Your newly renovated Children's Room is now open to the community.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Our in-person indoor events will be held in our spacious new program room, check the online calendar description for location details. 

Flying High Dogs - Live at the Hyde Bandstand! Monday, August 8 at 4:30pm. Mike Piazza and his team of some of the most athletic Border Collies on the planet will perform a variety of Frisbee and other awesome tricks to entertain all ages! Mike is a multiple-time world finalist and world record holder in the sport of K-9 Frisbee and the current #1 Professional K-9 Frisbee performer in the world. This program will take place at the Hyde Bandstand and Playground. This event is taking place on public grounds and does not require registration. For directions to the Bandstand click here. Rain date is August 9 at 4:30pm in Druker Auditorium at Newton Free Library.

Your Friends' membership made this program possible. Become a Friend of Newton Free Library today, family memberships available! 

Virtual Pajama Time! Monday, August 8 at 7pm. Get ready for bed by listening to these stories and songs that will help you drift off to dreamland. Put on your pajamas, cuddle with a loved one and bring your favorite stuffed animal friend! For kids ages 3 and up.

Read Beyond the Beaten Path Sunshine Storytime: Tuesday, August 9 at 10:30am. Join us for our summer reading program, Read Beyond the Beaten Path, storytimes. Each will be based on the week's theme. This week's theme is Sky, Stars and Beyond. Start your day with stories, songs and rhymes led by our children’s librarians. For children 0-4 and their caregivers.

Movers and Shakers: Wednesday, August 10 at 10:30am. Let's stretch! Let's move! Let's sing and dance! In this storytime we will read fun movement-based stories and then have lots of fun moving and dancing to some familiar rhymes and songs. Each class begins with some light stretching, and ends with a moment of mindfulness. For ages 2-4.

Draw Along Creatures: Octopuses and Giant Squids! Wednesday, August 10 at 4pm. Draw Along Creatures continues with a focus on octopuses and giant squids! After creating a drawing of these popular animals from simple shapes, the artist instructor will show you how to create scenes from just your imagination. Space is limited. Registration (required) is only available for ages 7-10.

Wake Up Sunshine Storytime: Thursday, August 11 at 10:30am. Start your day with stories, songs and rhymes led by Newton Free Library children’s librarians. For children 0-4 and their caregivers.

Dial a Story: Listen to a children’s librarian read you a story over the phone. Call 617-796-1415 to listen to a story anytime you like. A new story is recorded weekly. For kids of all ages.

Read Beyond the Beaten Path Stories and Activities: Thursday, August 11 at 4pm. Come explore with us! Join us for our summer reading program, Read Beyond the Beaten Path, story and activity time for kids ages 4 and 5. Each will be based on the week's theme. This week's theme is Sky, Stars and Beyond.

Our Stories: Spanish Bilingual Storytime

Friday, August 12 at 10:30am.

Juntos Leemos! Children ages 0-5 and their adults are invited to join us for stories and songs in Spanish. This program will be led by an instructor from Pine Village Preschool, a Spanish immersion school.

Telescopes: Friday, August 12 at 4pm. Make your own telescope from recycled material and then decorate it! For ages 6-9. 

Read Beyond the Beaten Path: Summer 2022 

Have a blast this summer by joining Read Beyond the Beaten Path with Newton Free Library now through August 31. Read books, have adventures, win prizes! Use Beanstack to keep track of your time spent reading alone or with parents, siblings or your friends. And check out all the fun adventures we've included this year. Children through rising 5th graders in the 2022-23 school year can win prizes.

Register on Beanstack, and you will be entered in a drawing to win a prize each week of summer reading (6/13-8/31) as long as you also log minutes; write a book review on Beanstack; complete an adventure; or attend a library program (and fill in the relevant adventure). 

You can find registration, summer programming and everything else summer at newtonfreelibrary.net/summer.

Little Beats: Monday, August 15 at 4pm. Join Little Beats for 30 minutes of music, movement, and fun on the Library side lawn by the Winnie the Pooh statue! This event is best for kids ages 0-4 and their adults, but all are welcome. Rain date is August 22.

Rockabye Beats - Live at the Hyde Grandstand! Wednesday, August 17 at 10:30am. Come dance, sing and get a little loco with original and contemporary music the whole family will enjoy. Rockabye Beats includes Spanish songs; freestyle dance; an instrument show and tell; music jams; a live guitar performance; and more. For all ages. This concert will take place at the Hyde Bandstand and Playground. Please register if you would like to receive a zoom link to the virtual performance in case of rain. This event is taking place on public grounds and does not require registration. For directions to the bandstand click here.

Your Friends' membership made this program possible. Become a Friend of Newton Free Library today, family memberships available!  

Campfire Craft: Wednesday, August 17 at 4:30pm. Create an actual "LIGHT UP" portable campfire with just tissue paper and a cup, to use when you're camping in the great outdoors, or in your own backyard! For kids ages 6-9.

Masks, Unlimited! Wednesday, August 17 at 7pm. Join Chiara Durazzini, artistic director of local theatre troupe Pazzi Lazzi, and Eric Bornstein of Behind The Mask Theatre (Somerville) for an entertaining and informative presentation about the power and diversity of masks worldwide. Together, they "unmask" the mysteries surrounding mask usage through history and around the world. Viewers will be wowed by the wide variety of stunning hand-made masks performed -- from cultural masks from around the world, to universal masks that show emotions, age and gender; from theater masks that bring to life literary characters to the stage, to pop culture masks that bring to life iconic characters from video games, graphic novels and movies to life in cosplay. For kids entering grades 3 through 5 and their adults.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Contact Paper Collage: Friday, August 19 at 11am. Create a collage of colorful paper, yard and other items sealed in contact paper to hang up in your room. Online registration (required) for ages 3-5.