CANCELLED - Jennifer is unable to hold this session today, sorry!
Join certified Yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn from Nurtured Roots at the Town Hall Green in front of the Old Library to stretch and breath deep.Yoga helps children and adults build strength, balance and mindfulness. These Family Yoga classes are engaging and fun! For caregivers with children up through 5 years old.
Please bring a towel or mat. Remember to wear your mask and social distance. Limited to 12 families .
Sessions are free, but registration is required. Register online through the calendar at thayerpubliclibrary.org , in person, or over the phone at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Weather permitting - (no Rain Date)
CANCELLED - Jennifer is unable to hold this session today, sorry!
Join certified Yoga instructor Jennifer Lynn from Nurtured Roots at the Town Hall Green in front of the Old Library to stretch and breath deep.Yoga helps children and adults build strength, balance and mindfulness. These Family Yoga classes are engaging and fun! For caregivers with children up through 5 years old.
Please bring a towel or mat. Remember to wear your mask and social distance. Limited to 12 families .
Sessions are free, but registration is required. Register online through the calendar at thayerpubliclibrary.org , in person, or over the phone at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Weather permitting - (no Rain Date)
Grab your free starter kit & book, then meet us online on Tuesday Sept. 29 @3:30pm for an hour drawing hangout. Kit pickups at Thayer Public Library will run September 24th 10am-4pm and September 25th & 28th 10am-4pm.
Grab your free starter kit & book, then meet us online on Tuesday Sept. 29 @3:30pm for an hour drawing hangout. Kit pickups at Thayer Public Library will run September 24th 10am-4pm and September 25th & 28th 10am-4pm.
Get an easy children's Halloween craft to make! Today's Halloween project is "5 Little Pumpkins"! You'll get the "5 Little Pumpkins" rhyme, plus supplies to make 5 pumpkin puppets - craft sticks, and pumpkins of paper (to put faces on, or decorate any way you want.) After you make it, you can act it out!
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pick Up 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 8.
Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 is the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Get an easy children's Halloween craft to make! Today's Halloween project is "5 Little Pumpkins"! You'll get the "5 Little Pumpkins" rhyme, plus supplies to make 5 pumpkin puppets - craft sticks, and pumpkins of paper (to put faces on, or decorate any way you want.) After you make it, you can act it out!
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pick Up 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 8.
Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 is the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Enjoy Storytime outside! It will take place today at the Town Hall Green (across from the current library - in front of Town Hall, by the 1900's old Thayer Public Library building). It will feature a story relatd to our "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. Children and families can listen to some stories and sing some songs, led by Elisabeth, the Children's Librarian. Bring a blanket or towel to sit on.We'll be using social distancing. Part of Thayer Public Library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. This program may fufill criteria for a badge on a minority group .
The Reading Challenge happens Sept 7 - Nov. 18, for children, teens and adults at https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
Enjoy Storytime outside! It will take place today at the Town Hall Green (across from the current library - in front of Town Hall, by the 1900's old Thayer Public Library building). It will feature a story relatd to our "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. Children and families can listen to some stories and sing some songs, led by Elisabeth, the Children's Librarian. Bring a blanket or towel to sit on.We'll be using social distancing. Part of Thayer Public Library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. This program may fufill criteria for a badge on a minority group .
The Reading Challenge happens Sept 7 - Nov. 18, for children, teens and adults at https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
Columbus Day
This month's discussion is on The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú. 278 pages
"For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Driven to understand the hard realities of the landscape he loves, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners learn to track other humans under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and deliver to detention those they find alive.
Plagued by a growing awareness of his complicity in a dehumanizing enterprise, he abandons the Patrol for civilian life. But when an immigrant friend travels to Mexico to visit his dying mother and does not return, Cantú discovers that the border has migrated with him, and now he must know the full extent of the violence it wreaks, on both sides of the line." Overdrive
The Library's book clubs are supporting the Read Woke: Reading for Change community program by choosing titles that:
– Cicely Lewis, creator of Read Woke Check out Read Woke to find out more.
