We are expanding programming for teens and tweens in Brookline!
Whether your home library is Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner, or Putterham, we invite you to fill out the Teen/Tween Library Program Survey, to help us plan programs that meet your (or your child’s) needs.
You are also welcome to contact Elissa Martel, Teen/Tween Librarian, at emartel@minlib.net with any additional questions or ideas.
We look forwarding to receiving your feedback!
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat display case, Mia shares her sea glass collection. She started collecting when she was 2 years old.
In our wall case, Jayden is displaying his LEGO collection and his whale painting.
These illustrated library cards are by Elissa Martel – a local artist and librarian who grew up in Brookline! Elissa created these library cards as part of “The 100 Day Project,” an annual creativity challenge over 100 days. She used marker, pen, and colored pencil. The drawings in this exhibit are a selection of the complete set of library cards, each one based off the card of a different library. Many of these cards were submitted to Elissa by her friends.
Macy Davis is the children’s librarian at the Brookline Village Library and a self-taught crafter. Her embroidery and lace making represent some of her interests such as children’s literature, nature, and connecting to her family history.
The Public Library of Brookline is delighted to announce that we are now fine free! Our children’s materials were already free of late fees and we are now thrilled to do away with late fees for all of our materials.
How does it work? Beginning July 1, 2023, items borrowed at Public Library of Brookline locations will not be charged late fees. This includes items owned by other libraries in the Minuteman Network that are checked out in Brookline, and it applies to everyone checking out materials at a Brookline Library, regardless of residency. However, if you go to another library in the Minuteman Network and check out materials there, those materials will be subject to that library’s policies. You will still receive due-date reminders when materials are renewed or due to be returned.
Please note that items checked out from Brookline that remain long overdue will still be billed for replacement fees, as will significantly damaged materials. If long overdue items are returned, the replacement fees will disappear.
Removing fines is a major step in our continual efforts to make the Library as equitable, accessible, and welcoming an environment as possible. We thank the Library Trustees and the Town of Brookline for approving this new policy. We are so pleased to be a fine free library!
These illustrated library cards are by Elissa Martel – a local artist and librarian who grew up in Brookline! Elissa created these library cards as part of “The 100 Day Project,” an annual creativity challenge over 100 days. She used marker, pen, and colored pencil. The drawings in this exhibit are a selection of the complete set of library cards, each one based off the card of a different library. Many of these cards were submitted to Elissa by her friends.
Word and Image is a curated collection of book and cover design work created by Endpaper Studio. For this exhibit, they are highlighting projects with local ties—projects whose authors, stories, photographers, artists, or publishers have New England roots.
Brookline residents George Restrepo and Lisa Diercks teamed up in 2013 to form Endpaper Studio. To see more of their work, please visit endpaperstudio.com.
Brookline artist Jonathan Cheney creates abstract landscapes of the imagination. Cheney begins with reused grocery bags that have been scrunched and crumpled into a sculpted, frieze-like surface where chaos approaches order. Colorful paintings invite your interpretations, but have a common theme: Human activities threaten Earth systems and the biosphere.
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat case, Ethan shares his collection of sea glass. Ethan is in the 2nd grade at Lincoln School. This sea glass was collected from Ramona Beach on Lake Ontario. The blue glass is Ethan’s favorite!
In our wall case, Dash shares her LEGO collection. Dash is 11 years old and in the 5th grade. She worked hard on this LEGO collection!
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
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