ADULT SERVICES

• New!  Schedule Your Hold Pickups Online. We just got some great new software that will make pickups easier for everyone.  When you get the email saying your hold has come in, just click on the link below our address.    You can then select the day and time you want to make your pickup.  We’ll have a corresponding calendar on our end that’ll tell us your choice.  Of course, we’ll still call you if you don’t use email notification.
• Reopening, Step 2: Expanded Hours. As of Monday, July 13, you can pick up, return, and call us the entire day until 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and 10-1 on Saturdays.  What’s more, you can now request items from other libraries.  We still can’t open to the public or take donations.  The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step–or two.
• Museum Passes (Some, Anyway) Available. Drumlin Farm, Garden in the Woods, the Zoos—basically, the outdoor places.  Check the venue’s website to learn the current policy.  For technical reasons, we still have to keep our reservation system closed, but you can reserve a pass by calling us 9-8 p.m. during the week and 10-1 on Saturdays.  We’ll arrange a pickup time with you.  Then you’ll have somewhere to go!
• Jay Michaels, Harp and Viola da Gamba. Join us on Facebook live for a performance by this talented performer of the harp and other plucked and bowed instruments.  Specializing in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque, as well as Celtic, music, Jay has also arranged modern compositions for the harp by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Sting.  This concert is supported in part by a grant from the Wayland Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.  Sunday, July 19 at 3:00 p.m.
• Intention Setting Workshop. This is a disorienting time.  Nothing is normal and yet we try to get as close to normal as possible.  There is so much push and pull between what we feel we should be doing, what we are called to be doing, and what we are or aren’t able to do.  Join life coach and Wayland resident Gabriella Feingold to set intentions–to ask ourselves who we want to be.  Sign up here or through our home page’s Events calendar to receive the Zoom info via email.  Monday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m.
• A Powerful Community Reading: Watch It Now. On July 2 of this year, the Library gathered thirty-seven people–most (but not all) of them from Wayland–for a group reading via Zoom of Frederick Douglass’ stirring 1852 speech, “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?”  Another twenty-five people joined simply to listen.  The result was a moving occasion for everyone involved.  Fortunately, it was recorded by WayCam and is now online through our blog so that you, too, can be part of that experience.
• Wowbrary for Browsing. One of the pleasures that library users are missing most acutely right now is that of wandering through the collection, panning for library gold.  Until we can offer that experience again, we have Wowbrary, a weekly email that lists all the latest additions to our holdings.  It’s insider info that’ll let you get a top spot on the waiting list, with every entry linked to our catalog.  To sign up, go to our home page and scroll down till you see the Wowbrary logo, or just click here.  It’s easy, free, and almost like being back in the stacks.

YOUTH SERVICES

FOR BABIES , TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS

• Weekly Facebook Live Storytimes. Join Ms. Carly for a Facebook Live storytime on the Wayland Public Library’s facebook page. Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements.  Tuesdays, July 21 and 28; August 4, 18 and 25 at 10:30 a.m.
• Weekly Sing-alongs posted on Facebook. Check out our Facebook page or Youtube channel for prerecorded sing-alongs created by Ms. Laura, Ms. Janet, and others on our Youth Services team. Check out our Facebook page or our youtube page on Fridays, July 17, 24 and 31 to see the new posts. (Or anytime to see what has already been posted.)
• Storyvine moves to Zoom. Join Ms. Pam for stories, fingerplays, puppets, and songs. Contact Pam at pmccuen@minlib.net in advance if you and your child would like to get on the Zoom  invite list. For caregivers and children ages 2 to 5. Thursdays, July 16, 23 and 30; August 6 and 13 at 10:30 a.m.
• Kids Yoga moves to FaceBook! Sonia Gomez from Serfi Yoga will give a yoga class for children, toddles to age 5. Her class will stream on the Wayland Facebook page on Thursday, August 13, at 1:30 p.m.
• Bedtime Storytime on FB Live. Join Ms. Carly for a virtual Bedtime Storytime live streamed on the Wayland Library’s Facebook Page. Wear your pajamas and watch with a favorite stuffed animal. Best for children ages 0 to 5, but all children and their caregivers welcome. Thursday, July 16, 6:30 p.m.

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Weekly Craft programs posted on Facebook. Children’s Librarian Elise Katz will demonstrate easy crafts you can do at home with your children. These short videos will be posted on the Wayland Facebook page on Wednesdays, July 22 and 29 at 3 p.m.
• Pumpernickel Puppets performs Sir George and the Dragon. Register online to get the link to view the 45 minute show…which will be posted all day on Thursday, July 16. For ages 4 and up.
• Animal Adventures on Zoom. Animal Adventures will introduce children to live animals over Zoom. Children will meet a black and white tegu, an alligator, a pale fox, an eagle owl, an armadillo, a bobcat, and more. There will be an opportunity to ask questions over zoom. Please register online to get the zoom invite. For ages 4 and up. Tuesday, July 28 at 2 p.m.
• 4^th/5th Grade Book Group on Zoom. We will be discussing Before the Sword by Grace Lin. Please contact Pam at pmccuen@minlib.net if you would like to join the Zoom group. Tuesday, August 11, at 7 p.m.

FOR TEENS

•  6^th Grade Book Group on Zoom. We will be discussing Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins. Please contact Pam at pmccuen@minlib.net if you would like to join the Zoom group.  Wednesday, August 5 at 4 p.m
• Teen Paper Rose. Learn how to create a rose out of a single sheet of paper. You will also need a gluestick and a pair of scissors. We’ll post the tutorial on our FB page and on our YouTube channel on Thursday, July 23 at 3 p.m. For ages 14 and up.
• Comic Drawing workshop on Zoom. Comic Book artist Jonathan Todd will lead a workshop on creating a graphic novel page. He will start with the elements of a story, then coach participants on how to plan the panels, create the thumbnail sketches, and pencil in and ink the page. A packet of art supplies will be provided to all participants, and will be available for curbside pickup at the library prior to the event. Please register online. For ages 10 and up. Thursday, July 30, 3 to 5 p..m

SUMMER READING

• This year’s Summer Reading Program for children in grades pre-K to Grade 5 Imagine Your Story started on June 22. We are celebrating fairy tales, imagination and reading! Children keep track of their reading online and earn virtual badges for reading and completing fun craft and STEM challenges. Our youth services librarians have lots of great activities posted for you to do at home with your children. Also, we are hosting virtual programs throughout the summer, including a live animal show through zoom, and a virtual puppet show performed by the Pumpernickel Puppets.
• Our Teen Summer Reading Program will also started on June 22. Teens keep track of their reading online and earn badges for reading, writing reviews, and completing activities. Every teen who writes 3 original book reviews will win a $10 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble. All participants in our teen summer reading club will be entered into a lottery to win a free Kindle Fire. Programing for teens, includes virtual crafternoons, a zoom class on drawing comics, and a virtual Escape Room.