The Children's Room staff are excited to annonce a new Storytime program with SEE Science Centeer.  Once a month, kids ages 2-6 years old are invited to join Ms. Yvonne and Ms. Becky from the SEE Science Center for Storytime Science. This storytime is based on a STEM/STEAM theme with hands-on activities afterwards. This month's book will be Dem Bones by Bob Barner followed by a craft activity. Space is limited; Registration will be required to make sure that we have enough materials for everyone. Storytime Science is a program of the SEE Science Center's First Steps in Science Initiative presented by Dartmouth Health Children's. This program is a great way to introduce our youngest patrons to fun STEM/STEAM hands on activities. For more information and to register, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

The Manchester City Library invites you to an informative lecture on Jewish lives in today’s world. Join us on Tuesday, October 3 at 5:30pm for a streamed viewing of the 2023 Holocaust Memorial Lecture: “In the Haunted Present: Jews in a Non-Jewish World” featuring author Dara Horn. This lecture is brought to you by the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College in recognition of their 40th anniversary. Registration is required for virtual attendance. 

In her latest book, People Love Dead Jews, acclaimed author Dara Horn explores a pointed question: Why do far too many people seem to love dead Jews, but ignore the living ones? In 2023, the Holocaust continues to make headlines, fill our films and fiction, and generate extraordinary interest far beyond our community. Yet ignorance and indifference towards Jew-hatred today seems to be higher than ever. What's going on?

Dara Horn is the award-winning author of six books and a regular columnist for Tablet. Horn received her doctorate in Yiddish and Hebrew literature from Harvard University. She has taught courses in these subjects at Sarah Lawrence College and Yeshiva University, and has held the Gerald Weinstock Visiting Professorship in Jewish Studies at Harvard. She has lectured for audiences in hundreds of venues throughout North America, Israel and Australia. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and four children.

For questions, call Caitlin or Sue at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email cdionne@manchesternh.gov or sharmon@manchesternh.gov

Register for virtual attendance until 9/26 or event is at capacity.

Click the button below to regiter for watching the stream live in the Library's Auditorium.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

This is also a drop in session that will be held in the Winchell Room.  For 6-23 months.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Anyone grades 1-6, who wants to celebrate the spooky season at the beginning of October as well as the end can drop in at the Manchester City Library’s Winchell Room any time between 1:00-4:00 pm. We will be playing different zombie themed games though the afternoon. For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

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Ready for fall? Dispel the advancing darkness of fall with a little color and light. These beautiful luminaries look gorgeous on the dinner table, the porch, or anywhere else you want to add a touch of warm autumn color. These adult take & make craft kits come with what you will need to make a beautiful fall mason jar luminary. These kits will be available on Tuesday, October 10th in the Library Rotunda while supplies last. For more information please contact Yvonne L. at 603-624-6550 ext. 7619 or e-mail yloomis@manchesternh.gov. Autumn light and love to you all! Happy crafting.

The Mall of New Hampshire and the Manchester City Library Children’s Room is pleased to announce our next Mall Storytime.  Families with children ages 1 to 5 years are invited to join Ms. Karyn on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 11:30 am in the Food Court play area.  Ms. Karyn will be reading fun Halloween stories Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean; Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat by Doreen Cronin and Halloween Bug by David A. Carter.  You will be making a cute bat with glow-in-the-dark googly eyes.   For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.  Registration is not required.  For more information, call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

The Manchester City Library invites you to a stellar sky watching program with the New Hampshire Astronomical Society! Join us on Tuesday, October 10th at 6:30pm in the Auditorium for a discussion on what we will be viewing in tonight’s sky. The presentation will be followed with a sky watch at Bishop Field in Merrimack.

What’s Up in Tonight’s Sky and Sky Watch is a part of a larger offering of programs connected to the Big Read. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, to collectively read The Bear by Andrew Krivak. The Bear is a story about a father and daughter surviving in a post-apocalyptic future. The Sky Watch connects with the themes and setting of the book, navigating the vast wilderness.

