The TOHP Burnham Public Library invites kids to join Preschool teacher and musician Ms. Katie for a fun early literacy music and movement story time for the whole family. Designed for children ages 0-8 and their adult. Learn about your child's development while you play, move, explore instruments, sing, read and have fun together!
The TOHP Burnham Public Library invites children, ages 5 and older, to join Karen Bell of "Something Extra Flowers" as she guides participants in the sweet and nostalgic tradition of creating May Day Baskets. Our baskets will actually be mini Mason jars full of fresh flowers and once finished, children & their adults will walk as a group to Chebacco Terrace to secretly drop off their "baskets" to local senior citizens by dropping them at their doorstep-just as children would have done 100 years ago!
Sawyer Free Library is excited to host its first annual Comic-con.
The Sawyer Free Library’s first-ever Comic-Con will be on Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 2 Dale Avenue in Gloucester, MA.
GloCon 2022 is a free, all-ages event celebrating comics, graphic novels as art, literature and pop culture that will bring together fans, young and old, and creators for a jam-packed day of special guests, workshops, live programs, games, photo ops, and more! Celebrating the library's graphic novel and comicbook collections, costumes are encouraged!
Registration only for workshops required.
Kids are invited to the library for Board Game Day! Come by the children's room from 4-10pm to play a game!
The Pysanky For Peace Project is excited to announce our first exhibition of pysanky and messages to Ukraine! Join the Wenham Museum in Wenham, MA on April 16th for the opening of the exhibit. All donations accepted throughout the exhibition which runs through mid-June will be given to RAZOM for Ukraine.
Join us for our first game night for teens! We’ll have a variety of board games, snacks, and drinks. This is a drop-in program so no registration is required, but we request that all attendees are at least 12 years of age.
The TOHP Burnham Public Library invites teens and tweens, grades 6-12, to reserve your place to join us for an afternoon of Mod Podge! Each participant will receive a mini wooden box to decoupage with paper/magazines/comics/newspaper...even book pages-however you like! Spaces are limited-sign up early!
Take a moment this month and join Teen Librarian Katy to try your hand at watercolor painting. It's time to catch our breaths and slow down. After watching a brief watercolor video all together, you will use the provided materials to conjure up your own winter scenes on paper and check out what others are doing at the same time.
For students in grades 1 to 5. Jenny Carlson (form High Street Studio in Ipswich) will be the instructor of a Movement mapping program which contains a STEM activity and the art of dance. Symbols designate different dance moves and students draw and design their own choreography map! The participants will perform the dance that they drafted on paper and then the dancers will perform each other's movement maps. Math, science, and dance all in the same program.
A Drop-In Craft program held once a month on a Thursday afternoon (check the online calendar or pick up a calendar in the Children’s Room). Intended for school age children with intricate and challenging crafts. Each child under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver to actively assist with the craft. Programs are under the Event Tent on the lawn of the library. Inclement weather may require the programs to be held inside in the Collins Room.
