The Katherine Paterson Children's Room
"Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life."
- Katherine Paterson
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Children's Room Quick Links
Summer Reading & Full STEAM Ahead details coming soon. Click here to subscribe to email updates.
Click here to view Virtual Storytimes at our YouTube page
Cerese's Craft Corner
Click here to view Ms. Cerese's Pinterest board of craft tutorials so that you won't miss out on any library fun while you're social distancing.
Virtual Book Browsing
Use these lists curated by Mr. Ian and Ms. Cerese to look for books until you can safely come back inside the library to browse for books. You can order books at our catalog by clicking here and logging in. To get a username and password, call us at 476-7550 and get started ordering books from home!
Resource Lists
Books can be useful resources for parents, and stories are great tools for helping children cope with difficult issues. Click on any of the links to view available resources in our library on a subject or issue.
Virtual Storytimes
Songs, stories and fingerplays: all of the fun of storytime but virtual! Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Katherine Paterson Children's Room's Youtube Channel.
Year-Round or Recurring Programs
Click here to view our events calendar
Virtual Storytime
Every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Children's Room
All of the fun of storytime done virtually! Stories, songs, and fingerplays, followed by a craft. Click here to access the Children's Room's Youtube channel.
Story Hour at the York Branch
Postponed until further notice
All the fun of storytime, conveniently located at our branch in East Barre!
Lego Club (Year-Round)
Postponed until further notice
Come test your creativity with LEGO challenges and earn badges. Legos and snacks provided. Ages 5 and up invited!
Full STEAM Ahead (Winter/Spring)
Postponed until further notice
An afterschool program with a focus on team problem solving and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) education for 4th and 5th Graders in Barre. The program is completely free for participants.
There are universes of stories available in the Children's Room
Story Walk - Barre Town Forest (Fall 2020)
There are universes of stories available in the Children's Room
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