SEPTEMBER 2019
Welcome Fall!
 
Congratualtions to everyone, children, teens and adults, who participated in our summer reading program this year!  We had a record number of registrations and we are so grateful to serve such a well-read community!
 
Thank you to all of our community sponsors for their generocity:
 
Mansfield Bank Charitable Foundation, North Easton Savings Bank, Cibo Matto, Wines and More in Mansfield, Unlikely Story Bookstore and Cafe, Flannel Cow Creamery, Bricks and Minifigs, The Friends of the Library and the Local Cultural Council.
 
Thanks to all who helped make our summer a success!! 
The Library Will Be Closed
Sat. August 31 and Mon. Sept. 2
For Labor Day
 
KIDS
Programs for your little ones. See all programs on our online calendar.
Bee Kind Music Class with Carrie
Babies to Ages 4
Sept. 23 at 10:15 or 10:50
Register Here for 10:15
Register Here for 10:50
All About Teeth Story Time
Ages 2 and up
Presented by Walpole Dental Associates
Sept. 13 at 11:00 a.m.
Register Here
Moose Hill Science and Nature - Rabbits
Ages 3 - 5
Sept. 9, 10:30 a.m.
Register Here
Creative Crafts
String Art
4th Grade and up
Sept. 18, 4:00 p.m.
Register Here
STEM Night
Shadow Science
Ages 4-9
Sept. 23, 6:15 p.m.
Register Here
Art Beats with Helina
Ages 3 - 6
Sept. 21, 11:00 a.m.
Register Here
Book Bunch
1st and 2nd graders
Sept. 30, 4:00 p.m.
Register Here
STORY TIMES
Stories, Songs & Playtime
Ages 3 and Under
Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m.
Fridays at 10:15
All Together Now
MultiAge
Thursdays at 10:15
Stories & Craft
Ages 3-5
Thursdays at 3:45 p.m.
DROP-IN PROGRAMS
LEGO- Duplo
Ages 3 and up
Sept. 7, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Pretend Play
Puppet Theater
Sept. 21, 12 - 3 p.m.
Crafts
Ages 3 and up
Sept. 28, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

TEENS
Come hang out! Just for ages 13–18. See all programs on our online calendar.
Tearless Writing Workshop
College Admissions Essay
Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Register Here  Parents and Teens!
Teen Crafternoon
Pulled String Painting
Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m.
Register Here

TEENS AND ADULTS
Author Visit with Dr. Saket Mengle
Sept. 14 at 1 p.m.
Join us for a discussion of his recently released book, Mastering Machine Learning on AWS, as well as a discussion of the various Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence algorithms. 
Digital Photography with Your Smart Device
Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Presented by  professional photographer Robert Michelson
Register Here
ADULTS
Looking for something to do?  See all programs on our online calendar.
Foster Parent Recruitment Information Session
Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m.
Generational Advisory Board
September 6, 11:00 a.m.
 

One on One Computer Tutoring
2nd and 3rd  Wed. at 1:00 PM 
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Contact Refernce Desk or email
wkbrown@sailsinc.org
Thursday Night Movie
Starring Taron Egerton
Rated R
Run Time 2 hours, 1 Minute

Sept. 12, 6 p.m.
Coloring for Relaxation

Monday, Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m.
Book Clubs
Mystery Book Club
Button Man
by Andrew Gross

A disadvantaged but once happy immigrant family is brought together and torn apart by the birth of organized crime in 1930s New York City. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Dark Tide.
 
 
 
Thursday, September 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Non-Fiction Book Club
Dead Wake : the Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson

The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In the Garden of Beasts presents a 100th-anniversary chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania that discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as President Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat and architect Theodate Pope Riddle. 
 
Tuesday, Septemeber 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Library Book Club
A River of Stars : a novel
by Vanessa Hua

Betrayed by the boss who is also the father of her unborn child, an undocumented Chinese factory worker is forced to flee and reinvent herself in San Francisco's Chinatown in the desperate hopes of securing American citizenship for her baby.
 
Author Vanessa Hua will be joining us via Zoom!
 
Thursday, September 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Friends of the Mansfield Library
The sounds and smells of autumn are in the air - apples and football!  Drop by the Friends of the Library ongoing book sale for some great cookbooks and sports books.
GIve Back Where it Counts
The Friends of the Mansfield Public Library was selected once again by Shaws for the Give It Back Where it Counts resueable bag program.  
 
The Friends will receive a $1 donation every time a reuseable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS bag is sold during the month of Septmebr at the Shaws store loacted at 390 West Street, Mansfield, MA.   
Mansfield Public Library
255 Hope St.
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
(508) 261-7380

www.mansfieldlibraryma.com/
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