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DIRECTOR'S NOTE
Happy New Year! We're excited to kick off the year with a month of fun all-ages events, including hula hooping, a winter reading challenge, and the return of last year's popular mini-golf fundraiser.
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LIBRARY CLOSINGS FOR JANUARY
The Library will be closed on Monday, January 1 for New Year's Day and Monday, January 15 for Martin Luther King Jr Day.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDKIDS STORY TIME AND BREAKFAST
Saturday, January 13 | 10 a.m.
Join us for a special story time and breakfast for grandparents and grandkids. All seniors and kids (ages 3+) are invited! Please note a special someone doesn't have to be a grandparent/grandchild specifically to join in on the story time fun. We’ll read stories, sing songs, and eat a tasty breakfast afterwards. Registration is required.
HULA HOOPING WITH WILDKAT HOOPS (AN INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM)
Tuesday, January 16 | 3:30 p.m.
Get your hoop on! Kat Suwalski will demonstrate and get you hooping with laughter and fun! Hooping promotes exercise, exploration, expression, movement, and dance. We’ll learn basic hooping moves while increasing hand-eye coordination, strength, balance, and agility in an hour filled with sillly fun. This program is for all ages. If you have any questions about the program, please email Jenn at childrens@gleasonlibrary.org. Registration is required.
This program is sponsored by the Carlisle Recreation Department, the Carlisle Council on Aging and Human Services, and the Friends of the Gleason Public Library.
A HELPING HAND FOR TURTLES
Thursday, January 18 | 7 p.m.
Zoo New England's Field Conservation department works full time to protect wild animals and plants in New England and beyond. One of our most successful programs has been partnering with local schools to raise endangered baby turtles in classrooms, connecting kids with nature and boosting the turtle population at the same time. Conservation Outreach Coordinator Matt Kamm will share an overview and the exciting results of this innovative program at Carlisle schools and beyond, as well as offering insight into how Zoo New England approaches the conservation of species and wider ecosystems in New England's changing landscape.
Presented by the Carlisle Conservation Foundation and Gleason Public Library. Registration encouraged to reserve your seat, but walk-ins are welcome if space is available.
INDOOR MINI-GOLF FUNDRAISER 2024
Sunday, January 28 | 1-5 p.m.
On Sunday, January 28th the Gleason will be transformed into a fun, indoor mini golf course! Proceeds will benefit the Gleason's Interior Renovation Project and Gleason Public Library Endowment.
Register to tee off during a 1-hour timeslot. Tickets are $15 per person with a cap of $50 per family. Payment at the door by cash or check (made out to "GPL Endowment") preferred, or click here to pay online via Paypal (if Paypal account is in different name than event registration, please note on payment).
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WINTER READING CHALLENGE 2024
Monday, January 8 through Thursday, February 29
Join us in the Winter Reading Challenge! This year, the challenge is to read 7 books that fit different challenges. To participate, stop by the library to pick up a copy of your foldable challenge booklet on or after January 8, or print one out at home. Read one book (at your reading level) for the challenge on each page. When you've completed your book, bring it in for a prize!
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STORY TIMES
Baby Lapsit
Tuesdays, January 2–February 20 | 10:30–11 a.m.
Baby Lapsit is a 25-minute interactive story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers. Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and bounces that are developmentally appropriate for children from birth to when they start walking. This Lapsit program is just for you and the baby! Enjoy time together with other parents, caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language, early literacy, and motor skills. Come prepared to sit on the floor one-on-one with your baby in your lap. This program is designed for newborn through pre-walking baby.
Toddler Story Time
Tuesdays, January 2–February 20 | 11 a.m.
Toddler Story Time is a 30-minute interactive story time experience for our young library users and their caregivers. Join us for stories, songs, movement, and a sensory activity or craft that are developmentally appropriate for children from 15 months to 3 years of age. Enjoy time together with fellow parents, caregivers and little ones to learn, play and develop language, early literacy, and motor skills.
Winter Preschool Story Time
Fridays, January 5–February 23 | 10:30 a.m.
Join us from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. for a fun winter story time. This event is chock full of interactive stories, rhymes, fingerplays, songs and a small craft. Our story time program, designed for children ages 3 to 6, promotes reading readiness and early literacy skills. Please bring along an old T-shirt for your child to wear as an art smock.
NATURE CONNECTION STORY TIME
Thursday, January 11 | 10:30 a.m.
Join The Nature Connection as we explore plants and animals and connect with the world around us in new ways—all through nature-based stories and poems! During this monthly 45-minute program for 3-6-year-olds, we will read a seasonally appropriate story followed by fun sensory engagement activities (involving sight, sound, touch and smell). Please register for each session individually.
BOOK CLUBS FOR KIDS
The Gleason Library Children's Department offers book clubs for children in grades 1 through 6. See the "Teen" section for the 5th & 6th Grade Book Club.
1st & 2nd Grade Book Club
Tuesday, January 2 | 4 p.m.
