Hoppy April, Hoppy Spring! We hope you'll find the freshness of the new season reflected in our family program offerings this month. We're kicking things off with a fun and foolish first-Saturday of the month s'mores & stories on April 1st at 11am. Spring into story time continues on Wednesdays at 10:30am, our Annual Egg Hunt will take place on the library lawn starting at 11am on Saturday the 15th, followed by our Middle Grade Book Club at 2PM. Topping off the day, we'll draw the winner of our Teen spine poetry challenge (see below for challenge details) and award a prize! See you out and about and at the library! Hop, hop!

Spring into Story Time

Wednesdays @ 10:30am

All ages

A whole new season of books to read, songs to sing, rhymes to learn and games to play. After reading stories, we'll explore our surroundings and engage in a craft or activity. Story time is geared toward pre-school aged children, but all ages are welcome! With warmer weather coming, be prepared to gather outside around Buttons the bear!

Danny Sings About Everything!

this Thursday, March 30th @9:30am

This bi-weekly music enrichment show with Danny Tieger is brought into classrooms and living rooms across the northwest corner (& reports of die-hard fans from 1000's of miles away!) "Danny Sings About Everything" is a 35-minute musical romp with singing, dancing, and a whole lot of great ideas from the viewers. Students review developmentally appropriate themes with improvised songs and a cannon of loved music. Join

This programming is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of Scoville Memorial Library & Elyse Harney Real Estate. Thank you!

Scoville Memorial & Pine Plains Free Library (Hybrid) Teen Writing Club! Fridays from 4:30 to 6:00PM

IN PERSON at the Pine Plains Library and ONLINE for writers further afield, of any genre. Teens in 6th-12th grade are welcome. Registration is required. To register and for additional information, please email Abbey at [email protected].

Local writer and poet, Abbey Gallagher, is continuing our adolescent writing workshop series ONLINE using written prompts, physical objects, images, and much more to spark curiosity and imagination in new or regular writers.

s'mores & stories

Saturday, April 1st @11am,

All ages w/adult supervision

Toast up s'mores with family and friends around the fire and be inspired to join a storytelling extravaganza! Using prompts to develop characters and get the stories going we'll create unique and memorable tales. We're kicking off this first Saturday of the month Spring tradition on April Fools Day, so expect some trickery and extra fun silly stories! See you on March 32nd!

The Annual Egg Hunt

on the SML lawn is on!

Saturday, April 15th @11am

All ages

Join us on the library lawn for our annual egg hunt. Come by the library on Friday, April 7th to pick up wooden eggs to be painted and returned to the library by days end, Friday the 14th. We'll see to it that the Spring fairies and their rabbit friends hide each of your eggs along with some chocolate and other candied ones for you to search for on Saturday morning, April 15th starting at 11am. (If you find and gather an egg that you did not paint, kindly re-hide it for the person that made it to collect.) Can't wait to see you. Come in bunny costume if you please!

Teen Spine Poetry Challenge

April 1st to April 15th

w/a prize-winning drawing on Saturday, April 15th @3:30pm

It's April, aka, National Poetry Month and the perfect time to get creative and celebrate the occasion with a challenge to commemorate the importance of poets and poetry in our culture. We invite our tween & teen patrons to select books from the J-Fic, graphic & YA sections of the library and stack the titles, spines out, to create a poem. Photograph your spine poetry incorporating the TEEN sign in the YA section. Tag us @scovillememorial on your IG post or send your photo via email to children&youthservicescoordinator. Poems will be drawn from a hat and the winner will be awarded a prize!

SML Middle Grade Book Club

Saturday, April 15th

2 to 3:30PM, Ages 11-14

Together with a middle school patron, we've created a book club for middle grade students to explore literary genres. We'll meet monthly to talk about the stylistic differences between the "classics," historical fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels on our reading list. We will deepen our discussion of the books with movies, games, and other activities designed to enrich the experience. Titles will be available for check out from the library three weeks in advance of our meeting date. We're currently reading Esperanza Rising for our next gathering on April 15th. Registration is required. Register today!

Reading Buddies

Designed to help younger children practice their reading, Reading Buddies is a program that pairs emerging readers with another, older "kid." The idea and hope is that connecting with another, older "kid," is a treat in itself, and that reading aloud to a "kid" is low-pressure. At the same time, the student volunteer (age 12-18) serves as a reading mentor, demonstrating how to stay calm while reading and how to conquer reading difficulties. The buddy will ask questions about the text and have a basic understanding of assessing and helping with reading comprehension. This is an in-person or virtual program to fit your needs. For more information and to register click here.

Virtual Tutoring

School age students

Could you benefit from extra help with certain subjects at school? SML in collaboration with The Hotchkiss School is offering a tutoring program that pairs older and younger students according to their strengths and needs. Tutoring sessions will be facilitated via Zoom. Register here.

Check them out! 

The library has passes to several area cultural institutions available for check out for up to 48 hours! Click here for a complete list and link to place a hold, or stop by the library to check out your passes today!

Support The Library!

Drop your LaBonne's shopping receipts off at the library, and they will send us a donation based on a percentage of the total. Easy as that and we greatly appreciate it!

Because Spring can't always make up its mind...

Here is a quick reminder of library opening and closing policies due to weather conditions: If Region #1 schools are closed, the library is also closed. If Region #1 schools are delayed, the library will likely open at the usual time. Patrons on our mailing list will receive an email update and information will be posted to our website and Instagram.