Families @ Scoville

The Hotchkiss Library of Sharon and Scoville Memorial Library's Summer Reading Program: All Together Now!

June 10th thru August 12th Ages 0-12

We've teamed up once again for a sensational season of summer reading! Designed to motivate children to read, maintain their reading skills during summer vacation and foster the spirit of community, this year’s program theme, “All Together Now” will provide opportunities for children ages 0-5 and 6-12 to flourish. Let's keep our summer reading lit! Visit online calendar for program & event details.

Summer Reading: All Together Now Kick-off Party!

Saturday, June 10th @2pm

All ages

Come to the kick-off party and enjoy a circus performance and trunk show. A Circus duo to delight audiences of all ages with acts of daring and tremendous skill. Matica weaves joy, rowdiness and athleticism throughout this 40min interactive show featuring all sorts of juggling, many hula hoops, a really tall unicycle, sky-high tosses with a Chinese yo-yo and some beautiful acro-dance with a devil stick!

Pick up your swag bag with bingo boards and other surprises and receive an overview of the 9 week-long program filled with special events, activities and crafts to keep your summer lit!

We’ll raffle off program prizes every two weeks, and wrap things up with the grand finale on Saturday, August 12th.

A comprehensive program explanation and calendar of weekly events will be provided. Register today!

Hotchkiss Library of Sharon WEEKLY SONG & STORY TIMES

Mondays & 1st Saturday of the month 10:30 am

Join us every Monday and the first Saturday of every month for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This song and storytime is for ages 0-5 and will take place at the American Legion in Sharon, until moved back into the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon on Upper Main Street.

All Together Now Family Story time

Wednesdays & Fridays, 10:30am starting June 14th

Join us every Wednesday and Friday morning for stories, songs, rhymes and more! This song and story is for all ages and will take place on the Scoville Memorial Library lawn next to the Buttons Garden. Stories and activities will be themed according to the summer reading program focus of the week. Get ready to spend time with friends, make new friends, and build community!

Scoville Memorial & Pine Plains Free Library (Hybrid) Teen Writing Club! 

Fridays from 4:30 to 6:00PM

IN PERSON at the Pine Plains Library and ONLINE for writers further afield, of any genre. Teens in 6th-12th grade are welcome. Registration is required. To register and for additional information, please email Abbey at [email protected].

Local writer and poet, Abbey Gallagher, is continuing our adolescent writing workshop series ONLINE using written prompts, physical objects, images, and much more to spark curiosity and imagination in new or regular writers.

The Friends of the Scoville Library are currently accepting donations of books for their ongoing book sales

All proceeds benefit the library's programs. Donated books should be:

- clean and in good condition so that they will be appealing to other readers

- relatively dust free, not discolored or written in

- structurally sound with intact binding and pages which are not ripped

Please no textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries or travel guides older than four years. Donations can be dropped off on Mondays between 10-Noon, or contact the Friends to make other arrangements.

Check them out! 

The library has passes to several area cultural institutions available for check out for up to 48 hours! Click here for a complete list and link to place a hold, or stop by the library to check out your passes today!