Tiny Art Show Reception

The Norwell Public Library is excited to present its annual Tiny Art Show! Friends and family of artists of all ages are invited to a reception in the Workshop. This is your chance to get to know the artists, admire their work or even ask them questions about their artistic process. Drop-ins welcome! Light snacks provided.

NHS- The Traveling Art Show

The Traveling Art Show will showcase 30-40 beautifully framed pieces of art selected as winners from the Fine Arts Festival at NHS.

Winners are students who attend Norwell Public High School. Stop by and see this exhibit

NPL Plant Swap

The first week of June is National Garden Week, the perfect time for a Plant Swap!

Meet us in the staff parking area where we will have tables set up for the swap.

Participants are invited to leave a plant and take a plant. There will be a table for giveaway plants as well. Be sure to check out our Seed Library when you stop by!

Summer Reading Kickoff! (All ages)

Join us to kick off our 2025 Summer Reading Program! Get information about our children's, teen, and adult summer  reading programs and receive a ticket for a Kona Ice in the staff parking lot! Browse the Friends of the Library pop up book sale, try a yard game outside, and visit with Skipper the therapy dog!

While supplies last. Sponsored by the Friends of the Norwell Public Library.

Learn How to Play the Ukulele with Julie Stepanek

Want to try an instrument that is fun and relatively easy to play? Learn the fundamentals of ukulele playing. No experience necessary. Ukuleles provided or bring your own.

Baby Play Group

Meet new parents in a space with age appropriate toys for ages 0-12 months. Meets June 5 and 26 only. Registration appreciated.

Storytime with Marissa

Ages 0-5 are welcome to join Marissa for 30 minutes of stories, participatory songs, and fingerplays that support early literacy. Registration is required. Please register for each day you're interested in attending. Meets June 2, 4, and 25 only.

Brick Builders

Drop by the Children's Studio after school and build with our Legos! Please leave your own Legos at home. Best for children age 4 and up, caregivers must remain in the library. Meets June 3 and 10 only.

Miss Ari's Family Tree Sing-A-Long

Miss Ari's Family Tree Sing-A-Long show turns singing & dancing into learning & play! With live music featuring ukulele and guitar, Ari covers the classic nursery rhymes, colors and the alphabet. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is required and will open 2 weeks prior to the event.

Take and Make: Travel Tic-Tac-Toe

Pick up the materials to make your own tic-tac-toe game to bring on the road with you this summer! All ages but probably better suited to ages 5 and up. Registration required to secure your kit. You may pick up any time during the week.

How to Draw Mario Bros. Characters

Pop Up Art School will guide you step by step, using simple shapes to make the process easy and enjoyable for all skill levels. Perfect for fans of Mario Bros. and anyone that likes to draw. For kids ages 7 and up. Caregiver to remain in library. Registration required.

Ed the Wizard: Reading is Magic!

Join Ed the Wizard for a lively interactive family friendly magic performance full of comedy and suspense that highlights the importance of reading and how Ed taught himself to be a wizard! All ages, children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Registration is required.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Norwell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Keith Haring Art Scavenger Hunt

Find artworks by Keith Haring (1958-1990) in the Children's Room this month!

Teen Homework Club

Come to the library and work on your homework! Snacks and water will be provided. This program is for those in grades 6 through 12. 

Virtual Chat with YA and Adult Author Edward Underhill

Join us for a virtual chat with YA and Adult Author Edward Underhill! 

Transgender YA and now Adult author Edward Underhill will be joining the Boyden Library, Foxborough (in collaboration with a multitude of MA & NH libraries) as part of the "Together With Pride" initiative to discuss his two newest books; "The In Between Bookstore" (Adult debut released in January 2025) and "In Case You Read This" (YA released in May 2025) with Boyden's Teen Librarian Jennifir Huston.

This will be an interview conducted over zoom and special thanks goes to Ashland Public Library for providing Zoom access to a multitude of MA & NH Libraries.

Please be sure to click the register button to input your information for a zoom link to be able to access this event. 

For both Adults and Teens.

Dungeons and 
Dragons: A One Shot Campaign

Join us for a DND one shot full of adventure and fun! This program is open to all regardless of your DND skill level, so if you're new or already know how to play, come on down. Pizza will be included.

For Grades 8 to 12. 

Mini Dragon Project!

Let's color mini paper dragons to decorate the library and level up this summer!

Available for drop-in participants during library business hours. You can find supplies across from the Workshop. 

Tips for Parenting Teens

This interactive discussion will help parents learn tips for managing the unique mental health challenges teens face today, while maintaining their own sanity in the process.

Let's Paint Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures!

Join us in painting dungeons and dragons player minis. Bring your own minis or select one from the limited options provided. Paint and brushes will be included in this program. 

Death Cafe

A Death Cafe is where we create a safe and welcoming space to discuss life's most profound journey-our inevitable end.

Whether you're curious, seeking comfort, or just want to talk openly about mortality, this is the place for you.

Your host, Aimee Yawnick, End of Life Coach, Educator, and Death Doula, will guide this session with compassion and care.

**Join us for meaningful conversations, community connection and light snacks and beverages. **

Mindful Yoga for Everyone

This 60-minute yoga practice offers a gentle mix of Hatha yoga-based styles, including breathwork and meditation to stimulate the energy systems in the body while at the same time bringing calm to the mind.

True to His Country: A Civil War Novel

Join us as local author Rick Cochran tells us about his new book True to His Country: A Civil War Novel.

Jigsaw Puzzle Competition

Do you love puzzles? 

Can your team complete a jigsaw puzzle faster than your friends and neighbors? Each team will receive the same 500 piece puzzle provided by the library. The team that finishes first or completes the most before time is called wins!

Adults, teens, and families with children aged 10+ are welcome to participate. We will be in the meeting room which means we can have up  to 8 teams!

Craft Night: Decorate Coaster Tiles

Join us to craft your own set of 4 decoupaged coasters.

We provide the supplies, including a choice of papers to use in decoupage, and you provide the creativity.

Sisters in Crime New England: Mystery Making Panel

Join the Norwell Library for a special program featuring three talented local mystery writers from the Sisters in Crime Panel. In this interactive workshop, the authors will brainstorm on their feet to create a brand new mystery using suggestions provided by the audience. Fun, fast-paced, and fascinating, this improv game offers insight into mystery writers’ minds and the conventions of the genre. The panelists will be Louisa Clerici, Katherine Fast and Nicole Asselin.

Dinner and a Movie: Fire

Adult Queer Craft Club

Build community with an LGBTQ+ craft club, join in making crafts or working on your own special projects! 

Gentle Yoga Flow and Stretch

This is a Yang style class which focuses more on the larger muscle groups with slower, thoughtful and accessible movements, mostly on the ground, combined with gentle stretching. The class also includes breathwork and meditation to help center and calm the mind to to facilitate the connection of the mind, breath, body, and spirit.

All levels are welcome, with a focus on beginners and advanced beginners. 

NPL Evening Book Group: Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This month we will be reading Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)—to show how they recognized leadership qualities within themselves and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entries into public life, we encounter them at a time when their paths were filled with confusion, fear, and hope.

Literary Circle Book Group: The Anxious Generation

This month we will be reading The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time.