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Children's Room
• News & Updates •
| | A StoryWalk® is a fun, educational experience for children – and adults – to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. Take a walk along the trail and read and interact with the book as you go! | | |
Lincoln Park
New title for November and December!
Family Feast! by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Parker Meadow
Current Title:
Bud Finds Her Gift by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Block Party
Ages 2+
No registration required
Tuesday, November 17
7 pm
Drop in and build with our LEGO® and DUPLO® bricks! Bring your mom, your grandpa, your friend, or your cousin, and see what you can create.
No instruction or guidance is provided. Build whatever you want!
LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this program.
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• SCHOOL-AGE ACTIVITIES •
| | Our School-Age Programs are designed to encourage a child's love of learning through exploration and play. If registration is required, please register each child individually and only register your child if they are in the grades advertised. | | |
Brickbuilders' Club
Grades K-2
Registration now open
Monday, November 2
Monday, December 7
4:15 pm
Do you love building with LEGO® bricks? Join other LEGO® fans to create, learn, and share ideas.
Each meeting we will take on a different building challenge. Some months we will work in pairs or groups, some months we will create independently. Each meeting ends with time to share our builds.
LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this program.
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Plot Twists Book Club
Grades 5 & 6
Registration now open
Monday, November 2
Monday, December 7
7 pm
Do you love to read? Want to discover some new books and read a variety of genres? Would you like to meet new friends and discuss interesting books?
Plot Twists is our monthly book discussion group for 5th & 6th graders.
Participants are expected to read the book prior to the club meeting and come prepared to talk about it.
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Kids Cookin Green presents Pumpkin Waffles
Grades 3-5
Registration now open
Wednesday, November 4 4:30 pm
Join us for an IN PERSON cooking class with Kids Cooking Green! Today will be making pumpkin waffles! We'll start with a local sugar pumpkin and make delicious waffles to be served with salted pumpkin seeds, maple syrup, and hand whipped cream.
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Read to Lyric
Grades K-5
Registration opens 11/2
Thursday, November 12
6:30 pm
6:45 pm
7:00 pm
7:15 pm
Emergent and independent readers are invited to practice reading aloud to Lyric, the therapy dog. Bring your book of choice and build confidence with a nonjudgmental listener who won't interrupt!!
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Page Turners
Book Club
Grades 4 & 5
Registration now open
Tuesday, November 17
Tuesday, December 15
4:15 pm
Do you love to read? Want to discover some new books and read a variety of genres? Would you like to meet new friends and discuss interesting books?
Page Turners is our monthly book discussion group for 4th & 5th graders. Participants are expected to read the book prior to the club meeting and come prepared to talk about it.
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Tales with a Twist Story Club
Grades K-1
Registration opens 11/2
Wednesdays
November 18, December 2, December 8 and December 16
4:15 pm
(When you sign up, you are registered for the entire session)
Step into the world of stories, rhymes, and big ideas! Each week, kids will explore classic fairy tales alongside "fractured" twists and inspiring stories about fairness, empathy, and community. Together, we’ll build confidence through group recitation, practice introducing one another, and dive into hands-on crafts, games, and activities.
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Fun at the Farm
Ages 3-7
Registration opens 11/9
Friday, November 20
3 pm
Join us at Lexington Community Farm for a special farm storytime! We’ll start with stories and rhymes in the farm dome, then head outdoors for a fun, hands-on activity.
This program is in partnership with Lexington Community Farm.
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Elementary Art Lab
Grades 3-5
Registration opens 11/16
Tuesday, November 24
4:15 pm
Have you ever wanted to try painting a starry night like Van Gogh? Or create art covered in colorful dots like Yayoi Kusama? In Elementary Art Lab, join us to learn about a famous artist past or present and explore their art through our own creative adventures!
