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Check out all of these great program we have going on during the week of April Vacation for ALL AGES!
Children:
Tuesday, April 22nd @ 10am: Yoga With Lisa Katz (Ages 2-5)
Tuesday, April 22nd @ 1pm Earth Day Craft (Ages 6+)
Wednesday, April 23rd @ 11am: Creative Crayon Creations (Ages 6+)
Thursday, April 24th @ 11am: Storytime for Littles (Ages 2-5)
Friday, April 25th @ 10am: Dog Man & Donuts (Ages 3+)
Saturday, April 26th @ 11am: Create Your Character With Mr. Kevin (Ages 6-10)
Teens & Adults:
Tuesday, April 22nd @ 4:30pm: Adult Craft Club (Ages 18+)
Tuesday, April 22nd @ 6:30pm: Mass Center for the Book Club
Thursday, April 24th @ 11am: Adult Book Discussion Group
Friday, April 25th @ 1pm: Friday Flicks – Wicked (Ages 12+)
Participating in book groups provides children with opportunities to interact and engage with their peers. They learn how to communicate effectively, cooperate, and collaborate with others. Through group activities, children develop essential social skills such as sharing, taking turns, and resolving conflicts.
We offer book groups for Kindergarteners, 1st & 2nd graders, 3rd & 4th graders, and 5th grade & up. Click the registration link to learn more about the April book choices. All books can be picked up at the Circulation Desk. It is recommended the book be read before attending the program.
Register below TODAY!
Kindergarten (Wednesday, 4/16 @ 4:30pm)
1st & 2nd Grade (Tuesday, 4/15 @ 4:30pm)
3rd & 4th Grade (Tuesday, 4/29 @ 4:30pm)
5th Grade & Up (Tuesday, 4/29 @ 4:30pm)
April 24th, 2025 | 11:00am-12:00pm | Conference Room
Join us for a great discussion about our selection for April’s Adult Book Discussion Group: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger.
Copies of the book can be checked out at the Circulation Desk.
Registration is not required.
April 29th, 2025 | 6:30pm-7:45pm | Community Room
They’re all over the web, all over the news, and if you’re lucky (and in the right season), all over your local woodlands. They’re mushrooms, the mysterious eruptions from an otherwise hidden world of life and death. When they emerge, they can delight us with beautiful colors, strange shapes, and curious aromas. This presentation is all about mushrooms: what they are, how they live, why they’re fascinating. The talk covers the basics of fungal life with insights on foraging for food and avoiding toxics, and a special emphasis on common mushrooms participants we are likely to find in our neck of New England.
The presenter is Jonathan Kranz, a mushroom enthusiast, former park ranger (Boston Harbor Islands), and current vice president of the Boston Mycological Club, the oldest amateur mushroom club in North America. Jonathan leads mushroom walks and talks that bring the wonder of mushrooms to curious crowds of all ages and interests in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
Registration is required.
Funded by the Friends of the East Longmeadow Public Library.
April 22nd, 2025 | 6:30pm-7:30pm | Conference Room
Join our new evening book group. Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge and join us to share your book choices with others.
April’s book challenge is “a book about books, bookstores or libraries”. We will meet the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30. There is a monthly display for Mass Center For the Book on the 2nd floor with book options.
Find more information about Mass Center For the Book Here.
No registration is required.
April 25th, 2025 | 1:00pm-4:00pm | Community Room
This program is intended for ages 12 and up.