The New Hampshire Astronomical Society is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to furthering public awareness of Astronomy. They accomplish this through public observing sessions, demonstrations and discussions. Regular monthly events include a “Skywatch” at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery center in Concord and club meetings.

For questions, call Caitlin at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email cdionne@manchesternh.gov

This Fall we are having in person Elementary Experiments every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Tuesday of the month at 3:30pm in the Winchell Room. This week, attendees grades 1-6 will be making models of the heart, and learning about how lungs work. If you can’t make it to the program, we will have a video on our Facebook and Youtube page if you want to try the activities at home! Please register for this event so we have enough supplies for everyone to enjoy! For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

How the Post Office Created America: A History, by Winifred Gallagher. 2016. 326 pages. Nonfiction.

A history of the U.S. Post Office traces its origins and leaders and describes its role in every major event in American history, from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Internet age. 

You can join us in person or via zoom. Registration is required. To register, or to reserve a print copy of the book, contact the Information Desk at (603) 624-6550 x 7620.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Please join the Manchester City Library in the Winchell Room on Thursday, October 12, at 2:30pm to learn the basics of Google Docs. 

This easy, relaxed class will be 1 hour. Familiarity with Microsoft Word or other word processing program would be helpful but is not necessary.  To get the most out of the program, you’ll need a Gmail account. Stop by the info desk ahead of time if you’d like help setting one up.  Some skills participants will learn are:  Basic text formatting such as bold, italic, font size, font color.   You will also learn editing features such as cut, copy, paste, and spell check.  We will create a document and share it.  Please bring your laptop.  If you don’t have a laptop one may be available for you.  Class size is limited to five participants. 

For questions, call Amy H. at 603-624-6550 x7619 or email ahanmer@manchesternh.gov

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Library after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

NOTE:due to a schedule conflict we will be meeting in the AUDITORIUM on Thursday 10/12/23.

This is also a drop in session that will be held in the Winchell Room.  For 6-23 months.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

The pricing will be $10 per average sized grocery bag filled with materials.  Bring your own bag or we can provide a paper grocery bag.  Hardcover books are also available for $1.50 each and most other materials are $1 each.

For further information, please contact:

[Caleb Moshier]

603-624-6550 x 7692

www.manchester.lib.nh.us

Discussion Topic: What is a job that effected your personality?

Our lives are made up of stories.  The Remembering Together program offers seniors a unique opportunity to share with one another some of their memorable life stories. These stories are often a source of encouragement, mutual appreciation, perspective, and a sense of connection.  Of course, there are also times when a story gives everyone a good laugh.    

Please join The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester and the Manchester City Library for a conversational group at the Senior Center on Mondays at 10:30am, September 11 & 18, October 16 & 30, November 6 & 13. Virtual attendance is also available!

For questions, call Susan Harmon at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email sharmon@manchesternh.gov

Monthly meeting.

Once a month is Teen Tuesdays at West! We’ll have snacks, a special craft or activity, Nintendo Switch, and other games. For teens in grades 6 - 12.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Informational meeting for new girls and their families.  For more information contact Tammy Downing at 888-474-9686 x4158

Viewing of the movie The Wisdom of Trauma - with a discussion panel folllowing.  For more information contact Amy Parker at 603-626-4600 ext. 2504

Once a month, come build with the 10,000 Lego pieces that have been donated by Lego System. This is a drop in session, no registration is required.  This program is for ages 3-12 years old.  For more information, please call 624-6550 ext. 7628

Join the Manchester City Library on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm for our new writers group! Meet with other writers and discuss what you’re writing, critique others work, and give feedback. This group is open to writers of all abilities and ages. Virtual attendance now available on Zoom! 

For questions, call Tess at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email tkimsey@manchesternh.gov .

Signup for this program is not required for in-person attendance, but if you’d like a reminder email, you can sign up through our library calendar! For virtual attendance, please sign up to receive the zoom link.  