A limited number of e-books are available on Overdrive. Physical copies of the book and audiobook are available for pick up at the library circulation desk. The Library is open on M/W/F from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM for holds pick up and limited browsing, and on T/Th there is curbside pick-up available from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Call 781-848-0405 x4410 for pick up.
This discussion will be held on Zoom. Please register so that you will recieve the Zoom invitation with meeting access. Intivations will be sent out the day before the meeting.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion is on The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú. 278 pages
"For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Driven to understand the hard realities of the landscape he loves, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners learn to track other humans under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and deliver to detention those they find alive.
Plagued by a growing awareness of his complicity in a dehumanizing enterprise, he abandons the Patrol for civilian life. But when an immigrant friend travels to Mexico to visit his dying mother and does not return, Cantú discovers that the border has migrated with him, and now he must know the full extent of the violence it wreaks, on both sides of the line." Overdrive
The Library's book clubs are supporting the Read Woke: Reading for Change community program by choosing titles that:
– Cicely Lewis, creator of Read Woke Check out Read Woke to find out more.
A limited number of e-books are available on Overdrive. Physical copies of the book and audiobook are available for pick up at the library circulation desk. The Library is open on M/W/F from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM for holds pick up and limited browsing, and on T/Th there is curbside pick-up available from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Call 781-848-0405 x4410 for pick up.
This discussion will be held on Zoom. Please register so that you will recieve the Zoom invitation with meeting access. Intivations will be sent out the day before the meeting.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
New episode of "You Should Read This," available on Tuesday October 13th on Instagram at 3pm! Halloween Edition!
"You Should Read This" is a 5 minute book recommendation video produced by Christina, the Young Adult Librarian. It features 2 books and an audiobook you should read.
New episode of "You Should Read This," available on Tuesday October 13th on Instagram at 3pm! Halloween Edition!
"You Should Read This" is a 5 minute book recommendation video produced by Christina, the Young Adult Librarian. It features 2 books and an audiobook you should read.
Get an easy children's Halloween craft to make! Today's Halloween project is a spider! Who do you want to scare with your BIG Spider?!
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pickup 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 15.
Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 was the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Get an easy children's Halloween craft to make! Today's Halloween project is a spider! Who do you want to scare with your BIG Spider?!
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pickup 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 15.
Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 was the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
This month's selection is An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. The Virtual Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m. on October 14th, the second Wednesday of the month. The virtual meeting room will open at 11:50 a.m. for anyone who would like to arrive early and get settled with audio and video up and running.
This virtual meeting is open to new members and guests, but advance registration is required by Tuesday, October 13th. The Zoom invite will be mailed only to registered participants, one day before the meeting date.
The monthly selection is available as a downloadable e-book in the library's Hoopla collection: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11816738 and as a downloadable e-audiobook https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12038894. You must have a Thayer Public Library card to access the Thayer Public Library's Hoopla collection; if you have a library card from a different library that offers Hoopla, you can also find it in your library's Hoopla collection.
This month's selection is An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. The Virtual Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m. on October 14th, the second Wednesday of the month. The virtual meeting room will open at 11:50 a.m. for anyone who would like to arrive early and get settled with audio and video up and running.
This virtual meeting is open to new members and guests, but advance registration is required by Tuesday, October 13th. The Zoom invite will be mailed only to registered participants, one day before the meeting date.
The monthly selection is available as a downloadable e-book in the library's Hoopla collection: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11816738 and as a downloadable e-audiobook https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12038894. You must have a Thayer Public Library card to access the Thayer Public Library's Hoopla collection; if you have a library card from a different library that offers Hoopla, you can also find it in your library's Hoopla collection.
This month's book is: A Gift of Hope: Helping the Homeless by Danielle Steel.
For eleven years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco. She worked anonymously, visiting the "cribs" of the city's most vulnerable citizens under cover of darkness, distributing food, clothing, bedding, tools, and toiletries. She sought no publicity for her efforts and remained anonymous throughout. Now she is speaking to bring attention to their plight.
