program content is geared toward school-age children and up.
Preschoolers are welcome to attend with their families and will
generally enjoy watching, but they will be too young to grasp the science
behind the presentations. There
are also some loud noises that might startle them.)
Please pre-register.
Jim
Cruise, a.k.a. “The Spoon Man” – All Ages:
Wednesday, August 5 from
4:00
to
4:45
PM
Come
and get “SPOONED” at the library – which is a whole lot better than
getting forked or knifed. The
“Spoon Man” has a totally clean act.
He never uses dirty silverware.
His program contains several outrageous impressions such as Glen
Miller and Elvis combining together, A Heavy Metal Spoon Player and A Rap
Spoon Player. He has an
audience sing-a-long competition. He
creates a Mountain Band out of members of the audience.
You may also see him play forks and knives.
In addition, if that is still not enough, everyone has an
opportunity to get “SPOONED.” Please
pre-register.
Wild
Animals of the Farm – Grades 1 and up: Tuesday,
August 11 ~ 2 half-hour sessions, starting at:
2:30
and
3:15 PM
Farms provide homes for domestic animals as well as
habitats for wild animals. Meet wildlife that use the fields, forests, and
barns as their home. The
Audubon Ark Outreach program will be bringing two animals to the library
for this presentation. Since
these are live animals, enrollment in each half-hour session is strictly
limited to 30 child participants (accompanying adults may also attend).
Please sign up for only one session.
Summer Reading
Finale Picnic – All Ages: Wed.,
August 19 from
12
to
1
PM
Celebrate your reading success at the picnic on the
library lawn. Bring your own
sandwiches, and we’ll supply drinks and snacks and fun!
And maybe the fire truck will even make an appearance…Please
pre-register. (Rain
Date: 8/20)
MOVIE
NIGHTS
Family
Movie Nights – All Ages (Rating for each movie follows the movie’s
title):
Bolt (PG)
– Friday, June 26 at
6:30 PM
Inkheart (PG) – Thursday, July 9 at
6:30 PM
Hotel for Dogs
(PG)
– Thursday, July 23 at
6:30 PM
Oliver and
Company (G)
– Thursday, August 6 at
6:30 PM
Madagascar
Escape 2
Africa
(PG) – Thursday, August 20 at
6:30 PM
Please pre-register for Family Movie Nights by calling
the Children’s Room at (978) 456 – 2381.
Thursday
Night at the Movies – Ages 13 through Adult (Rating for each movie
follows the movie’s title):
Confessions of
a Shopaholic (PG) – Thursday, July 16 at
7:00 PM
Mamma Mia!
Sing-a-long (PG-13)
– Thursday, July 30 at
7:00 PM
Jaws (PG) – Thursday, August 13 at
7:00 PM
Questions about Thursday Night at the Movies?
Call the Reference Desk at (978) 456 – 4114.
Book Groups for Children and Teens
Bagels
n’ Books for 3rd Graders:
Monday, July 20 from
4:00
to
4:45
PM
Bagels n’
Books for 4th Graders: Monday,
August 10 from
4:00
to
4:45
PM
Bagels n’
Books for 5th Graders: Tuesday,
July 14 from
4:00
to
4:45 PM
Bagels
n’ Books for 6th Graders:
Tuesday, July 28
from
4:00
to
4:45 PM
Summer book titles to be announced; sign up for a book
group, and we will request for you a copy of the book we will be
discussing. For the summer sessions of these book groups, rising 3rd
graders will be in the 3rd grade group, rising 4th
graders will be in the 4th grade group, and so on. Join us for
a lively book discussion and an afternoon snack of bagels & cream
cheese. Book group members should read all of the book prior to the group
meeting. New
members are always welcome!
Teen Book
Group – Grades 7 – 9: Tuesday,
August 4 from
4:30
to
5:30
PM
This group is facilitated by a library staff member.
Summer book title to be announced; sign up for the book group, and
we will request for you a copy of the book we will be discussing.
A snack will be served. New members are always welcome!
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