Have your first- or second-grader join us at the Gleason Library's 1st & 2nd Grade Book Club! Each month we'll meet in person at the Library to talk about our book of the month. After discussion, we will do a craft, activity or game. This month's selection is Even Robots Aren't Perfect by Jan Thomas. Copies of the book will be available to check out at the Library at the circulation desk on the first floor. Registration is required; participants only need to register once for the entire school year. If you have any questions about the book club or would like to register your child, please contact Jenn at childrens@gleasonlibrary.org or call the Library at 978-369-4898.
3rd & 4th Grade Book Club
Thursday, January 11 | 4 p.m.
Do you have a 3rd or 4th grader who loves to read? Have them join us at our 3rd & 4th Grade Book Club! Each month we'll meet in person at the Library to talk about our book of the month. After discussion, we will do a craft or activity. This month's book is Pie by Sarah Weeks. Registration is required; participants only need to register once for the entire school year. If you have any questions about the book club or would like to register your child, please email Tahleen at childrens@gleasonlibrary.org or call the Library at 978-369-4898.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL MAKE & TAKE: SNOWFLAKE ORNAMENTS
Friday, January 12 | 3 p.m.
Drop by the Hollis Room on Friday, January 12 to paint a light-up snowflake ornament. No registration necessary; for grades 5-8. Sponsored by the Friends of the Gleason Public Library.
5TH & 6TH GRADE BOOK CLUB
Thursday, January 4 | 4 p.m.
Come for a book discussion and activity! Each month we will read a book and talk about it, then we will do a short activity or craft. This month we will be reading Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson. Copies are available for checkout at the Library. Registration is required; participants only need to register once for the entire school year.
TEEN ADVISORY BOARD
Thursday, January 4 | 7 p.m.
Use your voice and help the Gleason Library become even better! The Teen Advisory Board will meet once a month to discuss the Library, what you think would be most helpful to you as teens, and to just hang out with your peers to talk about school, what you're reading and/or watching, and life in general. Registration is required. This group is for students in grades 9 through 12. If you have any questions, reach out to Tahleen, the Teen Services Librarian.
MIDTERM EXAM SUPPORT KIT
Friday, January 12 | 10 a.m.
Midterm exams can be stressful. Come to the library and pick up a kit with things to support you through all the studying and test-taking. Each kit will contain snacks, tea, a pencil, and other helpful things to relieve stress and keep your energy up. This kit is for students in grades 9-12; pickups will begin on Friday, January 12th and go through Thursday, January 18th. You may pick up your kit any time that week. Registration is required in order to reserve your kit.
These Exam Support Kits are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Gleason Public Library.
TEEN WEEKEND READING KIT
Friday, January 19 | 10 a.m
Grab a kit that has everything you need for a book-lover's weekend. Each kit will include a random YA novel for you to keep (genres and reading/maturity levels will vary), a craft or activity, a snack, a little bookish accessory, and something to sip on. Registration is required to reserve your kit, and pickup will be Friday, January 19 through Monday, January 22. These kits are for grades 7-12. Please email Tahleen, the Teen Services Librarian, with any questions.
EARLY RELEASE DAY MOVIE
Tuesday, January 23 | 1:15 p.m.
Middle schoolers can join us in the Hollis Room every Early Release Day at 1:15 p.m. for a movie and snacks! For grades 5-8.
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READING POETRY ANEW
Tuesday, January 2 | 10 a.m.
Dip or dive into the pleasures of poetry. This informal course, led by Mary Zoll, will include poetry readings and reactions, discussions of the patterns and techniques used in the poems, and perhaps some intellectual understanding of the poems. This class meets one Tuesday a month. Mary Zoll has published a few poems and read a multitude of poems.
Please register to receive the Zoom invitation and poem packet by email. All are welcome!
COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
Monday, January 8 | 10:30 a.m.
January 8: Title selection meeting, with Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson as an optional read—click here to download list of suggested titles
February 5: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
March 4: A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen by David Hockney and Martin Gayford
The Carlisle Community Book Club welcomes new members any time. Please register to receive the Zoom login information. No commitment required. You don’t even have to have read the book to go to the meetings, but you may come out of the discussion wanting to read it. Sponsored jointly by the CoA and the Gleason Public Library.
MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
Monday, January 29 | 7 p.m.
The Mystery Book Club will meet on Monday, December 18th, in the Hollis Room or hybrid on Zoom. This month we will read Repentance by Eloisa Diaz. If you are interested in attending virtually, please email info@gleasonlibrary.org for the event link.
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FORUM ON CARLISLE'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY PROGRAM
Tuesday, January 16 | 7 p.m.
Carlisle will hold an informational forum on January 16, 2024, at 7 PM in the Clark Room of Town Hall to provide more information about Carlisle’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program. For more information on the program and forum, visit carlislema.gov.
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Gleason Public Library
22 Bedford Rd. | Carlisle, MA 01741
www.gleasonlibrary.org | 978-369-4898
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