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New Book Group @ NPL: Reading Dangerously May discussion: Monday, May 2 June discussion: Monday, June 6 July discussion: Monday, July 11 6:30 - 7:30 Meeting Room New book group alert! Reading Dangerously, a book group focusing on banned or challenged books, will meet the first Monday of each month. Open to adult and teen readers. Copies of each month's book will be available for checkout at the library.
May title: Beloved by Toni Morrison June title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky July title: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury |
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All Are Welcome Book Discussion Tuesday, May 24 6:30-7:30 Meeting Room In collaboration with Norwell's All Are Welcome Committee, the library is hosting a discussion of This Book is Antiracist by Tiffany Jewell. Books will be available for checkout beginning April 20. |
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Tai Chi at the Library Classes are held on Tuesdays from 11am - 12 noon in the Meeting Room. Beginners are welcome. Wear loose comfortable clothing. Registration is required and opens two weeks before each class. Funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library. Donations to the Friends are greatly appreciated. |
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NPL Movie Discussion Group Wednesday, May 4 6:30pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room
The Norwell Public Library Movie Discussion Group will be having its fourth meeting and discussion session this month. The film we'll be discussing is Hitchcock's classic 1958 psychological thriller Vertigo.
Synopsis: A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. |
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"Voices of America" Concert Tuesday, May 10 6:30pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room The library is hosting a wonderful evening performance of classic American composed music, featuring local professional recitalist and concert tenor singer, David S. Won and professional vocal coach and pianist, Timothy Steele. |
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NPL Evening Book Discussion Group Wednesday, May 11 6:30pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they are delighted for her. For her part, in the convenience store she finds a predictable world mandated by the store manual, which dictates how the workers should act and what they should say, and she copies her coworkers’ style of dress and speech patterns so that she can play the part of a normal person. However, eighteen years later, at age 36, she is still in the same job, has never had a boyfriend, and has only few friends. She feels comfortable in her life, but is aware that she is not living up to society’s expectations and causing her family to worry about her. When a similarly alienated but cynical and bitter young man comes to work in the store, he will upset Keiko’s contented stasis—but will it be for the better? |
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Literary Circle Book Discussion Group Thursday, May 19 10:30am - 11:30am Meeting Room England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever. |
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Author Talk with Mark Resnick and Brett Miller Wednesday, May 25 6:30pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room Join us for an evening author talk and book signing featuring local authors Brett Miller and Mark Resnick moderated by Lisa Ruddick Thomas. Brett and Mark will be discussing their two new books Ten Days With My Dad and It's a Beautiful Day to Save Lives, their writing processes, and inspirational messages. |
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Movie Matinee Thursday, May 26
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Meeting Room Synopsis: It is 1969 and 9-year-old Buddy finds his peaceful life disturbed as a national conflict is starting to brew in Northern Ireland: unionists and loyalists want the country to remain within the United Kingdom, while nationalists and republicans are campaigning for the country to join a united Ireland. As the tension between these two opposing forces escalates, he and his family must decide whether to stay, or move somewhere safe. |
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Learn to Crochet with Yarn's End
Tuesday, June 7 5:30 - 7:30 Meeting Room Learn to Crochet with Alison Schirone, owner of Yarn's End in Norwell. Alison will provide the supplies and instruction needed to get started on your first crochet project! Open to kids and teens ages 10 and up. |
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Teen Crafternoon Weekly on Wednesdays Every Wednesday from 3:00pm - 4:30pm the library will have craft projects set out in the workshop. Please note, these are self directed crafts, this is not a class. No registration required, just drop in! |
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Sea Creatures Scavenger Hunt
All month long Children's Room Sea creatures are hidden all around the children's room. No registration required. Drop in anytime. |
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Music & Movement with Jessica