In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, the famously private author speaks out publicly for the first time about her work among the most desperate members of our society. She offers achingly acute portraits of the people she met along the way--and issues a heartfelt call for more effective action to aid this vast, deprived population. Determined to supply the homeless with the basic necessities to keep them alive, she ends up giving them something far more powerful: a voice.
By turns candid and inspirational, Danielle Steel's A Gift of Hope is a true act of advocacy and love.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom invitation, which will be sent the day before the meeting. Register online through this calendar listing, in person at the Reference Desk or over the phone at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's book is: A Gift of Hope: Helping the Homeless by Danielle Steel.
For eleven years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco. She worked anonymously, visiting the "cribs" of the city's most vulnerable citizens under cover of darkness, distributing food, clothing, bedding, tools, and toiletries. She sought no publicity for her efforts and remained anonymous throughout. Now she is speaking to bring attention to their plight.
In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, the famously private author speaks out publicly for the first time about her work among the most desperate members of our society. She offers achingly acute portraits of the people she met along the way--and issues a heartfelt call for more effective action to aid this vast, deprived population. Determined to supply the homeless with the basic necessities to keep them alive, she ends up giving them something far more powerful: a voice.
By turns candid and inspirational, Danielle Steel's A Gift of Hope is a true act of advocacy and love.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom invitation, which will be sent the day before the meeting. Register online through this calendar listing, in person at the Reference Desk or over the phone at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
The Saturday Morning Writers Group meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Tuesday, October 20, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Advance registration by Monday, October 19, is required to receive the Zoom meeting invite. Register here on the event calendar, or email Laurie to register. If you have any questions on the writers group or how to attend virtually via Zoom, please email Laurie at lcavanaugh@braintreema.gov.
Meet others who love to write! Share tips of the trade, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The Saturday Morning Writers Group meets monthly to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Our discussion starter this month will be ____(TBD)
Reading briefly from your own work is optional. Meetings are sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; group meetings are facilitated by a librarian.
The Saturday Morning Writers Group meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Tuesday, October 20, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Advance registration by Monday, October 19, is required to receive the Zoom meeting invite. Register here on the event calendar, or email Laurie to register. If you have any questions on the writers group or how to attend virtually via Zoom, please email Laurie at lcavanaugh@braintreema.gov.
Meet others who love to write! Share tips of the trade, and get/give encouragement and support to other area writers. The Saturday Morning Writers Group meets monthly to talk about works in progress and the writing and publishing process. Our discussion starter this month will be ____(TBD)
Reading briefly from your own work is optional. Meetings are sponsored by the Thayer Public Library; group meetings are facilitated by a librarian.
Get a Take & Make Halloween FUN BAG! It has an easy children's Halloween activity, a pencil plus some other surprises! The staff of the Children's Room wish you Happy Halloween!
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pick Up 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 22.
Next Wednesday, we'll be highlighting the "The Day of the Dead" a Mexican cultural celebration .Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 was the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Get a Take & Make Halloween FUN BAG! It has an easy children's Halloween activity, a pencil plus some other surprises! The staff of the Children's Room wish you Happy Halloween!
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pick Up 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 22.
Next Wednesday, we'll be highlighting the "The Day of the Dead" a Mexican cultural celebration .Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 was the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Virtual Parent/Youth Book Discussion of "New Kid" by Jerry Craft. You're invited to read this funny, appealing story of a kid starting at a private school. He finds it is difficult to fit in there, and also at his old neighborhood. The pictures add fun to the book. The e-book is available to download for free on Hoopla (always available, no waiting), or a book copy may also be placed on hold. For youth aged 6 - 11, and their parents. Youth may join in without their parents. Held on Zoom, not at the library.
Please sign-up using the Register button below, by Sunday Oct. 18. The link to Zoom will be emailed before the discussion. 781 848-0405 ext 4425 for Children's Room or estrachan@OCLN.org.
