Young Childrens' Programs

Wilmington Community Playgroup

Monday, October 16, 10am
Monday, October 23, 10am

Join us for our community playgroup where we will work on Early Literacy skills and much, much more! Ask us about any resources we can help provide for you and your family.

Ages 0-6, siblings welcome

Register 10/16

Register 10/23

Exploration Station: Insects, Reptiles, and Arachnids
Friday, October 27, 10am

Develop STEAM and early literacy skills through fun, hands-on experiments and activities! This month, discover all things creepy, crawly, slimy, and sticky!

Ages 2-5

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Family Programs

Pumpkin Decorating with Jr. WOW
Saturday, October 21, 10am-12pm, WML Lawn

Drop-in any time from 10am-12pm to celebrate fall and decorate a pumpkin with Jr. WOW! All Ages

In case of inclement weather, program will be cancelled.

Family Movie Night: Monsters Inc.
Wednesday, October 25, 6pm

Be sure to wear your pjs and bring something comfortable to lounge on to watch Monsters Inc. with your whole family and enjoy freshly popped popcorn! Bring a pillow, blanket, and a stuffie friend to make this movie watching experience even more fun! Rated PG. All Ages, children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult

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Kids' Programs

Switch it up! Video Game Club
Monday, October 16, 3:45pm

Love video games? Love Nintendo Switch? Come to this once-a-month video game club to play your favorite Switch games with friends! Grades 1-5

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Read to Stormy
Thursday, October 26, 5-6:30pm (15 minute sessions)

Come read to Stormy, a lovable dog that loves to listen to kids read! Sign up for one 15-minute session per family. Grades K-6, siblings and caregivers welcome

Register 5:15pm

Register 5:45pm

Register 6:00pm

Teen Programs

Game On!
Tuesday, October 17, 7pm

Play a number of board games under the guidance of gaming enthusiast Scot Crispin. Each month will feature a different theme of games! All are welcome. Ages 12+

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Manga Tryouts
Thursday, October 19, 3:30pm

Have a say in manga purchased for the teen collection with this new club! During each meeting, we'll sample 1st volumes of different manga, and vote on whether it should be added to WML's collection. Grades 6-12

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Pumpkin Bowling & Halloween Party
Tuesday, October 24, 6:30-8pm

Spooky surprises await at our 2023 Teen Halloween Party. Yes, we will be bowling with real pumpkins! Grades 6-12

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The reading competition of the year is back!

Join us as we try to win back the Reading Cup against our neighboring library, Tewksbury, for the third annual Reading Rivals competition! The rules are simple--whichever library logs the most minutes wins. Books, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, and graphic novels all count.

Each library will also have their own weekly prize drawings for our participating patrons. Here in Wilmington, the weekly prizes are $20 gift cards to local restaurants! Log at least 5 hours of reading for a chance at our $50 adult prize and $50 youth prize to the Wilmington business of your choice! For 10 hours of reading, get entered into our $100 grand prize raffle for all ages!

Register on Beanstack below or download a printable reading log! Be sure to bring your paper logs back to the library often so we can log your minutes. We've also set a community goal of 2,000,000 minutes, which sounds like a lot! But we're not worried, we read 1.3 million minutes during Reading Rivals last year. Two million is a piece of cake!

Beanstack

Printable Log

For a full and up-to-date list of programming, refer to our events calendar.

Events

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