Wednesdays 10:30-11:00am & 11:00-11:30 All ages Meeting Room Ages 0-5 are welcome to join Jessica for 30 minutes of participatory songs and fingerplays that support early literacy and get your body moving. For the safety of all participants, registration is required and will be limited. Please sign up for each week you are interested in attending. To register for Wednesday, May 4 10:30, click here To register for Wednesday, May 4 11:00, click here To register for Wednesday, May 11 10:30, click here To register for Wednesday, May 11 11:00, click here To register for Wednesday, May 25 10:30, click here To register for Wednesday, May 25 11:00, click here |
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Outdoor Storytime
Thursdays 10:30-11:00am All Ages Staff Parking Lot No registration required. In the case of inclement weather, the program will be cancelled. Please bring a chair or blanket. *NO storytime on May 5* |
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Spanish Storytime Friday May 6 10:00am All ages
Meeting Room Spanish Storytime hosted by SELA: The International Private School in Hingham, MA. Registration is required. |
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Meet the Author Tuesday May 17 4:30pm Ages 4 and up Meeting Room Calling all cosmic chefs! Alec Carvlin will be reading his debut picture book, How to Bake a Universe, at storytime at the Norwell Public Library on May 17th at 4:30pm! Kids will love decorating their own cosmic sunglasses, hearing the book read aloud by the author, then asking questions and drawing their own universes at the end. Open to ages 4 and up. |
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Mama Steph Concert
Wednesday May 18 10:30am Ages 0-5 Meeting Room
Mama Steph is back to sing along with ages 0-5 and their caregivers.
Funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library |
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Drop in Lego Building Tuesday May 24 4:30-5:30pm Ages 5 and up Children's Studio Drop in for some Lego building challenges with the library Legos. No registration required. |
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True Biz : a Novel by Sara NoviâcTaking readers into a residential school for the deaf, this coming-of-age novel follows three people, a rebellious transfer student, the school's golden boy and the headmistress as they each deal with personal and political crises and find their lives inextricable from one another and changed forever.
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Joan is Okay : a Novel by Weike WangAn ICU physician at a busy NYC hospital, 30-something Joan, a workaholic with little interest in having friends, let alone lovers, is required to take mandatory leave until the day she must return to the city to face a crisis larger than anything she’s encountered before.
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The Golden Couple by Greer HendricksA maverick therapist who lost her license due to controversial methods, Avery agrees to help golden couple Marissa and Mathew Bishop overcome Marisa's cheating, setting all three of them on a collision course because the biggest and most dangerous secrets have not yet been revealed.
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The Good Son by Jacquelyn MitchardFrom a #1 New York Times best-selling author comes the gripping, emotionally charged novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating crime.
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Sea of Tranquility : a Novel by Emily St. John MandelHired to investigate the black-skied Night City, Detective Gaspery-Jacques Roberts discovers an anomaly in the North American Wilderness, where he encounters a strange group of individuals who have all glimpsed a chance to do something extraordinary that could disrupt the timeline of the universe.
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Before you make a trip to the Library to donate books, please call 781-659-2015 to find out if donations are currently being accepted.
Depending on the availability of volunteers, the Friends are not always able to accept book donations. If you would like to volunteer to help, attend the next Friends meeting or email them at friendsofnorwellpubliclibrary@gmail.com. |
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The Libby/OverDrive app makes it easier than ever to downloand e-books and e-audiobooks. New additions are continuously being made to NPL's OverDrive Collection. |
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Hoopla
Instantly borrow free e-audiobooks, e-books,
movies, music, and more, including content for children. No holds and no waiting. Enjoy up to 10 checkouts per month! |
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Kanopy, the popular on demand film streaming service. Free for NPL cardholders! |
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The world of music at your fingertips! Ad-free, and just free. All you need is your Norwell Public Library card.
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Consumer Reports: Expert reviews and ratings of consumer products, plus buying advice and comparisons.
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Language is an adventure! Try learning a new language using Mango Languages, free with your Norwell Library Card! |
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Enjoy a delightful selection of animated, talking picture books through the Norwell Public Library's subscription to TumbleBooks. |
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