The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is for teens who want to earn some volunteer hours and share their voice with the library! TAG provides vital assistance with library events, including the books sales in summer and winter, the Story Book Breakfast, children’s programs and so much more. Teens and tweens might help out by wearing […]
Attention gamers: if you own a Playstation 4 or a Nintendo Switch, the library has games which you can borrow to use with your gaming device! Check our catalog to see which titles you can choose from. Follow this link to see games for Playstation 4. You can view the list of Nintendo Switch titles […]
Do you like unicorns? Do you enjoy reading fantasy novels? You don’t want to miss out on this virtual event! Children’s author Kamilla Benko will be joining us on the morning of Saturday, September 12 at 11:00 on Zoom. Kamilla will be with us to discuss her middle grade trilogy, The Unicorn Quest. The program […]
The Youth Services Department has rolled out BookMatch, a new service to provide personalized reading recommendations. This is now available for teenage readers. Follow this link for more details. We provide a brief form that you submit to us about stories you have enjoyed, your favorite books, and a few other questions. The information you […]
Our monthly Book Club meetings for students in grades 4 to 6 focusing on the Massachusetts Children’s Book Awards (MCBA) titles will next meet on Thursday, February 27 at 4:00 PM. Sponsored by Salem State University, the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Program is a statewide reading program for children in grades 4-6. Each year, a […]
Robert Zupperoli, Children’s Literature Specialist, gave his annual presentation of the Best Books of the Year for children here at the library on November 30th. If you missed his talk, you can still see what his recommendations were. For anyone who buys books for children (parents and grandparents, teachers, librarians), this is a great resource! […]