Please note: All Library locations will close at 2 pm Tuesday, December 24 for Christmas Eve and will be closed Wednesday, December 25 for Christmas.
All Library locations will close at 5pm Tuesday December 31 for New Year's Eve and will be closed Wednesday January 1 for New Year's Day.
Salvia’s happy place is with loved ones. She is spending the summer with family in Nigeria and loves to create fun for herself and others through the artworks she regularly gifts her friends, family and teachers.
You will notice her artwork reflects home and friendship, family and togetherness.
Uyoyo is Salvia’s mother. They both hope you enjoy what they have created.
Registration opens Monday, August 28 at 6 PM for our Spring 2023 Kids Clubs! These clubs will run from September through December on Tuesday afternoons. Please view event listings for specific dates. All clubs meet in the Rabbit Hole on the ground floor of the Brookline Village Library. Registration for all fall kids clubs is on Eventbrite
Book Clubs
We have three book clubs for kids grades 1-4. Please read each book club description carefully so you register your child for the correct club!
Kids RPG Club: Under the Sea Adventure
Our Kids RPG club encourages creativity and social emotional skills through role playing. Join us for an Under the Sea Adventure using the Amazing Tales system. Kid will create their own character and actively drive the story. This club is open to kids ages 5-9 and meets every other Tuesday from 4 to 4:45 PM starting on September 26. THIS PROGRAM IS NOW FULL. Please register for the waitlist on Eventbrite.
Registering for one of our Kids Clubs indicates a commitment to regularly attend club meetings. Please do not register for one of our clubs if you know your child will miss more than one meeting. If your child misses a second club meeting, their spot may be given to the next person on the waiting list. We understand that illness and emergencies occur – if an absence due to unforeseen circumstances is communicated to staff, it will not be considered a no-show.
C. J. Lori is a Brookline oil painter whose work encompasses realism, magical realism, and surrealism. As an avid traveler, her realistic paintings depict images of the landscape that she wants to capture forever. Magical realism adds a twist, like birch bark with eyes and mouths. Surrealism takes that twist further, as in her “Trees Leaving” series, revealing layers of meaning within. With a touch of humor, they are part homage to Magritte’s floating men in bowler hats, part ecological statement and part allegory of loss, liberation and the yearning for escape. Her paintings emphasize sensations that are often contradictory: clarity and mystery, excitement and sorrow, beauty and decay.
In C. J.’s words, “I paint a landscape as a metaphoric portrait in which we can see ourselves. The shapes, gestures, and surfaces of the trees reveal my affinity for anthropomorphosis. By identifying with our environment, we are more likely to appreciate its significance and fragility, and to deepen our individual connections with it.”
Learn more about C. J.’s work at www.cjlori.com and find her on Instagram at @c.j.lori.
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat display case, Zachary is displaying his Pokémon card and memorabilia collection.
In our wall case, Benjamin is sharing his 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!
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!
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