Spend the day at the Library, read a good book (or two or three), and earn a prize for every half hour that you read! We'll also have tote bags to decorate for holding your prizes. Stop by the Children's Desk when you first arrive for more instructions and to get your tote bag and reading tracker. This program is for kids, tweens, and teens. Happy reading! This program is generously sponsored by the Brookline Library Foundation.
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Read books at Putterham Library, earn a prize every half‑hour, and decorate tote bags for holding your reads, for ages 3–18.
Read books in the Coolidge Corner Children’s Room, earn a prize every half‑hour, and decorate tote bags for holding books and rewards, for ages 3–18.
A stranded caboose leads a train engineer to puppet characters and musical stories hidden in a suitcase, at Puppet Showplace Theater, for ages 3–7.
Green Dog hours suspended at Schick in Brookline due to construction.
Weekly craft sessions at The Rabbit Hole offer rotating materials and open art supplies for kids to create anything they imagine, ages 5–9.
Baby lapsit program in Hunneman Hall, sitting on the floor with babies in laps for singing, playing, then open socialization and play time, free, for ages 3–12.
Story hour featuring Cedar Pruitt reading “What Marcel Found” at Brookline Booksmith.
Young filmmakers write, film, and edit short movies retelling Newbery books at The Rabbit Hole, Brookline Village, for ages 9–12.
Dungeons & Dragons campaign runs every other Saturday in the tween room at Brookline Village Library, open to new and seasoned adventurers, ages 10–18.
Puppets perform a story encouraging art, dreams, and defying “no” at Puppet Showplace Theater, for ages 5–9.
Sensory Storytime (Brookline Village — Hunneman Hall) — Stories, music, and movement in a sensory‑friendly, adaptive setting for children ages 3‑7 and caregivers, registration required.
Senior violin recital featuring student Sarah at Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village.