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

This is also a drop in session that will be held in the Winchell Room.  For 6-23 months.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

On Tuesday, October 24, at 10:00 am, we are having a Halloween Party for ages 1-5 years old in our Winchell Room.  We will listen to fun stories, play games such as “Pin the Boo on the Ghost” and go on a pumpkin hunt.  We will make a cute craft to take home.  Come dressed in your costume!  Registration is requested to make sure that we have enough supplies prepared for all.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

This Fall we are having in person Elementary Experiments every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Tuesday of the month at 3:30pm in the Winchell Room. This week, attendees grades 1-6 will be getting into the spooky spirit with Slow Bubbling Slime and candy durability testing. If you can’t make it to the program, we will have a video on our Facebook and Youtube page if you want to try the activities at home! Please register for this event so we have enough supplies for everyone to enjoy! For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Come for a movie and pizza in the auditorium, where we’ll watch a teen movie (or anime) on the big screen. For teens in grades 6 – 12.

Registration requested by not required. If you have food allergies or restrictions, let us know when you register or email Dori in advance at mclyouthservices@manchesternh.gov.

Visit the Teen Services website at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org for movie selection updates.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

Meeting for neighbors to discuss advocacy for neighborhood inprovements.  For more information contact Vanessa Blais at 603-661-0222

As part of the NEA Big Read, The Manchester City Library will host NH Humanities Scholar Damian Costello, who will lead a book discussion of The Bear by Andrew Krivak on Thursday, October 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the library Winchell Room.

In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. 

A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature’s dominion and explores powerful themes about the importance of intergenerational storytelling, our complicated relationship with the environment, and how to prepare for an unknown future.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. For more information, visit arts.gov/neabigread.

Learn more about the Big Read at https://www.nhhumanities.org/bigread

NH Humanities Scholar Damian Costello received his Ph.D. in theological studies from the University of Dayton and specializes in the intersection of Catholic theology, Indigenous spiritual traditions and colonial history.

Call Steve Viggiano at 603-624-6550 x7623 or email sviggiano@manchesternh.gov for more information.

This is also a drop in session that will be held in the Winchell Room.  For 6-23 months.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Discussion Topic: What was the funniest practical joke you ever played on someone?

Our lives are made up of stories.  The Remembering Together program offers seniors a unique opportunity to share with one another some of their memorable life stories. These stories are often a source of encouragement, mutual appreciation, perspective, and a sense of connection.  Of course, there are also times when a story gives everyone a good laugh.    

Please join The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester and the Manchester City Library for a conversational group at the Senior Center on Mondays at 10:30am, September 11 & 18, October 16 & 30, November 6 & 13. Virtual attendance is also available!

For questions, call Susan Harmon at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email sharmon@manchesternh.gov

The Four Winds: A Novel, by Kristin Hannah. Texas 1934. The Dust Bowl has arrived with a vengeance. Elsa Martinelli must choose to fight for the land she loves or go West to California in search of a better life for her family.

For more information, call the Information Desk at 603-624-6550 x7620.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

City of Manchester Department of Housing Stability hosting National Alliance to End Homelessness System Design Clinic.  For more information contact Owen Westover at 603-854-1046

Families are invited on November 1, 2023 at 6:00 pm in our auditorium for a fun magic show by Magic Fred.  This one-of-a-kind, fun, interactive magic show will amaze kids of all ages.  Kids can come dressed in their costumes.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628

City of Manchester Department of Housing Stability hosting National Alliance to Enc Homelessness System Design Clinic.  For more information contact Owen Westover at 603-854-1046

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

 Harm Report - Roll out Meeting regarding trauma.  For more information contact  Brenda Lett (603-264-2894)

Discussion Topic: Did you have big family get-togethers when you were a child? What were they like?

Our lives are made up of stories.  The Remembering Together program offers seniors a unique opportunity to share with one another some of their memorable life stories. These stories are often a source of encouragement, mutual appreciation, perspective, and a sense of connection.  Of course, there are also times when a story gives everyone a good laugh.    

Please join The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester and the Manchester City Library for a conversational group at the Senior Center on Mondays at 10:30am, September 11 & 18, October 16 & 30, November 6 & 13. Virtual attendance is also available!

