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This event is done in partnership with the North Smithfield Land Trust. Discover the world of Alice 's Adeventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, by exploring the trails at the Booth Pond Conservation Area. Just follow the bright pink markers with "Drink Me" and "Eat Me" on them. Search along the ground for the cache boxes to find the characters that Alic meets on her adventure. You can do this event on your own but downloading the Book Hike pamphlet below. Or you can enjoy

This month's theme is Italian Food This month we will be exploring the wonderful world of Italian Cuisine. A selection of cookbooks are available at the library's circulation desk for you to choose from. Pick a book and a recipe, share what you will be bringing. At the meeting we will have a potluck so we can sample each others recipe, we will talk about the cookbooks and anything you would like to share about making the dish.

We all know the benefits of reading, but there are particular benefits to reading outdoors: stress reduction, reduces anxiety and eye strain, can improve mood, focus and concentration. Being outdoors can also give your brain a boost and promote better sleep. But there had to be a better program that just storytime outdoors. We wanted kids to active and excited about reading outdoors, and thus the Book Hike was born. For the last 2 years, the library has been partnering with t

When New Year comes around we're always thinking about the changes we want to make, our resolutions. At the library's circulation desk we see the books about better health, organizing your home, new theories on gardening, raising kids and becoming a better person. We've even seen those people who decide to read something different, so our mystery readers take out non-fiction, the romance readers checking out thrillers and so forth. Ultimately resolutions just seem to fade awa

The afternoon of Tuesday, September 19, 2023, we held our fist book hike, celebrating J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. This program was done in partnership with the North Smithfield Land Trust. We were able to create Neverland in their Booth Pond Conservation Area. While enjoy nature, families were able to "visit" areas from the novel and hear excerpt of the original read aloud at each location. While walking the trails we discovered a variety of mushrooms, acorns, rocks, pineconne,

One of our last programs for 2022, and it was so much fun. Marble mazes for the whole family to work on together. These were not your remembered marble mazesf as so many parents told me. Lots of kids figuring out engineering, math, physics and architecture, all the while having tons of fun! Take a peek at how one of your marble runs worked: Watch as the marble runs down the tower, spinning the wheel, then crossing the bridge and droping down the 2nd tower and into the bowl at

December 28, 2022 Many times we look at paintings and think, I could never do that . We believe that we don't have the talent, or the time or the schooling to do it. I'm proud to say that today we had some very brave kids who took one look, and said "I can do that." And with just a little instruction they did! Each piece came out a little different, but that is where their own unique creativity has shown through. Here are the wonderful finished pieces with its artist. To see

Today, December 27th, we had a full house of artists join us for free paint. All we did was put out paper, brushes and paint and kids could create to their hearts content. They just let their imaginations flow. Take a look at the artists who decided to share their work with us. It all looks wonderful! Click the images to enlarge.

We had some very excited boys and girls at the library on December 20 to meet the Snow Queen. The program was packed with kids all excited to hear more stories of the Snow Queen and her family's adventures. There was even time for singing, and the kids voices were fantastic to hear as they all sang along to both songs! A wonderful thing to hear. Of course everyone who wanted got a chance to have an individual chat and a picture with the Snow Queen. A fun time was had by all.

Wednesday, the 7th of December, the library had a very special visitor, Santa Claus. He came to talk to the kids about what they wanted for Christmas and to let them know if they made the naughty or nice list. I'm pleased to report that all the kids who visited did make the nice list. Of course, Miss Renee knew that already! Santa even had time to play a little magic ball and catch with the kids and even answered 2 boys lengthy list of questions. Although we did catch Santa t

Thursday, October 27 @ 6pm we had our Halloween event, Circus Dynamics visited and gave an absolutely fantastic show. As one mom told us "Just wanted to send a little note with how much we enjoyed Circus Dynamics last night! They were really good and very entertaining. " If you missed this event, don't worry we'll share a few pictures here and make sure you keep an eye on our calendar for more fun and exciting events! Audience participation, juggling scarves, knives and balls

The thought was that this puzzle was going to take a while to put together, but no it was put together quicker than expected. We were hoping this would take us into November, but no we had to put another out with just a few days left in the month. Except for a little mix up in the tree tops this puzzle was a piece of cake. Great job!

Done in Conjunction with Wood Items and More of Greenville, RI. Make a local veteran's Holiday bright. Stop in the library to write a letter, or sign up for one of our workshops to paint a gift. Kids are welcome too - color a picture to send or sign up for a workshop as well. Dates for our gift workshops are Nov 2 @ 5:30, Nov 4 @ 10:30, Nov 8 @ 10:30, Nov 10 @ 3:30 and Nov 14 @ 6:00

The puzzle has been completed, well before Halloween - well done!

Our cozy kitchen filled with the smell of backing apples was finished today. Such a lovely puzzle, even if all the pieces were the same shape. Luckily it wasn't as hard as last month's puzzle. Our next puzzle is already out and waiting for puzzlers. It's a halloween puzzle so we're challenging you to finish by October 31, but it's not going to be easy.

Yes that's right! The puzzle that we've been working on for what feels like months is finally finished. To all those die hard puzzle makers who sat for hours just to put in 1 or 2 pieces ......... YOU DID IT!

Little kids visited the library on September 14 to celebrate Curiosity Day. They got to play games with George and friends such as ramp and roll bowling, washer monkey's simple machines, sorting fruits and veggies at the farmers' market and exploring animals at George's Zoo plus coloring and hearing a story. The highlight of the day was a visit from Curious George.