New Britain Public Library (NBPL)

Meet an animal from the Hungerford Nature Center, followed by storytime with Miss JoAnn!

Local Event: Super Kids: Storytime Zoo

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New Britain

Connecticut

Super Kids: Storytime Zoo

Meet an animal from the Hungerford Nature Center, followed by storytime with Miss JoAnn!

Join Librarian Cara to make gingerbread houses that will last forever! 
Using terra cotta pots and white paint markers, we will create cozy 
holiday decorations! Kids of all ages are welcome.

Local Event: Crafty Creatives Club: Terra Cotta Gingerbread Houses

Crafty Creatives Club: Terra Cotta Gingerbread...

Join Librarian Cara to make gingerbread houses that will last forever! 
Using terra cotta pots and white paint markers, we will...

Crafty Creatives Club: Terra Cotta Gingerbread Houses

Join Librarian Cara to try a different kind of painting while learning 
about gravity at the same time! Take your art home for a STEAM-centered 
holiday gift! This program is designed for kids ages 7-12.

Local Event: STEAM Session: Pendulum Painting

STEAM Session: Pendulum Painting

Join Librarian Cara to try a different kind of painting while learning 
about gravity at the same time! Take your art home for...

Storytime for children ages 2½-3½, accompanied by an adult. Stories, fingerplays, songs, a simple craft and time to play with toys! No registration necessary.

Local Event: Terrific Tots

Terrific Tots

Storytime for children ages 2½-3½, accompanied by an adult. Stories, fingerplays, songs, a simple craft and time to play with...

Each month, we will discuss a music biography! For the month of December, we are reading Face It, an autobiography by Debbie Harry, the frontwoman of the punk band Blondie. 
Registration on the library website is required; copies of the selected book are available at the Jefferson Branch Library.

Local Event: A Book Club Beat

A Book Club Beat

Each month, we will discuss a music biography! For the month of December, we are reading Face It, an autobiography by Debbie...

Drop in to the Jefferson Branch Library for some reading time, board games, and the opportunity to explore our new materials!
We will have something for everyone; come break cabin fever at the library!
Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Local Event: Cozy Day at the Jefferson Branch

Cozy Day at the Jefferson Branch

Drop in to the Jefferson Branch Library for some reading time, board games, and the opportunity to explore our new...

Are you the neighbor that is curious about what that person down the street has going on in their backyard? Do you see the world through a lens of mystery and intrigue? If you have a hunger for knowing and solving the mysteries of the world around you, this is the book club for you! We will come together and discuss a new mystery novel each month at the Jefferson Branch Library. 
For December's meeting, we will be discussing the novella, The Mimicking of Known Successes, by Malka Older. Copies of the book are available for pick up at the Jefferson Branch Library.

Local Event: Suspense Stories Book Club

Suspense Stories Book Club

Are you the neighbor that is curious about what that person down the street has going on in their backyard? Do you see the...

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Super Kids: Storytime Zoo

DEC

17

9:00 AM

New Britain Public Library (NBPL), 20 High St, New Britain, CT

Crafty Creatives Club: Terra Cotta Gingerbread Houses

DEC

17

4:30 PM

New Britain Public Library (NBPL), 20 High St, New Britain, CT

STEAM Session: Pendulum Painting

DEC

22

9:00 AM

New Britain Public Library (NBPL), 20 High St, New Britain, CT

Terrific Tots

DEC

22

10:00 AM

New Britain Public Library (NBPL), 20 High St, New Britain, CT

Terrific Tots

DEC

29

10:00 AM

New Britain Public Library (NBPL), 20 High St, New Britain, CT

A Book Club Beat

DEC

29

3:00 PM

140 Horse Plain Rd, New Britain, CT

Cozy Day at the Jefferson Branch

DEC

30

11:00 AM

140 Horse Plain Rd, New Britain, CT

Suspense Stories Book Club

DEC

30

2:00 PM

140 Horse Plain Rd, New Britain, CT

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