ADULT SERVICES

• Adult Craft: Braided Nautical Rope Wreath. We’ll meet in person in the Raytheon Room. Masks are required. If you prefer to participate from home via Zoom, check the box on the registration form. Note: this craft requires a hot glue gun.  Registration required. Age 13+.  Limit 15 people.  Supplies provided: Rope, wire wreath form, ribbon/decorations, glue gun and glue.  Thursday, December 9 at 3 p.m.
• Author Talk: From Schnitzel to Nockerln with Joy Viola. With her late husband, Alfred, Wayland resident Viola traveled by horseback, zodiac, combi, tundra buggy, and small aircraft to photograph and write about the natural world on all seven continents.  They came face to face with a polar bear, dined with sheikhs, and put more than 2,300 species on their birder’s life lists.  Register through our Events menu to hear these and other tales.  Thursday, December 9 at 7 p.m.
• Library Gift Guides. We’ve got them for adults, kids, and teens, with lots of great book ideas for every reader on your list.  Pick up print copies at the library or find them online at our Library Spotlight blog.
• Wayland History Online. Wayland High School yearbooks going back to the 1940s.  The Cochituate Jeep and the Village Bugle, two newsletters produced for hometown boys on the front during WWII.  The Wayland Town Crier from 1950 to 1961.  You’ll find all this and more at waylandlibrary.org.  Just click on About Us, then (under About WFPL) Digital Wayland and Library Archive.  It’s a treasure trove of local history, just waiting to be explored.
• New ESOL Tutors. If you happen to bump into Lauren Alongi, Sue Robison, or Steve McCarthy, be sure to congratulate them on their new identity as ESOL tutors.  All three, along with Bob Lewis and Melissa Rowcotsky of Weston, have completed the three-week training course and are now working with learners.  They join more than 30 other tutors currently teaching, mostly remotely, using whatever technology works for both tutor and learner.  The next (virtual) training session is in February; if you’re interested, contact Ginny Steel at virginia@thesteels.com for more information.

BOOK GROUPS

• Social Justice. Climate Justice by Mary Robinson.  Monday, December 20 at 7 p.m.
• Dystopian/Sci Fi. Of Wars, Memories, and Starlight by Aliette Bodard.  Thursday, December 16 at 7 p.m.

YOUTH SERVICES

FOR BABIES, TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS

• Indoor Storytimes with Ms. Carly. Join Ms. Carly in the library for storytime! Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements. We will meet in the Round Room on the main floor of the library. For babies through preschool age children, with caregivers. Attendance is limited. Masks must be worn by everyone ages 2+.  Registration required! If you are waitlisted you have the option of viewing the storytime from home via Zoom. If you prefer to view the storytime via Zoom, please email Carly at cmoniz@minlib.net. You can register here or from our online eventkeeper calendar. Tuesdays, Dec. 14 and Dec. 21 at 10:30 a.m.
• Indoor Storytime with Ms. Pam. Join Ms. Pam in the library for stories, songs, puppets, and activities. We will meet in the Round Room on the main floor of the library. For ages 2.5 to 5 years with an adult. Attendance is limited. Masks must be worn by everyone ages 2+.  Registration required! If you are waitlisted you have the option of viewing the storytime from home via Zoom. If you prefer to view the storytime via Zoom, please email Pam at pmccuen@minlib.net. You can register here or from our online eventkeeper calendar. Thursdays, Dec. 9, and Dec. 23 at 10:30 a.m.
• Storytime with Obie the Dog. Children will listen to dog stories and have a chance to visit with Obie, a beautiful Samoyed. Obie will be accompanied by his owner Helen. Registration is required, as enrollment is limited. Please register HERE or online from our Eventkeeper calendar. For ages 3 and up, with an adult. Thursday, December 16, at 10:30 a.m.

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Kids Take & Make Craft Kit: Penguin in the Snow. Welcome the chilly weather with this Penguin in the Snow Take & Make Craft Kit! We will provide most of the supplies you need to make this craft at home. This craft is best for children ages 4-10.  Please register each child separately. Limit one per child. Register HERE or online from our eventkeeper calendar. Pick up your Take & Make Craft Kit from our curbside service shelf anytime between 9:00AM- 9:00PM on Monday December 13.  
• 4^th/5^th Grade Book Club. We will be discussing No Talking by Andrew Clements. We will meet upstairs in the Teen Space in the Mezannine. Register HERE or online from our eventkeeper calendar.  For 4^th and 5^th graders. Questions or to get a copy of the book email Pam at pmccuen@minlib. Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.
• Hibernation and Sleep: Stories with Ms. Elise. What do bears do all winter? Ms. Elise will read picture books about hibernation and sleep. We will meet in the Raytheon Room. For ages 4 and up. Attendance is limited. Masks must be worn by everyone ages 2+. Registration required! Register HERE or from our online eventkeeper calendar. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m.
• Winter Holiday Stories with Ms. Elise. Ms. Elise will read picture books about celebrating the winter holidays. We will meet in the Raytheon Room. For ages 4 and up. Attendance is limited. Masks must be worn by everyone ages 2+. Registration required! Register HERE or from our online eventkeeper calendar. Wednesday, Dec. 22, at 3 p.m.

FOR TEENS

Teens Take & Make Craft Kit: Mini Yarn Hat. Create something cozy with this Mini Yarn Hat Take & Make Craft Kit for Teens! We will provide most of the supplies you need to make this craft at home. This craft is best for ages 11 and up. Please register each teen separately. Limit is one per teen. Register HERE or online from our eventkeeper calendar. Pick up your Take & Make Craft Kit from our curbside service shelf anytime between 9:00AM- 9:00PM on Monday December 13.

FOR FAMILIES

Story Walk: A Story for Small Bear. Families are invited to walk around the outside of the library and read the Story Walk of A Story for Small Bear by Alice McGinty. The Story Walk will be hung in the windows of the library throughout the month of December. This is event is part of Wayland’s Holiday Open House celebration.