For questions, call Susan Harmon at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email sharmon@manchesternh.gov

This Fall we are having in person Elementary Experiments every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Tuesday of the month at 3:30pm in the Winchell Room. This week, attendees grades 1-6 will be working with an earthquake simulator shake table to test builds and homemade seismographs. If you can’t make it to the program, we will have a video on our Facebook and Youtube page if you want to try the activities at home! Please register for this event so we have enough supplies for everyone to enjoy! For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628

Bass Island Estates annual meeting.  For more information contact Donna Bettez at 603-782-7676

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. 1966. 300 pages. Fiction (classic).

Charlie Gordon, a youth with limited mental capabilities, along with a laboratory rat named Algernon become the joint objects of a scientific alteration to see if Charlie can become "normal." 

You can join us in person or via zoom. Registration is required. To register, or to reserve a print copy of the book, contact the Information Desk at (603) 624-6550 x 7620.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

Discussion Topic: What traditions do you most want your family to continue?

Our lives are made up of stories.  The Remembering Together program offers seniors a unique opportunity to share with one another some of their memorable life stories. These stories are often a source of encouragement, mutual appreciation, perspective, and a sense of connection.  Of course, there are also times when a story gives everyone a good laugh.    

Please join The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester and the Manchester City Library for a conversational group at the Senior Center on Mondays at 10:30am, September 11 & 18, October 16 & 30, November 6 & 13. Virtual attendance is also available!

For questions, call Susan Harmon at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email sharmon@manchesternh.gov.

Not just for kids! Follow along with a Creativebug online class with Courtney Cerruti to explore this bright, colorful, and graphic medium. Perler beads can be fused together with an iron to create keychains, coasters, and other fun projects! Or you can have fun creating different fun designs over and over!

Kits will be available for pickup at the Information Desk starting November 14, 2023, while supplies last. These kits are for Adults only. Pick up at the Main Branch library in the Rotunda. For more information, call Sue Harmon at 603-624-6550 x 7620 or email sharmon@manchesternh.gov.

We are celebrating Sesame Street’s birthday!  Join us on Tuesday, November 14 at 10:00 am in the Winchell Room as we celebrate their birthday with stories, songs, games and a craft based on your favorite Sesame Street characters.  This program is for children 2 to 5 years old. Registration is requested to make sure that we have enough supplies prepared for all.  For more information, please call 624-6550 ext. 7628.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

The Manchester City Library invites you to an intimate reading of John Doelman's new book, “Quetico Connection” on Tuesday November 14th at 6PM in the auditorium Doelman brings the personal experience of a lifetime of wilderness canoe tripping to you through introspective poetry and connecting photography.  

Quetico Connection is a threaded collection of intimate, yet simple, poems and photos which began on a two-week solo canoe trip into Quetico. The reading and presentation here will blend vivid photography, stills and videos, with a little history of place, and a compelling narrative interspersed with poetry from the book and a few that promise a next edition. It is sure to be a memorable evening.

Doelman is a semi-retired real estate broker in Florida who now lives permanently in New Hampshire. John has been creatively writing, especially poetry, since the 2nd grade. The outdoors has been one of Doelman’s great loves for over 50 years. His first canoe trip was 1969 in northern Maine, on the Allagash River system. Five weeks in the wilderness changed his life and launched a deep love of paddling. In 2012 Doelman discovered Quetico Provincial Park in NW Ontario while searching online for a new place to canoe camp. His life changed.

For questions, call Nic Young at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email nyoung3@manchesternh.gov.

