Townshend Public Library

1971 Route 30
PO Box 252
Townshend, VT 05353

802-365-4039
townshendpubliclibrary@gmail.com

😎We hope that the eclipse was all that you’d hoped for. We are collecting eclipse glasses in pristine condition to send them for use, to a country that will be in the path of the next solar eclipse. You can also drop them off at the WSWMD Scale House. 😎😊

Library Hours

Townshend News - Extra copies available at the Library and Town Hall.

Looking for something new to read? Check out our latest e-newsletters, December and January editions and a special kid’s edition. Here’s the March and April editions to see some of our new additions.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 15, 5:00-7:00 pm Game on! Cribbage/Game Night come out and play Cribbage (beginners welcome) or try something different. RPGs more your thing? Come play Dungeons & Dragons instead!

May 18,  10:00 Compost Troubleshooting with Alex Lacy of WSWMD. Countertop cannisters will be available for purchase.

May 28, 6:00-8:00 pm Adults, enjoy a fun night out trying something new at our Painting Party.

June 1, 9:30 am Family Yoga Saturday. Join Brittany Frost for fun, family-focused sessions. Bring your yoga mat if you have one. These 45-minute sessions will take place in our Kids' Room.

June 4, 6:30-8:00 Getting to Know Your Gmail. Peter Golrick will teach us some tricks to make our Gmail account work better for us.

June 5, 1:00-3:00 Tiffany Williams from Sr. Solutions, Council on Aging for Southeastern VT will be available to chat with seniors about 3Squares, fuel and utility assistance, and other issues the Council on Aging may have information on.

June 14, 10:00 Book Group meeting to discuss Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith.

June 15, 9:00-10:00 Rep. Emily Long will be on hand to chat with constituents about questions or concerns you have.

EES Playgroup meets Tuesday mornings 10:30-12.

Resources

• Our online card catalog If prompted, the Library Name is Townshend Library.  No password is necessary.

• E-book and audio books:  Listen Up Vermont

• Vermont Inter-Library Loan: Vermont Inter-Library Loan

• Database resources:

  •  VOL- Vermont Online Library website

  • Learning Express Library

  • Universal Class

Programs

Contact the library for more information about these or other programs.

• The Early Education Services open playgroup that meets on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 has resumed!

• Book group - Enjoying books together is fun for adults too!

• 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a reading program for children birth to kindergarten. We’d like to help you reach your goal.

• Preschool Storyhour is not being held at this time.