Summer Reading Program

PRIZES

You can enter daily to win any of our exciting prizes for all ages, beginning June 21. The final day to enter is August 16. Winners will be announced August 20.

Get an entry ticket each time you:

• visit the library
• leave a book or movie review in the library on our Summer Reading table
• leave a book or movie review on our website (HERE)

(If you're a teen, there is also a bonus way to enter! Complete the take-and-make craft you can pick up from the library, send us a photo of what you make, and get another entry! You can submit that HERE.)

Gift Certificates:

• Cushman Market ($20)
• Leverett Village Coop ($20)
• The Toy Box ($20)
• The Gill Tavern ($50)

Experiences:

• Basketball Hall of Fame - youth ticket
• Eric Carle Museum - one-time family pass good for two adults and up to four children
• Holyoke Children's Museum - youth ticket
• USS Constitution Museum - group admission pass
• Yankee Candle - one Wax Works creation at the South Deerfield store

Things:

• Decoder ring
• Light-up shoelaces
• Maze pen
• Ring toss sprinkler game

Thanks to the Friends of Leverett Library, Western Mass Library Advocates, and these experience providers.

EVENTS

Weekly Events:

• Music on the Patio - Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. (scroll down for more information)
• 0-5 playgroup - Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
• LEGO Builders - Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. (ages 5-12)

Click here for details on all of our events.

Kickoff event: Puppet Show by the Pumpernickel Puppets
June 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Ages 3+

Craft Circle (with music!)
July 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Adults and teens

Fire Department Visit with a fire truck
July 16 at 10:30 a.m.
Kids of all ages

Group Read Aloud: Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (scroll down for more information)
July 19 at 1:00 p.m.
Adults and teens

Nature Walk: Explore the Plants of Leverett with Jean Bergstrom
August 2 at 9:30 a.m.
Adults
Registration required. Registration opens July 9.

Craft Circle (with music!)
August 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Adults and teens

Closing event: Didgeridoo Down Under
August 16 at 1:30 p.m.
All ages

Share the Facebook version of these events on our page. If you "RSVP" to the Facebook event, it will remind you before it happens. (There is no official RSVP needed for any of the events except the August 2 plant walk.)

MUSIC ON THE PATIO

Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. at the library back patio (75 Montague Road, Leverett)
Inside the Community Room if buggy or wet

June 24: Bruce Colegrove
July 1: Rattlesnake Gutter Guttersnipes
July 8: Orlen, Gabriel & Avery
July 15: On the Lam
July 22: Stamell Brothers
July 29: Masala Jazz
August 5: Box Shop Duo
August 12: Little House Blues
August 19: French Press
August 26: Juggler Meadow String Band

Click here to learn about each band by clicking on their date.

Thanks to these wonderful musicians, the Friends of Leverett Library, and the Leverett Library Trustees.

COMMUNITY READ

Let's read Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude together this summer. In this collection of poetry, Ross Gay meditates on loss and change.

Borrow a copy and enjoy a few poems or read it from cover to cover. Either way, you are invited to join us on July 19 to read your favorite poems aloud to each other.

Come for tea, poetry, and thoughtful conversation.

TEEN TAKE-AND-MAKE CRAFT

Make flowers out of pages from our discarded books! Pick up a kit at the library.

Upload a photo of your creation HERE to get a one-time entry for a prize of your choice.