We are getting the SUMMER READING STORE ready for its GRAND OPENING on Monday, August 14! There are a few things you should know before you come to SHOP!

Summer Reading might be over, but there's still lots of fun happening at the Children's Department! Stop in to enjoy one more week of FREE LUNCH for kids and redeem your Summer Reading points at the Prize Store!

It's time for a Summer Reading scoreboard update! With all of the calendars that were returned this week, you have read an amazing 16081 days (or 44 years)! Remember to bring in any remaining calendars next week so they can be counted for the final scoreboard!

Still have summer reading calendars to turn in? Need to redeem your reading points for prizes? Stop by the Children's Department this Monday-Friday for the last week of our Summer Reading Prize Store!

Summer Reading officially ended FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2023! The NUMBER ONE READING SCHOOL in BRISTOL CONNECTICUT is IVY DRIVE SCHOOL! Congratulations! Excellent work everyone! And now...we look forward to summer reading 2024 "Read, Renew, Repeat"!

We hope everyone has a GREAT first day of school! Stop by the library this week to check out some new book displays- there are school books, Dog Man read-alikes, folktales from Latin America and more!

There's lots of fun planned BPL Children's Dept. ! Join us on Wed. morning for a Grand Storytime celebrating grandparents and stop by on Sat. to celebrate the return of Sat. hours with the first Craft Saturday of the season. The popular Reading Scoop Challenge is back this week, too!

Fall is in the air BPL Children's Dept. this week! Enjoy a fall storytime on Wed. @ 10am and stop by on Sat. @ 10am or 2pm to make some fun art with apple stamps! The Sept. Scoop challenge has begun- pick up a card when you're here and complete the challenges to earn a raffle ticket!

October is coming and we want to share our OCTOBER 2023 calendar with YOU! Story times and reading clubs begin in October!📷📷

Visit the Children's Department this week for lots of fun programs, including Batman Bonanza Day, a teddy bear picnic, and the return of Pokémon Club! Pick up a September Scoop Reading Challenge card while you're here, too!

It's Pokémon Club Day! Join us this afternoon at 2pm for our first Pokémon Club of the fall! We will be exploring Psychic type Pokémon and making Lugia!

Fall Clubs and Storytimes start this week at the Children's Department! Stop in for fun activities every day!

See you at the library for lots of fun events happening this week! There are storytimes, music, clubs, and the annual HALLOWEEN GALA on the calendar! 📷

There are so many fun programs happening at the Children's Department this week! Join us for storytimes, reading clubs, music time and more!

We're so excited to welcome authors Katelynne Caruso and Melissa Ramos to the Children's Department this week! Save the date for their special storytimes and for music, science, crafts, and clubs, too!

Meet author Michele Kean and her real puppy at the Children's Department this week! There's music, storytimes, crafts, clubs and more on the schedule, too!

Visit the library for storytimes, crafts, science, coding, adventure and more this week! Stop by on Saturday to celebrate Princess Day and meet author Emily Franke!

This week, enjoy storytimes, music, and more at the Children's Department and be sure to visit on Saturday for photos and crafts with the Holiday Teddy Bear!

Unfortunately, our Kid's Coding Club is cancelled tonight. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but we will be back to normal next week!