Summer Events:
Level Up @ Your Library - Teen Summer Reading 2025
June 24 - August 12
For Teens entering Grades 6 - 12
We challenge you to read 10 books this summer. We know you can do it! And for every book you read (whether that’s 1 or 100!) your name will be entered into a drawing to win a Kindle or a gift card to The Curious Cat Bookshop!
Register here beginning 6/17: owlibrary.beanstack.org and receive your ticket for ice cream!
Dungeons & Dragons Dice Set
Our Weekly Level Up @ Your Library Visit Incentive
Visit OWL each week during our Summer Reading Program to complete your own Dungeons & Dragons dice set!
Week 1 (6/24-6/30): Velvet Bag and 4-sided die
Week 2 (7/1-7/7): 6-sided die
Week 3 (7/8-7/14): 8-sided die
Week 4 (7/15-7/21): 10-sided die
Week 5 (7/22-7/28): 10-sided die (for percentages)
Week 6 (7/29-8/4): 12-sided die
Week 7 (8/5-8/11): 20-sided die
On vacation or at camp? No worries! Miss Tricia will have special reading challenges to earn any dice you might have missed.
LARP @ Your Library
Fridays at 1 PM - July 11, 18 & 25
For Teens entering Grades 6 - 12
Registration is Required - Register here
LARP /lärp/ noun - a type of interactive role-playing game in which the participants portray characters through physical action, often in costume and with props.
Play LARP with us!
7/11 - Character Creation: Make an original hero to play LARP and discover your own personal legend.
7/18 - DIY Projects: Build your own LARP gear and learn to think creatively and make solutions.
7/25 - Playing your Character: Time to celebrate all your hard work and apply the skills you have learned!
Family Art
Watercolor Seascapes: Saturday, July 19 at 12:00 PM
Best for ages 8 - 16 Parents/grandparents/caregivers are also welcome to attend and create
Registration is required - Register here
Watercolors have been popular for centuries because of qualities such as transparency of color and spontaneity. Water moves the colors, changes the values and creates luminosity that is not found in other mediums. During this session, you will learn some fundamentals and begin a beautiful seascape painting! Painting is a way of seeing, and after this session, you will watch the waves and rolling tides with new appreciation.
Contour Drawing: Saturday, August 2 at 12:00 PM
Best for ages 8 - 16 Parents/grandparents/caregivers are also welcome to attend and create
Registration is required - Register here
Watch dimensions appear in your drawing by learning a few of the basics of contour drawing. We will draw a hand and watch it rise from the paper and if time allows, you will also learn an easy way to draw a boat. Drawing is a way of honing your observation skills so if you are an artist or a novice doodler, this class is for you!
Art, Nature & Magic with Gabrielle Ammirati
Fridays at 1 PM - August 1, 8 & 15
For Teens entering Grades 6 - 12
Registration is Required - Register here
Did you ever want to explore true magic in the universe? This program series is an invitation into an artistic movement that focuses on the magic of the natural world. All are welcome, bring your individual talents and interests. All supplies will be provided.
Ms. Ammirati is an artist, wildlife intuitive/naturalist/activist, and master gardener.
OWL's YA & Children's 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.
Teen E-List
Join our E-List for Teens to keep updated on our current program offerings! Click here to sign up
Catch the bus to OWL
Need to take the bus to OWL for a program? Bus service is available for Litchfield Public School Students. If your child or teen needs a ride to OWL from the Litchfield Public Schools, notify the school in writing at least two weeks prior to the program date.
Outreach
Too busy with sports and afterschool activities to make it to OWL, with weekly drop-in crafts at the LMS/LHS Media Center we bring the programs to you!
Materials for Teens
OWL’s teen collection is stocked with new and popular fiction, timely nonfiction created especially for teens, audiobooks, e-content, and an extensive graphic novel collection. Search our catalog here.
Teen Staff Reading Recommendations
For Young Adult Recommended Reading from our Young Adult Librarian, Patricia Moore (aka Mrs. Tricia), click here.
Other questions on Teen Reading, Events or Programs?
Email Patricia Moore at [email protected]