Part of Thayer Public Library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. This program fufills criteria for the badge for African American Voices. The Reading Challenge happens Sept 7 - Nov. 18, for children, teens and adults at https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
Virtual Parent/Youth Book Discussion of "New Kid" by Jerry Craft. You're invited to read this funny, appealing story of a kid starting at a private school. He finds it is difficult to fit in there, and also at his old neighborhood. The pictures add fun to the book. The e-book is available to download for free on Hoopla (always available, no waiting), or a book copy may also be placed on hold. For youth aged 6 - 11, and their parents. Youth may join in without their parents. Held on Zoom, not at the library.
Please sign-up using the Register button below, by Sunday Oct. 18. The link to Zoom will be emailed before the discussion. 781 848-0405 ext 4425 for Children's Room or estrachan@OCLN.org.
Part of Thayer Public Library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. This program fufills criteria for the badge for African American Voices. The Reading Challenge happens Sept 7 - Nov. 18, for children, teens and adults at https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
Join South Shore teens virtually Tuesday 10/20 @7pm for several Native American ghost stories.
Want to read along? We will be sharing stories from the book "Choctaw Tales" by Tom Mould.
Registration required. Grades 6-12 (tweens & teens) welcome. Missed the registration period? Head here tonight: https://bit.ly/3n2jpA3
Questions? Please email cdufour@ocln.org
Join South Shore teens virtually Tuesday 10/20 @7pm for several Native American ghost stories.
Want to read along? We will be sharing stories from the book "Choctaw Tales" by Tom Mould.
Registration required. Grades 6-12 (tweens & teens) welcome. Missed the registration period? Head here tonight: https://bit.ly/3n2jpA3
Questions? Please email cdufour@ocln.org
Tween & Teen Grab & Go: Skeleton Bone Clips. Grab your free starter kit & book on Tuesday Oct. 27th.
Kits may be pickuped up at Thayer Public Library between 10am-4pm on Friday Oct. 23rd and Monday, October 26th, and 10-3pm on Tuesday October 27th . This program is for ages 8-18.
Supplies limited. Registration required.
Questions? Please email cdufour@ocln.org
Tween & Teen Grab & Go: Skeleton Bone Clips. Grab your free starter kit & book on Tuesday Oct. 27th.
Kits may be pickuped up at Thayer Public Library between 10am-4pm on Friday Oct. 23rd and Monday, October 26th, and 10-3pm on Tuesday October 27th . This program is for ages 8-18.
Supplies limited. Registration required.
Questions? Please email cdufour@ocln.org
Get a Take & Make "Day of the Dead" craft and info sheet. This Mexican cultural celebration honors their family that have died. Families bring photos, favorite foods and Marigolds or other flowers, to commerate their loved ones that have passed on. Dia de los Muertos takes place October 31 through November 2. It started during the Aztec era, over 3,000 years ago.
Learning about this holiday goes with the library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Challenge happening Sept - November 18. Children doing an activity in the bag and hearing the info sheet qualify for completion of the Hispanic-American badge. To learn more about Thayer Public Library's Read Woke Challenge, go to https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pick Up 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 29.
Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 was the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (still up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Get a Take & Make "Day of the Dead" craft and info sheet. This Mexican cultural celebration honors their family that have died. Families bring photos, favorite foods and Marigolds or other flowers, to commerate their loved ones that have passed on. Dia de los Muertos takes place October 31 through November 2. It started during the Aztec era, over 3,000 years ago.
Learning about this holiday goes with the library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Challenge happening Sept - November 18. Children doing an activity in the bag and hearing the info sheet qualify for completion of the Hispanic-American badge. To learn more about Thayer Public Library's Read Woke Challenge, go to https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
The craft is available today in the Children's Room 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, while supplies last. If some are left, they will be placed outside the Parking Lot door during Curbside Pick Up 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, tomorrow Thursday Oct. 29.
