Pittsfield Public Library

LEGO Club
2026-06-13 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
What can you build with the library’s collection of LEGOs? Only your imagination knows! LEGO time is free and open to all ages.

Story Time Reads The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears
2026-06-15 10:30 - 11:30
Come read this rollicking adventure starring bears, thieves, and even a ninja frog! And as always, enjoy a great craft after.
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Miss Hanna Makes Tissue Paper Mosaic Wishing Jars!
2026-06-16 15:00 - 16:00
Come join Miss Hanna is making tissue paper mosaic wishing jars! This fun craft is free and everyone is invited. Miss Hanna brings a free craft to the library on the third Tuesday of every month – mark your calendars and come have fun!

We All Scream for Ice Cream at Fun STEAM!
2026-06-17 15:30 - 16:30
Come make ice cream with Miss Cassidy! Learn about the chemistry behind your favorite dessert and enjoy the fruits, er, ice cream, of your labors!

Story Time Reads How to Say Hello to a Worm
2026-06-22 10:30 - 11:30
Come read How to Say Hello to a Worm with Story Time as we gear up for the Summer Reading theme of Plant a Seed – Read! How do you say hello to worms and other garden friends? Enjoy a fun craft after the story.

Summer Reading Kick Off Party!
2026-06-24 15:30 - 16:30
Come to the Summer Reading Program Kick Off party! Sign up for the program, get your reading logs, and plant some real seeds with the Pittsfield Community Garden Club. We’ll have snacks, games, and a good time for all! Then bring your sprouted seeds back in three weeks to repot them into a planter you decorate yourself!

Come Meet the Butterfly Guy! Pollinator Presentation by Jerry Schneider
2026-06-25 15:30 - 16:30
Come to a fascinating program all about butterflies and their crucial role as pollinators. What butterflies are there in Maine, and what can we do to attract them and to help them raise their young? How can we create pollinator habitats?
After the presentation, make yourself a stunning butterfly t-shirt! Bring a plain colored cotton or cotton-blend t-shirt (anything but black or dark blue) and go home with a work of nature art you create yourself! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=310637634172331

Jerry Schneider is the inventor of the Butterfly Game, and has served on the steering committee of the Vermont Butterfly Atlas Project. He has been presenting about pollinators to schools and libraries across New England for many years.

Free and open to the public.

Miss Jenny's Playgroup!
2026-07-01 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Jenny from KVCAP for developmentally appropriate movement, games, crafts, and FUN! This playgroup is designed for birth to age five, but everyone is welcome! Miss Jenny is here on the first Wednesday of every month at 10:30AM. This is a great way to meet families with young children the same age as yours.

Sunny Day Art Play - Nature Collages!
2026-07-01 15:30 - 16:30
Come join Miss Cassy in finding beauty in nature and then making a beautiful collage in a fun frame to take home! We’ll have an alternate activity indoors if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

Library CLOSED for 4th of July
2026-07-03 - 2026-07-04
The library will be CLOSED July 3rd and 4th in observance of the July 4th holiday.
Please note that we are CLOSED all Saturdays in July and August. We will resume Saturday hours on Saturday, September 12th.

Story Time Reads Lily's Garden
2026-07-06 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassy and friends as they read Lily’s Garden, enjoy some body movement, and make a fun craft!
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Waterville Author Jeanine Deas Reads Her Book The ABC Ducks of Deering Oaks Park
2026-07-08 15:30 - 16:30
Come join Waterville, Maine author Jeanine Deas as she reads The ABC Ducks of Deering Oaks Park with Miss Cassidy! The park ducks waddle, quack and swim their way through the alphabet. Then have fun with a duck-themed craft!

Story Time Reads In the Night Garden
2026-07-13 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassy and friends as they read In the Night Garden, enjoy some body movement, and make a fun craft!

Come Decorate a Plant Pot with the Pittsfield Community Garden Club!
2026-07-15 15:30 - 16:30
Bring back your seedlings from the kick off party and transplant them into a pot you beautifully decorate yourself! And if you don’t have a seedling to bring back…we’ll have some extra plants to transplant.

Story Time Reads The Forever Garden
2026-07-20 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassy and her Story Time friends as they read The Forever Garden! Then enjoy a fun craft, movement and merriment.
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Learn About Bees and Make Lemonade with Local Honey!
2026-07-22 15:30 - 16:30
Come learn all about bees and their important role as pollinators – and then make some lemonade sweetened with local honey! Yum!

Story Time Reads The Cool Bean
2026-07-27 10:30 - 11:30
Come read The Cool Bean with Story Time! Learn what really makes you cool – and enjoy a cool craft, too.

Mr. Sean Presents Owl Be Seeing Youuuuu! Puppet Show with the Puppet Pals
2026-07-29 14:30 - 16:30
Come join Mr. Sean and his puppet pals as they learn not to judge books by their covers! Mr. Sean will be joined by community partners with crafts, giveaways and more, starting at 2:30, and then the puppet show will begin at 3:30. Come grab some great free items for your family and check out the local community organizations working with families in our area, and then cap it off with a rollicking good puppet time!

Free and open to the public.

Story Time Reads The Couch Potato
2026-08-03 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassidy and friends as they read Jory John’s The Couch Potato and then enjoy a fun craft!

Miss Jenny's Playgroup Returns!
2026-08-05 10:30 - 11:30

L.C. Bates Museum Presents Pollinators!
2026-08-05 15:30 - 16:30
Come join the educators from the LC Bates Museum as they do a deep dive into flowers and pollination! We’ll explore the flower life cycle from seed to blossom, the different pollinators, and use models to explore the function and structure of flowers. Learn why pollinators are so important to growing the foods you love.

Free and open to the public.

Summer Reading Wrap Up Party!
2026-08-12 15:30 - 16:30
Come join Miss Cassidy for the Summer Reading Wrap Up Party! It’s the last chance to turn in reading logs for prizes, and to get your SRP diploma! We’ll have snacks and free books for everyone – along with some summer fun and games outside.

Story Time Reads Hello, Lighthouse
2026-08-17 10:30 - 11:30
Come read Caldecott Medal winning Hello, Lighthouse with Miss Cassidy and friends at Story Time! Enjoy movement and a craft after the story.

Culture Club Explores the Great Wall of China
2026-08-19 15:30 - 16:30
Come be an intrepid explorer with Miss Cassidy and Culture Club! For the next year she’ll be travelling virtually to major monuments and landmarks around the world.

Learn about the Great Wall of China this month – did you know it is the longest manmade structure on Earth? But it’s not visible from space, no matter what you may hear.

Every Culture Club starts with learning, features a fun craft or activity, and ends with a free book going home (one per family while supplies last).

Story Time Reads Summer's Vacation
2026-08-24 10:30 - 11:30
Come read Lynn Plourde’s Summer’s Vacation with Miss Cassidy and her Story Time friends! Enjoy a fun craft and some movement after the story.

Fun STEAM Time Tackles a Paper Airplane Challenge!
2026-08-26 15:30 - 16:30
Who can design the plane that flies the farthest? Is the most accurate? Does the most loop the loops? Come and see what your plane can do!

Story Time Reads How to Find an Elephant
2026-08-31 10:30 - 17:00
Come read How to Find and Elephant with Story Time and Miss Cassidy! How do *you* think you find an elephant? Do you look high or do you look low?

Enjoy a craft and some movement after the story.
