D&D (Summer Edition)
For Summer 2026 Dungeons & Dragons runs from 4-7PM!
An extra hour of fun with friends and foes.
The world needs heroes! What courageous souls would dare to fight horrific monsters, evade traps, solve puzzles, and quest for treasure? Who among you shall free realms from the tyrannical rule of a dragon? To fight for peoples of a fantastical, magical world, and become their champions? Do you hear the call to be an adventurer? In the amazing worlds of Dungeons and Dragons, your imagination is your greatest weapon!
Adventurers ages 12-18 must come prepared with completed character sheet, ready for fast-paced and focused game play. Some DND campaign experience required.
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 8:00 pm.)
Summer Reading Begins!
This year’s Summer Reading theme is Plant a Seed, Read.
Come to the library any day we’re open between June 26 and Sept. 4, 2026 to participate in our Summer Reading activities!
Youth Summer Reading (Birth - 12): Sign up any day during the summer to pick up your BINGO Card. Youth prizes will be available from June 26 until September 4, 2026 (last day to enter for a grand prize).
Teen Summer Reading (Ages 12-18): Participate by reading and reviewing books between June 26 & September 4. Each review will earn you an entry into a drawing for one of four gift cards to local businesses.
Adult Summer Reading (Ages 18+): Participate by reading and reviewing books between June 26 & September 4. Each review will earn you an entry into a drawing for one of four gift cards to local businesses.
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
D&D (Summer Edition)
For Summer 2026 Dungeons & Dragons runs from 4-7PM!
An extra hour of fun with friends and foes.
The world needs heroes! What courageous souls would dare to fight horrific monsters, evade traps, solve puzzles, and quest for treasure? Who among you shall free realms from the tyrannical rule of a dragon? To fight for peoples of a fantastical, magical world, and become their champions? Do you hear the call to be an adventurer? In the amazing worlds of Dungeons and Dragons, your imagination is your greatest weapon!
Adventurers ages 12-18 must come prepared with completed character sheet, ready for fast-paced and focused game play. Some DND campaign experience required.
(Note to parents/guardians: Please pick up teens prior to the library's prompt closing time of 8:00 pm.)
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.
Beaded Star Keychain & Jewelry
Use pony beads to put together a colorful chunky star that can become a charming key chain or funky jewelry. Maybe you'll have time to bead a bracelet too.
Drop in between 4-5pm.
This program is geared toward teens, tweens, and young adults, but people of all ages are welcome!
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
Crochet a Hair Scrunchie (register)
Learn to Crochet your very Own Hair Scrunchie to take home. We will provide the materials (furry yarn in various colors, colorful elastic band to stitch around, crochet hook and instruction sheet.) Gwen will teach patrons of all ages the simple repeating double stitch around an elastic resulting in a beautiful item you can wear on your ponytail or bun or as an ornament on your wrist or ankle.
Age range: 8 to 108: Multi-generational
Registration required (12 spots).
Call or stop in the library to sign up.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Story Hour with Miss Shaleen
Join us for a morning 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.
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.
Back-to-School Farmers' Market
Celebrate the end of the summer with Youth Services librarian MG across the street at the Lebanon Farmers Market!
Story Hour with Elena
Join us for a multi-sensory story hour designed to engage young children through interactive storytelling, music, movement, and connecting with others. Led by Elena Fader Hurlburt, Speech-Language Pathologist, this program supports early literacy and communication development in a playful, inclusive environment. Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.
Summer dates: 6/2, 6/16, 6/30
Game & Pizza *Register
Join Claire and Tristan to learn to play Tower of Hanoi.
Beginner level, no experience expected. The game sets we'll be playing on were 3D printed at the library! There will be some time challenges with prizes and, also pizza!
Ages 8-adult. Registration requested.
Sign up at the adult circulation desk or call 860-642-7763.
Sunspots & Astronomy
Families with children of all ages are invited to come learn about sunspots and astronomy with rangers from The Last Green Valley!
Join us outside of the library (weather permitting) or in Lebanon's Jonathan Trumbull Library Community Room at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Story Hour with Shaleen
Join us *twice a month this summer* for a morning story time with 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.
Summer dates: 6/9, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18
Art in the Afternoon
At Art in the Afternoon, everybody is an artist.
Join Youth Services Librarian, MG, for creative process-based art. We'll play with different mediums and display our work in the Stairwell Gallery and elsewhere at JTL.
Ages 6+.
August 15th focus: Papier-mâché (paper mache)
Registration required, limited space and supplies. Call the library or stop in at the Adult Circulation desk to sign up.
3D Printing Workshops *Registration required
Interested in using JTL's 3D printer? Join our resident team of 3D Printers, Mr. John Flegert and teen volunteers, Aiden & Tristan, for an introductory workshop. You'll learn about how to find a file to print from Thingiverse.com or Printables.com, receive a demo and training on how to set up the printer, and schedule a time to print your creation here at the library.
Registration required; sign up at the Adult Circ Desk. Space is limited.
Summer workshop dates:
Aug 6
Aug 13
Story Hour with Elena
Join us for a multi-sensory story hour designed to engage young children through interactive storytelling, music, movement, and connecting with others. Led by Elena Fader Hurlburt, Speech-Language Pathologist, this program supports early literacy and communication development in a playful, inclusive environment. Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.
