January 23 - 29, 202
Take and Make Craft
Starting Monday, January 23
Pick up a paper penguin craft kit at the children's desk while supplies last. All supplies are included except for glue.
Ages: 3-6
Monday, January 23 at 4pm
Each month Little Lab Coats will explore a different scientific topic with hands-on activities. This month's high flying topic is catapults!
Ages: 6-9
Registration required
Monday, January 23 at 7pm
Get ready for bed by listening to these stories and songs that will help you drift off to dreamland.
Ages: 3 and up
Tuesday, January 24 AND Thursday, January 26 at 10am & 11am
Start your day with stories, songs and rhymes led by Newton Free Library children’s librarians.
Movable Robots with Next Step Education
Tuesday, January 24 at 4pm
Come join Ms. Schelzi, former elementary teacher and Founder of Next Step Education tutoring for a fun hands-on engineering project!
Ages: 6-10
Registration required
Wednesday, January 25 at 10:30am
In this storytime we will read fun movement-based stories and then have lots of fun moving and dancing to some familiar rhymes and songs.
Ages: 2-
Wednesday, January 25 at 3:30pm
Presented by Family ACCESS Community Connections this program will be filled with activities that support strengthening small muscles, getting children ready for writing and many more important skills!
Ages: 2-5
Registration required
Friday, January 27 at 10:30am
A songs and stories lapsit program for children, birth through 23 months, and their caregivers.
Ages: Birth-23 months
Young Explorers' Club: Twice a month, receive video and website links, ideas for activities and reading suggestions about animal behavior, historical events and more! Ages: 6-9.
Dial a Story: Listen to a children’s librarian read you a story over the phone. Call 617-796-1415 to listen to a story anytime you like. A new story is recorded weekly. For kids of all ages.
Coming Up For Kids
Pokemon Club
Maker Morning Storytime
Draw Along: Unicorns
Pokemon Clu
Tuesday, January 31 at 4pm
Wednesday, February 1 at 10:30am
Wednesday, February 1 at 4pm
Registration required
Book Bunch
Superhero Stories
Pint Sized Yoga
Book Bunch
1st Wednesdays of the month at 6:30pm
Registration required
Thursday, February 2 at 4pm
Saturday, February 4 at 10:30am
Registration required
Book Recommendations: New Books
Check out our full list of new books for kids here.
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega: Marlene makes an important decision to stop straightening her curly hair in this delightful coming of age graphic novel.
Digestion: the Musical by Adam Rex: Learn while you laugh in this silly book about the human digestive system.
¡Essie! ¿Otra Vez? / Again Essie? by Jenny Lacika: A very relatable bilingual story of an older brother trying to protect his belongings from his toddler sister.