The Children's Room staff are excited to annonce a new Storytime program with SEE Science Centeer.  Once a month, kids ages 2-6 years old are invited to join Ms. Yvonne and Ms. Becky from the SEE Science Center for Storytime Science.  This storytime is based on a Stem/Steam theme with hands-on activities afterwards.  This month's book will be The Mitten by Jan Brett followed by a craft activity.  Registration will be required to make sure that we have enough materials for everyone.   Storytime Science is a program of the SEE Science Center's First Steps in Science Initiative presented by Dartmouth Health Childrens. This program is a great way to introduce our youngest patrons to fun STEM/STEAM hands on activities. For more information and to register, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628

Join us to celebrate Thanksgiving Peanuts style at this drop-in, all ages family event!  Try to answer trivia questions based on Charles Schultz's Peanuts and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.  Our casual trivia game will start at 5:00 pm. Before and after, stick around for special Charlie Brown Thanksgiving inspired snacks, crafts, and activities. No registration required. For more information, contact the Children's Room at 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Join the Manchester City Library on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm for our new writers group! Meet with other writers and discuss what you’re writing, critique others work, and give feedback. This group is open to writers of all abilities and ages. Virtual attendance now available on Zoom! 

For questions, call Tess at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email tkimsey@manchesternh.gov .

Signup for this program is not required for in-person attendance, but if you’d like a reminder email, you can sign up through our library calendar! For virtual attendance, please sign up to receive the zoom link.  

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

This is also a drop in session that will be held in the Winchell Room.  For 6-23 months.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Monthly meeting.

Once a month is Teen Tuesdays at West! We’ll have snacks, a special craft or activity, Nintendo Switch, and other games. For teens in grades 6 - 12.

This Fall we are having in person Elementary Experiments every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Tuesday of the month at 3:30pm in the Winchell Room. This week, attendees grades 1-6 will be brainstorming how to best build for an air drop, packaging and egg and also designing a parachute. If you can’t make it to the program, we will have a video on our Facebook and Youtube page if you want to try the activities at home! Please register for this event so we have enough supplies for everyone to enjoy!

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

On Friday, November 24th, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, you can drop by the Winchell Room and build a Lego creation with our 10,000 pieces of Legos.  All creations will be on display in the children’s room for everyone to enjoy.  This program is for ages 3-12 years old.  For more information, please call 624-6550 ext. 7628.

Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America, by Amy Belding Brown. Mary Rowlandson was held captive after an Indian attack. Her true narrative explores the meanings of freedom, faith and acceptance.

For more information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Come for a movie and pizza in the auditorium, where we’ll watch a teen movie (or anime) on the big screen. For teens in grades 6 – 12.

Registration requested by not required. If you have food allergies or restrictions, let us know when you register or email Dori in advance at mclyouthservices@manchesternh.gov.

Visit the Teen Services website at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org for movie selection updates.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

These are drop in sessions.  Please attend only one session each week so everyone can attend this very popular program.  This is for 2-5 year olds.  For more information contact Children's at 603-624-6550 ext 7628.

Every Thursday, come hang out in the Winchell Room after school.  We'll have snacks, Nintendo Switch, arts and craft supplies, and other games. Once or twice a month we'll have a special structured craft or activity.  Check the teen website for details at www.teens.manchesterlibrary.org.   For teens in grades 6-12, 

Meeting for neighbors to discuss advocacy for neighborhood inprovements.  For more information contact Vanessa Blais at 603-661-0222

This is also a drop in session that will be held in the Winchell Room.  For 6-23 months.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

The Christmas Spider!

Have you ever heard about the legend of the Christmas Spider? Grab one of these adult craft kits and read all about it!

These colorful, beady little spiders are about as cute as a spider can be. If you want, you can give them a spooky Halloween vibe that looks a little like “Nightmare Before Christmas” by switching out your colored bead selections later on. This popular holiday project is festive, fun and easy. All you need are a few beads, craft wire, some basic tools and that good old holiday spirit.

These kits are for adults only and will be available on Tuesday, December 12th in the Library Rotunda while supplies last. For more information about this fun little project please contact Yvonne L. at 603-624-6550 ext. 7619 or e-mail yloomis@manchesternh.gov.

Happy crafting!

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

The Children's Room staff are excited to annonce a new Storytime program with SEE Science Centeer.  Once a month, kids ages 2-6 years old are invited to join Ms. Yvonne and Ms. Becky from the SEE Science Center for Storytime Science.  This storytime is based on a Stem/Steam theme with hands-on activities afterwards.  This month's book will be Snowman at Night  by Caralyn Beuhner followed by a craft activity.  Registration will be required to make sure that we have enough materials for everyone.   Storytime Science is a program of the SEE Science Center's First Steps in Science Initiative presented by Dartmouth Health Childrens. This program is a great way to introduce our youngest patrons to fun STEM/STEAM hands on activities. For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628

The Paris library, by Janet Skeslien Charles. 2021. 353 pages. Fiction.

