School Vacation programs, Summer Reading, and more to come!
3D Pens Makerspace Workshop.
A scene from the Halloween Preschool Stroll.
A special Dr. Seuss Story Time!
Animal World Experience - Nearly ten inches long, the millipede had lots and lots of legs!
Animal World Experience
Animal World Experience - Think snakes feel slimy? Think again!
Animal World Experience - Corn snakes are super cool!
Animal World Experience - Gregory and David get a close look at the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach .
Animal World Experience - David checks out the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach!
Animal World Experience - The Brazilian Opposum had a great time climbing down kids’ carms!
Animal World Experience
AOTV workshop.
BIG BUBBLES in the park!
Birdhouse Craft, Heroes of Nature.
Bruins Visit
Build a Better World: Microscopic Worlds.
Build a Better World: The Athol Fire Department let children spray the fire hose.
Build a Better World: The Caterpillar Lab taught children about native caterpillar species.
Build a Better World: The Pumpernickel Puppets funded by the Athol Cultural Council.
Building Wind Turbines with Paul McNiff - Camden Pauk, Dominic Funa, and Andrew Flynn test out their wind turbines with Paul McNiff
Candy Bingo during February Vacation Week
Candy Land, Summer 2017.
Captain Underpants Party 2019.
Caravan Puppets at the Big Read.
Carol Courville, Executive Director of AOTV, brought APL’s Book Club for Kids on a tour of the studio.
Castle Towers in the Children’s Library
Celebrate Amelia Bedelia’s 50th birthday at the Athol Public Library
Children are cooking over an open fire in "Book it" to the Woods.
Children are enjoying their slime.
Children are learning ukulele tunes taught by Julie Calamine. This program was funded in part by the Friends of the APL & a grant from the Athol Cultural Council.
Children are making rock collection boxes with Corinne Smith in the Thoreau for Kids program. April Vacation Week!
Children enjoying the big rocks in the park by the library.
Children having fun in the Miller’s River Park on National Picnic Day, 4/23/15.
Children in their new hats and mittens from the Story Walk based off the book The Mitten by Jan Brett.
Children made cardboard box cars and watched Cars 3.
Children made homemade chocolate and vanilla ice cream and then put yummy toppings on top.
Children made turkeys in a fall craft program.
Children were their own game pieces in Life-Size Chutes and Ladders.
Children’s 3D printing and robotics.
Children’s Minecraft Club! Spring 2016.
Chocolate Relay Race! Summer 2016 Fun.
Craftastic Kids made elephants in a winter craft program.
Craftastic Kids program made tissue paper flowers.
Crafty Constellations!
Day Care kids taking advantage of the beautiful new park by the library.
Douglas the turtle and two Dutch rabbits visited the library with Teaching Creatures April 2016.
Dragon’s Tower
Drawing with Emily
Drum Circle Program with Tyreece Younger.
Ecoman and the Attainable Sustainable Energy Show!
Ella and Whitney, with Elephant and Piggie.
Fabric bag painting
Fairy Houses
Family Concert with Dave Polansky!
Foam decorating!
For the Birds Ornament Program!
For the Birds Ornaments Program!
For the Birds Ornaments!
Fun with Fossils and Dinosaurs!
Galaxy Jar Program. February Vacation 2018.
Girl Scout Troop 40218 met at the Athol Public Library to donate bookmarks and clean the toys in the Children’s Room as a community service.
Girl Scout Troup 11297 had a special event at the library recently.
Halloween Story Walk!
Hat Day fun in the Children’s Library!
Intergalactic Nerf Battle at the YMCA.
Intergalactic Nerf Battle! July 2019.
Interstellar Wand Making with Olivia!
Kids’ Coloring Club.
KNEX Workshop.
LEGO Club with their creations. Spring 2016.
LEGO Grand Prix participants are ready to race!
Life Size Candy Land Game!
Life Size Candy Land Game, 6/16/16.
Line for the Obstacle Course for our 2016 Children’s Library On Your Mark... Get Set Read Summer Reading Kickoff!
