Grow Play  and Learn with Nicole Landry. Play group in the Brooks Rm on Tuesdays each week @ 9:30. Learn how to increase your child's attention span with ways to support sensory play. This program is  for kids ages 18 months - age 4. Call or stop in to sign up!

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents  and is administered by Ludlow Public Schools which is funded by the Coordinated Family and Community

Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. 

When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterful portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world.

Led by Jessica Magill

For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com

Pipe cleaner art by Karen Leigh.

Display case west reserved for Wilbraham Friends of the Library

Dates and times TBA

Accepting book donations

Accepting book donations

Wilbraham Friends Booksale SETTING UP FOR SALE.

Wilbraham Friends Booksale SETTING UP FOR SALE.

Wilbraham Friends Booksale SETTING UP FOR SALE.

ONLINE ZOOM program . Parent/Caregiver training for Postpartum hosted by Hampden Public Library.

Please look tfor sign ups and information at the Hampden Public Library website.

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents  and is administered by Ludlow Public Schools which is funded by the Coordinated Family and Community

Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. 

Wilbraham Friends Booksale

Wilbraham Friends Booksale

This room is being used by WFL for clean up.

A hands-on pastel workshop for adults with pastel artist Greg Maichak, who has done several excellent presentations at the library in the past.  This pastel painting workshop serves sheer beginners to advanced artists.  All materials provided, including professional-grade pastels, paper and pencils.

This program is supported in part by funds from the Wilbraham Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Brooklyn, by Colm Toibon

Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself. The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Ball
Copies of the book are available at the Service Desk.

Monthly meeting.

2023 KIDS Summer Reading Program: Find Your Voice! FOR KIDS PRE-K - ENTERING 5TH GRADE

Kids read for 21 DAYS TO EARN PRIZES AND ENTER RAFFLES!

Sign up online using the Beanstack app http://wilbrahamlibrary.beanstack.org    or in the library and get reading. Log books are available for all participants.

Challenge runs JUNE 17 - AUGUST 12. Prizes include a free paperback book and other great prizes!

The Massachusetts Statewide Summer Library Program is funded by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins,
MBLC, the Wilbraham Friends of the Library, the Wilbraham Cultural Council, along with partnerships with Pathways for
Parents & One Book One Community, & donations from Rice Fruit Farm, Texas Roadhouse, Pafumi's, LUSO, Interskate 91!

2023 Teen Summer Reading Program: Find Your Voice!  For students entering Grades 6 - 12.

Teens read a book and write a short book review to win prizes and enter raffles! Up to 8 books will be accepted.

Sign up online using the Beanstack app, wilbrahamlibrary.beanstack.org  or on our website.

Summer Reading Challenge runs JUNE 17 - AUGUST 12. Prizes include a free paperback book and other great prizes! 

Sponsored by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library

The Adult Summer Reading Challenge, which runs from June 17th to August 12th, will be entirely online this summer.  There will be 8 raffle prizes, one for each week.  In order to get a raffle ticket, you only have to log in to the Beanstack site and submit information about the books you have read:  title, author, and a brief review.  One raffle ticket per book per week.  There will also be extra challenges for more prizes!  You can register for this program online (wilbrahamlibrary.beanstack.org) or by using the Beanstack app on your device.

Contact tsymington@wilbrahamlibrary.org for details.

Special thanks to the Wilbraham Friends of the Library and LUSO Credit Union.

We're taking a relaxed approach this summer, and discussing the books that we're currently reading. Come with a title (or two!) and be prepared to share a little bit about what you're reading and what you think of it. Add to your TBR pile by getting others' recommendations!

This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell. Newcomers are always welcome!

"Meet you in Hell" were the last words that Andrew Carnegie heard from his former partner, Henry Clay Frick.  Les Standiford's book tells the story of the relationship between these two men, the steel empire they created, and the events of the Homestead Strike of 1892.

Meeting

Come to this informal group and practice your Zentangle Art!  Learn more about Zentangle at www.zentangle.com.

If there is enough interest, the library will offer this as a regular program.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

Led by Jessica Magill

For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com

Have you already searched Ancestry and want to know what else the Wilbraham library has to offer in your family history research? Join Assistant Library Director Mary Bell in discovering the genealogy resources available, both in library and at home.

This meeting will focus on Fold 3, Newspapers.com (Northeast), and HeritageQuest - all ProQuest products. Fold 3 has military records. Newspapers.com includes many newspapers in the New England region and New Jersey. And HeritageQuest has some of the collections available in Ancestry - but you can search it from home!

Have you already searched Ancestry and want to know what else the Wilbraham library has to offer in your family history research? Join Assistant Library Director Mary Bell in discovering the genealogy resources available, both in library and at home.

This meeting will focus on FamilySearch. The website is available with a free sign up through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. WPL is an affiliate library, allowing you access to even more images when you are searching in the library, using either our computers or your own laptop accessing our Wi-Fi. Learn about searching, working on your family tree, and using the Research Wiki.

Big American Cookbook, by Mario Batali

Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Ball
Copies of the book are available at the Service Desk.

Kids entering grades 2-5 Henna workshop. Get your unique henna tattoo from artist Mandy of Wicked Good Henna. Henna is safe for all skin types.
Henna, music, coloring and more. Online sign ups are required and space is limited.

This program is free and sponsored by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library and Wilbraham Culture Council.

Henna Workshop for Teens, entering grades 6-12.  Get your unique henna tattoo from artist Mandy of Wicked Good Henna. Henna is safe for all skin types.

Henna, music, coloring and more. Online sign ups are required and space is limited.

This free program is funded by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library & in part, by the Wilbraham Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Have you already searched Ancestry and want to know what else the Wilbraham library has to offer in your family history research? Join Assistant Library Director Mary Bell in discovering the genealogy resources available, both in library and at home.