Our Fall "Take & Make" crafts for children will be available each Wednesday in October, November 4 and 18, December 2, 9, 16 and 30. (We're closed Wednesday November 11 for Veteran's Day)
October 7 was the start of expanded hours: open for In Person Visits (still up to 30 minutes) Wednesdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and Curbside Pick Up Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Call the Children's Room with any questions 781 848-0405 ext 4425. We're available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
This month's title has not yet been chosen.
Book club books are available at the circulation desk about one month before the meeting date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
This month's title has not yet been chosen.
Book club books are available at the circulation desk about one month before the meeting date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club! All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn abut the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories a well as help each other with research.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom invitation by email. Register online through the link below or over the phone at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Are you interested in tracing your family's history? Are you working on your genealogy and want to meet up with others who are working on their family trees? Then join us at the Thayer Public Library's Genealogy Club! All are welcome from novice to expert. Come learn abut the resources that the library has to offer. We can compare notes and stories a well as help each other with research.
Registration is required to receive the Zoom invitation by email. Register online through the link below or over the phone at 781-848-0405, ext. 4417.
Virtual Native American Craft for Kids. Ms. Elisabeth will demonstrate how to make a Native American-inspired craft. Held on Facebook Live, not at library.
No Registration needed. Part of Thayer Public Library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. This program fufills criteria for the badge for African American Voices. The Reading Challenge happens Sept 7 - Nov. 18, for children, teens and adults at https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
781 848-0405 ext 4425 for Children's Room or estrachan@OCLN.org.
Virtual Native American Craft for Kids. Ms. Elisabeth will demonstrate how to make a Native American-inspired craft. Held on Facebook Live, not at library.
No Registration needed. Part of Thayer Public Library's "Read Woke: Reading for Change" Reading Challenge. This program fufills criteria for the badge for African American Voices. The Reading Challenge happens Sept 7 - Nov. 18, for children, teens and adults at https://thayerpubliclibrary.beanstack.org/reader365
781 848-0405 ext 4425 for Children's Room or estrachan@OCLN.org.
This month's discussion is on The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson, 320 pages
The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything-everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.
Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she's going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler.
Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere - even back home.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date. This title is also available on Hoopla and Overdrive.
This discussion will be held on Zoom. Please register so that you will recieve the Zoom invitation with meeting access. Intivations will be sent out the day before the meeting.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
This month's discussion is on The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson, 320 pages
The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything-everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.
Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she's going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler.
Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere - even back home.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date. This title is also available on Hoopla and Overdrive.
This discussion will be held on Zoom. Please register so that you will recieve the Zoom invitation with meeting access. Intivations will be sent out the day before the meeting.
All readers are always welcome!
Click here to subscribe to the Thayer Public Library e-newletters!
for Veterans' Day
for Veterans' Day
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
This month's book is: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh.
"Growing up as one of the working poor has become a familiar theme of memoirs of late, but this book is more than a female-authored Hillbilly Elegy (2016). Smarsh employs an unusual and effective technique, throughout the book addressing her daughter, who does not, in reality, exist. Rather, she's the future that seemed destined for Smarsh, the same future that had been destined for and realized by all the women in her family. Smarsh comes from a long line of women who married young, survived with barely enough money, and continually scrabbled along with low-paying jobs while trying to stay one step ahead of domestic violence or eviction. All of this was to be her legacy despite the strong work ethic, self-sufficiency, and pride that also run in her family. Smarsh was finally able to climb out of difficult circumstances, but her story is a trenchant analysis of the realities of an economic inequality whose cultural divide allows "the powerful to make harmful decisions in policy and politics." Elucidating reading on the challenges many face in getting ahead." -- Booklist
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's book is: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh.
