Library Page Applications Open

The Essex Free Library is seeking candidates for four Library Page positions. Each Page will need to be available for ten hours a week for two weeks (for a total of 20 hours) during the summer of 2024. Pages will assist with library shelving, program preparation, and many other library tasks as needed.
Students who have completed grades 8 and above may apply. An honorarium, funded by the Friends of the Library, will be given to each Page at the end of their service. The application will be open until May 25th, and the staff and the Friends of the Library will be interviewing applicants the weeks of May 27th and June 3rd. Those interested can apply here.

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Hand-in-Hand Artwork Gallery Walk

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Come and do a gallery walk here at the library! Throught the month of April, we will be hosting artwork from the Hand in Hand Daycare throughout the library - come and see what these growing artists have created!

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A Few Beautiful Minutes

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Come and check out our newest StoryWalk in the backyard! This season we will be featuring "A Few Beautiful Minutes," written by Kate Allen Fox and illustrated by Khoa Le.
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The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, and developed in collaboration with the Kellog-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.

Lego Club

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Each week, builders are invited to explore, innovate and create something based off a prompt.  Will we be building ships? Haunted houses? Superhero hideouts? Who knows! Come to Lego Club and find out!

No pre-registration necessary.

Best for ages 9 and up, or 6 and up with an adult helper.

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Pokemon Club

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Join us every Thursday from 3pm to 4pm!

Kids 4th through 8th grade are invited to join us to play and talk all things Pokémon! Bring your cards or use one of our decks to play the tabletop game, an iPhone to get the PokéStops in Pokémon Go, a Nintendo device to play a Pokémon game alongside friends, or just come to hang out and talk about your favorite Pokémon!

 

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Exploration Station

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Every week, we will have a new activity downstairs at the Exploration Station table!  From coloring, to Duplo-blocks, to Spirographs, puzzles and more, you will always find something fun to do at the Exploration Station!

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