| NEWS from the CHILDREN'S ROOM Greetings friends. We are pleased to share our new hours, programs (both virtual and in-person) and some of the amazing new books in the Children's Room. New Library Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-5PM, Tuesdays & Thursdays 10AM-7PM & Saturdays 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. We continue to follow MBTS BOH requirements for masks, sanitizing and social distancing for all Municipal Buildings. Please check the main webpage for further details and updates! Whether you visit in-person, attend a program or continue to request books through our curbside pick-up, I look forward to seeing you soon! Ms. Carol cbender@manchesterpl.org
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| A new StoryWalk® is here: 
This wintry tale of friendship and giving will warm hearts of all ages. Bundle up and stop by to read this delightful story on the Library Lawn.
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| VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON Programs Keep up-to-date with programs on our Events Calendar 
Tanglewood Marionetts presents Sleeping Beauty on ZOOM* Tuesday, December 28 @ 3PM Manchester by the Sea and T.O.H.P. Burnham Public Libraries invite you to join us for a special interactive virtual production of Sleeping Beauty by award-winning puppeteers, Tanglewood Marionettes. This is a unique opportunity to share a festive performance with family and friends, near and far. *To register, please Call: Manchester Library @ 978-526-7711 or Email: cbender@manchesterpl.org *OR register directly on Essex Public Library Reservation Site 
PJ Family Story Time … HERE Join the fun when the time is right for you! Videos will remain available through December 31, with a new video posted each week! Stories & Songs in the Library* with Ms. Carol Wednesday @ 10:30AM Our youngest patrons and their caregivers are invited to share songs, rhymes and simple stories in the Library with Ms Carol. *Space is very limited and masks are required for ages 4+. Please call to reserve your seat today (978) 526-7711. Stop by the Children's Room starting December 17th for Holiday Make & Take Kits + a fun candy cane guessing game. It's all happening through December 23.
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| Museums: a fun family outing! Featured Museum: Winters at the Stone Zoo Stone Zoo has the cure for cabin fever during long New England winters, so hold off on hibernating, because we’ve got plenty of amazing animals that don’t! Check out a snow day at the Zoo HERE Visit our Museum Reservation Page or call 978-526-7711 The Library offers passes for reduced admission; here are just a few of the museums we offer passes for: Boston Children's Museum, Cape Ann Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, Peabody Essex Museum, and Zoo New England.
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| From our friends @ Early Childhood Partners CFCE: Pre-K Hooray on ZOOM! Mondays, January 10 through February 14 @ 10AM Save the Date & Remember to REGISTER HERE Join Ms. Paige for this play-based group specially designed for pre-kindergarteners! Participants will enjoy a themed story time and activities that focus on early literacy, communication and social-emotional learning. For children ages 3-5 and their adult. Please register HERE for ZOOM Link!
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| Best Books of 2021 ... here are just a few:
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| | On the Trapline
By Robertson, David A.
Illustrator Flett, Julie
2021-05 - Tundra Books (NY)
9780735266681 Check Our Catalog A picture book celebrating Indigenous culture and traditions. The Governor General Award--winning team behind When We Were Alone shares a story that honors our connections to our past and our grandfathers and fathers. A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was …More
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| | Watercress
By Wang, Andrea
Illustrator Chin, Jason
2021-03 - Neal Porter Books
9780823446247 Check Our Catalog Awards:
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (2021)
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage. New England Book Award Winner
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty …More
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| | Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest
By Wahl, Phoebe
2021-09 - Tundra Books (NY)
9780735264892 Check Our Catalog An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, from award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl. Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer, a hard worker and a kind friend. In this four-season volume, Little Witch Hazel rescues an orphaned egg, …More
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| | The Beatryce Prophecy
By DiCamillo, Kate
Illustrator Blackall, Sophie
2021-09 - Candlewick Press (MA)
9781536213614 Check Our Catalog A 2021 People Magazine Best Books of Fall Winner!
From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall comes a fantastical meditation on fate, love, and the power of words to spell the world. We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In …More
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| | Rez Dog
By Bruchac, Joseph
2021-06 - Dial Books
9780593326213 Check Our Catalog ****Four starred reviews!**** From the U.S.'s foremost Indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during the COVID-19 pandemic, about a Wabanaki girl's quarantine on her grandparents' reservation and the local dog that becomes her best friend Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation. She's there for a visit when, …More
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| | Daughter of the Deep
By Riordan, Rick
2021-10 - Disney-Hyperion
9781368077927 Check Our Catalog New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan pays homage to Jules Verne in his exciting modern take on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. If you have ever craved a story that will leave your heart racing, your lungs gasping from the numerous twists and turns, your soul heaving from the effort of now carrying an ensemble cast, you will find all that and more in these …More
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