Happy Retirement & Farewell to Fran

Tuesday, September 6, drop in from 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Stop by and wish our beloved children's librarian, Miss Fran, best wishes for the next chapter in her life! She will be retiring on Friday, September 9th after many years of service. The Friends of the Library will be hosting a party for her on Tuesday, September 6th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the library. There will also be a book available at the circulation desk all that week to write in to share your favorite memories.

Saturday Hours

September is coming and so are our Saturday hours! Beginning Saturday, September 10th, we will be open for browsing on Saturdays from 9:30-1:30. We will continue our popular curbside pickups on Saturdays in addition to our other open hours.

Visit the Library! 

We are open for browsing with no reservations required! Stop by:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:30—5:30
Tuesday: 9:30—7:00
Saturday: 9:30—1:30 *starting September 10

Curbside pickup will continue to be offered during all of our open hours.

Monday Morning Stories and Songs

Mondays at 10:00 am outdoors

Join us for a high-energy story time!  We’ll mix things up with a combination of stories for listening and songs for dancing. This program will be held outside on the library lawn. Bring a towel or blanket for stretching. Look for us around back! If there is rainy weather, the story time will be moved indoors.

ABC Storytime

Tuesdays at 10:00 am outdoors & indoors

Here’s a chance for the little ones to learn their A-B-C’s. We’ll start outside with stories and songs that feature our letter of the week. Then we’ll head inside for some simple crafts with the special letter. Feel free to join for part or all of the story time. Be sure to bring a blanket or chair for outside. Also, each child can bring something with them that starts with the letter of the week – we’ll do a mini show & tell along with stories. This week's letter is A.

History Book Club

Thursday, September 8 at 11:00 am on Zoom

Join us for a virtual discussion of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Copies available at the library, or borrow digitally. Please email [email protected] to register and receive the Zoom link.

Dog Tales Story Time

Friday, September 9 at 10:00 am outdoors

Lorcan and his human Cheryl are back for a fun and furry story time! Join us out on the lawn for some dog-approved stories and a chance to pet this calm, sweet, and soft therapy dog.

Museum Passes

The BFL is happy to offer our patrons free or reduced-price passes for a selection of great local organizations! Visit our website to learn more.

Jammin with You

Wednesday, September 14 at 10:00 am outdoors

Jammin With You is thrilled to come to the Bacon Free Library! Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun! This performance is geared for kids ages 1 – 7, but fun for the whole family. With modern takes on children’s classics and classic original tunes, you’ll be humming and bopping your way all the way home. This program will be held on the lawn; bring along a blanket or chair.

Stranger Things Trivia Challenge

Wednesday, September 28 at 7:00 pm on Zoom

With the release of season 4 earlier this summer, we can’t get enough of El, Dustin, Nancy, Hopper, and the rest of the gutsy clan from Hawkins. If you feel the same, join us for this trivia game that will test your knowledge of all things strange. Warning: be sure you’ve watched it all, there will be spoilers! This trivia challenge will be held via Zoom. You can be a team of one or a team of many (please choose teammates in your home, or pick 1 or 2 remote teammates that you can easily confer with privately over text or phone). Please visit our website to register.

Story Walk ®

Stop by the BFL grounds to check out our latest Story Walk: Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Read the book one page at a time on the library grounds. 

The StoryWalk®Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

Art Exhibit: Rob Dunlavey

Currently on display at the library

Visit the library to view the work of Natick artist and children’s book illustrator Rob Dunlavey, who will be showing landscape drawings and paintings at the BFL through September 28. Rob’s lyrical and expressionistic drawings of the South Natick dam capture the plant and animal life seen over the past dozen years of his daily artistic practice. Rob is also an award-winning children’s book illustrator; his next book Whale Fall, written by Melissa Stewart, will be published by Random House in Spring 2023. Learn more about Rob at his website

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