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Peep Diorama Contest Open to all ages Drop off Peep Diorama before April 23 for voting Rules: Entries must be in a shoe box, include at least 1 peep and be book themed. Group work encouraged. |
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Tiny Art Show Viewing & Voting
April 10-30 Library Hours Stop by during library hours April 10-30 to see the results of our tiny art show take home craft! Vote on which pieces you like best. Winners will receive a Michael's gift card! |
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Outdoor Storywalk April 11-30 Anytime Library Grounds In anticipation for our upcoming storytelling event, our first story walk will feature "How the Rabbit Lost Its Tail" by local author Len Cabral. Walk around the library grounds reading page by page. |
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New Book Group @ NPL: Reading Dangerously Monday, May 2 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's meeting will discuss Beloved by Toni Morrison. Copies will be available for checkout beginning April 1. |
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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, April 6 6:30pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room The Green Knight (2021)
The Norwell Public Library Movie Discussion Group will be having its third discussion session this April. Patrons will watch the film at home, and then discuss the movie at the library event. Copies of the film are available to be checked out at the circulation desk. Synopsis: An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table. |
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Literary Circle Book Discussion Group Thursday, April 21 10:30am - 11:30am Meeting Room When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It's just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway. But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder. |
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Author Talk with Mary Ford Sunday, April 24 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room The library is hosting an afternoon author talk and book signing featuring local author and retired, award-winning journalist, Mary Ford. Mary will be giving a talk on her exciting recent novel, Boy at the Crossroads: From Teenage Runaway to Class President. |
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NPL Evening Book Discussion Group Wednesday, April 27 6:30pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns. In Seek You, Kristen Radtke’s wide-ranging exploration of our inner lives and public selves, Radtke digs into the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another, and the distance that remains. Through the lenses of gender and violence, technology and art, Radtke ushers us through a history of loneliness and longing, and shares what feels impossible to share. Ranging from the invention of the laugh-track to the rise of Instagram, the bootstrap-pulling cowboy to the brutal experiments of Harry Harlow, Radtke investigates why we engage with each other, and what we risk when we turn away. With her distinctive, emotionally-charged drawings and deeply empathetic prose, Kristen Radtke masterfully shines a light on some of our most vulnerable and sublime moments, and asks how we might keep the spaces between us from splitting entirely. |
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Movie Matinee Thursday, April 28
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room Synopsis: During a self-imposed exile in Arles and Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh develops his unique, colorful style of painting. While grappling with religion, mental illness and a tumultuous friendship with French artist Paul Gauguin, van Gogh begins to focus on his relationship with eternity rather than the pain his art causes him in the present. |
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"Voices of America" Concert Tuesday, May 10th 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. Registration opens April 1. |
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Teen Paint Night with Pop Up Art School
Monday, April 25 6:00 - 7:30 Workshop Paint a star-filled night sky with silhouettes of a hillside and trees. It’s amazing what you can create with four colors and some easy brush techniques! Open to ages 11+. Generously funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library |
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Wednesdays in the Workshop Weekly on Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:30 Workshop 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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Blackout Poetry All month long Teen Room April is both National Poetry Month and Earth Month! Celebrate by creating blackout poetry using recycled materials. Instructions and supplies will be available in the teen room throughout the month. |
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Flower Scavenger Hunt
All month long Children's Room Learn to identify flowers that are hidden all around the children's room. No registration required. Drop in anytime. |
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Music & Movement with Jessica
Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30-11:00am
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. |
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Take and Make Craft: Peep Diorama Starter Kit
Pick Up Week April 4-11
Children's Room
Kit includes Peeps, googly eyes, pipe cleaners and other ideas to help inspire you to enter our peep diorama contest.
Register to reserve your kit for pick up, click here. Funded by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library |
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Outdoor Storytime
Thursdays 10:30-11:00am Staff Parking Lot No registration required. In the case of inclement weather, the program will be cancelled. Please bring a chair or blanket. |
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SPECIAL Take and Make Craft: Chia Pets Pick Up Week April 11-16 Children's Room Register to pick up your kit generously donated by the Norwell Garden Club in honor of Plant a Seed Day. Funded by the Norwell Garden Club |
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Read to a Dog: Spider Tuesday April 26 4:30-5:30pm Children's Studio Spider, a certified therapy dog, is back! Practice reading comprehension in a stress free environment. No registration required. |
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Cardboard Drive In Tuesday April 19 1:30-2:30pm
Meeting Room Decorate your own cardboard car and then watch Pixar shorts. Open to ages 4 and up and their families. |
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Stories with Len Cabral Wednesday April 20 10:30am
Meeting Room Local storyteller and author Len Cabral will be sharing stories and providing tips on how to tell your own for ages 6 and up with a caregiver. This program was co-funded by the MLA Jordan Miller Grant and the Friends of the Norwell Public Library. |
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Encanto Interactive Movie Friday April 22 10:30am-12:30pm
Meeting Room Sing, dance and use the items in your goodie bags to follow along with the movie. Open to all ages. Registration is required to receive a kit. |
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Loveless by Alice OsemanSurrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love, Georgia, who doesn’t have sexual or romantic feelings for anyone, comes to understand herself as asexual/aromantic and learns that there are plenty of other ways to find love and connection.
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Recitatif : a Story by Toni MorrisonIn this 1983 short story about race and the relationships that shape us through life, Twyla and Roberta, friends since childhood who are seemingly at opposite ends of every problem as they grow older, cannot deny the deep bond their shared experience has forged between them.
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Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle CosimanoStruggling novelist and single mom Finlay Donovan uncovers a world of Russian mobsters and assassins disguised as soccer moms in an effort to keep her ex-husband safe, in the follow-up to Finlay Donovan is Killing It.
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The Paris Apartment : a Novel by Lucy FoleyArriving in Paris to stay with her brother Ben, Jess learns that he has gone missing, and to find him, starts digging into his life, realizing even though she has come to the City of Lights to escape her past, it’s his future hanging in the balance.
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The Luck of the Bodkins by 1881-1975 Wodehouse, P. G.Monty Bodkin's courtship of Gertrude Butterwick runs into stormy weather when a Hollywood starlet becomes involved in the social activities on the R.M.S. Atlantic.
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Girl In Ice by Erica FerencikA linguist is called to a remote island off Greenland after her deceased twin brother’s fellow researcher discovers a young girl frozen in ice who, when unthawed, is alive and speaks a language no one understands.
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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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