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Book Recommendations for Autism Acceptance Month

Did you know Autism Acceptance Month (also known as Autism Awareness Month or World Autism Month) is celebrated in April? Here are some books with autistic characters that we recommend checking out!  Children’s Picture Books  Charlie Makes a Splash!  by Holly Robinson Peete and RJ Peete; illustrated by Shane W. Evans  Charlie, a boy with…
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Book Recommedations for Women’s History Month

So many books, so little time! Women’s History Month is celebrated every year during the month of March, and has been since 1987. To celebrate, we’ve chosen some books for women, by women, that we hope you enjoy.   Children’s Picture Books  Stacey's Extraordinary Words   by Stacey Abrams; illustrated by Kitt Thomas.  When she…
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Book Recommendations for Black History Month

Black History Month is celebration of the Black culture, specifically the African diaspora including, African-American history. Black History Month began as a week in 1926 before being celebrated as a full month in 1970. In honor of this month, we’d like to share 25 amazing books that feature Black characters and people, written by Black…
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Book Recommendations for Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year on September 15th through the 15th of October. Throughout this month we celebrate the contributions and influence of Latinx people. As such, we would like to highlight some notable authors and the books they’ve created. We hope you find some that you might enjoy!    Children’s Picture Books…
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Library’s Scavenger Hunt Goes Digital!

For the last few years, we've decorated the Library and had a scavenger hunt for patrons. Due to COVID, we are moving the scavenger hunt to a digital format. You can see many of the window displays from outside the Library as we decorated the Ground Floor to get us in the holiday spirit. You…
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New Item – Dog Safety Kit – for Lending!

Special thanks to our friends at the Lowell Humane Society for donating this new dog safety kit.   Perfect for teaching little ones about being safe around dogs of all different breeds, the kit includes the Doggone Crazy board game, posters, activity sheets, cards, and photos of dogs. Circulates for 1 week and can be…
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Dog Safety Kit

Time Flies!

It seems like only yesterday we were kicking off our Children's and Young Adult Summer Reading programs.  Summer sure flies by!  We are currently in the last week for both programs.  This Friday, August 9, is the last day for middle and high schoolers to turn in their Summer Reading bookmarks for prizes and it's…
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New Pass for the Summer

This summer we have a new pass for special needs families courtesy of Blue Wave Recreation in Tewksbury. Blue Wave provides inclusive, autism friendly recreation for all ages and all abilities. For details about this pass visit our Museum Pass page.  Thank you, Blue Wave Recreation!
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Jingle Jam 2018

Kick off your holiday season with us!  All children and their grownups are invited to our second annual Jingle Jam happening this Saturday, December 1st at 10:30 AM.  Join us for a morning of music, movement, and more!  We'll sing some holiday favorites and some new festive tunes too.  And if we're lucky, a special…
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