Our Winter Reading Program is back this year with a new theme - Star Wars! Star Wars fans, book lovers, creatures, and droids of all ages (children, teens, and adults) are all invited to participate. (You don't have to have any Star Wars knowledge to participate and enjoy this event!)

To participate sign up at graftonlibrary.beanstack.com or visit graftonlibrary.org/wrp for more details.

Toddler Time is a program for children who are walking-age 3 years. Join Ms. Sarah to share stories, sing songs, enjoy movement activities, and recite rhymes and finger plays.

This Winter's storytime session contains four all new video programs. The videos will be available until February 28th. Watch them all now:

Toddler Time (at home) - Rabbit's Gift

Toddler Time (at home) - In the Snow

Toddler Time (at home) - Hibernation Station

Toddler Time (at home) - Oh!

Preschool Storytime is a virtual storytime program for children ages 3-5.  Join Ms.Sarah to share stories, songs, felt board fun, and movement activities.

This Winter's storytime session contains four all new video programs. The videos will be available until February 28th. Watch them all now:

Preschool Storytime (at home) - Gingerbread

Preschool Storytime (at home) - Winter

Preschool Storytime (at home) - Bears

Preschool Storytime (at home) - Snowmen

We're pleased to present this series of musical videos for preschool aged children performed by Apple Tree Arts faculty. A new video will debut each week. 

Watch this weeks video now!

Register below to receive the password to the website.

Join STEM Beginnings for a 6-week virtual series for children, ages 3-6. Children will learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts through hands-on activities, story time and simple experiments.

This is an interactive class using Zoom and parents/caregivers are encouraged to help their child. A list of materials for families to prepare for each class will be provided weekly.

Registration will begin two weeks prior to each event. By registering for this event, you are registering for this one event, not the entire six-week program. If the event is full, you may still submit this form to be placed on the waiting list. Attendees on the waiting list will be added to our next session.  A minimum of eight families are required in order for the class to be held. If we do not receive the minimum number of registrants, this event may be canceled. A valid email address is required to register for all Grafton Public Library programs. A Zoom link will be sent to each registrant no later than twenty-four hours before the event is scheduled.   If you are unable to attend, please call the Grafton Public Library at 508-839-4649.

Siblings are welcome. Only one registration is required per family. 

The “Young Scientists” series is sponsored by the YMCA Family & Community Partnership (YFCP), which is a Massachusetts Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) Grant funded by the Department of Early Education and Care and awarded to the YMCA of Central Massachusetts.

Join Ms. Kristin for a virtual book discussion for kids in third, fourth, and fifth grade.

Copies of the book Wildwood by Colin Meloy will be available for pick up at the Library. The book is also available on Hoopla.

We will also be completing a book-themed craft after discussion.

Join us on Slack (see instructions below) for an online discussion of Creativity Rules: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World, by Tina Seelig, available in Hoopla, as an eBook.


Description: "International bestselling author and Stanford University professor Tina Seelig adapts her wildly popular creativity course to a practical guide on how to put your best ideas into action. In Creativity Rules, she shares this wisdom, offering inspiration and guidance to transform ideas into reality. Readers will learn how to work through the four steps of The Invention Cycle: Imagination (envisioning things that do not yet exist), Creativity (applying your imagination to address a challenge), Innovation (applying creativity to generate unique solutions), and Entrepreneurship (applying innovation, to bring ideas to fruition, where our ideas then gain the power to inspire the imaginations of others). Using each step to build upon the last, you can create something much complex, interesting, and powerful."

On Tuesday, January 26th at 7:30pm, join us on Slack:

Use the following link to sign up for an account:

https://join.slack.com/t/graftonpubliclibrary/shared_invite/zt-gevuyf4g-j3XtdeTQ8JSEUpI8GHItNQ

If you have already signed up for an account, use this link to get to the log in screen:

http://graftonpubliclibrary.slack.com

Once you have logged in, make sure the top of the screen says  #january-26-gpl-inspirational-book-group-creativity-rules

                 
If it does not, then look for the channel name on the left hand side of the screen and click on it.

If you have any questions about how to read or listen to the digital titles, how to get a physical copy of the book, or how participate in the discussion, contact the Grafton Public Library at info@graftonlibrary.org
 

Join the Grafton Public Library on each Friday school half-day for a special event or activity.

This week, stop by the Library's temporary location to pick up a crystal snowflake kit! One kit per person please, while supplies last.

Join STEM Beginnings for a 6-week virtual series for children, ages 3-6. Children will learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts through hands-on activities, story time and simple experiments.

