Too Cute Ghosts!
October Family Take & Make - SOLD OUT!
Available beginning October 1*
*while supplies last
Our October Take & Make has you making ah-dorable ghosts using toilet paper tubes and white paint. Super simple and easy to recreate using your own recycled paper tubes!
Rhyme Time & Playgroup
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Through November 20
Perfect for up to 36 months, but fun for everyone!
Lots of rhymes, a sprinkling of songs, and one or two shared board books round out this library program that is perfect for little ones who need to get those wiggles out. Stay to play! After the rhymes, stay for some unstructured play time with other kiddos.
Preschool Storytime
Thursdays at 10:30 AM
Through November 21
Perfect for 3-5 year olds, but fun for everyone!
Join Mrs. Tricia for a classic library storytime--books, songs, bubbles, and more! Come for early literacy skills, social connections, and fun! We will have process-based art activities after each week’s stories and songs.
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN STORYTIME
Thursday, October 31 from 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Perfect for 3-5 year olds, but fun for everyone!
Join Mrs. Tricia for a spooky storytime! We will read Halloween stories, sing some spooky songs, and then parade through the library to the main desk where you can test out those trick-or-treating skills before the big night! Costumes are strongly encouraged. Tangerine pumpkins and banana ghosts will be served.
Be a Nutmeg Reader: Take Home Book Club
October's Nutmeg Selections
Best for Grades 2 - 3, but fun for all elementary readers and their families
Each month read two Elementary Nominees for the 2025 Nutmeg Book Award. By April you will have read all the nominees and will be ready to vote for your favorite! We know families are busy and schedules are packed so this is a Take Home Book Club. Beginning on the first of each month check out copies of the two featured books and receive a Book Club Kit with Discussion Questions, Further Reading Suggestions, and an activity!
October’s books are:
Batcat by Meggie Ramm
When Batcat becomes haunted by an annoying ghost, they seek the help of the local witch, who sends them on a quest. Batcat encounters bats who think they are not bat enough and cats who don't find them cat enough either. A little spooky and a lot of fun!
The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows
Fourth grade Iggy just can’t stay out of trouble. Follow his hilarious misadventures ranging from jumping from the roof on a skateboard onto a trampoline to racing school desks across the classroom.
Make a M.E.S.S. (Math Engineering Science Saturday)
Saturday, October 12: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
For families!
On the second Saturday of each month we encourage you to make a mess! Come to OWL for a STEM-based, family-friendly, and most importantly–MESSY–project.
October's M.E.S.S. is to make your own donuts - with shaving cream paint and sparkles!
Pokemon Club
Thursday, October 17: 5:00- 6:00 PM
For ages 6 to 16
Registration Appreciated
Click here to register
Do you like Pokemon? On the third Thursday of each month, join us for Pokemon Club! At each meeting you can trade with friends to perfect your deck and get rare cards! Battle with other trainers to refine your skills and learn new strategies from your opponents. We will also have coloring pages and other fun activities available for our younger trainers. Ages 6 and up! Trainers of all skill levels are welcome!
Deep Dive Storytime
Saturday, October 26: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Best for Grades 2 - 3, but fun for all elementary readers and their families!
On the fourth Saturday of each month, join Mrs. Tricia for a deeper dive into a beloved children’s story. We will begin with a picture book version of the text, followed by a Reader’s Theater interpretation, and then culminate with an artistic rendering of the same story. Think of this as Storytime for Big Kids!
October’s story is The Three Little Pigs.
November Events:
Be a Nutmeg Reader: Take Home Book Club
November's Nutmeg Selections
Best for Grades 2 - 3, but fun for all elementary readers and their families
Each month read two Elementary Nominees for the 2025 Nutmeg Book Award. By April you will have read all the nominees and will be ready to vote for your favorite! We know families are busy and schedules are packed so this is a Take Home Book Club. Beginning on the first of each month check out copies of the two featured books and receive a Book Club Kit with Discussion Questions, Further Reading Suggestions, and an activity!
November’s books are:
Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen
What happens when a big truck gets stuck on a little island? The small community works together to solve the problem. This delightful story of resourcefulness is based on a true event that happened on the island of Vinalhaven, off the coast of Maine.
Dear Beast by Dori Hillestad Butler
What’s a pet to do when their human gets a new pet? Andy’s dog and cat write to each other about life with their boy. Can they possibly be friends?
Rhyme Time & Playgroup
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Through November 20
Perfect for up to 36 months, but fun for everyone!
Lots of rhymes, a sprinkling of songs, and one or two shared board books round out this library program that is perfect for little ones who need to get those wiggles out. Stay to play! After the rhymes, stay for some unstructured play time with other kiddos.
Preschool Storytime
Thursdays at 10:30 AM
Through November 21
Perfect for 3-5 year olds, but fun for everyone!
Join Mrs. Tricia for a classic library storytime--books, songs, bubbles, and more! Come for early literacy skills, social connections, and fun! We will have process-based art activities after each week’s stories and songs.
Saturdays at OWL - Stay to Play!
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Saturdays at 10:30 AM
November 2 - 23
All ages welcome!
Saturday Storytime is BACK! Come to OWL for an all ages storytime in the children's room every Saturday at 10:30 then stay to play!
In addition to our puppet theater, tea set, and wooden blocks, we now have three magnetic trains and wooden train tracks. We also have an ongoing pumpkin-themed Scavenger Hunt with a silly prize. During November our craft table is home to a GIANT Thanksgiving Coloring Poster. And most importantly come in to browse our collection of print books, Nutmeg nominees, and Wonderbooks!
Family Library Night Series
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Fireside Reading with Milk & Cookies
Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 PM
Best for ages 8 to 16 plus parents/grandparents and caregivers
Registration Required - Click here to register
Put on your comfiest clothes (pajamas if you wish) and head to Oliver Wolcott Library for a cozy fireside evening with great read aloud stories served up with milk and cookies. Stories will be selected from the Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett. The themes will be responsibility, courage, compassion, friendship, honesty, persistence and faith.
Pokemon Club
Thursday, November 21: 5:00- 6:00 PM
For ages 6 to 16
Registration Appreciated
Click here to register
Do you like Pokemon? On the third Thursday of each month, join us for Pokemon Club! At each meeting you can trade with friends to perfect your deck and get rare cards! Battle with other trainers to refine your skills and learn new strategies from your opponents. We will also have coloring pages and other fun activities available for our younger trainers. Ages 6 and up! Trainers of all skill levels are welcome!
OWL’s Children’s & YA Audio Program
Do you love listening to audiobooks but no longer have access to a CD player?
We can help! Check out one of our 5 circulating CD players and receive a free pair of earbuds and a retro prize from our 90s time capsule! You will also receive a prize for any Juvenile or Young Adult CD audiobooks that you check out. Prizes include koosh balls, mini troll dolls, and slap bracelets all harkening back to the decade when portable CD players were all the rage.
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