Gel Pen Doodles and Notes (Collins)
Drop in for an after school activity. Have you ever tried drawing or writing with gel pens? These vivid and luminous colored inks add pizzazz to doodles, notes and more. See how they pop on contrasting dark papers. Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.
Summer Reading: Fun with Bubbles (O'Neill)
Join us outdoors to explore and learn with bubbles! We will blow bubbles of all sizes, make bubble wands, and play bubble games! For children of all ages with a caregiver.
In case of rain or bad weather there will be modified activities inside the Library.
Climate Action Book Club (Collins)
Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic. Each month the group will discuss a book on the topic at hand then hear about a related local program or initiative and how you can take action.
Topic: Countering Consumerism
Book: The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Save the Environment & Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
Copies of the book will be available at the Collins Branch during library hours.
Registration is encouraged, but not required. For more information contact Jo at jpercell@cambridgema.gov.
Stories and STEAM: Fall Leaf Rubbing (Main)
Learn about the trees in the park by making leaf and bark rubbings! Feel free to gather your own ahead of time, but some leaves will be provided. The craft will be followed by a story time. Recommended for ages 5 and up with a caregiver.
Live at the Library: Rosalita's Puppets: Enchanted Castle
Meet Godmother Glitter as she protects the Enchanted Castle from the dragon. Enjoy a selection of fun stories and meet all kinds of puppets from a unicorn and a rabbit to a prince and a frog.
Recommended for children ages 3 and up and their caregivers.
Banned Books All-Ages Storytime and Book Picnic (Central Square)
Join the Library, the Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commission, and YWCA Cambridge at the Central Square Branch to celebrate Banned Books Week. We'll have an all-ages storytime featuring challenged children’s books followed by a sampling of many frequently challenged and banned titles for all ages. Light refreshments.