Youth/YA Services

Looking for activities over February Break? Come to the Library! We will have a different, fun event each day of break.

Full schedule:
Tuesday, February 18:

•  LEGO Free-Build, 10:30AM-12PM – come build with our large LEGO collection
• Minecraft, 3-4PM – bring your own device or use one of ours to play Minecraft

Wednesday, February 19:
Pokemon Tournament – arrive between 12:30 & 1PM to check-in, then play in our face-to-face tournament, collecting points for wins. Participants must bring their own deck; damage counters and a coin are prefered though we will have some to use. Every player will go home with a new Pokemon card and top point-earners will win prizes. Minimum of 8 players to run tournament and suggested age of 2nd grade and up. Registration is required.

Thursday, February 20:

• Maker Morning, 10:30AM-12PM – come play with our DASH robots, Little Bits, Snap Circuits, and Makey-Makeys.
• Minecraft, 3-4PM – bring your own device or use one of ours to play Minecraft

Friday, February 21 & Saturday, February 22: BOARD GAME DAYS! Come play new board games from Island Treasure Toys, 10:30AM-3PM

NEW @Merrill Library

If you like to think and read and discuss, please join Jill on the third Friday of the month from 3-4 PM. Each month we will set the next month’s topic. For our February meeting, we are reading Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine. The book tells the story of a family in China in 1972 during the rise of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution. The book is partially autobiographical and offers a perspective of a child surviving a regime filled with fear and suspicion.

Third Friday each month (except Feb when it will be the 4th Fri): January 17, 2020, February 28, March 20, April 17, and May 15.
3-4 PM
Email Jill (joconnor@yarmouthlibrary.org) for more info.
Grades 6 & up

Women Poets Series

Thursday, February 27, 2020

7:00pm

Lewis Hall

Free and open to all

 

 

 

Marcia F. Brown is the author of five books of poetry including In the Afternoon (Moon Pie Press, 2019), and the essay collection Well Read, Well Fed ~ A Year of Great Reads and Simple Dishes for Book Groups.

Gretchen Berg is a poet and performance artist/educator who works in public schools to integrate theater, dance and classroom curriculum.

Marita O’Neill lives in Portland and teaches English at Yarmouth High School. She has a Masters degree in education and received her  poetry MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Rebecca Irene holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work is published or forthcoming in Carve Magazine, Juked,  Atlanta Review, Typehouse Literary Magazine, and elsewhere.

Mondays, March 9, 16, 23, and 30, 3:45 – 4:45

Join us as we do hands-on science experiments in the library. We will work with Makey Makeys each week to create a banana piano, a video game controller, and more!

Registration required. To sign up: Email Jill at joconnor@yarmouthlibrary.org, call the front desk at 846-4763 or sign up at the Circulation Desk.

 

On Saturday, March 7 from 10:30-11:30AM, bring your uke (or use one of the ukes on loan from the wonderful 317 Main) and come jam with us to some tunes. Cider and cookies will be provided.

Each week, a group of Minecrafters meet at the library to build worlds together or play in a game or a challenge. The Club uses Pocket Edition over the MML wireless. Players are welcome to bring their own devices or we do have a limited number of devices to borrow. Courteous gamesmanship and adherence to Club Rules is expected. These clubs require registration.

Grades 5 and up: Meets on Thursdays from 3-4PM. The Winter 2020 Club is Full.

Grades 2-4: Meets on Tuesdays from 3:45-4:45. The Winter 2020 Club is Full.

For information about the Clubs, please email Jill at joconnor@yarmouthlibrary.org