Come and learn about beneficial garden bugs as part of Summer Reading 2026: Plant a Seed, Read!

Join Miss Jeannie to learn about beneficial garden pals you can find in your own backyard. Each week we will learn about a different insect through stories, songs, cool facts, and themed sensory bins.

This program is geared towards ages 3-5.

11 AM, Mondays in August (8/3, 8/10, 8/24, 8/31)

No morning story hour on 8/17

Jeannie is here monthly on the last Friday with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy!

All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library. Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Krista Gleen and Jen Jackson read on August 24.

Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Come and learn about beneficial garden bugs as part of Summer Reading 2026: Plant a Seed, Read!

Join Miss Jeannie to learn about beneficial garden pals you can find in your own backyard. Each week we will learn about a different insect through stories, songs, cool facts, and themed sensory bins.

This program is geared towards ages 3-5.

11 AM, Mondays in August (8/3, 8/10, 8/24, 8/31)

No morning story hour on 8/17

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library. Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Stephanie DeLucia reads on August 21.

Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library. Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Andy Gonzalez reads on August 19.

Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library. Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Heather Lyon and Katie Ruffo read on August 17.

Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library. Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Gretchen Brochu and Jessica Allaire read on August 14.

 
Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library.

Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Jess Scorso and Lisa Gamache read on August 10.

Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Come and learn about beneficial garden bugs as part of Summer Reading 2026: Plant a Seed, Read!

Join Miss Jeannie to learn about beneficial garden pals you can find in your own backyard. Each week we will learn about a different insect through stories, songs, cool facts, and themed sensory bins.

This program is geared towards ages 3-5.

11 AM, Mondays in August (8/3, 8/10, 8/24, 8/31)

No morning story hour on 8/17

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library.

Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

April van Sambeck reads on August 5.

Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Summer time read alouds with Lebanon Elementary School Teachers are a classic part of our summer here at the library.

Come to hang out with beloved LES Staff as they read you books out in the Pollinator Garden. Bring a blanket or folding chairs and a picnic and enjoy story time as a family and community. After the books, leave your mark in sidewalk chalk on our front walkway.

Jan Gervais and Erin Pistel read on August 3.
 
Rain/excessive heat location: Inside the Community Room

Come and learn about beneficial garden bugs as part of Summer Reading 2026: Plant a Seed, Read!

Join Miss Jeannie to learn about beneficial garden pals you can find in your own backyard. Each week we will learn about a different insect through stories, songs, cool facts, and themed sensory bins.

This program is geared towards ages 3-5.

11 AM, Mondays in August (8/3, 8/10, 8/24, 8/31)

No morning story hour on 8/17

Jeannie is back with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy!
All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.

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.

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.

Story room.

Gwen will read aloud the picture book Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney. We will discuss four important messages about creating our own meaningful path in life. Next there will be a related craft. Each child will color their own laminated sheet of a house by the sea & will landscape a front yard by their beach.

Ages 3-12 yr olds (who may want to help younger children)

*Registration encouraged

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.

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.

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.

Jeannie is back with seasonal read alouds, puppets, crafts, and library joy!
All ages, all families welcome to drop in, no registration required.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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!

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.

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!