Attentional all lovers of Shakespeare! Join the 12th Annual Bard’s Birthday Bash/Sonnet Stroll. Gather on April 19 at 8:45am between The Villager Restaurant and The Yardgoods Center. At 10am we will be at The Waterville Public Library, then we will proceed through the rest of the locations listed below, stopping for lunch about 12:30 at…
Come to the library and paint a book end based on your favorite book to decorate your shelves at home! This event is supported by the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities. For more information: Call 207.680.2612, or email [email protected].
Homeschool students who are pre-school through elementary grade levels* are invited to come to the library for fun and activities! April 3: Game Day April 10: LEGO Time April 17: Shakespeare for Children with Recycled Shakespeare Company Who is William Shakespeare and why do we still take part in his world 400 years later? April…
Come right to the Children’s Department every Friday at 10:30am for songs and stories for babies, toddlers, and their families! The themes for April 2025 are: April 4: Shapes April 11: April Showers/ Rain April 18: Bunnies April 25: Frogs & Toads For More Information: Call 207.872.5433, email [email protected], or go to watervillelibrary.org.
April is Financial Literacy Month! Mrs. Liz will tell stories about money and introduce Maire Pelletier of the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) and the Alfond Scholarship Foundation (ASF). —— What is Family Storytime? Fun for children and their caregivers with music, movement, and a bit more reading than Rhymetime. The target audience is 5–8…
Pick up Grab & Go kits for adults and teens at Waterville Public Library every other Friday, for so long as supplies last. Each kit will contain the supplies and instructions for the current craft or activity. April’s projects will be Painted Wood Slices on April 11 and Clay Bats on April 25! For more…
Discover your child’s next favorite read! Each week on Thursdays at 7pm, Mrs. Liz will read an excerpt from one book off of the New Chapter Book or New Non-Fiction shelves, and the recording will be posted on our Facebook! See the video on facebook.com/watervillelibrary. For more information, call 207.872.5433, email [email protected], or go to…
Get free help with your writing at the Waterville Public Library. Trained Colby Farnham Writers’ Center tutors can assist at any stage of the writing process, whether developing an idea, working on a rough draft, or polishing a final draft. Free and open to the public. No registration is required. Tutoring will be available the…
Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30 and 4pm to make the craft with help from library staff! April 1: Bubble Wrap Raindrops April 8:  Cloud Craft April 15: Egg Crate Rabbit April 22: Pom-Pom Caterpillar April 29: Paper Butterflies Take pictures of the…
The first Thursday of every month, from 3:30–4:30pm, is time for Pawsome Tales with a furry visitor from Love on a Leash! Children can drop in and take turns reading their favorite book with the therapy dog. Reading to animals provides a fun, low-stress way to help children who struggle with literacy. No appointment necessary!…
Join the Waterville Public Library for a gathering of John Green fans discussing his adult nonfiction book The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, and his upcoming book, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection. Discussion will take place 5–6pm with refreshments and conversation to follow. This event is supported…
Homeschool students who are pre-school through elementary grade levels* are invited to come to the library for fun and activities! March 6: HSH Gardening with 4-H and University of Maine Cooperative Extension March 11: LEGO Time March 20: Paint-palooza! We provide the paint. You provide the imagination! March 27: Book Talk: Tell us all about…
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