Birdie & Me By J.M.M. Juanez Reviewed by Rebecca Rupp This one is a charmer. After their mother dies, Jack and her younger brother Birdie are…
Bloom By Kenneth Oppel Reviewed by Rebecca Rupp Really creepy plants. After a strange rain, an invasive forest of toxic spiky black plants sprouts –…
What you need: A glue gun, preferably with a variable heat setting. Chopsticks. (15″ cooking chopsticks are best, but not necessary.) Acrylic paint and brushes.…
Harry Potter Night is, without a doubt, our favorite event of the year. We spend months mulling over what we want to do, new crafts…
Hoo boy! Summer is not officially over but, yeah, it’s over. We know the school year can be difficult, so we’re trying to regularize our…
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins You’ve all heard this type of story before: a commoner somehow finds themselves hanging out with royalty and falling…
Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron This book made me cry, and cry, and cry again. Last Bus to Everland is about Brody Fair…
The purpose of Summer Reading is to challenge yourself and/or your family to read as much as you can before the summer ends. It shouldn’t…
A cool new program is coming to the Swanton Public Library: Intro to Dungeons & Dragons! This event is open to children and adults (12+…
Tuesday is National Puzzle Day! Come down to the Library to put together puzzles or even make your own! All week children and adults can…
We’ve got some great books about bears this week, plus a really fun craft!
Join us this week for a fun melting snowman craft and story! Storytimes are Wednesday and Friday from 10:00-11:00am, I hope to see you there!…
It is almost Halloween and this morning we read some spooky stories. After our stories we made Frankenstein faces. Join us Friday morning at 10:00…
This morning we read some wonderful books about pumpkins, and then we made our very own paper jack o’lanterns. Join us on Friday morning at 10:00…
Monday was National Comic Book Day! We all made our very own comic books that featured our own superhero creations.
Ahoy mateys! Today we celebrated national talk like a pirate day with books and some fun crafts. We all received a pirate name and made…
This morning we read books about farm animals. The children’s room sounded just like a barnyard as we made silly and fun animal sounds while…
This morning we had a great time reading books about farm animals and making some fun and silly cows!
Ancient Africa – with Carthaginian catapults, masks from Mali, and mancala games! Posted by Swanton Public Library on Thursday, July 27, 2017
Ancient Greece! Archaeological pot reconstruction, hoplite swords, and theater masks – including Medusa, Poseidon, princesses, monsters, Harry Potter, a tree, and a mermaid! Posted by…
Ancient China – with zodiac signs, flying bird kites, fortune sticks, and (almost) drums! Posted by Swanton Public Library on Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Posted by Swanton Public Library on Monday, July 24, 2017
Kids’ Fairy Gardens Session 1 – Monday, July 10th – 5 PM Session 2 – Monday, July 17th – 5 PM Create your own Fairy…
Come to the library and see our butterflies! We have been observing them and will be releasing them Friday morning after Story Hour.
This week we a fantastic time observing our caterpillars! We have been watching each them grow and get ready to make a chrysalis. We read…
Our Children’s Room has some new friends! Come in and check out our caterpillars as we watch them grow and transform into butterflies.
We had so much fun this morning at our dragon themed story hour! We read some fantastic books about dragons and made awesome fire breathing…