Event Series Backyard Stories Series

Backyard Stories Series

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

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.

Story Walk series: Many Voices, One Story

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

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  

Virtual Open Mic Night

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.

Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals Author & Illustrator Visit

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

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

Meet J-lo

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

Spend some time with a trained therapy dog in the Children's Room.  J-lo loves when you read to her!

Event Series Read to J-lo

Read to J-lo

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

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!

True You Book Signing

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

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.  

How to Bake a Universe Author Visit

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

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/