ADULT SERVICES

• Regular Summer Hours, Children’s Room Open. As of July 1, we’ll be on our usual summer schedule: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.  Upstairs, downstairs, all around (except for the meeting room).  We ask that you mask for everyone’s well-being, and try to limit your visit to 45 minutes.  Masks are required for children 2-12.  Come on in—it’ll be good to see you.
• Adult Craft: Agate Painting. Create a beautiful watercolor painting of an agate slice with Lisa Walker of the Pop Up Art School.  The technique of wet-on-wet watercolor and salt on wet watercolor paint is easy to learn and fun to do, resulting in a striking piece of art.  Sign up for the Zoom link and select a curbside kit pick-up time. Limit 15 people.  Tuesday, July 17 at 7 p.m. [Note: registration now closed on this event]
• Where Are My Holds? That depends: if you want to continue picking them up curbside, simply schedule a time through the email link or call us, as you’ve been doing (same-day reservations have been discontinued).  Otherwise, we’ve restored the holds to their usual corner by the stairs when you come up to the main floor.  Once you find your hold, you can check it out yourself or we’d be happy to do it for you.  Mystery solved.

YOUTH SERVICES

FOR BABIES, TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS

• *Outdoor Storytimes with Ms. Carly. Join Ms. Carly for an outdoor storytime! Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements. We will meet on the green lawn behind the library. For babies through preschool age children, with caregivers. Registration required.  Face masks are required for children ages 2+. We encourage attendees to bring along a picnic blanket or a lawn chair. This event is weather permitting. You can register here or from our online eventkeeper calendar. Tuesdays,  July 13, July 20, and July 27 at 10:30 a.m.
• *Outside Storytimes with Ms. Pam! Join Ms. Pam for stories, songs, puppets, and activities OUTSIDE on the lawn behind the library. For ages 2.5 to 5 years with an adult. Questions? Please contact Youth Services Librarian Pam McCuen at pmccuen@minlib.net. Thursdays,  July 15, July 22, and July 29 at 9:30 a.m.

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Kids Take and Make Craft: Bubble Wrap Octopus. Let’s celebrate our 2021 Summer Reading Program: Tails and Tales with animal themed Take & Make Craft Kits. This week our craft for kids is a Bubble Wrap Octopus! We will provide most of the supplies you need to make this craft at home. For ages 4-10. Limit one per child. To schedule a pickup of your Take & Make Craft Kit from our curbside service shelf on Monday, July 19, register HERE. To schedule a pickup on Tuesday, July 20, register HERE.  
• Virtual Meet and Greet: Reptiles on Zoom.  Meet and learn about snakes, lizards, turtles, and tortoises! An animal educator from the Roger Williams Zoo will introduce you to these amazing reptiles. There will be opportunities for questions! For ages 3 and up. Please register HERE for the zoom link. Thursday, July 15, at 3:30 p.m
• Meet a Clown Fish and other Sea Creatures: Virtual Keeper Chat. Join a zookeeper from the Buttonwood Park zoo for a 20 minute encounter with jellyfish, clown fish, puffer fish, and  sea horses. Learn fun facts about these sea creatures and interview the keeper! For ages 3 and up.  Please register HERE for the zoom link. Tuesday, July 20 at 3:00 p.m.
• *Sea Creatures: Outdoor Storytime with Ms. Elise. Ms. Elise will read picture books about sea creatures. For ages 4 and up with an adult. Please register HERE or online from our Eventkeeper calendar. Wednesday, July 21, at 3:00 p.m.
• *Make a Carp Windsock: Outdoor STEM program with Ms. Pam. Children will design and create their own colorful windsocks in the shape of Japanese carp!  For ages 4 and up. Please register HERE or online from our Eventkeeper calendar. Thursday, July 22 at 3:00 p.m.
• *Magical Creatures: Outdoor Storytime with Ms. Elise. Ms. Elise will read picture books about magical creatures. For ages 4 and up with an adult. Please register HERE or online from our Eventkeeper calendar. Wednesday, July 28, at 3 p.m.

*Outdoor programs meet on the green lawn behind the library. Face masks are encouraged for all participants. We will assist in maintaining social distancing but encourage attendees to bring along a picnic blanket or a lawn chair. Registration is required. Outdoor programming is weather permitting. Call or follow us online for updates.

FOR TEENS

• Teens Take and Make Craft: Woven Sea Turtles. Bring home a Take & Make Craft Kit and make something awesome! This week our craft for Teens is Woven Sea Turtles. We will provide the supplies you need to make this craft at home. This craft is for ages 11 and up. Limit one per teen. To schedule a pickup of your Take & Make Craft Kit from our curbside service shelf on Monday, July 19, register HERE. To schedule a pickup on Tuesday, July 20, register HERE. Registration for this craft with open on Wednesday July 7. 
• Ocean Tides Wall Hanging Craft for Teens. Teens! Make your own one-of-a-kind Ocean Tides Wall Hanging! Each participant will receive a kit including a sand dollar, starfish, driftwood and a glass vial for collecting sand. Use these, and add from your own collection of beach treasures to make your own unique wall hanging. Workshop led by local artist Many Roberege. For teens ages 11 and up. Register HERE for the zoom link and to schedule a time to pick up your craft kit. Thursday, July 29, at 4:00 p.m.

SUMMER READING

• Summer Reading Program for children in grades pre-K to Grade 5 has started! The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program for children in grades pre-K to Grade 5 is Tails & Tales. We will be bringing you a blend of virtual and in-person (outside) activities featuring animals, real and imaginary. Highlights include virtual zookeeper chats with Buttonwood Park Zoo and Roger Williams Park Zoo, and a virtual bug show with Joy Marzolf of The Joys of Nature. We will also offer in-person outdoor STEM and craft programs, scavenger hunts, and weekly take and make crafts. Children will keep track of their reading online or on paper logs and will earn virtual badges for time reading, for attending programs, and for completing fun craft and STEM challenges. Every child who registers can pick up a goody bag at the library. Participants will also earn raffle tickets for prizes! Register for the kids Summer Reading Program at Waylandlibrary.Beanstack.org.
• Summer Reading Program for Teens has started! Teens will keep track of their reading online and will earn badges for books read, for writing reviews, for attending programs, and for completing take and make crafts. Teens will also earn raffle tickets for prizes! Programming highlights include a Comics Making Workshop with Jarrett Lerner, Teens Cooking Green, and an Ocean Tides Wall Hanging Craft, all offered through zoom. In addition, there will be weekly take and make crafts to pick up at the library.  Register for the Teen Summer Reading Program at Waylandlibrary.Beanstack.org.