Curbside Check-out continues to be available from both the Latham and Peabody Libraries. Requests may be made via email and/or phone or through our catalog, OPALS, with pickup and return in the box on the front porch of Latham Library. If we do not have what you are looking for, you can submit an interlibrary loan request.

All Together Now Summer Reading Program

New York Times unlimited access

Latham Tool Library

Latham Seed Library

Posterboard
Posterboard
June – August 2023 Jun – Aug 2023
Jun
14
Wed
Jun 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
4:00 pm
Tickets
Peabody Library in Post Mills is proud to present Modern Times Theater on June 14 at 4:00pm. This updated classic puppet show follows the troubles and travails of puppetry’s favorite loudmouth, Mr. Punch.  The skillfully operated hand puppets are made … Continue reading →
Peabody Library
Jun
27
Tue
Jun 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
From 6/27/2023 to 9/26/2023, Latham Memorial Library will host the book discussion series A Hard Look at America. Established by a newspaper publisher and coinciding with the founding of a journalism school at Columbia University, the Pulitzer Prizes have continually … Continue reading →
Latham and Peabody Libraries
Jul
20
Thu
Jul 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
4:00 pm
Tickets
Making milled soap is one easy way to incorporate soothing and fragrant herbs into soap. In this hands-on program where you can learn to make unique gifts. Soap can do more than get you clean, it can smell nice, and … Continue reading →
Latham Library
Jul
27
Thu
Jul 27 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
4:00 pm
Tickets
The Swing Peepers, a vocal-harmony and multi-instrument duo, perform inventive, earth-friendly and interactive songs and stories. Instruments strummed, swung, and tapped include: guitar, mandolin, violin, harmonica, banjo, ukulele and accordion. Most songs and stories are participatory, and body movement is … Continue reading →
Latham Library
Aug
3
Thu
Aug 3 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
4:00 pm
Tickets
Nature isn’t just out in the woods…wildlife is all around us. Meet some of the live animals that live right in your own back yard and learn how we can all be better neighbors. Free and open to the public, … Continue reading →
Latham Library
Aug
4
Fri
Aug 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
For ages 13 and up. Movie TBA. Snacks and pizza will be served. If you would like pizza, please RSVP by 5:00 to librarian@thetfordlibrary.org Continue reading →
Latham Library
Aug
10
Thu
Aug 10 @ 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm
4:00 pm
Tickets
Circus Workshop for 7-12 year olds at 4:00 pm, Liam & Ripley Performance at 6:30 pm. Location: Latham Backyard ( rain location:Latham Community Room). Spots are limited for the workshop, please register by emailing librarian@thetfordlibrary.org Continue reading →
Latham Library
Aug
23
Wed
Aug 23 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
3:00 pm
Tickets
Games, prizes, food, and music. All carnival games and treats cost one penny each! There will also be oldest and ugliest penny contests, a raffle for prizes, and a children’s book sale. Bring your pennies! Continue reading →
Peabody Library
Aug
25
Fri
Aug 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
4:00 pm
Tickets
If you have been participating in this year’s summer reading program please hand in your reading logs to Latham Library by the end of the day on Monday, August 21. Children who hand in a reading log with at least … Continue reading →
Latham Library
June – August 2023 Jun – Aug 2023

New Books for Children & Teens, May 2023

Thetford Libraries

Picture Books Bear Builds a House / Maxwell Eaton Remember / Joy Harjo Big / Vashti Harrison We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish / Ryan T. Higgins Walrus Song / Janet Lawler Full Moon Pups / Liz Garton Scanlon Weather … Continue reading →

New Books for Children & Teens, April 2023

Thetford Libraries

Picture Books A Good Deed Can Grow / Jennifer Chambliss Bertman The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Garden Friends  / Eric Carle Evergreen / Matthew Cordell Little Good Wolf / Susan Stevens Crummel Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and … Continue reading →

New Books for Adults – May 2023

Thetford Libraries

Fiction American Mermaid, by Julia Langbein / Chain-Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Checkout 19, by Claire-Louise Bennett / Cleopatra and Frankenstein, by Coco Mellors / The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese / Every Summer After, Carley Fortune / … Continue reading →

New Books for Adults, March-April 2023

Thetford Libraries

Fiction The Bandit Queens, by Parini Shroff Birnam Wood, by Eleanor Catton Dr. No, by Percival Everett Flux, by Jinwoo Chong Hello Beautiful, by Ann Napolitano I Have Some Questions for You, by Rebecca Makkai The Sense of Wonder, by … Continue reading →

New Books for Children & Teens, March 2023

Thetford Libraries

Picture Books Swim, Mo, Swim! / David Adler (early reader) Wonder Walkers / Micha Archer Polar Bear / Candace Fleming Mad, Mad Bear / Kimberly Gee Where Wonder Grows / Xelena Gonzalez Playtime for Restless Rascals / Nikki Grimes Party … Continue reading →

New Books for Adults, February 2023

Thetford Libraries

Fiction Arabesques / Anton Shammas Big Swiss / Jen Beagin The Book of Goose / Yiyum Li The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek / Kim Michele Richardson Brotherless Night / V.V. Ganeshananthan Georgie, All Along / Kate Clayborn If I … Continue reading →