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Pembroke Public Library Newsletter May 2026 |
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Storytime Fun with Big RyanThursdays at 10:30 a.m. from May 7th-June 4th Big Ryan’s Tall Tales welcomes caregivers and their children (3-5 years) to this 5-week series on making stories and language come alive. Sessions for this interactive workshop will be on Thursdays, May 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th, & June 4th. We would like to thank visiting educators from South Shore Family Network for sponsoring these Playgroups. Registration required; to sign up, click/tap this link (be sure to select “Pembroke” from the drop-down menu) or call 781-293-6771.
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Sticker-Palooza
Tuesday, May 26th from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Grab a notebook (or bring your own) and peel and stick stickers of ALL kinds. Attendees can create a scene, tell a story, or just pick their favorite stickers to use. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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Saturday StorytimeSaturday, May 30th from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Ages 4-8 can join Miss Kiki for a feathery storytime featuring the book Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein, followed by decorating your own bird feeder and an egg racing activity. Each Saturday Storytime is inspired by a poem from Maurice Sendak. Our May theme is inspired by the couplet, "In May I truly think it best; to be a robin lightly dressed." This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed.
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An Introduction to BeekeepingWednesday, May 6th at 6:30 p.m.Join experienced Bee-Keeper, Mark Talbot, for this introduction to the art of Beekeeping. We'll be covering everything you need to know to get started, including what you'll need and how to get through your first years!
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Crafternoon: Book Bedazzling Saturday, May 9th at 1:30 p.m. Join us for a sparkly, hands-on craft where you’ll transform a book into a stunning work of art! You bring a book and your creativity, we'll provide the rhinestones and tools to bedazzle. Registration is required, call the library or click here to sign-up. |
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Specialty Gardens: Healing, Tea, and Edible Landscape Gardens Thursday, May 14th at 6:00 p.m.Learn the healing properties of plants and flowers while exploring how to create healing, edible, or tea gardens. Suitable for indoor or outdoor gardeners of any skill level. |
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Magic Colors and Flowers: Silk Painting Workshop Saturday, May 23rd at 10:00 a.m.Do you want to explore your creative side? Do you want to experiment with colors without fear of making a mistake? Come join us in this easy, magical, and relaxing adventure into the world of freedom and creativity, in which you will tap into your creativity and paint your unique flower on silk. We will be working for 2.5 – 3 hours in a small group. You don’t need to bring anything. All necessary materials will be provided. Registration is required, call the library or click here to sign-up. |
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A Foraging Walk at Tucker Preserve
Saturday, June 6th at 10:30 a.m.
Come enjoy a hands-on foraging experience at Tucker Preserve, with this fantastic Foraging Walk with Diana Burnell of Edible Excursions. You’ll be able to get out in the great outdoors and learn about the edible flora that are right outside your door. Diana will be bringing with her a selection of wild-crafted snacks and drinks to enjoy around lunch time. The walk will last approximately 3 hours. Registration is required, call the library or click here to sign-up. |
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Teen Take-And-Make: Pineapple Magnets Available beginning May 1st, while supplies last We know teens are busy with school, work, chores, and more so we're giving you an opportunity to craft on your own time. Pick up a kit in the teen lounge and craft it there, home, or anywhere! This month's craft is a pineapple magnet. These crafts are kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Library. |
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Storytime Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers can enjoy an interactive storytime with songs, dances, and a story that encourages language development and social skills. Each themed storytime is followed by a craft. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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Baby Lapsit Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Babies and toddlers, from 6 to 24 months, and a caregiver can enjoy stretches, songs, and rhymes followed by an open play time that allows little ones to play and grown-ups to chat. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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LEGO Club Tuesday, May 12th from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Kids, ages 4 and up, are welcome to visit and build with the library LEGOs. This month's theme is Ninja Warrior. Bring your neighbors, big siblings, and school friends! LEGO Club is a STEM-based program designed to give kids a safe, creative environment in which they can solve problems, interact with peers, and express themselves. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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T(w)een NightThursday, May 14th from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Ages 11 -16 are welcomed to a night all about THEM! Choose to play a Switch game or a classic board game; craft with buttons, beads, paper, or slime; snack on something sweet or salty; or do a little of everything. Suggestions from our attendees are always welcome. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed.
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Puppy Dog Tales Thursday, May 21st from 4:15-5:00 p.m. Readers of all ages may read to a certified therapy dog to develop their literacy and presentation skills as well as build confidence and self-esteem. Our dogs and trainers provide a supportive environment to practice reading aloud. This is a drop-in event; no registration is needed. |
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Monday Movie Matinee: Black Bear Monday, May 4th at 1:30 p.m. A filmmaker plays a calculated game of desire and jealousy in pursuit of a work of art that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention. Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, and Sarah Gadon. 104 minutes. Rated: R. Monday Movie Matinees are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library. |
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Pembroke Public Library Book Club Tuesday, May 5th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For our May meeting the PPL Book Club is reading Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson, a thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder. New members are always welcome! For more information or to request a copy of the book, call the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Yoga Every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Led by Kim Norton and other instructors from the YogaConnection in Plymouth.
