November 2025 Newsletter
Your monthly guide to the latest news and events from your library!
 
Please go to our CALENDAR OF EVENTS
for more information on all of the great events coming up this month! And don't forget that our digital resources are available 24/7 at www.mansfieldlibraryma.com
 
 
Please be aware of our holiday hours:
  • Tuesday, November 11th - CLOSED for Veterans' Day
  • Wednesday, November 26th - Closing at 4:00PM for Thanksgiving holiday
  • Thursday, November 27th - CLOSED for Thanksgiving
Massachusetts Center for the Book 2025 Reading Challenge
How the challenge works:
  • Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.
  • After you read, fill out this FORM to tell us about the book.
    • Using our submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.
    • Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
    • We will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month.
    • If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.
Stop by the library to pick a postcard that lists all of the monthly challenges and a bookmark that allows you to keep track of what you read! 
ADULTS


Virtually Speaking
Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity with Award-Wining Journalist Joseph Lee

Wed Nov 5th 2:00pm
The Search for Truth and the Persistence of Love Across Time with Novelist Amanda Peters

 
Thurs Nov 13th 7:00pm
Unlock the Secret Language of Connection with Supercommunicator Charles Duhigg

 
Tues Nov 18th 2:00pm
Additional Special Programs
Storyteller Davis Bates Presents:
Halloween Harvest:
Ghosts, Goblins & More
 
Sat Nov 1st 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Town of Mansfield
Substance Use Task Force -
Narcan Training
 
Tues Nov 18th 6:30 - 7:30 pm
 
Town of Mansfield
250th Celebration -
Reflection Stories Viewing
 
Sat Nov 22nd 1:00 - 3:00 pm
 
Recurring Programs
(HYBRID)
Mystery Book Club
If Something Happens to Me: A Novel
by Alex Finlay

Thurs Nov 6th 6:30-7:30 pm
English Language Learner
(ELL) Conversation Circle
(ages 18+)
 

Wed Nov 12th 6:30-7:15 pm
It's All Relative!
Mansfield Public Library Genealogy Club 
 
 
 
Thurs Nov 13th 6:30-7:30 pm
Spice Club:
Cumin
(ages 13+)
 
 
 
Wed Nov 19th 10am - 8pm
(HYBRID)
Fiction Book Club
The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
 
 
Thurs Nov 20th 6:30-7:30 pm
English Language Learner 
(ELL) Conversation Circle
(ages 18+)
 
Mon Nov 24th 10:30 - 11:15 am
 
TEENS


The Mansfield Public Library offers virtual volunteer projects. Information can be found under the Teen Section of the library website.
CHILDREN


Bouncing Babies (Ages 0-18 Months)
 
Fridays
November 7, 14, and 21
10:15 - 10:45 AM
 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Preschool Play and Learn (Ages 3-5)
 
Fridays
November 7, 14, and 21
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
 
LEGO Free Build! (Ages 4+)
 
Thursdays
4:00 - 6:30 PM
 
Book Chat! (Ages 8-12)
Monday, November 10, 
6:30 - 7:00 PM
Read to a Dog! (Grades K-6)
  
Saturday, November 15
10:30-11:30 AM
 
Art Lab (Grades K-8)
 
Monday, November 24
5:00 - 7:00 PM
 
This program is supported by the Friends of the Mansfield Library
 
Pretend Playtime:
Animal Hospital! (All Ages)
Friday, November 28, 10 AM - 4 PM
Saturday, November 29, 10 AM - 3 PM
Monday, December 1, 10 AM - 3 PM
 
STORYTIMES & PLAYGROUPS
Storytime for Little Ones (Ages 0-3)
 
Tuesdays
10:30 - 11:00 AM
 
Note: There will be no Storytime
on Tuesday, November 4
 
Pre-K Storytime (Ages 3-5)
 
Wednesday
November 12
10:30 - 11:30 AM
 
Baby Playgroup (Ages 0-20 months)
  
Thursdays
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
 
Playtime: Playdoh! (Ages 3+)
  
Wednesday, November 26
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Mansfield Public Library
255 Hope St.
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
(508) 261-7380

www.mansfieldlibraryma.com/