**No R, R & R in June
While our weekly RR&R is paused in preparation for summer reading, please come down to browse our beautiful collection in the children's department, enjoy the Play Corner, and say hi to MG and Marcel.
Summer Dates for Read, Rock & Rhyme are as follows:
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Aug 5, 12
Remember to arrive early Wednesday mornings to grab your Lowly Worm tickets at the upstairs desk, 1 ticket per person regardless of age.
Weekly RR&R resumes after Labor Day.
Thread City Classical Dance Story Hour
Join us for a ballet story time!
Together we will read The Story Orchestra: A Midsummer Night's Dream, dancers from Thread City Classical Dance will perform variations from the ballet, and teach some movements for us to do together.
Wear comfortable clothing or dance attire.
Cribbage Club
Multi-generational Cribbage Club.
Experienced and novice players welcome (recommended for ages 9+). Bring your own cribbage sets or use ours.
Story Hour with Jeannie
Jeannie is back with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy!
All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.
Master Builders
Families, meet in the Community Room to socialize, build & play with various materials like LEGO, Keva planks, Magnetic tiles, Blocks, and more. Outdoor build & play available too, weather permitting.
Build and create from 3:30-4:45/Take apart and cleanup together at 4:45.
This is not a drop-off program. All children must be accompanied by a grown-up.
Master Builders Summer Dates:
June 26, July 10, August 14
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Summer Dates for Read, Rock & Rhyme are as follows:
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Aug 5, 12
Summer on the Farm Story Hour
This summer story hour series with Miss Jeannie features a story and a craft centered on a different farm animal each week.
This program is geared towards ages 3-5.
Fun and Games with Miss Jessie
Come hang out for fun and games with new Lebanon resident and Library programmer, Miss Jessie. Learn a classic board game and create your own copy to use over the summer.
This program is for ages 5-9 with caregivers, siblings welcome.
Teddy Bear Picnic & Sleepover
Join Jeannie for a special celebration-- a classic Teddy Bear Picnic!
Families, join us outside the library in the Pollinator Garden, bring your own picnic, blankets, and stuffed animal pals. We will also have a craft, sing the Teddy Bear Picnic song, and have a story.
Leave your stuffed animal overnight at JTL for their very own sleepover, and come to pick them up on Saturday morning.
Master Builders
Families, meet in the Community Room to socialize, build & play with various materials like LEGO, Keva planks, Magnetic tiles, Blocks, and more. Outdoor build & play available too, weather permitting.
Build and create from 3:30-4:45/Take apart and cleanup together at 4:45.
This is not a drop-off program. All children must be accompanied by a grown-up.
Master Builders Summer Dates:
June 26, July 10, August 14
Snail Mail
Slow down and cool off with old fashioned letter writing. We'll provide art supplies, stationary, envelopes, and stamps for you to write a letter to a family member, friend, or even your future self.
Ages 6+.
Chalk the Walk at 4 o'clock
Join Miss Jeannie to turn the sidewalk around the library into a giant coloring book.
Bring water, beach blankets or chairs, and a snack.
Gilbert The Party Pig
Pigs visit JTL!
Join Gilbert the Party Pig and friends for an interactive presentation about pig behavior, intelligence, and care.
See a pig preview on their website, gilbertthepartypig.com
**No R, R & R in June
While our weekly RR&R is paused in preparation for summer reading, please come down to browse our beautiful collection in the children's department, enjoy the Play Corner, and say hi to MG and Marcel.
Summer Dates for Read, Rock & Rhyme are as follows:
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Aug 5, 12
Remember to arrive early Wednesday mornings to grab your Lowly Worm tickets at the upstairs desk, 1 ticket per person regardless of age.
Weekly RR&R resumes after Labor Day.
Native Seed Bomb Workshop with TLGV
Join JTL and The Last Green Valley to make a take home native seed bomb to help support our native pollinators and add beautiful native flowers to your yard!
All supplies will be provided.
This is a family-friendly program for all ages.
Story Hour with Jeannie
Jeannie is back with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy! All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.
2025-2026 Dates:
Sept. 26, Oct. 31, Nov. 21*, Dec. 19*, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, Mar. 27, Apr. 24, May 29.
* denotes third Friday, rather than last Friday, due to holiday season.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Cribbage Club
Multi-generational Cribbage Club.
Experienced and novice players welcome (recommended for ages 9+). Bring your own cribbage sets or use ours.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Story Hour with Miss Shaleen
An afternoon story time with Miss Shaleen Barrett, Occupational Therapist and Signing Time Certified Teacher.
Join us for stories, felt board, songs, and best of all, PLAY!
Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.
The Dream Rehearsed Performance
Lebanon Recreation Department theater workshop performance, directed by Carol Macy, featuring 32 homeschoolers ages 8-17. An imagined first rehearsal of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Will Shakespeare as director.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Story Hour with Miss Shaleen
An afternoon story time with Miss Shaleen Barrett, Occupational Therapist and Signing Time Certified Teacher.
