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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 contact Friends President Penny Wilson at ppww@comcast.net. |
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Scrabble Night Tuesday, December 7
6 - 7:30 pm
NPL Workshop Bring a friend or make a new one and enjoy a game (or more) of Scrabble! Several games are available. Registration is required. |
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Tai Chi at the Library Classes are held on Tuesdays from 11 am - 12 noon in the Meeting Room. Beginners are welcome. Wear loose comfortable clothing. Registration is required and opens two weeks before each class. To Register for Tuesday, December 7th, click here. To Register for Tuesday, December 14th, click here. To Register for Tuesday, December 21st, click here. To Register for Tuesday, December 28th, click here. Funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library. Donations to the Friends are greatly appreciated. |
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Holiday Cook Along with Chef Abby
Wednesday, December 8 6:30-8:00pm Virtual Program on Zoom Join us for a free virtual holiday instructional cook along event on Zoom with local Norwell Private Chef, cooking school owner, and leader of culinary travel adventures, Chef Abby Gray. Featuring demonstrations of the following recipes: Bundt Cake with Cinnamon, Abby's Christmas Morning Sausage Pie, and Mexican Egg Puff. Register here. |
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Holiday Concert with Les Sampou & The Dirty Martinis Sunday, December 12 2:00-3:00pm Meeting Room Join us for an afternoon of free live music with accomplished local Norwell songwriter and recording artist, Les Sampou. Our annual well-attended holiday concert event featuring her jazz duo called “Les Sampou & The Dirty Martinis” with Ed Grenga is not to miss! If you’ve seen Les perform before, you know you’re in for a treat! Register here. |
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NPL Book Group Discussions Wednesday, December 15th at 6:30 PM or Thursday, December 16th at 10:30 AM Meeting Room The Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeThe Island of Sea Women offers up an evocative tale of two best friends whose bonds are both strengthened and tested over decades by forces beyond their control. Set largely on the remote Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Sea Women follows Young-sook and Mi-ja, girls from strikingly different backgrounds who bond over their shared love of the sea. Working in their village’s all-female diving collective, the two friends come of age in a community where gender roles are anything but typical. Here, women are the primary breadwinners, the heads of household in all but name, and yet, as Mi-ja and Young-sook come to realize, there are limits to their control that can prove devastating. |
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Movie Matinee Thursday, December 16
2 - 3:45 pm
Meeting Room Join us for a free matinee screening of Moonstruck. Synopsis: A full moon, a New York City night, and love and music in the air. One of the most enchanting romantic comedies of all time assembles a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny look at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. At the center of it all is a radiant Cher as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love bookkeeper whose feelings about her engagement to the staid Johnny (Danny Aiello) are thrown into question after she meets his hot-blooded brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage), and one night at the opera changes everything. Winner of the Academy Awards for best actress (Cher), supporting actress (Olympia Dukakis), and original screenplay (by playwright John Patrick Shanley), this modern-day fairy tale is swept along on passionate Puccini melodies, and directed by master storyteller Norman Jewison with the heightened emotion to match. Registration is required. |
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Book Discussion: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Tuesday, December 14 6:00pm - 8:00pm Norwell Public Library Meeting Room
In collaboration with Norwell's All Are Welcome Committee, the library is hosting a discussion of the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library. Register here. |
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How to Draw Cool Stuff: Winter Edition
Tuesday, December 7 4:30pm-5:30pm NPL Workshop
Join artist and author Catherine V. Holmes for a winter themed drawing lesson on How to Draw Cool Stuff. All supplies will be provided. This event is open to ages 12 and up.
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Teen Advisory Group (TAG) Meetings every Third Thursday of the month Next Meeting: December 16 3pm-4pm NPL Workshop TAG is back! All teens ages 13-18 are welcome! Are you interested in being involved with and making a difference in your community? Completing requirements for service and volunteer hours? Gaining experience for college applications and resumes? Having fun and meeting new people? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please consider joining TAG.TAG meets monthly with the teen librarian. New members are always welcome. Interested teens can contact teen librarian Emily Goodwin, egoodwin@ocln.org or fill out this google form. |
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Teen Henna Afternoon
Tuesday, December 21 4pm-6pm NPL Workshop
Mandy Roberge, a CNHA Certified and Insured Henna Artist, of Wicked Good Henna will be joining us for an afternoon of henna. Participants will receive an intricate design of their choosing made of 100% organic and all natural henna paste. Open to ages 10 and up. |
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Video Game Characters Scavenger Hunt
All month long Children's Room Find iconic video game characters hidden all around the children's room. No registration required. |
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Take and Make Craft: DIY Picture Frames Pick Up Week December 6-12 Children's Room Decorate your very own 4 x 6 wooden photo frame. Registration is required prior to picking up your kit. Click here. Funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library |
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Hour of Code Week
December 6-12 anytime
Online 'The 'Hour of Code™'/'Hora del Código®' is a global initiative by Computer Science Education Week [csedweek.org] and Code.org [code.org] to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming for all ages through fun and engaging online games. |
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Pop Up Art School Presents: How to Draw Pokemon
Tuesday December 28 6:30-7:30
Virtual on Zoom
All you need is a pencil and paper for a special Pop Up Art School class on drawing your favorite Pokemon characters for ages 8-12. Funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library |
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One Day in December : a Novel by Josie SilverTaking place over 10 consecutive Christmases, tells the story of Jack and Laurie, who meet at a bus stop and continue to circle each other's lives seemingly fated to be together, except not actually managing it, for a decade.
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Winter Street : a Novel by Elin HilderbrandA family reunion at Kelley Quinn's Nantucket inn is thrown into turmoil by his four adult children's personal dramas and the discovery of his second wife's infidelity. By the best-selling author of Beautiful Day and The Matchmaker.
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A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries by Martin Edwards"A Postman murdered while delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas pine growing over a forgotten homicide. A Yuletide heist gone horribly wrong. When there's as much murder as magic in the air and the facts seem to point to the impossible, it's up to the detective's trained eye to unwrap the clues and neatly tie together an explanation (preferably with a bow on top). Martin Edwards has once again gathered the best of these seasonal stories into a stellar anthology brimming with rare tales, fresh as fallen snow, and classics from the likes of Julian Symons, Margery Allingham, Anthony Gilbert and Cyril Hare. A most welcome surprise indeed, and perfect to be shared between super-sleuths by the fire on a cold winter's night."
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Christmas Days : 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette WintersonA collection of stories written annually at Christmas by the best-selling author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? include tales of trees with magical powers, a tinsel baby that talks, flying dogs, philosophical fairies and a haunted house.
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All About Us by Tom EllenA man whose marriage is on the rocks is given a mysterious watch by a starry-eyed stranger and wakes up to discover it is 2005 and the exact day he kissed his soon-to-be ex wife.
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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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