Go Green: And Track Your Summer Reading Online

This summer, young readers -- teens and adults, too -- can log onto a free new service and track their reading online.

When you visit the Online Reading Page of the Edgartown Library, you can create your own account and keep a record of the books you read this summer. You can share reviews and read the reviews of others, and at the end of the season you can even print out a list of your reading -- that is, if you want to depart from the paperless approach of this new system.

Looking Ahead This Summer:

Special children's programs are planned for all the Tuesdays in July and August -- in keeping with the state's summer reading theme, Go Green!  Click here to download a printable brochure with all the summer children's programs at the Edgartown Library.

Summer Events  

Unless otherwise noted, all events are hosted at the Edgartown Public Library.  Supplies are provided by Friends of Edgartown Public Library free-of-charge.

Tuesday, July 27 @ 3 pm - Toads Need Homes, Too

Build your own toad house in an afternoon. We'll provide all the materials and you'll bring it home for your very own toads.

Saturday, July 31 @ 11 am, 1 pm, & 3 pm - Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit is our special guest, making appearances at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm.  Please hop on it  & call ahead to register, 508 627-4221.

Tuesday, August 3 @ 3 pm--What can you do to go green?

Tell us what you're doing to be green.  We'll help you stencil your own reusable shopping bag. 

Tuesday, August 10 @ 3 pm -- Pers-a-whats?  Perseids!

Learn about Perseids and the summer night sky; where and when to look, and what you will see.  Make your own glow-in-the-dark star chart.

Tuesday, August 17 @ 3 pm - Fuller Street Beach Field Trip

Wendy and Rob Culbert lead an outing to Fuller Street Beach to explore life on the shoreline.  If weather is bad, we've planned an indoor program.

Tuesday, August 24 @ 3 pm - Sandcastles

Make sandcastles at the library and take them home to show your friends.

Friday, August 27 @ 4 pm  - "Pinkalicious"

Pinkalicious author Victoria Kann reads from and discusses her book.

Tuesday, August 31 @ 3 pm - Paper Beadmaking

Learn how to make beads from paper in an afternoon crafts program.

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 Every Week in our Children's Room...

• Toddler Time (ages 1-3) — Saturdays at 10:30am  
• Sleepy Time Story Hour  — Wednesdays at 7 pm
• Story Hour (ages 3-5) — Thursdays at 10:30 am 

 . . .  at Libraries Around the Island:

Mondays

Story Hour with Jen McHugh (ages: infants & toddlers), 10:30am at the West Tisbury Library.

Tuesdays

Stories and Songs (all ages), 10:30am at the Chilmark Library.
Story Time (ages 0-2), 10:00-10:30am at the Vineyard Haven Library.
Story Time (ages 3-5), 11:00-11:30am at the Vineyard Haven Library.
Chess Club (ages 6-18), 6:00-7:00pm at the Vineyard Haven Library.

Wednesdays

Toddler Story Hour (ages 1.5-3), 10:30am at the Oak Bluffs Library.
Story Hour (ages 3-5), 10:30am at the West Tisbury Library.
Preschool Story Hour (ages 3-5), 11:30am at the Oak Bluffs Library.
Sleepy Time Story Hour, 7 p.m. at the Edgartown Library.

Thursdays

Story Hour (ages 3-5), 10:30am at the Edgartown Library.
Drop-in Crafts (ages 5-10), 3:30-4:30pm at the Vineyard Haven Library.
Teen Night (ages 12-17), 6:00-7:30pm at the Vineyard Haven Library.

Saturdays

Toddler Time (ages 1-3), 10:30 a.m. at the Edgartown Library.
Drop-in Arts & Crafts, 10 am-4pm at the West Tisbury Library.
Stories and Songs (all ages), 10:30am at the Chilmark Library.
Story Hour and Art, 11:00-11:45am at the Aquinnah Library.

Monthly

Wii Games (ages 8-11), at the Vineyard Haven Library.
Children’s Movies, at the Vineyard Haven Library.

Resources

The Children’s Department has three main spaces. Left of the entrance is the Young Adult area, set apart by a bank of six public computers, with a table for homework and two reclining chairs for comfortable reading. In the center of the room are the fiction and nonfiction book shelves. On the far side of the room is a space for younger children, with a sofa for friendly reading sessions and lots of kid-sized chairs and soft throw-rugs, set beside a wall filled with picture-books. Along that wall are the Children’s Department collections of videos, DVDs and audio books.