Open to all levels! A single-class drop-in is $12 and a four-class registration is $45 ($35 for Friends members). Friends members can purchase an eight-class punch ticket for $80, which is valid for three months. Feel free to reach out to Kim at 781-588-5545 if you have any questions! |
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Monday Movie Matinee: Ex-HusbandsMonday, May 11th at 1:30 p.m. Facing a midlife crisis following his divorce, a Manhattan dentist makes a spur of the moment decision to On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son’s bachelor party. Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, and Richard Benjamin. 93 minutes. Not Rated. Monday Movie Matinees are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library.
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Baking Club - CarrotsSaturday, May 16th at 2 p.m.Please join us for Pembroke Library’s Baking Club! Bake a sweet or savory treat of your choosing and bring it to the library. Meet other bakers and enjoy a delicious treat made by other members in your community. This month's theme is Strawberry. Bring in any sweet or savory baked good that you made with strawberries to share with other bakers! |
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Monday Movie Matinee: Four Letters of Love Monday, May 18th at 1:30 p.m. Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Gabriel Byrne. 125 minutes. Rated: PG-13. Monday Movie Matinees are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Public Library. |
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PPL Mystery Book Club Thursday, May 21st from 1:30-2:30 p.m. This month, we'll be reading The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark: In June 1975 the Taylor family shatters in a single night when two of three siblings are found dead in their home. The survivor, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a horror writer skyrockets. Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last book. What she doesn't know, though, is that this project is another one of his lies—because it's not another horror novel he wants her to write. Join us every month to read and discuss a different book in the Mystery Genre; new members are always welcome! For more information or to request a copy of the book, call the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Genealogy Club Thursday, May 28th at 1:30 p.m. Are you interested in finding out more about your genealogy? Do you have a cool story about one of your ancestors you want to share? Join in our monthly Genealogy Club to chat with other family history buffs! All are welcome to attend, from experienced researchers who would like to share tips or stories about great finds, to beginners who want to learn more about the research process and online resources. Library laptops will be available to explore Ancestry Library Edition. |
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Pembroke Public Library Book Club Tuesday, June 2nd from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For our June meeting the PPL Book Club is reading Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite, in which a young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin. New members are always welcome! For more information or to request a copy of the book, call the library at 781-293-6771. |
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Stuck on what to read next? We're here to help! Fill out our online reading suggestion form to get recommendations personalized just for you based on your favorite books, genres, authors, or styles. You can choose to have books selected from our collection for pickup at the library or to get a list of suggestions delivered to your email. |
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Ghosts of Sicily by Mark HarmonIt's 1942, and New York City is at war. German U-boats are sinking ships just miles offshore and Washington DC is convinced that waterfront spies are providing intelligence targeting the ships. To thwart the threat, the Office of Naval Intelligence reaches out to those with the most sway along the waterfronts of Brooklyn and Manhattan – the mob. The result will be one of the most successful and controversial operations in NCIS’ long history, trailing across U.S. Soil and behind the bloody frontlines of the invasion of Italy. |
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In 1540, the grandest exploring expedition ever assembled in the Americas paraded north from the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, a glittering column of 2,000 men heading into the unknown. Their destination was El Norte Misterioso--The Mysterious North, present-day United States--where fabulous cities of gold were rumored to shine beyond the horizon. Coronado and his people traversed 2,500 miles of unmapped terrain, ranging across the present-day U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and finally Kansas. Two years later, survivors began stumbling back, half dead. Lost to poisoned arrows, brutal deserts, starvation, cold, desertion, and countless other hardships, 90% of those who left would never return.
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The Doctors' Riot of 1788 by Andy McPheeThroughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. But in the wake of the Revolutionary War instructors realized there weren't enough medical cadavers to go around. In turn came the "resurrectionists", body snatchers who were often medical students themselves, that would sneak into cemeteries to steal fresh bodies, and sell them to physicians and anatomists. In April 1788, word of one particular theft quickly spread, and over the course of days, thousands of New Yorkers descended upon a New York City anatomy lab in a growing and dangerous riot. |
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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Natalie Heller Mills makes her living selling a fantasy pioneer lifestyle of sourdough and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, building an influencer empire while hiding how far from that her life really is. What her followers don't know won't hurt them. Until one morning she wakes up cold, dirty, and hungry in the year 1805. Her home, her husband, her children, all altered to match her new reality as well. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she's expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Natalie doesn't know the cause of her temporal migration, but when she suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible. |
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Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth. They called it murder. She called it justice. 'In 1959, at just fifteen years of age, Mabel Waller became the youngest Australian in history to be convicted of murder.' In 2025, on a quiet Melbourne lane, an elderly man is found dead by his neighbour, 81-year-old Elsie Fitzpatrick. No one suspects any foul play. Until they discover Elsie's past. In the 1950s, her name was not Elsie. It was Mabel. When the police open a new investigation and the media descend upon her, the elderly Mabel decides it's time to set the record straight. |
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