Vehicle Night

20th Annual Vehicle Night 

Wednesday, August 1 

6:00 p.m.to 7:30 p.m.

Join us in the parking lot for a festival of fire engines, emergency trucks, police cruisers and snow plows! Brought to you by the fire, police and the public works departments of Hamilton and Wenham, Dodge Tree Service, Lyons Ambulance, Rowley Ready Mix, and 

the Mix 104.1 Street Team with music, games & prizes!  

Families of all ages are welcome. No registration necessary.  

There is no rain date.

Otha Day

Otha Day: Drum to the Beat

Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.

This family event creates in-the-moment music through drums and percussion instruments. Play along as Otha Day leads with accessible 
rhythm activities, games, songs and improvisation.

All ages welcome and no registration necessary.

Kids entering grades 6-12 can get into the rhythm 
with the TeenBeats program at 7:45 p.m. 
Pre-Register with Kim Claire.

Fairy Boats

Fairy Boat Building

Saturday, July 21 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Join us as we share a story, build fairy boats with found items, complete a craft, and join in a fairy procession. Design and keep this magical habitat for your water sprites. 

You are welcome to bring your own items. 

Families of all ages are welcome and no registration is necessary. 

So many thanks to the Sheckells family for their vision in 

creating and leading this endeavor!

Coco Drive-in Movie

Coco Drive-in Movie

Thursday, July 19 

Car Design & Build @ the library from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Movie Showing @ Patton Park at 8:30 p.m. 

Create a Coco inspired car and then enjoy a “drive-in” movie! First come to 

the library to design and decorate your very own Coco inspired car! Once complete, you can “drive” it to Patton Park where we will 

be showing the movie Coco (PG) on a huge outdoor screen! 

All ages are welcome and no registration is necessary. 

Vanessa Trien

Vanessa Trien & The Jumping Monkeys 

Wednesday, July 18 @ 6:30 p.m. 

Come jump, wiggle and dance with Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys! Vanessa creates a highly interactive and energetic show, featuring

 plenty of group singing and movement. 

All ages welcome and no registration necessary.

Twilight Chant

Twilight Chant

Monday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. 

We will read a story, play a trivia game, complete an art activity, and 

take a twilight stroll with our ears and eyes open. 

All ages are welcome and no registration is required.

Tanglewood Marionettes

Tanglewood Marionettes

present

The Fairy Circus!

Wednesday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Featuring over twenty beautifully hand-crafted marionettes, The Fairy Circus is a 

showcase for turn-of-the-century-style trick puppetry. The puppets will dance, play 

instruments, juggle, contort, transform, and fly through the air with the greatest of ease,

 all to the best-loved music of favorite composers. 

All ages welcome and no registration necessary.

Books Guessing Contest

Congratulations to

Jaya, age 3

and 

Gillian, age 10

Winners of our June Guessing Contest!

There are 40,484 books in the Children's Room! 

Whew, that's a lot of books!

PHOTO SAFARI

There is still time to sign up and to join us for an 

“Our Towns Rock” Photo Safari with Toni Carolina! 

Saturday, July 7, 2018 

Ages 6 – 8 at 10:30 a.m. Ages 9 & up at 12:30 p.m 

 Bring your camera and join professional photographer Toni Carolina for an adventure in taking rockin’ pictures of Hamilton and Wenham. 

Finished work will be displayed in the Children’s Room! 

Space is Limited. Please call or visit to pre-register. 

Offered free of charge and open to the public. 

Library Mini-Golf

Mini-Golf @ your Library!!

Saturday, June 30 from 11:00 a.m to 2 p.m.

Mobile-MiniGolf brings a unique, artsy and colorful 10 hole game of golf to play in and around the library. Play the course on your own or form a team! All ages are welcome and no registration is required but come early to guarantee space. 

Children's Book Sale

Friends of the H-W Library

Children's Book Sale

Wednesday, June 27

from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Bargains on board books to teen novels.

 Join us for the book sale, and enjoy a movie together as a family.

Disneynature's

Born in China

1:00 p.m.- 2:15 p.m. [G]

Kubo and the Two Strings

3:00 p.m.- 4:40 p.m. [PG]

Summer Registration

Summer's Here!

Come to the library to register for all of your favorite summer activities including the Summer Reading Program. 

No phone, web or email registrations will be accepted unless otherwise stated. 

Bike Parade Prep Party!

Prep it, ride it, then party in the park!

Bike Parade Prep Party!

Saturday, June 23 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Come decorate your bike and join the parade to the Community Block Party at

 Patton Park! We will have plenty of festive, patriotic supplies 

on hand. The parade will start from the library lot at 4:00 p.m.!

 Fun for the whole family! No registration required.

Planting Party!

Planting Party!

Wednesday, June 20 

from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Calling all gardeners! 

Drop in for a fun filled time planting wildflower seeds and corn!
Create TWO unique to you garden inspired crafts. 
Planting kits are provided through the generosity of the Topsfield Fair. 

Father's Day

Seasonal Stories and Craft Celebrating

Father's Day!

Saturday, June 16 at 11:00 a.m. 

Join us for stories all about dads and granddads and make a craft to 

give to your beloved one as a gift for his special day!

Designed for children ages 2 & up and their families. No registration is required.

Drop-In Baby Bookworms

Drop-in Baby Bookworms

Tuesday, June 12 & 19

at 10:30 a.m.

Come join Sue Shepard for 30 minutes of songs, rhymes, stories and fingerplays! 

No registration necessary for these extra sessions! 

This class is designed for babies ages newborn through 18 months. 

Open to the public at no charge. Children must be accompanied by their 

caregiver and alternate care for siblings is encouraged. 

Music & Instruments with the Musary

Music & Instruments 

for the whole family to 

enjoy & explore!

Saturday, June 9

from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Join us for an afternoon of music for all ages, featuring the Eureka Ensemble in collaboration with The Musary! Get hands-on, interactive experiences with a variety of instruments with a “musical playground” following the performance. 

This program is presented free of charge and is open to the public. The Musary will be our featured charity during this summer’s reading program, Libraries Rock! 

Gummy Worms Guessing Contest Winners!

Taylor, age 5

Lou-Ann, age 6

Aashika, age 7

Anneliese, age 7

Luca, age 8

Asa, age 9

Julia, age 9

Currie, age 10

There were 110 

Gummy Worms in the jar!

Art for kids!

Painting with Pammy 

Thursday May 31 at 3:30 p.m.

Come explore paint and color! Pammy and

your own muse will be your guides!

No experience or registration necessary.

All ages are welcome!

STEAM into Science!

Tuesday, May 22 at 3:30 p.m. 

Explore simple science, technology, engineering, art,

and math-based concepts. Listen to stories and learn through hands-on discovery. 

This month’s theme:

BUBBLES!

 

Join us as we experiment with bubbles! Big bubbles and

small bubbles, can you catch them all? 

This program is designed for children ages

30 months - Kindergarten.

Pre-registration is requested.