Calling all future engineers! You are invited to join Gail Ramsay (Code & Circuit, Amesbury) and Kathy Watson (Kimball Library) for some coding fun! We will be utilizing Kodable, Osmo, and iRoot robots. Beginners are welcome as well as those with coding experience.
Children entering grades 1-3 in the fall will meet from 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM.
Children entering grades 4-8 in the fall will meet from 5:30 PM-7:30 PM… Read more ‘All Together’ CODING & ROBOTICS: Tuesday, 7/11/23: (Gr. 1-3 @3 PM, Gr. 4-8 @5:30 PM)
Calling all future engineers! You are invited to join Gail Ramsay (Code & Circuit, Amesbury) and Kathy Watson (Kimball Library) for some coding fun! We will be utilizing Kodable, Osmo, and iRoot robots. Beginners are welcome as well as those with coding experience.
Children entering grades 1-3 in the fall will meet from 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM.
Children entering grades 4-8 in the fall will meet from 5:30 PM-7:30 PM… Read more 
We lowered the age to accomodate more future champions!
Two-time Freestyle Frisbee Champion, Todd Brodeur, educates, entertains and motivates his audience with captivating Frisbee shows and interactive playshops. He promotes staying active throughout your life by playing disc sports. He focuses on healthy lifestyles, creativity, flexibility and balance, all aimed at improving self-esteem and confidence. World Class Frisbee Shows and Playshops teaches the next generation new ways to learn Frisbee… 
Teens and tweens, THIS MEANS WAR! (FRIENDLY war.)
T/weens (Grade 5+) are welcome to participate. Please bake your own cupcakes in advance, and practice your decorating in the days prior if you choose.
At the event start, you will have 30 minutes to frost and decorate your three cupcakes in any way you choose. The theme is “ALL TOGETHER NOW” named after the 2023 Summer Reading Theme. A small prize… 
60 minutes of belief-challenging, wonderment-enhancing, imagination-inducing, harmonica-appearing, reality-altering,destiny-predicting, ghost-contacting, magic show that will make you gasp in awe, laugh ’til it hurts, and inspire your imagination!
Belief Optional.
This event will be held at Atkinson Academy if we have inclement weather.… 
Learn magic tricks with the amazing magician Peter Boie before the big show!
Pete’s Magic Studio~Peter Boie, the magician for non-believers, teaches simple magic tricks to help increase confidence and improve communication skills in this hour long hands on workshop…plus, it’s just fun to fool your friends and family with your newfound magical knowledge.
This workshop has limited seating and is limited to youth ages 8 & up. Registration is… 
The book of the month is The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai.
Life at Grace Field House has been good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious foods and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems…
Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field… 
The book of the month is Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.
In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five….In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen… 
The book of the month is The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes.
Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why–or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling,… 
The book of the month is ‘I Must Betray You’ by Ruta Sepetys.
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force.
Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left… 
Come and check out the latest tech from the Kimball Library.
Launchpads are educational tablets designed to be checked out, used, and enjoyed by kids! The tablets are pre-loaded with fun games and activities, without access to Wi-Fi or purchase suggestions. Kids can choose their path and follow it at their own pace to practice life skills, STEAM concepts, and reading.
Launchpads are available for a 1 week loan with…