Based on a true story, describes how a lonely, 1980s teenager befriends an elderly neighbor and uncovers her past as a librarian at the American Library in Paris who joined the Resistance when the Nazis arrived.

You can join us in person or via zoom. Registration is required. To register, or to reserve a print copy of the book, contact the Information Desk at (603) 624-6550 x 7620.

Monthly meeting.

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

In Elementary Experiments anyone grades 1-6 can join us for activities and crafts with a STEAM focus (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday we will post videos on Facebook and YouTube to accommodate busy school schedules. Then, on the last Tuesday of the month at 3:30 pm we will do all of that month’s posted activities and crafts in person! Please register on our website or call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628 so we make sure to have enough supplies for everyone!

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away - by Bill Bryson.  A love letter, at times bemused and humorous, to the home Bryson returned to after an absence of twenty years.  For more information contact Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

Drop by the children's room for Family Game Night.  We will have different board games and puzzles for families to enjoy as you browse fro books.  For more information, please call 603-624-6550 ext. 7628.

Meeting for neighbors to discuss advocacy for neighborhood inprovements.  For more information contact Vanessa Blais at 603-661-0222

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. 2020, 288 p. Fiction.

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you has made a different choice at any point in your life.

You can join us in person or via zoom. Registration is required. To register, or to reserve a print copy of the book, contact the Information Desk at (603) 624-6550 x 7620.

Showing film "Spellers".  For more information contact Pam Stiles at 603-271-7039

Meeting for neighbors to discuss advocacy for neighborhood inprovements.  For more information contact Vanessa Blais at 603-661-0222

The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende.  A sweeping multigenerational love story spanning a number of topics including antisemitism and fascism.  For more information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson - Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling interitance for her two children, Byron and Benny" a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording.  In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultous story about a headstrong young swimmer who excapes her idland home under suspicion of murder.  Can Bryon and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to 'share the black cake when the time is right'. For more information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne.  An attempt to answer why an experienced, thirty-two year old climber, perished in the northern Presidential Range of the New Hampshire White Mountains.  For more information contact Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  When an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common history.  For more information contact Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

Showing film "Spellers".  For more information contact Pam Stiles at 603-271-7039

A Woman of no Importance: the untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win WWII by Sonia Purnell.  The biography of a masterful spy and reminder of what can be done with a  few brave people and a little resistance.  For more information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

Showing film "Spellers".  For more information contact Pam Stiles at 603-271-7039

The Upside of Irrationality: the Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely.  Looks at the irrational decisions that influence people's relationships, workplace experiences, and temptation to cheat in any area of their lives and explains how to move beyond this to greater success.  For more information please contact Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext 7620

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.  Janie Crawford went from a vibrant but voiceless teenage girl to a women with her finger on her own destiny.  For more Information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

The Cold Millions by Jess Walters.  Enduring a harsh existence as day laborers orphaned brothers Gig and Rye Dolan are drawn to a feminist activist and a vaudeville singer whose experiences reflect an unjust world on the brink of upheaval.  For more information, contact Information Department a 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

First Women: the Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Anderson Brower.  The stories of ten remarkable women who have defined the role of First Lady of the United States.  For more information contact Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

American Heiress: The wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin.  An account of the sensational 1974 kidnapping and ytrial of Patty Hearst describes the efforts of her family to secure her release, Hearst's baffling participation in a ban robbery and the psychological insights that prompted odern understandings about Stockholm Syndrome.  For more information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, mutiny and Murder by David Grann.  In the late 1700's a group of shipwreccked British sailors returned to England with tales of heroism and survival.  Month later another group of men from the same ship returned claiming the first group were murderous mutineers.  For more information contact the Information Department at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620