Join us for stories, felt board, songs, and best of all, PLAY!
Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.
Second Saturday Playgroup with Shaleen
Everyone’s different; let’s be different together!
A monthly, meet-up group for multi-age neurodivergent, special needs, all-abilities children. Join Occupational Therapist Miss Shaleen for open-ended play and activities for the children, community building with the parents, caregivers, and siblings. Each month, we will explore fine and gross motor skills as well as sensory activities connected to a monthly theme.
This All-Inclusive Playgroup meets the second Saturday of each month at 10 am.
Story Hour with Miss Shaleen
An afternoon story time with Miss Shaleen Barrett, Occupational Therapist and Signing Time Certified Teacher.
Join us for stories, felt board, songs, and best of all, PLAY!
Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Cribbage Club
Multi-generational Cribbage Club.
Experienced and novice players welcome (recommended for ages 9+). Bring your own cribbage sets or use ours.
Story Hour with Jeannie
Jeannie is back with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy! All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.
2025-2026 Dates:
Sept. 26, Oct. 31, Nov. 21*, Dec. 19*, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, Mar. 27, Apr. 24, May 29.
* denotes third Friday, rather than last Friday, due to holiday season.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Picture Book Club
Welcome to Picture Book Club, JTL's Multigenerational book club for children and their grown ups to gather monthly on the Third Saturday and enjoy reading together. Join Youth Services Librarian, MG, down in the Story Room where we'll have a read aloud together and explore the Juvenile Picture Book (JPIC) collection.
This program is designed for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers.
April’s book is Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together, by Andrea Tsurmi
If you would like, borrow a copy before the program at the downstairs desk!
One Hour Production! *Registration Required
Make sure you sign up each month to be notified of any program changes!
JTL partners with Waldron's Studio 88 in Mansfield for One Hour Production! Join MG and Teresa Waldron, music and arts educator, the third Friday of the month for creativity and performance. We will read a story, act it out, set it to music, and perform it for our family and friends. Some instruments and art supplies provided; please bring your own if you have some experience using them. Actors, musicians, and stage crew of all experience levels welcome.
This program is designed for kindergarten - sixth grade. 3:30-4:30 is the workshop, please arrive on time at 3:30, and note that parents and guardians may relax in the library while their children work in the Community Room. Audience welcome to join right at 4:30.
Here is your April clue: “Clip, clop! Clip, clop!”
Registration required, call the library (860) 642-7763 or stop in and ask at the Adult Circulation Desk.
Poetry Open Mic
All ages community poetry open mic in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Join us in the Community Room to listen to and read some poetry.
Sign up when you arrive, you may read/recite three poems or read/recite for 3 minutes. If time allows, we can read more. Original poetry is encouraged.
Second Saturday Playgroup with Shaleen
Everyone’s different; let’s be different together!
A monthly, meet-up group for multi-age neurodivergent, special needs, all-abilities children. Join Occupational Therapist Miss Shaleen for open-ended play and activities for the children, community building with the parents, caregivers, and siblings. Each month, we will explore fine and gross motor skills as well as sensory activities connected to a monthly theme.
This All-Inclusive Playgroup meets the second Saturday of each month at 10 am.
Time Travel with Dr. Gwen: Choose Your Own Adventure! *Before teen gaming
Teens!
We’re doing this at 3pm so you can come before the Teen Gaming session!
Explore the first Choose Your Own Adventure ever written: The Cave of Time.
Gwen will read the story aloud, and you will make critical choices along the way that will lead you to different outcomes in the book.
This program is for ages 8-18, adult family & friends welcome too.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
The Easter Bunny Visits the Library
Join MG and JTL's giant rabbit friend for music and movement and photo opportunities.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Story Hour with Jeannie
Jeannie is back with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy! All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.
2025-2026 Dates:
Sept. 26, Oct. 31, Nov. 21*, Dec. 19*, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, Mar. 27, Apr. 24, May 29.
* denotes third Friday, rather than last Friday, due to holiday season.
Read, Rock, and Rhyme
Read, Rock & Rhyme with MG, our tried and true story time for the tiniest of library people, continues weekly in the Community Room. Join us to share songs, rhymes, musical instruments, movement and more. Open play and social time available at the end of the program.
RR&R is for children ages 0 - 3 years & their caregivers.
Please pick up your tickets for the program on Wednesday morning at the Adult Circulation Desk to make sure you get a spot in the circle. First come, first served; 80 spots available.
Cribbage Club
Multi-generational Cribbage Club.
Experienced and novice players welcome (recommended for ages 9+). Bring your own cribbage sets or use ours.
Picture Book Club
Welcome to Picture Book Club, JTL's Multigenerational book club for children and their grown ups to gather monthly on the Third Saturday and enjoy reading together. Join Youth Services Librarian, MG, down in the Story Room where we'll have a read aloud together and explore the Juvenile Picture Book (JPIC) collection.
This program is designed for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers.
March’s book is Outside In, written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Cindy Derby
If you would like, borrow a copy before the program at the downstairs desk!