Live Seahorse program - Children enjoyed a close up look at seahorses, pipefish and clownfish!
Live Seahorse program - Children of all ages enjoyed watching learning about seahorses.
Look at all our zines! The kids love making them.
Make It and Take It LEGO Workshop.
Max Parsons is the winner of the Bruins Jersey!
Meteorologist Mish Michaels presented her book Ms. G’s Shadowy Road to Fame: The "True Story of the Massachusetts State Groundhog.
Mike the Bubble Man April Vacation Week, 2019.
Mike the Bubble Man, April 2019.
Minecraft and Roblox Club!
More fun with Life Size Candy Land June 16, 2016.
Movie watchers young and old are enjoying The Peanuts Movie.
Mud Pie Making in Millers River Park!
Museum of Science, Boston, "The Avalanche Simulator".
Musical Petting Zoo with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.
Obstacle course that the Athol YMCA set up for our On Your Mark Get Set Read Summer Reading Kick Off!
Oral Stories around the campfire in the "Book it" to the Woods program.
Oreo Stacking Competition from the Chocolate Olympics in the Children’s Library.
Our annual live action Candy Land Game!
Part 1 of the Magical Creatures Series: Dragons!
Part 2 of the Magical Creatures Series: Fairy Houses!
Part 3 of the Magical Creatures Series: Fairies!
Paws to Read program.
Peeps contest: 1st place - Good Night Lagoon!
Peeps contest: 2nd place tie- Little Peep Truck
Peeps Diorama Workshop 2019!
Pinch Pottery with Rick Hamelin.
Ping Pong Madness with Paul McNiff.
Playful Engineers program, November 2019.
Playing contractor with the pail and shovels donated by the Athol Savings Bank
Posing on the Lion’s Tower
Posing with Sir Lancelot
Posing with Sir Lancelot
Posing with Sir Lancelot during February Vacation Week
Princesses at the Royal Fairy Tale Ball, Summer 2017.
Rain Barrel Painting - the Aldrich family decorated a beautiful rain barrel!
Rain Barrel Painting - The Membrino-Nano family painted a beautiful rain barrel!
Rain Barrel Painting - the Lizotte family decorated a beautiful rain barrel!
Read through the summer! - Julie Fairman reads with Luke Iniss and Dillan Lynch.
Read-a-thon Readers Aaliyah Mata (left) and Emma Sherman (right)
Riddick, Trip and Owen at the Playful Engineers program.
Roger Tincknell, Summer Reading 2019!
Secret World of Bubbles with Keith Michael Johnson
Space Cakes and Stories, July 2019!
Space Junk Robots, July 2019.
Sparky’s Puppets, Summer 2019.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Petting Zoo program
Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Petting Zoo program
STEM Open House.
Story time with Jean and the Riverbend School!
Story Walk sponsored by Valuing Our Children of Athol.
Storyteller Tim Van Egmond reads with the Beland family and the Lynch family
Stuffed Animal Sleepover Dec. 20112
Stuffed Animal Sleepover, December 2012.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover, December 2012.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover, December 2012.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover, December 2012.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover.
Summer Reading - Christine Bailey, a Title I teacher, reads with Zachery May, Jack and Cooper Sonnabend, Brooke Reynolds, and Sarah Lyon.
Summer Reading Blast Off 2019!
Summer Reading Blast Off!
Teddy Bear Picnic Summer 2017.
The Attainable Sustainable Energy Show with Ecoman!
The Boston Museum of Science presented Science Magic!
The walk through Millers River Park beside the Athol Public Library was cleared of snow by the Athol Department of Public Works.
The Wonderful World of Bats with Jerry Schneider
Therapy Dog meet-and-greet
Tucker & Morgan Legrand enjoying the toys donated by Beth Jaillet’s Girl Scout Troop & Saint John??™s Thrift Shop.
Unicorn Puppets with Craftastic Kids, June 2017.
We are celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday in Preschool Story Time.