We're excited to co-host a zine-making workshop at Just Roots, with Trouble Mandeson, author of "These Women: An Illustrated Collection of Kickass Women." Besides making zines, we're also going to share a free lunch! Email griswold@colrain-ma.gov or go to https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SfGbmzX_OSvvyf40k_ntwZiKErLdx2h_/view?usp=sharing to register! Be sure to let us know if you will be staying for lunch!
Fridays 9/10, 10/1, 10/22, at 6:30pm Meets at Tilton Library in the backyard. Bring a chair. Share or listen. Off the cuff or off the page. Contact Julie Cavacco at jcavacco@cwmars.org for more details.
Presented by Union 38 Family Network & the Deerfield Cultural Council. Outside the Tilton Library, Saturdays October 9-November 20 11am-4pm Please join us as we share children’s stories told from multiple perspectives and through a culturally diverse lens. Let’s learn together! Oct 9 - My America by Karen Katz Oct 16 - May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart *Oct 23 - Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari *Tilton will also be hosting Reading About Service Dogs With Service Dogs 2:30-3:30pm Oct 30 - Freedom Soup by Tami Charles Nov 6 - What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold Nov 13 - Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho Nov 20 - Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival
Tilton is co-hosting this online event.... Join people from all over the region for our very first Virtual Open Mic featuring music and spoken word, hosted by Libraries in the Woods, the collaborative entity made up of 27 local rural libraries. Sign up for a slot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../10C0D45A9AB22A4FAC61... The Zoom link will be shared closer to the event.
Do animals get earaches? Sore throats? Stomachaches? Who can help if they can’t talk? Dr. Rosie can! Meet the local author, Jennifer Welborn and the illustrator, Rozilla MH Learn How Dr. Rosie helps animals and practice helping stuffed animals yourself! Bring a stuffed animal if you can. Book Signings, Book Reading & Hands-On Activities ! Contact the library to sign up
Spend some time with a trained therapy dog in the Children's Room. J-lo loves when you read to her!
NEW DATE Local authors Gwen Agna & Shelley Rotner visit the Tilton Library to read their new picture book about gender diversity! Copies of this and Shelley's other books will be available for purchase. Event with be held outside or inside with masks, depending on the weather.
Calling all cosmic chefs! Alec Carvlin will be reading his debut picture book, How to Bake a Universe, at the Tilton Library! Kids will love decorating their own cosmic sunglasses, hearing the book read aloud by the author, and asking questions about the fun and funky science at the end. So come on down and bring nothing! https://www.howtobakeauniverse.com/
J-lo is a trained therapy dog and she will be visiting the children's room twice a month. The First Tuesday of the Month, 10:30-11:30am at Story Time Tuesday 10/18, 12/20, & Monday 11/14, 3-4pm After School Stop by to read her a story or just give her some love!
"Hands On" is a chance for kids and their grownups to try out visual communication through storytelling in American Sign Language! We will learn a little bit about ASL, practice some signs together with a shared storybook, and play games that encourage creativity, mindfulness, and empathy. Whether you're signing already at home or don't know any ASL, you're invited to join us! To request accommodations contact Holly Johnson at 413-665-4683 or hjohnson@cwmars.org. Please allow at least three days to arrange accommodation.