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L'Heure du Conte
French Language Storytime
Ages 3-7
No registration required
Tuesday, December 1
4:15 pm
Join the International School of Boston for a a special story time in French! Along the way, the children will be introduced to simple vocabulary and everyday words through interactive activities. No prior French experience is needed; this program is designed to spark curiosity, build cultural awareness, and make language learning fun for all!
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Crack the Cube
Grades K+
Registration opens 11/23
Tuesday, December 8
6:30 pm
Amazed by the magic of the Rubik’s Cube? Wondering how people solve it in seconds? Looking for other kids who love to cube? Join Ethan, 4th grade speed cuber, and the cube master George Fan for a fun, hands-on Rubik’s Cube Meetup! You will learn solving tricks, try 2×2s, Pyraminx & Mirror Cubes, take on fun challenges, and meet fellow cubers! Twist. Turn. Solve. Have fun!
All skill levels welcome—from curious beginners to speed cubers!.
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Kids Cooking Green presents
Chocolate Bark
Grades K-2
Registration opens 11/30
Friday, December 11
3 pm
**VIRTUAL**
Join us for another fun virtual cooking class with Kids Cooking Green and learn to make chocolate bark - an easy, fun to make chocolate dessert topped with a choice of dried fruits and seeds! We'll provide all the ingredients you need to cook.
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Pop Up Art School presents Felted Snowman Hoop
Grades 3-5
Registration opens 11/30
Friday, December 18
3 - 4:30 pm
Please register only if you can remain for the entire 90 minute class.
Create a snowman design inside of an embroidery hoop. Learn the basics of needle felting as you add color, texture, and an expressive face to make your snowman uniquely your own. Make your project uniquely yours by choosing from a variety of wool colors and adding your own patterns and details to your snowman. Experience the joy of needle felting with Pop up Art School in a friendly environment. You'll gain the basic skills of needle felting, walking away with a finished piece, and the confidence to continue your felting journey independently.
| | Need some ideas for the November prompt? Check out our suggestions! | | |
Massachusetts Center for the Book Student Reading Challenge
Cary Library is pleased to be a participant in this year's Massachusetts Center for the Book Student Reading Challenge! Stop by the Library and pick up your passport, or create your account in Beanstack to log your reading.
Read a book that meets the prompt for the month, come back and report your reading and get a sticker for your passport! With your caregiver, each month submit your book to the Mass Center for the Book and be entered into a raffle for prizes!
| | Our goal with our pre-school age programs is to provide your child a rich and engaging time with music, movement, hands-on activities, appealing stories, all while working on building key early literacy skills. Our preschool programs are created around the developmental stages for the ages advertised. Most programs are drop in, unless otherwise indicated. | | |
Sing Along with Matt Heaton
Ages 0-5
Registration opens 10/26
Wednesday, November 4
10:30 - 11 am
Join us for a special sing along with Matt Heaton! Matt Heaton plays high energy, engaging music for discerning kids and the grown-ups who love them. With his bright orange rockabilly guitar, wry sense of humor, and formidable songwriting chops, he delivers smart little songs with a big welcome.
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Chanukah Storytime & Craft
Ages 2-5
Registration opens 11/16
Monday, November 30
2 pm
Celebrate Chanukah with a fun, interactive program for little ones! We’ll enjoy a festive Chanukah story, and create a colorful Chanukah craft together. Through stories, music, and hands-on creativity, children will explore the holiday and its themes of light and joy.
Shaina Olidort is the Director of the Jewish Preschool of Lexington and has been involved in early childhood education for many years.
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Music Monday
Ages 0-5
No registration required
Monday
November 16, 23 & 30
10 - 10:30 am
Come sing along to old favorites and learn some new tunes!
Singing together helps children develop language skills by slowing down words to better hear the individual sounds and introducing vocabulary that might not appear in everyday speech. Many songs will incorporate movement and opportunities to practice listening and following directions with props like shakers or scarves.
We'll repeat the same set of songs for several weeks at a time so everyone has a chance to learn the lyrics that are new to them.
Without music, life would b-flat!
