Library Events

Families with children of all ages are invited to join Miss April for stories, rhymes, songs and movement.  

Read, sing, move and rhyme along with Miss April and your storytime friends! Register online for each week you'd like to attend.

Join us by the Adult Department’s fireplace for our monthly club for fiber artists!  Whether you knit, crochet, felt, or sew, join in with other patrons as we work on our individual projects and chat about all things crafty.

It’s getting cold outside and a cozy spa day at home doesn’t sound bad at all. Teens & tweens, grades 5-12, join us to make your own all natural bath bombs and sugar scrubs! Make a few and give some away, too! 

Join us in the Community Room for an exciting, one-off session of Dungeons & Dragons for adults!  Have you ever been curious about playing Dnd and weren’t sure about where or how to start?  Dungeon Master and Dnd enthusiast Jason Williams will show patrons the ropes about charact...read more

The Board of Library Directors will hold their monthly meeting at 7 PM in the Conference Room. 

Join us in the Community Room and start your morning off right with sunrise chair yoga!  Follow along with Danielle Fisher, founder of The Bendy Bookworm Yoga, and reap the physical and mental benefits of these lower-impact yoga sessions.  Patrons are encouraged to wear sneakers, and shoul...read more

Bounces and rhymes, stories and songs for little ones. Parents/caregivers to be are also invited to develop an early literacy repertoire and meet peers. We'll be sure to save time to play and chat at the end of the program! Register online for each week you'd like to attend.

Join us for our monthly book club where we discuss mysteries and historical fiction. This month, we will be discussing Hotel Portofino by J.P. O'Connell. Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation desk beginning November 1st.New members always welcome!Light refreshments se...read more

Create various types of handmade wrapping paper to beautify any gifts you plan to give this winter.

Join us in the Community Room for a Friday Movie Matinee!  This month we will be featuring “Elf”, a fun holiday staple starring Will Farrell that’s been warming hearts since 2003!  Some snacks and refreshments will be provided, but moviegoers are also welcome to thei...read more

Attention all 5th-12th graders! Do you want to learn how to make your own jewelry? Need to make a gift for anyone? We’ve got the perfect craft for you! Learn how to make UV resin necklaces, rings & earrings for yourself or to give away.  

Read, sing, move and rhyme along with Miss April and your storytime friends! Register online for each week you'd like to attend.

Teens and Tweens can come by the Teen Room from 4-6 PM for Open Lounge: a chance to hang out, do crafts, play board games, study, have snacks and prep for the week ahead! Drop in when you can. Grades 5-12 welcome!Featured activity: Beaded snowflakes!

Hello! Welcome to Burlington Public Library's very own teen book subscription box called the YA Lit Kit. As part of this free monthly program you are welcome to sign-up to recieve a book hand selected based on your interests along with some candy, a sticker, and a craft. In order to register, fo...read more

Calling all wanna-be Pokemon trainers! Join your friends at the library for an hour of Pokemon fun -- show off your cards (trade if you like!) and enjoy related activities. Please use child's name when registering.

Join us by the Adult Department’s fireplace for our monthly club for fiber artists!  Whether you knit, crochet, felt, or sew, join in with other patrons as we work on our individual projects and chat about all things crafty.

Join us in the Community Room and start your morning off right with sunrise chair yoga!  Follow along with Danielle Fisher, founder of The Bendy Bookworm Yoga, and reap the physical and mental benefits of these lower-impact yoga sessions.  Patrons are encouraged to wear sneakers, and shoul...read more

Wear your comfy clothes to read and stretch along with Bendy Bookworm Yoga and your library friends.

The Friends of the Library will hold their monthly Board meeting at 1:30 PM. Anyone interested in learning more about the Friends, and opportunities for volunteering, are welcome to attend. 

I don't know about you, but I'm feelin' like having the best day with you today. What better way to celebrate the queen’s birthday than to gather together and make friendship bracelets?! All teens & tweens, grades 5-12, join us for a perfect night to dress up like hipsters...read more

We'll provide the toys, sensory play invitations and pre-reading and writing activities; you bring the fun!

Join us in the Community Room for our monthly Thursday Night Book Club discussion! This month, we will be discussing Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.  Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation desk beginning November 15th.  New members are always welcome!

Grab a sweet treat and settle in around the fireplace to listen to some of Miss April's favorite read-alouds. All ages are welcome; we will be reading longer picture books and sections of chapter books. 

Read, sing, move and rhyme along with Miss April and your storytime friends! Register online for each week you'd like to attend.

Why get a Starbies cake pop when you can make your own with friends at your local library?! We will decorate with colorful sprinkles, listen to music, and - of course - eat our delicious creations! Grades 5-12 welcome!

Join us for our monthly morning book discussion! This month, we will be discussing On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation desk beginning November 21.New members always welcome!Light refreshments served. 

Squish and sculpt to your heart's content at this drop-in program. Stay for five minutes or for the whole two hours!

Something’s cooking at the Burlington Public Library!  Join us in the Community Room for the tastiest book club meeting in town!  Simply choose a recipe from the featured cookbook and bring your culinary masterpiece along for the meeting.  This month’s cookbook, “Coo...read more

Join us in the Community Room and start your morning off right with sunrise chair yoga!  Follow along with Danielle Fisher, founder of The Bendy Bookworm Yoga, and reap the physical and mental benefits of these lower-impact yoga sessions.  Patrons are encouraged to wear sneakers, and shoul...read more

Bounces and rhymes, stories and songs for little ones. Parents/caregivers to be are also invited to develop an early literacy repertoire and meet peers. We'll be sure to save time to play and chat at the end of the program! Register online for each week you'd like to attend.

Homeschool students at the elementary (K-6) level are invited to share and discuss Nutmeg Book Award nominees. Each month, we'll read a current Elementary Nutmeg nominee and do a related activity. We'll also introduce a chapter book for participants to read on their own and discuss at the ne...read more

Join us in the Community Room for our monthly Adult Craft Night!  This month we will be making mini winter hat ornaments.  All materials will be provided for this program, but patrons are welcome to bring their own yarn as well!

Do you love graphic novels? Better yet, do you love the Japanese art style of Manga? Join us to learn how to draw faces in the famous Manga way from a renowned artist and author recorded through our library resource called CreativeBug. We will bring the materials, you just bring yourself! 

Wear your comfy clothes to read and stretch along with Bendy Bookworm Yoga and your library friends.

Do you ever need a reassuring reminder throughout the day? The smell of a calming essential oil? Or somewhere to keep your everyday essentials like gum, tea, a stress ball? We have the solution for you: a customizable Stress Less Box with goodies inside to keep in your locker or car for whatever sit...read more

Have you devoured the Percy Jackson books? Watched the new show? Ever wished you could live at Camp Half-Blood? Here's the next best thing! We'll stay after the library closes to celebrate all things Olympian, find out which cabin we'd end up in and, of course eat blue food.