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We’ll have art supplies and crafting supplies available for teens to create a project in the teen room or take home to complete later! | Central Library | Teens
Central Library – Teen Area
Mondays | 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Ages 12-19
Every Monday we’ll have art supplies and crafting supplies available for teens to create a project in the teen room or take home to complete later!
Suggest YOUR program idea that you would like to see at the library. Then join us for the fun! | Central & East Springfield | Teens
Central Library
2nd Monday of each month, 4-5:30 pm
East Springfield Branch
2nd Wednesday of each month, 4-5:30 pm
Join us for YOUR choice in teen programming! We’re inviting all 13-19 year-olds to suggest super fun activities they would like to see at the library. Talk with your local branch librarian or connect with us through polls, suggestion boxes and more.
Drop by your library, and see what craft is being offered this week! | Children
All Library Locations
All Open Hours | Ages 5-10
Drop by your library and see what craft is being offered this week! Appropriate for kids 5-10, but others are welcome.
Read just one book a day to build a foundation for lifelong success. Prizes awarded for every 100 books! | Children
All Library Locations
Starts January 2022, ongoing
All it takes is sharing one book a day with your child to build a foundation for lifelong success. Start your child’s book journey today! The goal is to have read 1,000 books before your precious one starts kindergarten.
If you read just 1 book a day, you will have read about 365 books in a year. That is 730 books in two years and 1,095 books in three years. If you consider that most children start kindergarten at around 5 years of age, you have more time than you think. So, let’s get started!
Read with your child. Studies have shown that reading with your child provides a great opportunity for bonding. Reading together is fun and will create life-long memories for the both of you.
Keep track of the number of books you read with your child. Ask your librarian for a paper log to start on your reading journey.
You may choose instead to log your books online using Beanstack. Visit our Beanstack website or download the app to log your books digitally. You can view Beanstack instructions here or ask a librarian on how to use it.
After each 100 books you read, visit your local Springfield City Library branch to collect your free book prize. After 1000 books, come in and get a tote bag!
Who can participate in this program?
– Any child from birth until they enter kindergarten.
How long does the program take?
– The program will take anywhere from a few months to a few years. The program is self-paced and will depend on how often you read together.
Can we repeat books?
– Yes!
How many of my children can participate?
– All of them (provided they have not started kindergarten). Make it even more fun and read as a family!
Storytime is the perfect way to spend a Thursday! We’ll jump and dance and laugh the morning away—and of course, hear lots of awesome stories! | Central | Children
Central Library – Children’s Room
Thursdays | 10:30-11:10 AM | Children and Families | Register
Storytime is the perfect way to spend a Thursday morning! We’ll jump and dance and laugh the morning away—and of course, hear lots of awesome stories!
Jump n’ Jam Storytime is geared toward ages 3-5, but all are welcome. Registration is optional, but recommended to get reminded of upcoming storytimes!
Join us for storytime featuring books, songs, and playtime for babies and toddlers and caregivers. | Central | Children
Central Library – Children’s Room
Tuesdays | 10:30-11:30 AM | Ages 0-2.5
Storytime plays an important role in building early literacy and social skills. Join us for books, songs, and playtime specifically designed for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. Recommended for families with children under three years old.
No registration required, but we appreciate a call ahead if your group has 6 children or more.
Join a scavenger hunt and search the Children’s Room for clues. When you finish, get a prize! | Central | Children
Central Library – Children’s Room
During Open Hours | Children
Love scavenger hunts? The library has a different scavenger hunt every month! Pick up a clue sheet at the desk and search the Children’s Room for clues. When you finish, you can pick a prize from our treasure box!
Create art with different materials, methods and media guaranteed to unleash your inner artist. | Central | Children
Central Library – Children’s Room
During Open Hours | Children
Come explore the world of creativity! We will be creating art with different materials, methods and media guaranteed to unleash your inner artist. If you love to make, and to do, Creation Station is for you!
This program is for children of all ages, no registration required.
Get your Happily Ever After fix from the Romance Book Club! | Online | Adults
ONLINE via Zoom
Saturdays once a month | 10:00-11:00 AM | Adults
Upcoming dates:
April 8
May 6
June 3
CLICK FOR ZOOM LINK for meeting each month.
Join us for the Romance Book Club! We read as many romance genres as we can, sharing our thoughts and expanding our romance reading experience. As long as it has a Happily Ever After, it’s fair game.
Typically each month we choose the book for the following month.
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Can you get anymore cliché? I’d heard that damn phrase my entire life. Most of the time, it was when a woman was mid-orgasm—or, when I was about to take someone’s life. You see, we all have our demons. Apparently, my name was mine. Though it didn’t help me get my answers any faster.
I nodded when I was supposed to. I smirked when I needed to. I complimented when the timing was right. Then… I’d send them to hell after giving them nothing but heaven. I should’ve felt guilt. I didn’t. Because I was good at what I did.
Making people believe what I wanted them to was an art I perfected. In a world where nothing mattered but staying at the top, I made sure no one slipped through my fingers.
Except for her. She was gorgeous. One might say she was the female version of me.
I lost her once. I wouldn’t lose twice. Now was the time… To let the games begin.
A family trying to build home in a new land. A man who has never felt at home anywhere. And a choice to be made between the two.
See previous group book choices below the group guidelines – scroll down.
Our Romance collection librarian will tell you all about exciting additions to the collection, and we’ll get your input on what you’d like to see more of and what we should read.
Register if you’d like to be added to our email list, but no registration is required – just join us at the Zoom link, above. For adults 18+.
Please email Elizabeth McKinstry at emckinstry@springfieldlibrary.org or Anna Mickelsen at amickelsen@springfieldlibrary.org if you have any questions, or call either one of us at 413-263-6828 x213.
The book group will meet monthly via zoom to discuss books in the romance genre. Our definition of romance includes both HEA (Happily Ever After) and HFN (Happy For Now) endings. We will discuss what we read on our own, talk about forthcoming titles, and also pick books to read as a group, either voting on titles prepared by group leaders or taking turns selecting titles.
This book group will strive to be a safe and inclusive space. Racist and homophobic remarks will not be tolerated, and the group may set other content lines to be drawn in discussion or in reading material (e.g., mentions of self-harm, gore, sexual assault) in order to make the experience as fun for all participants as possible. As this is a romance book group, it should be assumed that books read and discussed will often include sex, sometimes explicit in nature.
Book group leaders will:
Book group participants will:
Get help with family history, for beginners and experts alike. | Central Library
Central Library ｜Online via Zoom or In-Person
Get help with genealogy questions! We can show you how to access the library’s and other genealogy resources, get started with your family history, or tackle a stumbling block on your existing project.
Call to make a phone appointment – 413-263-6828 x395, ask for Gary, or email gpysznik@springfieldlibrary.org.
Participants will need access to the internet with a computer, tablet, or smartphone to participate on Zoom.