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Little Art Lab
Ages 2-5
No registration required
Tuesday
November 10, 17 & 24
11:15 - 12 pm
Drop in for an open-ended exploration of different art materials each week. From finger paint to sculpting dough, let your child lead their own discovery of what happens when they manipulate their world. It's about the process, not the product!
Be prepared; things might get messy, but we will have smocks available when they do.
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Preschool Dance Party
Ages 2-5
No registration required
Wednesday
November 18 & 25
9:30 - 10 am
Come dance with us!
This high energy program fosters key early literacy skills including phonological awareness, memory, and sequencing skills, as well as promoting motor skill development—all while having lots of fun and moving our bodies.
We begin with "follow the leader" songs followed by several free dances and end with a few dances with props (such as shaker eggs, ribbon dancers, or the rare appearance of bubbles!). Music is a mix of upbeat and energetic kid-friendly songs that varies the pace throughout the program.
Grown-ups are expected to participate and dance too.
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Next session begins Tuesday November 10th!
• Week Day Storytimes•
Tuesday:
10:30 am: Twos & Threes
(ages 2 & 3)
A 30-minute, drop-in program for two- and three-year-olds and their caretakers (siblings are welcome). We will read stories and sing songs, and on occasion use manipulatives like shakers or a flannel board
Wednesday: No storytime Nov 11
10:30 am: Storytime (ages 3 - 5)
Join us for a high energy storytime of songs, stories and fun for ages 3-5. This storytime is a high participatory program for kids and caregivers. There are lots of games, songs, and rhymes mixed into the stories to keep kids moving and engaged.
Thursday: No storytimes Nov 26
9:30 am: Baby Laptime (prewalker)
It’s never too early to foster a love for reading! Join us for a peaceful, interactive storytime created specifically for infants who are not yet walking and their adult caregivers. Together, we’ll recite joyful rhymes, sing songs, share tickle games, and read cozy books. The program is designed to foster your baby’s phonological awareness, language growth, and vocabulary. Stay after the storytime for open play and a chance to connect with other local caregivers.
11 am: Toddler Time
(walkers - 24 months)
Take early literacy to the next step! Designed specifically for toddlers who have traded lap-sitting for walking, this faster paced, interactive program keeps up with your child's growing energy and skills. Together, toddlers and caregivers will jump, sing, recite playful rhymes, and listen to a short story or two—boosting language development, motor skills, and coordination along the way. Stay after the session for playtime, where toddlers can build social skills and caregivers can connect.
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Pajama Storytime
Ages 3-6
No registration required
Tuesday, November 3
7 - 7:30 pm
Put on your favorite PJs, grab a cozy blanket or your favorite stuffie, and join us for a restful evening storytime! We’ll share soothing bedtime tales, calm rhymes, and gentle songs designed to help 3–6 year olds wind down for the night while building essential early literacy skills.
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Story Social
Ages 0-5
No registration required
Saturday, November 7
Saturday, November 20
9:30 - 10:30 am
Stories, Songs & Saturday Connections for Ages 0–5
Can’t make it to our weekday programs? Start your weekend with us! Designed with working families and busy schedules in mind, this relaxed Saturday morning program combines a fun, interactive storytime with open social time. We’ll read engaging books, sing songs, and practice movement rhymes, followed by plenty of time for little ones to play and grown-ups to connect.
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Are You On the Road to Reading?
On the Road to Reading is an early literacy program designed to encourage parents and caregivers to read 1,000 books to their child before they start kindergarten to help develop important early literacy skills and develop a lifelong love of reading and books! Broken into 100 book milestones, the Library will celebrate your child’s reading achievements as you move along the Road to Reading!
| | What Our Book Clubs Are Reading | | Bookmarks (1st & 2nd Grades) | | | |
The Fantastic Freeze Ray
by Kailei Pew
Book 1: Supervillains in Training
Vicky von Evil and her best friend enroll in a special training school for super villains and learn what it takes to be evil.
