Dueling Guitars, Toddler Yoga, Staff Picks: Wayland Library Week

WAYLAND, MA — Here's what's happening at the Wayland library over the week of July 15, 2024.

ADULT SERVICES

Fields Acoustic Concert
One voice, two guitars. Dave (guitar and vocals) and Joe (guitar and octave mandolin) offer covers and originals to weave a tapestry of acoustic and electric textures. Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m.

Book Club in a Bag
Instead of trying to round up copies of your next book club selection, grab one of our bags stocked with popular titles. The latest additions are Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Each sturdy tote has 7-10 copies of each book and circulates for six weeks—ample time to read. Search our catalog for “Wayland book club in a bag” to see the other great selections.

Plan Your Vacation with the Library
If you prefer a guidebook to hold in your hand, we have a terrific selection in our Travel section. If digital is your thing, Lonely Planet guides are now always available on Libby. And Hoopla has a bunch of LPs and Fodors. (Fordor’ses?) Don’t forget to use our scanner for your important travel documents. Wherever you’re going, we can help you get there.

Staff Favorites
Here are some of the books, new and not, that we’ve enjoyed lately.

FICTION
The Adversary / Michael Crummey
Babel / R.F. Kuang
Cold Sassy Tree / Olive Ann Burns
The Comfort of Crows / Margaret Renkl
The Dutch House / Ann Patchett
Exit Strategy / Martha Wells
Fight Night / Miriam Toews
The Frozen River / Ariel Lawhon
Funny Story / Emily Henry
Harrow the Ninth / Tamsyn Muir
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store / James McBride
James / Percival Everett
The Last Time I Lied / Riley Sager
The Little Liar / Mitch Albom
The Lost Summers of Newport / Williams, Willig & White
Morning Star / Pierce Brown
The Narrowboat Summer / Anne Youngson
North Woods / Daniel Mason
The Phoenix Crown / Quinn and Chang
Rednecks / Taylor Brown
The Silent Patient / Alex Michaelides
This is Happiness / Niall Williams
The Vulnerables / Sigrid Nunez
Waste of a Life / Simon Brett
The Whalebone Theater / Joanna Quinn
Wild Swans / Jung Chang
The Women / Kristin Hannah

NON-FICTION
The Bright Ages / Gabriele and Perry
But I Live / Ed. Charlotte Schallie
Destiny Disrupted / Tamim Ansary
Dinners with Ruth / Nina Totenberg
Mao's America / Xi Van Fleet
Rulebreaker: the life and times of Barbara Walters / Susan Page
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry / Ingall and McCarthy
Under the Banner of Heaven / Jon Krakauer

YOUTH SERVICES

SUMMER READING

Our 2024 Summer Reading Program Read, Renew, Repeat has started. Programming highlights include a performance of Peter and the Wolf, making a Chain Reaction “Rube Goldberg machine,” a family concert with Rolie Polie Guacamole, as well as many fun craft and STEM challenges. Kids can track their reading online or on paper logs to earn tickets for prizes. Teen programming highlights include yarn storming and Mexican metal tooling. Teens can also track their reading to earn tickets for prizes.
Register for the kids Summer Reading Program and the Teen Summer Reading Program online at WaylandLibrary.Beanstack.org
The Massachusetts Statewide Summer Library Program is funded by the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Additional funding for Wayland’s Summer Reading program came from the Friends of the Wayland Public Library, the Wayland Cultural Council, and the Arthur Ashley Williams Foundation.

FOR BABIES, TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS

Outdoor Baby & Toddler Storytime with Ms. Abby
Our Baby & Toddler program moves outside! Weather permitting, we will meet outside on the green lawn. Please register. Tuesdays, July 16, July 23, and July 30 at 10:30 a.m.

Sing, Move, and Story!
Ms. Haley from Family ACCESS Community Connections will lead children in songs and movement, and share a story! For ages 0 to 3, with caregiver. Please register HERE. Wednesday, July 17, at 9:30 a.m.

Musical Story/Craft with Ms. Janet
Join Ms. Janet for some musical fun! Listen to stories about musical instruments, sing, dance, and make your own pretend ukulele. For ages 3 & up, with caregiver. Please register HERE. Thursday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m.

Yoga with Little Beats
Join Little Beats for 30 minutes of yoga-inspired movement. For ages 1-5, with caregiver. Please register HERE. Friday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m.

Music, Story, Fun! with Ms. Janet
Join Ms. Janet for a musical storytime. She’ll bring her ukulele, rainbow bells, and puppets! We will meet in the Children’s Room. For ages birth through age 4, with caregivers. Please register. Thursday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m.

FOR ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN

Learn Ukulele with Julie Stepanek
Want to try an instrument that is fun and easy to play? Join Julie Stepanek as she teaches the fundamentals of ukulele playing! No experience necessary. Ukuleles provided or bring your own. For ages 7 and up. Please register HERE. Monday, July 15, at 3:30 p.m.

Peter and the Wolf Concert
The Storytime Quintet will perform a rendition of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” for children. The musicians will demonstrate how each instrument represents an animal in the story! For ages 4 & up, with caregiver. Please register HERE. Tuesday, July 16, at 3:00 p.m. This program is funded in part with a grant from the Wayland Cultural Council.

Read to Obie the Dog
Children can visit with Obie, a beautiful Samoyed, and even read to him. For ages 5 & up, with caregiver. Please register HERE. Wednesday, July 17, at 4:00 p.m.

Art Club & Creative Writing
Do you like to write and illustrate your own stories? In this class, led by Wayland parent Emily Kristofek, students will compose a fictional story around a theme, and create one or more pictures to illustrate the story. We will share and celebrate our creations at the end of each class. For children ages 9 and up. Please register HERE. Tuesday, July 23, at 4:30 p.m.

Chain Reactions with Jay Mankita of Playful Engineers
Jay Mankita of Playful Engineers will present this workshop in which children will design, build and test Rube Goldberg machines and other chain reactions! For ages 4 & up, with caregiver. Meets on the lawn, weather permitting. Please register HERE. Wednesday, July 24, at 3:00 p.m.

Build a Rubber Band Race Car
Join Ms. Abby to learn how to use recycled materials to create a speedy, rubber band-powered race car! Participants will leave with their own car to race at home. For children in grades 1 through 3, with caregiver. Please register HERE. Thursday, July 25, at 3:30 p.m.

FOR TEENS

Yarn Storming
Teens! Join us for a two-session yarn storming experience. We will beautify the library’s chain-link fence by wrapping it in colorful yarn. Session 1 will be devoted to designing and in Session 2 we will install the art on the fence. For teens in grades 6 and up. Session 1 meets in the Teen Loft and Session 2 meets outside. Please register HERE. Tuesdays, July 23 and July 30 at 4:00 p.m.

FOUR VIRTUAL YOUTH AUTHOR TALKS IN JULY
Max Brallier. Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? Brallier shares how he creates his monsters and the unique ways Jack and his friends defeat them. Virtual: Register. Tuesday, July 16 at 2 p.m.
Elizabeth Acevedo. In this exciting author conversation, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her novel-in-verse, The Poet X. Virtual: Register. Tuesday, July 23, at 2 p.m.
Dan Santat. This year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. Virtual: Register. Tuesday, July 30, at 2 p.m.