"Growing up as one of the working poor has become a familiar theme of memoirs of late, but this book is more than a female-authored Hillbilly Elegy (2016). Smarsh employs an unusual and effective technique, throughout the book addressing her daughter, who does not, in reality, exist. Rather, she's the future that seemed destined for Smarsh, the same future that had been destined for and realized by all the women in her family. Smarsh comes from a long line of women who married young, survived with barely enough money, and continually scrabbled along with low-paying jobs while trying to stay one step ahead of domestic violence or eviction. All of this was to be her legacy despite the strong work ethic, self-sufficiency, and pride that also run in her family. Smarsh was finally able to climb out of difficult circumstances, but her story is a trenchant analysis of the realities of an economic inequality whose cultural divide allows "the powerful to make harmful decisions in policy and politics." Elucidating reading on the challenges many face in getting ahead." -- Booklist
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
Grab your free starter kit & book, then meet us online on Tuesday Nov. 24th 3:30pm for an hour crafting hangout.
Kit pickups at Thayer Public Library will run Friday November 13thh & Monday November 16th 10am-4pm.
Virtual program will be held with other South Shore library's teens! Registration required.
Questions? Please email cdufour@ocln.org
Grab your free starter kit & book, then meet us online on Tuesday Nov. 24th 3:30pm for an hour crafting hangout.
Kit pickups at Thayer Public Library will run Friday November 13thh & Monday November 16th 10am-4pm.
Virtual program will be held with other South Shore library's teens! Registration required.
Questions? Please email cdufour@ocln.org
This month's selection is Cherokee America by Margaret Verble. The Virtual Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m. on November 11th, the second Wednesday of the month. The virtual meeting room will open at 11:50 a.m. for anyone who would like to arrive early and get settled with audio and video up and running.
This virtual meeting is open to new members and guests, but advance registration is required by Tuesday, November 10th. The Zoom invite will be mailed only to registered participants, one day before the meeting date.
The monthly selection is available as a downloadable e-book in the library's Hoopla collection: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11816738 and as a downloadable e-audiobook https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12038894. You must have a Thayer Public Library card to access the Thayer Public Library's Hoopla collection; if you have a library card from a different library that offers Hoopla, you can also find it in your library's Hoopla collection. Hoopla has no holds, no waiting, so you will be able to borrow the book right away.
This month's selection is Cherokee America by Margaret Verble. The Virtual Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m. on November 11th, the second Wednesday of the month. The virtual meeting room will open at 11:50 a.m. for anyone who would like to arrive early and get settled with audio and video up and running.
This virtual meeting is open to new members and guests, but advance registration is required by Tuesday, November 10th. The Zoom invite will be mailed only to registered participants, one day before the meeting date.
The monthly selection is available as a downloadable e-book in the library's Hoopla collection: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11816738 and as a downloadable e-audiobook https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12038894. You must have a Thayer Public Library card to access the Thayer Public Library's Hoopla collection; if you have a library card from a different library that offers Hoopla, you can also find it in your library's Hoopla collection. Hoopla has no holds, no waiting, so you will be able to borrow the book right away.
New episode of "You Should Read This," available on Tuesday November 24th on Instagram at 3pm!
"You Should Read This" is a 5 minute book recommendation video produced by Christina, the Young Adult Librarian. It features 2 books and an audiobook you should read.
New episode of "You Should Read This," available on Tuesday November 24th on Instagram at 3pm!
"You Should Read This" is a 5 minute book recommendation video produced by Christina, the Young Adult Librarian. It features 2 books and an audiobook you should read.
This months book club has been rescheduled to Wednesday evening, December 2 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
This months book club has been rescheduled to Wednesday evening, December 2 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day
Tonight's book club was rescheduled from Wednesday, November 25 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Tonight's book club was rescheduled from Wednesday, November 25 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
If you're a teen in grades 6-12, you might want to stop in to Logan! Bring a friend, bring your snack, and drop by after school to play awesome games with cool people. Combination video games on the Nintendo Switch and a chill space with comfy carpet squares or tables. You can even work on homework or ask another teen there to study with you.
Meets every Tuesday in Logan Auditorium. NEW TIME: 2:15-4:15PM
Want a reminder for this program? Click on the Register button to get a reminder email. Registration isn't required for this program, but it helps!
If you're a teen in grades 6-12, you might want to stop in to Logan! Bring a friend, bring your snack, and drop by after school to play awesome games with cool people. Combination video games on the Nintendo Switch and a chill space with comfy carpet squares or tables. You can even work on homework or ask another teen there to study with you.
