Be a Nutmeg Reader at the Canton Public Library! Sign up HERE to earn collectible book badges as rewards for reading the 2023 Nutmegs. Once you have signed up, you will be able to request a book quiz for any book you have read on the Elementary, Intermediate or Middle School Nutmeg lists for 2023.…Read more ›
Come join the Canton Public Library's Writers Group, led by our Writer-in-Residence and local author, Shona Bradbury. The group will meet every Monday from 1:00-2:30pm. Write-in sessions will consist of networking, timed blocks of quiet writing time using the Pomodoro method, and sharing of excerpts and writing goals. Please register on this page or by…Read more ›
Let your imagination run wild while you learn to draw and write about characters and worlds of your own creation. Develop your ideas and learn techniques such as drawing anatomy, color theory, working in different mediums, and writing in different styles. Creative Minds meets weekly, on Mondays, through the end of the year with a…Read more ›
Let your imagination run wild while you learn to draw and write about characters and worlds of your own creation. Develop your ideas and learn techniques such as drawing anatomy, color theory, working in different mediums, and writing in different styles. Creative Minds meets weekly, on Mondays, through the end of the year with a…Read more ›
Explore crafts of all kinds: knitting projects, perler beads, friendship bracelets, hand stamped and illustrated lettering, and more. We provide project ideas, extra help, and all materials needed. Work on your own projects too. Drop by, chill and create. For anyone in grades 4-12; Free.
Enter the 5th annual Teen Photography Contest at the Canton Public Library! We are asking aspiring middle and high school photographers to snap and submit photos that they think are award-winning. All submissions will be featured in November’s month-long photographic art show at the library. This contest is open to all Farmington Valley residents and…Read more ›
Drop in on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Start early and let us help you grow your reader! We’ll sing, talk, read, and play with your baby and you. Using nursery rhymes, fingerplays, baby signs, short books we read together, plus bounces and bubbles, Children’s Librarian Heather Baker will provide 45 minutes of "library time" to build…Read more ›
Homework Helpers is a free after-school service run by the Canton High School National Honor Society. Each Wednesday a member, or two, of the National Honor Society will be available in the teen section to help younger students with their schoolwork. Drop in or email mglasgow@ctownofcantonct.org to schedule a session.
Teens and Tweens in grades 6-12 are invited to join us for two hours of games. Attendees will decide what games we play! Trivia, board games, Nintendo Switch, Jackbox Games, and more. Drop-in. Younger grades can attend with permission from Meghan.
"Have a Fa-BOO-ous Halloween! Wednesday, October 26 at 6:30 p.m. Wear your costume and come celebrate Halloween with fun seasonal stories, a spooky craft and some "practice" trick-or-treating in the library. Led by Heather Baker, Head of Children's Services. Sign up online, for kids ages 3 and up. Please let us know if your kids…Read more ›
Cuba has a longer history of art music than any other island nation in the Caribbean. Music making at first was centered around cathedrals in Santiago and Havana as far back as the early 17th century. Two hundred years later, Cuba was being greatly influenced by European Romanticism. Opera was thriving as were numerous music societies…Read more ›
Story time is our favorite time of the week! Seasonal themes every time we meet - several stories, some songs and rhymes, and every week a new art project to create! Drop in on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.; recommended for kids ages 3 and up with a grownup; siblings are also welcome to attend. Ms.…Read more ›
Discover all kinds of games you can play without electronics in a free afternoon of fun with Teen Librarian Meghan Glasgow. Try some favorites: Sorry, Wig Out, Guess Who, Uno, or Sleeping Queens. Or some more recent additions: Scattergories, Sequence, Yahtzee, and Rummikub. For students in grades 4-12; drop-in. If it's new to you, we'll…Read more ›
Let us help grow your little reader. We’ll be introducing children ages 1.5 through age 3 and their loved ones to language, literature, and the library through songs, rhymes, stories, and games. All toddlers and wiggle worms welcome! Parents and caregivers are heartily encouraged to play and sing along, and siblings are welcome to attend. …Read more ›
Please join us for an afternoon of poetry and music in memory of our great friend David Leff, featuring presentations from luminaries around the state including Connecticut Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson; poets Barb Fulton Jennes, Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, Amy Nawrocki, Steven Ostrowski, and James R. Scrimgeour; and music by singer/songwriter Don Lowe. Please register, either…Read more ›
Inclement weather policy: If Canton schools or afterschool activities are cancelled for weather-related reasons, so too are events for teens and children at the Canton Public Library. The library is often still open, please contact us with questions or concerns at 860.693.5800.