Upcoming Events

Join us at North Farms Park to kick-off the start of our Summer StoryWalk! We will walk the trail and read Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall together. 

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Learn about the four essential components of a habitat – food, water, shelter, and space (air). We will play a game and meet live animal ambassadors while learning about native animals that live in CT habitats such as fields, forests, and ponds.

Calling all animal lovers! Come to the library to learn about LIONS and to make your own lion to take home!

Recommended for ages 6-11 years.

Registration required.

Every pellet tells a story! Become a detective and forensic examiner as you dissect and explore an owl pellet.

Registration required. Recommended for ages 6-12.

Presented by Meigs Point Nature Center.

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Join Tony Renzoni, Keely Basiden Knudsen, and Lauren Salatto-Rosenay for a special reading and signing of their book about the legendary softball coach, Joan Joyce: The Wonder Girl. 

Learn how to make your own bubble solution and wands. We'll watch bubbles of all sizes float and dazzle us with their rainbow colors!

Registration is not required. Recommended for children of all ages.

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Meet and learn about furry friends such as ferrets, guinea pigs, sugar gliders, rabbits, hedgehogs, and more!

This program contains live animals.

No registration required!

Join us in-person at the Smith Library to make a craft inspired by Mercy Watson and to listen to a talk with Kate DiCamillo. Can't come in person?

To join us online click the "register here" button. To join us in person click here to register.

Participants will explore the fundamentals of unplugged coding concepts and robotics. We’ll investigate algorithms, ASCII binary code, and looping. Children will code mini robots including Dash, Sphero, and Bee Bots!

What are food webs and why are they so important? Build a spider web to learn what animals eat and who eats them!

Registration required. Recommended for children ages 5-11.

Presented by Meigs Point Nature Center.

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Meet and learn about scaly friends such as tortoises, hermit crabs, spiders, geckos, snakes, and more!

This program contains live animals.

No registration required!

Join us in-person at the Smith Library to do an activity and to listen to a talk with Max Brallier.

To join us online click the "register here" button. To join us in person click here to register.

Participants learn about wonder of outer space in this fast-paced, educational program. Exciting activities from NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education are included!

North? South? Enrich your outdoor adventures by learning to read a map and use a compass then test your new skills with some orienteering games.

Registration Required. Recommended for children ages 5-11.

Join in the fun as we read through a Choose Your Own Adventure book. We will end each session with a craft or activity that pertains to the adventure we've just read. 

Registration Required

Calling all animal lovers! Come to the library to learn about BEES and to make your own bee to take home!

Recommended for ages 6-11 years.

Registration required.

Amaze your friends and mystify your parents (in a good way!) by learning how to use science to make magic. Learn mind-boggling magic tricks while exploring science concepts. Come prepared to be amazed and amused!

After reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, we will explore the properties of different liquids and whether those properties change when the materials are combined to make oobleck.