Meets every Tuesday in Logan Auditorium. NEW TIME: 2:15-4:15PM
Want a reminder for this program? Click on the Register button to get a reminder email. Registration isn't required for this program, but it helps!
No meeting in December! See you in January.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
No meeting in December! See you in January.
Book club books are available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
This month's selection is Vineyard Christmas by Jean Stone. The Virtual Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m. on December 9th, the second Wednesday of the month. The virtual meeting room will open at 11:50 a.m. for anyone who would like to arrive early and get settled with audio and video up and running.
This virtual meeting is open to new members and guests, but advance registration is required by Tuesday, December 8th. The Zoom invite will be mailed only to registered participants, one day before the meeting date.
The monthly selection is available as a downloadable e-book in the library's Hoopla collection: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12422339. You must have a Thayer Public Library card to access the Thayer Public Library's Hoopla collection, but if you have a library card from a different library that offers Hoopla, you can also find it in your library's Hoopla collection. Hoopla has no holds, no waiting, so you will be able to borrow the book right away. Copies of the print edition in regular and large-print will be available at the library one month ahead of the meeting.
This month's selection is Vineyard Christmas by Jean Stone. The Virtual Brown Bag Book Club meeting will be held via Zoom, 12:00-1:00 p.m. on December 9th, the second Wednesday of the month. The virtual meeting room will open at 11:50 a.m. for anyone who would like to arrive early and get settled with audio and video up and running.
This virtual meeting is open to new members and guests, but advance registration is required by Tuesday, December 8th. The Zoom invite will be mailed only to registered participants, one day before the meeting date.
The monthly selection is available as a downloadable e-book in the library's Hoopla collection: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12422339. You must have a Thayer Public Library card to access the Thayer Public Library's Hoopla collection, but if you have a library card from a different library that offers Hoopla, you can also find it in your library's Hoopla collection. Hoopla has no holds, no waiting, so you will be able to borrow the book right away. Copies of the print edition in regular and large-print will be available at the library one month ahead of the meeting.
Join us for a showing of a Newly-Released-on-DVD movie each month.
The first 100 people will fit in the room.
Movie ratings will vary. This program is primarily intended for adult audiences.
The Friends of Thayer Public Library generously support this program by providing the movie licensing.
Join us for a showing of a Newly-Released-on-DVD movie each month.
The first 100 people will fit in the room.
Movie ratings will vary. This program is primarily intended for adult audiences.
The Friends of Thayer Public Library generously support this program by providing the movie licensing.
Joins us for a repeat showing of last night's Newly-Released-on-DVD program.
The Friends of Thayer Public Library generously support this program by providing the movie licensing.
Joins us for a repeat showing of last night's Newly-Released-on-DVD program.
The Friends of Thayer Public Library generously support this program by providing the movie licensing.
South Shore Book Buzz - tune in once a month for a teen book share livecast on Instagram. Learn about new YA books from South Shore Young Adult Librarians. Comment in our livecast to recommend a recent book you read (or an old favorite you love) and hear what other South Shore teens are reading. Optionally, participants can share a book to fit the monthly theme. Dates and Instagram channels are below!
South Shore Book Buzz - tune in once a month for a teen book share livecast on Instagram. Learn about new YA books from South Shore Young Adult Librarians. Comment in our livecast to recommend a recent book you read (or an old favorite you love) and hear what other South Shore teens are reading. Optionally, participants can share a book to fit the monthly theme. Dates and Instagram channels are below!
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
This month's book is: A Truck Full of Money by Tracy Kidder.