This is an interactive class using Zoom and parents/caregivers are encouraged to help their child. A list of materials for families to prepare for each class will be provided weekly.

Registration will begin two weeks prior to each event. By registering for this event, you are registering for this one event, not the entire six-week program. If the event is full, you may still submit this form to be placed on the waiting list. Attendees on the waiting list will be added to our next session.  A minimum of eight families are required in order for the class to be held. If we do not receive the minimum number of registrants, this event may be canceled. A valid email address is required to register for all Grafton Public Library programs. A Zoom link will be sent to each registrant no later than twenty-four hours before the event is scheduled.   If you are unable to attend, please call the Grafton Public Library at 508-839-4649.

Siblings are welcome. Only one registration is required per family. 

The “Young Scientists” series is sponsored by the YMCA Family & Community Partnership (YFCP), which is a Massachusetts Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) Grant funded by the Department of Early Education and Care and awarded to the YMCA of Central Massachusetts.

Reading is better when we do it together! The Grafton Public Library is celebrating #WorldReadAloudDay on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021.

Check back on Wednesday, February 3rd for a link to a special storytime.

Families can register for a special Read Aloud day kit. Each kit contains a selection of our favorite books to read aloud, as well as some other fun activities and ideas that will help you to celebrate World Read Aloud Day.

Registration is required. Kits will be available at curbside pickup on Monday, February 1st, Tuesday February 2nd, or Wednesday, February 3rd. The books inside each kit will be checked out to you and will need to be returned to the library.

Join the Grafton Public Library on each Friday school half-day for a special event or activity!

This week, stop by the Library's temporary location to pick up a special valentine. One per person please, while supplies last.

Join STEM Beginnings for a 6-week virtual series for children, ages 3-6. Children will learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts through hands-on activities, story time and simple experiments.

This is an interactive class using Zoom and parents/caregivers are encouraged to help their child. A list of materials for families to prepare for each class will be provided weekly.

Registration will begin two weeks prior to each event. By registering for this event, you are registering for this one event, not the entire six-week program. If the event is full, you may still submit this form to be placed on the waiting list. Attendees on the waiting list will be added to our next session.  A minimum of eight families are required in order for the class to be held. If we do not receive the minimum number of registrants, this event may be canceled. A valid email address is required to register for all Grafton Public Library programs. A Zoom link will be sent to each registrant no later than twenty-four hours before the event is scheduled.   If you are unable to attend, please call the Grafton Public Library at 508-839-4649.

Siblings are welcome. Only one registration is required per family. 

The “Young Scientists” series is sponsored by the YMCA Family & Community Partnership (YFCP), which is a Massachusetts Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) Grant funded by the Department of Early Education and Care and awarded to the YMCA of Central Massachusetts.

Join Ms. Kristin for a virtual book discussion for kids in first and second grade.

Copies of the book Eye by Eye by Sara Levine will be available for pick up at the Library. The book is also available on Hoopla.

We will also be completing a book-themed craft after discussion.

Join us on Slack (see instructions below) for an online discussion of Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell, available in regular print, large print, as an audio on CD, Playaway, and through OverDrive/Libby as an eBook and eAudio.

Join the Grafton Public Library on each Friday school half-day for a special event or activity!

This week, stop by the Library's temporary location to pick up a special valentine craft kit. One kit per person please, while supplies last.

Join STEM Beginnings for a 6-week virtual series for children, ages 3-6. Children will learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts through hands-on activities, story time and simple experiments.

This is an interactive class using Zoom and parents/caregivers are encouraged to help their child. A list of materials for families to prepare for each class will be provided weekly.

Registration will begin two weeks prior to each event. By registering for this event, you are registering for this one event, not the entire six-week program. If the event is full, you may still submit this form to be placed on the waiting list. Attendees on the waiting list will be added to our next session.  A minimum of eight families are required in order for the class to be held. If we do not receive the minimum number of registrants, this event may be canceled. A valid email address is required to register for all Grafton Public Library programs. A Zoom link will be sent to each registrant no later than twenty-four hours before the event is scheduled.   If you are unable to attend, please call the Grafton Public Library at 508-839-4649.

Siblings are welcome. Only one registration is required per family. 

The “Young Scientists” series is sponsored by the YMCA Family & Community Partnership (YFCP), which is a Massachusetts Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) Grant funded by the Department of Early Education and Care and awarded to the YMCA of Central Massachusetts.

Join Ms. Kristin for a virtual book discussion for kids in third, fourth, and fifth grade.

We will also be completing a book-themed craft after discussion.