Summer dates: 6/2, 6/16, 6/30
Summer Story & Craft
Join community member and Friend of the Library, Miss Jeannie, for three special summer story and craft programs. Wear clothes to get messy and meet downstairs in the Story Room first, then create artwork by Marcel or outside.
Summer dates: Fridays at 11am; June 27, July 18, August 8
3D Printing Workshops *Registration required
Interested in using JTL's 3D printer? Join our resident team of 3D Printers, Mr. John Flegert and teen volunteers, Aiden & Tristan, for an introductory workshop. You'll learn about how to find a file to print from Thingiverse.com or Printables.com, receive a demo and training on how to set up the printer, and schedule a time to print your creation here at the library.
Registration required; sign up at the Adult Circ Desk or call 860-642-7763. Space is limited.
Summer workshop dates:
Aug 6
Aug 13
Story Hour with Shaleen
Join us *twice a month this summer* for a morning story time with 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.
Summer dates: 6/9, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18
Chemistry in Color *Registration required
Join UCONN Senior Chemistry scholar, Keera, to learn about the science of pigments and finding color in nature. Participants will make their own pigments using different plants and paint their own artistic creation by the end of the program.
Registration required; spots are limited.
This program is for ages 10+.
Call the library at 860-642-7763 or sign up at the adult circulation desk.
CANCELED: The Little House: Her Story, with Gwen Diane
**This program has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date**
This program emphasizes the value of nature and rural places.
Gwen Diane will be reading The Little House: Her Story, a classic children’s picture book by Virginia Lee Burton. This delightful book illustrates many changes that a house far out in the country witnesses over time with the turning seasons. Listeners will learn about the passage of time and thankfulness for what we now have.
Following the reading, participants of all ages can draw their favorite home in their own artistic style, using JTL's art supplies. If you'd like, you may bring a photo of the home you plan to draw, whether your own home or a home that you visit and love. We will also have copies of coloring sheets from the story book available.
Ages 4+; no pre-registration necessary.
Reptile Nook
Live animals at the library!
The Reptile Nook from Agawam, MA, returns to JTL with animal friends. Dive into learning about different reptile species with Master Herpetologist Jess, ask lots of questions, and have fun!
Meet Red the Uromastyx, Cream the corn snake, and Dahlia the Mexican Redknee Tarantula.
Story Hour with Elena
Join us for a multi-sensory story hour designed to engage young children through interactive storytelling, music, movement, and connecting with others. Led by Elena Fader Hurlburt, Speech-Language Pathologist, this program supports early literacy and communication development in a playful, inclusive environment. Target audience is ages 3-6, siblings welcome.
Summer dates: 6/2, 6/16, 6/30
Let's Go, LEGO!
Drop in for LEGO time with your friends, family, and community of builders. We'll have various creative prompts and you can put your work on display downstairs in Children's.
If you have clean and sorted LEGO bricks you'd like to donate to JTL, please bring them in clear ziplock bags and our LEGO Leader will add them to our stash.
All ages welcome, duplos will be available for the youngest builders in the Play Corner.
What's In a Ranger's Pack? with TLGV
Whether you already love to get your kids outdoors or you want to try more family outdoor adventures, this program will give you the information and ideas you need. We will start off with a pop quiz: “How many of the ranger's backpack essentials can you guess right away?” After we make our guesses, a TLGV Ranger will give advice on what to keep in your backpack for every outdoor adventure. They will also offer ideas for a “Go Kit” to keep in your car for unexpected opportunities for family outdoor fun.
Join members from The Last Green Valley to learn about what outdoorspeople keep in their packs. This is a multi-generational program.
Storytelling and Creative Art with Cailean
Come practice your Story-telling and Art-working with local creator and library programmer Cailean. Together we will learn and share different techniques to create our own stories and art in all different forms. Bring something you're already working on or find inspiration at the library to create something new.
Ages 12+.
Read & Win: Color the Fair by July 22
Color the Fair coloring sheets are due Tuesday, July 22 at the library!
The Lebanon Lions present Read & Win: Color the Fair!
Starting July 1st
This annual opportunity invites children to visit the library to pick up a coloring sheet provided by the Lebanon Lions Club, color it, and return it for display at the Lebanon Fair (July 25-27).
Participants can win prizes!
Coloring submissions return date Tuesday, July 22.
Story Hour with Shaleen
Join us *twice a month this summer* for a morning story time with 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.
Summer dates: 6/9, 6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18
All Ages Read Aloud: The Plain Princess
Join us for a special all ages family read aloud of a classic fairy tale, The Plain Princess. We will meet in the Story Room to read and discuss this beautiful book published in 1945 with long-lasting enjoyment for all.
FOR ALL AGES 6 and up. It is a story of the main character's transformational journey in many ways, not just on the surface, from selfishness to selflessness, from haughty to kind and generous, from "plain" or ordinary, to beautiful. Is it true magic that causes the 3 different powerful magical transformations once for each of three months that the formerly "plain" girl lives in the cottage with the good widow and her 5 beautiful accomplished daughters? Is it Love? Is it humility? Is it about finding the true meaning in life that changes one inwardly and outwardly? If one becomes a truly good person does that change how they look or how they are perceived?
This is an especially thought provoking story for ages 6 to 18. Parents welcome to listen too. The story is not too short. It takes a captivating 35 minutes for Gwen to to read aloud with discussion to follow. Three are some lovely color illustrations that enhance the powerful story.