"For his Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Soul of a New Machine (1981), best-selling nonfiction writer Kidder (Mountains beyond Mountains, 2013) eavesdropped on a team of programmers and computer engineers developing a then cutting-edge minicomputer for the Data General Corporation. Now, 35 years later, Kidder returns to the domain of computer nerds with this profile of Internet entrepreneur Paul English, cofounder of the travel website, Kayak.com. In tracing English's roots from working-class Boston to selling his first start-up company for a cool $33-million, Kidder shows how the brilliant software engineer has succeeded with a rare combination of disdain for authority and the ability to nurture fierce loyalty in his employees, becoming a Pied Piper of geeks. Perhaps English's most surprising idiosyncrasy, however, is his unabashed philanthropy, as embodied in his Summits Education program investing in teachers and a remarkable website devoted to personalized customer service all accomplished while suffering from bipolar disorder. Once again, Kidder hits the mark, painting a riveting portrait of an endearing society outlier and highlighting the rapidly changing trends in today's computer-driven marketplace."-- Booklist
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
This month's book is: A Truck Full of Money by Tracy Kidder.
"For his Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Soul of a New Machine (1981), best-selling nonfiction writer Kidder (Mountains beyond Mountains, 2013) eavesdropped on a team of programmers and computer engineers developing a then cutting-edge minicomputer for the Data General Corporation. Now, 35 years later, Kidder returns to the domain of computer nerds with this profile of Internet entrepreneur Paul English, cofounder of the travel website, Kayak.com. In tracing English's roots from working-class Boston to selling his first start-up company for a cool $33-million, Kidder shows how the brilliant software engineer has succeeded with a rare combination of disdain for authority and the ability to nurture fierce loyalty in his employees, becoming a Pied Piper of geeks. Perhaps English's most surprising idiosyncrasy, however, is his unabashed philanthropy, as embodied in his Summits Education program investing in teachers and a remarkable website devoted to personalized customer service all accomplished while suffering from bipolar disorder. Once again, Kidder hits the mark, painting a riveting portrait of an endearing society outlier and highlighting the rapidly changing trends in today's computer-driven marketplace."-- Booklist
Book club books will be available for pick up at the circulation desk about one month before the discussion date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome.
If you're a teen in grades 6-12, you might want to stop in to Logan! Bring a friend, bring your snack, and drop by after school to play awesome games with cool people. Combination video games on the Nintendo Switch and a chill space with comfy carpet squares or tables. You can even work on homework or ask another teen there to study with you.
Meets every Tuesday in Logan Auditorium. 2:15-4:15PM
Want a reminder for this program? Click on the Register button to get a reminder email. Registration isn't required for this program, but it helps!
If you're a teen in grades 6-12, you might want to stop in to Logan! Bring a friend, bring your snack, and drop by after school to play awesome games with cool people. Combination video games on the Nintendo Switch and a chill space with comfy carpet squares or tables. You can even work on homework or ask another teen there to study with you.
Meets every Tuesday in Logan Auditorium. 2:15-4:15PM
Want a reminder for this program? Click on the Register button to get a reminder email. Registration isn't required for this program, but it helps!
The Readers' Group does not meet in December. See you in January!
Book club books are available at the circulation desk about one month before the meeting date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
The Readers' Group does not meet in December. See you in January!
Book club books are available at the circulation desk about one month before the meeting date and are due back on the night of the discussion.
All readers are always welcome!
If you're a teen in grades 6-12, you might want to stop in to Logan! Bring a friend, bring your snack, and drop by after school to play awesome games with cool people. Combination video games on the Nintendo Switch and a chill space with comfy carpet squares or tables. You can even work on homework or ask another teen there to study with you.
Meets every Tuesday in Logan Auditorium. 2:15-4:15PM
Want a reminder for this program? Click on the Register button to get a reminder email. Registration isn't required for this program, but it helps!
If you're a teen in grades 6-12, you might want to stop in to Logan! Bring a friend, bring your snack, and drop by after school to play awesome games with cool people. Combination video games on the Nintendo Switch and a chill space with comfy carpet squares or tables. You can even work on homework or ask another teen there to study with you.
Meets every Tuesday in Logan Auditorium. 2:15-4:15PM
Want a reminder for this program? Click on the Register button to get a reminder email. Registration isn't required for this program, but it helps!
