Youth Programs – Waterbury Public Library, Waterbury Vermont

2024 Summer Reading Adventures

At the Waterbury Public Library.

For all ages! All summer long!

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Pick up your reading log & gift bag OR teen game board.
Set a reading goal for yourself for the summer. Make it a challenge!
Bring your reading log back by August 10th for a special sweet treat!
Can’t make it by Aug 10th? Bring your log back between 8/11 and 8/31 to pick out a free book.

Adventure Begins at Your Library.

This summer is about taking chances, pushing yourself to take risks and living life to the fullest! In honor of that, Waterbury Public Library (WPL) is encouraging readers of all ages to participate in our 2024 Summer Reading Adventure.

List of Summer Reading Events at the Waterbury Public Library

GARDENING ACTIVITY (link)

Friday, July 26th at 10:30 am.

Special Guest and UVM Master Gardener Rachel Babin will lead a children’s gardening activity in the NEW WPL Children’s garden. We’ll learn more about how plants grow, and the specific ones we have in our garden.

BUSY MORNING BAND W/ LINDA BASSICK (link)

Friday, August 2nd at 11:30 am.

Through music and the animation, Maple shows us how everyday activities provide opportunities for connection. (ALL AGES)

TEEN LOUNGE (link)

1st and 3rd Wednesdays

Wednesday, August 7th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm.

Join your friends in the SAL or outside in the Gardens to Game/Read/Write/Draw together. Bring your own preferred materials or devices. There will be lawn games available, too

(12 – 18 years old)

TEEN QUEER READS (link)

Wednesday. August 7th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm.

Stop in at WPL or check our click the link above to see what books or activities we are going to cover these months.

(12-18)

SUMMER READING FINALE / LIBRARY OLYMPIC GAMES (link)

Saturday, Aug. 10th from 10:00 am – Noon.

Celebrate the end of the summer reading program with the Library Olympic Games. There will be game stations, challenges, free books, prizes, and popsicles! Stick around for the Teen Raffle Prize Drawing at Noon. (ALL AGES)

Children’s Gardening Activity w/ UVM Master Gardener Rachel Babin / Fri July 26 / 10:30am

Children’s Gardening Activity w/ UVM Master Gardener Rachel Babin

Friday, July 26th in the WPL Children’s Garden at 10:30am.

Come to the WPL Children’s Garden (or in the SAL room, in the case of inclement weather) for a fun gardening activity with UVM Master Gardener, Rachel Babin!

What does a plant need to grow? Do you know all the different parts of a plant? Join us for a fun discussion and demonstration followed by a WPL Children’s Garden colors scavenger hunt! (ALL AGES)

Maple’s Busy Morning / Fri August 2nd / 11:30am

Maple’s Busy Morning

Library tour 2024

Friday, August 2nd at 11:30am.

We will be outside in the Library Garden. In case of rain we will move inside into the Steele Room.

Through music and animation, Maple shows us how everyday activities provide opportunities for connection.

All Ages

Summer Reading FINALE – Library Olympics / Sat Aug 10 / 10am

Summer Reading FINALE – Library Olympics

Saturday, August 10th – Drop in between 10 – 12

Visit each of our challenge stations:

Book Stack: How fast can you stack the books?
Ring Toss: Can you get the bean bags to land inside the Olympic rings?
Scavenger Hunt: Will you be the fastest to find all of the objects?
Book Balance: Navigate an obstacle course balancing a book on your head!
Fast Alphabet: How fast can you put the books in order?

Give yourself 30 minutes to complete all of the challenges.

Winners will be announced at 12. There will be popsicles!

Teen Raffle Drawing to follow. Who will win the GIANT Squishmallow??

Teen Queer Reads / 1st Wednesdays / 6PM

Teen Queer Reads

A Monthly Book Club for Queer & Allied Youth.

(ages 12-18)

The first Wednesday of each month from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in the SAL Room.

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:

August 7th

Wednesday, August 7th

NIMONA

by ND STEVENSON

We will start the movie at 6:00!

Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism!

All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from N.D. Stevenson. Featuring an exclusive epilogue not seen in the web comic, along with bonus conceptual sketches and revised pages throughout, this gorgeous full-color graphic novel is perfect for the legions of fans of the web comic and is sure to win Noelle many new ones.

Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are.But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona’s powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.

Teen Lounge / 1st & 3rd Wednesdays / 4-6pm

1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 4:00 – 6:00 PM in the SAL room.

August 7th

Join your friends in the SAL or outside in the Gardens to Game/Read/Write/Draw together. Bring your own preferred materials or devices. There will be lawn games available, too!

(Ages 12-18)

Storytime Music & Movement (Tiny Tots) / Most Mondays / 10:30AM

Storytime Music & Movement (Tiny Tots)

Most Mondays at 10:30 am.

Ms. Heather of The Children’s Room is making a “surprise” visit to storytime on Monday August 5th at 10:30!

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.

Children’s Garden Time / Tuesdays / 10am

Come to the Children’s Garden (in most weather) to work with Ms. Sandra. We’ll water, weed, plant, look for bugs, play, and generally care for and enjoy our WPL Children’s Garden.

Preschool Play & Read Storytime / Thursdays / 10:30AM

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.

TEEN SUMMER READING BOARD GAME

TEEN SUMMER READING BOARD GAME

Kids going into 5th grade & up may participate in the Teen Summer Reading Program.

You can download the 2024 Teen Game Board by clicking here or pick one up at the library.

After that, come to the help desk to pick up your incentives and to fill out your grand prize entry raffles!