Calendar
Library Events
Join us for upcoming events, classes and programs at Harding Library! All events are free and open to the public. Registration required where noted.
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Kemmerer Library Book Club
1:30p.m. Kemmerer Library Book Club Tuesday, Jul. 1, 1:30p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Join this informal book club that meets every other Tuesday at 1:30. Upcoming book selections are: July 1st: “How to Read a Book” - Monica Wood July 15th: ...read more
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Storytime with Grandpa Ralph and Miss Kathy
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Read to an Dog
4:00 p.m. Read to an Dog Monday, Jul. 7, 4:00 p.m.(4:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.) ![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Please register for a session - children can read independently, with siblings/friends or with parents/grandparents/caregivers. The trained animals are provided by Creature Comfort Pet Therapy to foster confidence in reading for young readers.
Read to an Dog
4:15 p.m. Read to an Dog Monday, Jul. 7, 4:15 p.m.(4:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.) ![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Please register for a session - children can read independently, with siblings/friends or with parents/grandparents/caregivers. The trained animals are provided by Creature Comfort Pet Therapy to foster confidence in reading for young readers.
Read to an Dog
4:30 p.m. Read to an Dog Monday, Jul. 7, 4:30 p.m.(4:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.) ![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Please register for a session - children can read independently, with siblings/friends or with parents/grandparents/caregivers. The trained animals are provided by Creature Comfort Pet Therapy to foster confidence in reading for young readers.
Read to an Dog
4:45 p.m. Read to an Dog Monday, Jul. 7, 4:45 p.m.(4:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.) ![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Please register for a session - children can read independently, with siblings/friends or with parents/grandparents/caregivers. The trained animals are provided by Creature Comfort Pet Therapy to foster confidence in reading for young readers.
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Virtual Author Event: Drawing Your World with Raúl The Third (PK-2nd Grade) (online)
4:00p.m. Virtual Author Event: Drawing Your World with Raúl The Third (PK-2nd Grade) (online) Tuesday, Jul. 8, 4:00p.m.![]() online REGISTERJoin author and illustrator Raúl The Third as he discusses his book ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Read!. Meet Little Lobo and friends as they explore their library's Libro Love Book Festival! From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language cl...read more
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Paint our Bookworm
4:00 p.m. Paint our Bookworm Wednesday, Jul. 9, 4:00 p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Children will have the opportunity to help us paint our "Color Our World" Bookworm. This bookworm will be created to display outside of the library. Please dress for a mess!The rocks for this project have been donated by Country Mile Gardens.
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Storytime with Grandpa Ralph and Miss Kathy
It’s A Great Summer: Faith Ringgold (on zoom)
7:00p.m. It’s A Great Summer: Faith Ringgold (on zoom) Thursday, Jul. 10, 7:00p.m.![]() zoom Come hear about Faith Ringgold and the exhibition being featured at the Guggenheim. Explore Woman on a Bridge #1 of 5: Tar Beach (1988), one of the most important works by Ringgold, a renowned artist, writer, and activist. This monumental quilt, the first in a series of five, tells the sto...read more
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The Baby-Sitter’s Club Book Club
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Kemmerer Library Book Club
1:30p.m. Kemmerer Library Book Club Tuesday, Jul. 15, 1:30p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Join this informal book club that meets every other Tuesday at 1:30. Upcoming book selections are: July 1st: “How to Read a Book” - Monica Wood July 15th: ...read more
Bookworm Adoptions
3:00 - 4:45 p.m. Bookworm Adoptions Tuesday, Jul. 15, 3:00 - 4:45 p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road We will be creating bookworms to adopt. Children can drop in anytime between 3:00 and 4:45 to create their own sock bookworm to take home. Registration is required to ensure we have enough supplies. Adoption certificates will be given with each bookworm.This is a colorful way to en...read more
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Storytime with Grandpa Ralph and Miss Kathy