This meeting will focus on American Ancestors. The New England Historical and Genealogical Society databases can be accessed in-library only, and include vital records, Mayflower society applications, probate records, and more.

Stop by the library for a fun outdoor activity (or indoor craft if the weather doesn't cooperate) with Ms. Rachel,
Assistant Children's Librarian. Kids, all ages with a parent/caregiver, can drop in  the Brooks Room between 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. for a fun craft! These crafts will only need 15-20 minutes to complete and we will have KEVA planks & coloring pages for preschoolers. NO REGISTRATION required.

This program is a free program made possible by donations made to the Wilbraham Friends of the Library!

Artist, Erin Gagne, will have kids  follow instructions in creating a beautiful painting to take home!
All supplies included. REGISTRATION STARTS FRI. June 30

This is a free program funded by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library & in part, by the Wilbraham Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Paint Sip Fun owner & artist, Erin Boughamer, will have teens follow instructions in creating a beautiful painting, Summer Butterfly, to take home!

All supplies included. 

This free program is funded by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library & in part, by the Wilbraham Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

We're taking a relaxed approach this summer, and discussing the books that we're currently reading. Come with a title (or two!) and be prepared to share a little bit about what you're reading and what you think of it. Add to your TBR pile by getting others' recommendations!

This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell. Newcomers are always welcome!

Set amid the tensions and upheaval of the sixties and the Cold War, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn's Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility -- when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems -- James Donovan tells the whole story.
Both sweeping and intimate, Shoot for the Moon is "a powerfully written and irresistible celebration" of one of humankind's most extraordinary accomplishments.

Grades 6-12 only. Online registration is required.

Sponsored by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library.

Grades 6-12 only. Online registration is required.

Sponsored by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library.

Taking place in the years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1832, Middlemarch explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: art, religion, science, politics, self, society, human relationships. Among her characters are some of the most remarkable portraits in English literature: Dorothea Brooke, the heroine, idealistic but naive; Rosamond Vincy, beautiful and egoistic: Edward Casaubon, the dry-as-dust scholar: Tertius Lydgate, the brilliant but morally-flawed physician: the passionate artist Will Ladislaw: and Fred Vincey and Mary Garth, childhood sweethearts whose charming courtship is one of the many humorous elements in the novel's rich comic vein.

Led by Jessica Magill

For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com

Hilarious show for the whole family!!! They will entertain using music, comedy & more!!!!

Online sign ups start June 30,  or call the front desk. They are required and space is limited.

This is a free program made possible by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library.

Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls

A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit. The Booked for Lunch discussion group is facilitated by Library Director, Karen Ball
Copies of the book are available at the Service Desk.

Grades 6-12 only. Online registration is required as space is limited.

Sponsored by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library.

 Sign up online starting June 30th for "Wildlife on Wheels"! This is an educational program about animals through the Zoo at Forest Park.

  It is appropriate for ages 4 and up. Kids under 8 yrs must have an adult with them.

This is a free program made possible by funds from the Wilbraham Friends of the Library.

2023 Teen Summer Reading Program: Find Your Voice! For students entering Grades 6 - 12. Summer Reading Challenge runs JUNE 17 - AUGUST 12!

Enter all reading and earned raffle tickets online by midnight!

Kids, all ages with a parent/caregiver, can drop in for our special craft with Ms. Rachel, Assistant Children's Librarian. Come in the Brooks Room between 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. for a fun craft! These crafts will only need 15-20 minutes to complete and we will have KEVA planks & coloring pages for preschoolers. No registration is required. This program is made possible by donations made to the Wilbraham Friends of the Library!

No Registration 

2023 KIDS LAST DAY TO FINISH THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM!
 

Matt York returns to the library as the Man-in-Black to entertain us with songs by and about Johnny Cash.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wilbraham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Sign up for Renee Coro's music group featuring rain sticks. This is for kids ages 2-3 yrs with an adult. 

Sign ups are required and space is limited. Renee Coro, Music Therapist, will support each child and family celebrating culture, arts and music in this dynamic program. We will use songs from different cultures to inspire children to design and create their own musical instrument, while engaging in this fun-filled learning experience. This program supports both the arts and music and multiculturalism. Once musical instruments are constructed, each child will "Find their Voice", as the Summer Reading 2023 theme notes, and use their voice and instrument to express themselves, while creating communal self-identity.

This group is funded by the Mass Cultural Council.

This FREE program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents  and is administered by Ludlow Public Schools which is funded by the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. 

Sign up for Renee's Ukulele music group for kids ages 3-5 with an adult.

Sign ups are required and space is limited

Renee Coro, Music Therapist, will support each child and family celebrating culture, arts and music in this dynamic program. We will use songs from different cultures to inspire children to design and create their own musical instrument, while engaging in this fun-filled learning experience. This program supports both the arts and music and multiculturalism. Once musical instruments are constructed, each child will "Find their Voice", as the Summer Reading 2023 theme notes, and use their voice and instrument to express themselves, while creating communal self-identity.

This group is funded by the Mass Cultural Council.

This FREE program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents  and is administered by Ludlow Public Schools which is funded by the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. 

We're taking a relaxed approach this summer, and discussing the books that we're currently reading. Come with a title (or two!) and be prepared to share a little bit about what you're reading and what you think of it. Add to your TBR pile by getting others' recommendations!

This monthly book discussion is facilitated by Assistant Director Mary Bell. Newcomers are always welcome!

This is a private skating party, 6-8 p.m., for kids from Wilbraham & Hampden, Pre-K to entering 5th, who participated in the summer reading club and made possible by InterSkate 91.

Led by Jessica Magill

For questions, contact Jessica: jessicammagill@hotmail.com

A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America. Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude.