The COA Book Group will meet at the Rochester Council on Aging on Tuesday, April 18 at 1:00 pm. We will be discussing The Maid by Nita Prose. The next book will be This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub and copies will be available at the meeting to borrow. Please bring your library card.
Books & Babble Book Club will meet Thursday, April 27 at 6:30 pm to discuss The Second-Worst Restaurant in France by Alexander McCall Smith. Copies are available for checkout at the front desk.
All are invited to an Earth Day Family Story and Activity Hour with Rochester residents Sydney Teixeira and Kate Duggan. They will read two Earth Day themed books, lead a craft and provide resources for ways everyone can enjoy our local natural environment and help our Earth thrive. Please visit the library’s Events Calendar to register.
I am Autistic, I am Fantastic – The Musical is being presented by the MUSIC Dance.edu youth performing arts company on Tuesday, April 18 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. This program is brought to you by a grant from the Rochester Cultural Council, a local agency, funded by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Using musical instruments, creative movement, poetry and problem solving activities, this presentation will inspire, uplift and educate autistic children, families and the community at-large. The musical selections in this presentation are inspirational and include contemporary jazz songs, 70’s music, soft rock, hip hop and selections from popular Broadway musicals. The presentation is about an hour and includes a 10-minute intermission. Registration is not required.
A new Scrambled Word is available every Monday, just ask at the Front Desk. Starting April 1 (while supplies last) stop in to pick up a beautiful “Take and Make” frog kit. One per child, please. Please consider sharing your creation for display in the children’s area bay window.
Can you find mother hen’s 5 missing chicks? Visit the library to search for 5 chicks (stickers) hiding throughout the library. When you find all 5, quietly tell a librarian where the chicks can be found to earn a prize from the Treasure Chest. The chick stickers will be in the same place for the month of April. This is not an activity that changes weekly.
We will be closing at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 7 and open our normal hours from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 8. We will be closed Monday, April 17 for Patriots’ Day. For more information, please follow us on Facebook, email us at info@plumblibrary.com, or call the library at 508-763-8600.