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Sherlock Roach and the Case of the Cruchy Crumb by Joe McGee
Book 1: Sherlock Roach, Bug Detective
When Lucille's crunchy crumb goes missing, Sherlock Roach and his friend and assistant, Dr. Wormston, take on the case.
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Swimming Into Trouble
by Angela Ahn
Book 1: Julia on the Go series
As a member of the Vipers Swim Team, Julia Nam's always in the pool. Mountainview Community Center is like her second home, not only because swimming at the aquatic center is her favorite thing in the world, but also because her parents run the center's sushi cafeé. She's the youngest swimmer on the team, but definitely not the slowest. Julia can't wait for Personal Best Day -- the most important day for all of the swimmers. If their times are good enough, they can enter a big regional swim meet. But then the worst thing happens. A sharp pain in Julia's ear reveals an infection and she's forbidden to swim for ten days. How can she get timed during Personal Best Day when she's not allowed in the water? Julia is desperate to get back in the pool, even if it means having to go behind her parents' backs in order to do so. But Julia's solution lands her in a sticky situation, and it's going to require the entire community center to come together to help her out of it!
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Page Turners (4th & 5th Grades)
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Queso, Just In Time
by Ernesto Cisneros
Quetzalcóatl Castillo -- Queso for short -- has had an ache in his heart that won't go away ever since his father's death. More than anything, he wishes he could spend time with his dad again. After whispering that wish one night under the light of the moon, Queso wakes up the next morning in 1985. With twelve-year-old Pancho -- the kid who will grow up to be his dad. Even though he has no idea what to do, Queso is just happy to be by his dad's side again. But while Pancho is confident when scoring on the foosball table or standing up to bullies, he doesn't think he's smart enough to reach for his dreams. If only Pancho believed in himself the way Queso does, who knows what his story could be?
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The Incorruptibles
by Lauren Magaziner
Book 1: The Incorruptibles series
Fiora Barrowling lives in a world where sorcerers rule over humans. After surviving an encounter with The Radiance--the very worst of the sorcerers--she's whisked away to the incredible Incorruptibles ("Inc") Academy, a school for resistance fighters in training. But most of the other students think Fiora hasn't earned her place there, and when things start to go wrong and it seems the sorcerers have a spy in the academy, all eyes are on Fiora. With all odds stacked against her, can Fiora prove that she belongs?
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The Sweater by Larissa Theule
When a raccoon named Molly goes for a walk in the woods one day, she runs into a little bird who's struggling. With beautiful, almost vintage-feeling illustrations and writing, Molly rallies the local community of animals to work together to help their new friend. As the seasons change, the little bird starts to get stronger and so does the whole community. I was really moved by how beautiful and simple the story of community and helping each other was and it kind of reminded me of a Mr. Rogers-esque vision of what a world of “helpers” looks like.
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Mixed Feelings by Sara Amini
Sara is Iranian and Columbian, and yet somehow is not enough of either to feel like she belongs in either culture. No one realizes that she is Latina, and the girls in her Farsi class treat her with distain. And then her best friend makes a new friend and starts to drift away. Sara finally starts to feel like she belongs when she signs up for the school's drama club. This semi-autobiographical graphic novel celebrates multicultural families and is filled with relatable struggles of changing friendships and finding ones voice. Perfect for fans of Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids or fans of friendship stories like Raina Telgemeier or Shannon Hale.
| | | News from the Friends of Cary Library | | |
Member Hours (join at the door):
Friday, Nov. 6; 1pm-5pm
Saturday, Nov. 7: 9am-10am
General Public Hours:
Saturday, Nov. 7: 10am-5pm
Sunday, Nov. 8: 1pm-5pm
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Friends of Cary Library Book Sale Returns November 6-8!
Mark your calendar! We’ll have thousands of gently used hardcover and paperback books, for adults, teens, and children. If you love finding quality used books at great prices, you can’t beat the Friends Book Sale!
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