Virtual Author Event: Discerning the Truth with Marie Lu (9th-12th Grade) (online)
4:00p.m. Virtual Author Event: Discerning the Truth with Marie Lu (9th-12th Grade) (online) Thursday, Jul. 17, 4:00p.m.![]() online REGISTERExplore the intricate world of Legend with Marie Lu as she encourages readers to look beyond the surface and reveal hidden secrets. Explore the depths of deceit, battle for power, and the lengths characters will go to unmask the Truth. Legend is a dystopian novel where tw...read more
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Puzzle Palooza
6:30 p.m. Puzzle Palooza Friday, Jul. 18, 6:30 p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Family puzzle night is a wonderful way to strengthen bonds, encourage collaboration, problem solve and create memories. We will be taking jigsaw puzzle solving to the next level with a friendly competition element.Every team will compete against the other teams with the same puzzle. ...read more
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Poke’mon Card Trading and Lego Building Event
4:00 p.m. Poke’mon Card Trading and Lego Building Event Monday, Jul. 21, 4:00 p.m.(March 24, 2025. 4:00 p.m.) ![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Do you have extra cards that you would like to trade? Please bring them to the library during our monthly trading event to swap cards and Poke'mon information.There will also be space to be creative with Legos.
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Camp Kemmerer - Color Our World Tie-Dye T-Shirt
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Camp Kemmerer - Color Our World Tie-Dye T-Shirt Tuesday, Jul. 22, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road This is an open house registration event so children may stop by and create a Camp Kemmerer T-Shirt anytime between 3:00 and 4:45 p.m.Children can wear their shirts all summer, especially to the Stuffed Animal Camping Adventure and the Bernardsville Cinema 3 in August.Please be sure to reg...read more
It’s A Great Summer: Jan Van Eyck (on zoom)
7:00p.m. It’s A Great Summer: Jan Van Eyck (on zoom) Tuesday, Jul. 22, 7:00p.m.![]() zoom Join art historian, Jay Schuck, as he discusses the life and work of the Early Netherlandish artist, Jan van Eyck. An artist known for his application of oil paint and meticulous attention to detail, Jan van Eyck ushered in a new style of painting that forever changed the history of art. Works to be...read more
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Virtual Author Event: Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle (5th-8th Grade) (online)
4:00p.m. Virtual Author Event: Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle (5th-8th Grade) (online) Wednesday, Jul. 23, 4:00p.m.![]() online REGISTERYou’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid i...read more
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Storytime with Grandpa Ralph and Miss Kathy
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Crafternoon
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Kemmerer Library Book Club
1:30p.m. Kemmerer Library Book Club Tuesday, Jul. 29, 1:30p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Join this informal book club that meets every other Tuesday at 1:30. Upcoming book selections are: July 1st: “How to Read a Book” - Monica Wood July 15th: ...read more
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"Color Your World" Colorful Slime
3:00 - 4:45 p.m. "Color Your World" Colorful Slime Wednesday, Jul. 30, 3:00 - 4:45 p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Please dress for a mess - we will be making sensory play - colorful slime. This is an open house registration event so children may join us anytime from 3:00 to 4:45 p.m. Please sign each child up separately so that we have enough supplies.
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Mah Jongg Celebration (in person)
12:30p.m. Mah Jongg Celebration (in person) Thursday, Jul. 31, 12:30p.m.![]() 19 Blue Mill Road Callling all Mah Jongg players! In honor of National Mah Jongg Day, Kemmerer LIbrary will be celebrating with game play, prizes and treats! All level players are welcome. Must have your own card. Registration is required!
Virtual Author Event: On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains with Pria Anand (online)
2:00p.m. Virtual Author Event: On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains with Pria Anand (online) Thursday, Jul. 31, 2:00p.m.![]() online REGISTERYou’re invited to a fascinating conversation with neurologist and author Pria Anand to chat about her new book The Electric Mind: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains (forthcoming June 10, 2025).The Electric Mind tells the stories we tell ourselves a...read more
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