Jubal Harp & Song
Welcomes Spring and May Day!
Thursday, May 2nd at 10:30 in the SAL Room.
Join Judi for spring songs, finger-plays, movement to music with harp and guitar and a special dance around the May Pole!
No need to register; just show up for some fun! For babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their parents and caregivers.
Storytime and Stuffie Sleepover
Wednesday, May 22nd from 6:00 – 7:00pm
(Ages 0-6)
Join us for a special night-time Storytime and bring a stuffie or borrow one of ours to tuck in for a fun stuffie sleepover! Pajamas are encouraged. Come pick up your stuffies the next morning and see what fun they’ve been up to at the library!
A Monthly Book Club for Queer & Allied Youth.
(ages 12-18)
Queer Reads is an LGBTQ-friendly book club for kids 12-18. It’s a safe place to share thoughts around books we are reading and to talk about ideas and issues.
Please stop by the youth desk for a copy of this months book.
Dates:
May 1st, June 5th
May Book and Date:
Tegan and Sara: Junior High (Tegan and Sara, 1)
by
Wednesday, May 1st
From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes their bestselling contemporary middle grade graphic novel about growing up, coming out, and finding yourself through music and sisterhood―perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Sisters and Sweet Valley Twins.
Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something the sisters plan to face side by side, just like they’ve always faced things. But growing up also means growing apart, as Tegan and Sara make different friends and take separate paths to understanding their queerness. For the first time ever, they ask who one sister is without the other.
Set in the present day, this effervescent blend of fiction and autobiography, with artwork from Eisner Award–winner Tillie Walden, offers a glimpse at the twin sisters before they became indie-pop icons, exploring their shifting relationship, their own experiences coming out, and the first steps of their musical journey.
A prequel of sorts to the authors’ bestselling adult memoir High School, now an 8-episode Freevee television series!
June Book and Date:
Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)
by
Wednesday, June 5th
BE WHO YOU ARE.
When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she’s not a boy. She knows she’s a girl.
Melissa thinks she’ll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte’s Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can’t even try out for the part… because she’s a boy.
With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte — but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.
Teen Hangout
(Ages 12-18)
Open teen hangout afterschool! Middle and high school kids can come on their own after school to talk, play, and just hang out. The SAL Room will be available as a safe and welcoming space for teens and older tweens to just be themselves. Youth will be expected to adhere to the library’s behavior policy.
The library is on the Crossett Brook Bus 6 route.
Kids Art Club
(Grades 2-4)
Second Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00pm.
Dates:
May 8th, June 12th
Get creative and explore new art mediums and techniques. What’s better than unstructured artistic exploration in the good company of your peers? Nothing!
*ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED*
Registration required.
To register:
Kids Art Club – May (Google Form)
* We will have a new registration form each month *
Middle School Art Club
(Grades 5-8)
Second Wednesdays from 4:00 – 5:00pm.
Dates:
May 8th, June 12th
Tap into your creativity and enjoy exploring different art mediums and techniques in the good company of your peers.
*ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED*
Registration required.
To register:
Middle School Art Club – May (Google Form)
* We will have a new registration form each month *
Lego Club
(Ages 6+)
Once a month on the third Wednesday from 3:00 – 4:00 PM in the SAL room.
Dates:
May 15th – Build something that grows.
Teen Makerspace
Third Wednesdays in the SAL room.
(Ages 12-18)
Come one come all (Teens) and hang with your friends at WPL while exploring various art mediums.
Third Wednesdays from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the SAL room.
Dates:
May 15th
Preschool Play and Read Storytime
(Ages 3-5 with an adult.)
Most Thursdays 10:30 am at 10:30AM to 11:15AM in the SAL room.
Just drop in, no registration necessary.
A lively, interactive storytime just right for your preschooler. Short stories and familiar songs, rhymes and fingerplays are featured, with movement breaks to wiggle and dance.
Most Mondays at 10:30 am.
(Ages 0-3 with caregiver)
A slower, more repetitive Storytime that features songs and rhymes to include non-mobile lap infants and their caregivers. We invite Grown-ups to socialize after Storytime while the babies play.
Just drop in, no registration necessary.
