Putney Public Library

Stuffed Animal Sleepover Party
2023-02-13 - 2023-02-14
Bring your stuffed animal to the library for a bedtime story and sleepover party. What kind of mischief will they get into when the library closes? Animals may be dropped off anytime on Tuesday, February 14th. Animals are also welcome to join Tuesday Storytime with Susan Hessey at 11 am. Animals may be picked up anytime on Wednesday, February 15th. Each animal will go home with a photo booklet or their crazy antics in the library.
*Library staff promise to take very special care of your animals overnight.*

Storytime with Susan Hessey
2023-02-14 06:00 - 07:00, 2023-02-21 06:00 - 07:00, 2023-02-28 06:00 - 07:00, 2023-05-02 07:00 - 08:00, 2023-05-09 07:00 - 08:00, 2023-05-16 07:00 - 08:00 (America/New_York)
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Tuesdays at 11 am.

Putney Amblers
2023-02-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-02-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-03-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-03-08 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-03-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-29 10:00 - 11:00
**location changes weekly–please email for details or subscribe to the newsletter: Click here to sign up!
Would you like to get outside this winter? Want to walk in the company of others? The Putney Amblers is a casual walking group sponsored by Putney Public Library. Moseying with others is a great way to get out and be a part of a community group.
The Putney Amblers meet for walks at 2:00 pm on Wednesdays, changing spots and routes each week. Please email Susan Heimer to register and get location and weather-related updates: heimer.susan@gmail.com

Richard Powers Documentary and Discussion with Paul Levasseur of Trees for Good
2023-02-15 14:00 - 15:30

Closed for Presidents’ Day
2023-02-19 - 2023-02-20

Knit Nite
2023-02-22 12:00 - 14:00
All needle crafts welcome!

Mending Bee
2023-02-26 08:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-26 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-04-23 09:00 - 12:00
Do you have a pile of nice wool socks with holes, favorite jeans that would be perfect if not for a rip in the knee, or sweaters with moth holes?
Bring your ailing fabric items to the Putney Public Library to work on them in the company of others. Advice and support are always available, but you’ll be the mender of your own items.
Sewing machines and darning tools are available to use during the Bee.

Closed for Town Meeting
2023-03-06 - 2023-03-07

Read to A Dog
2023-03-21 11:30 - 12:30, 2023-05-16 11:30 - 12:30
Keeper is back and ready to listen to a story! Come read to our certified therapy dog volunteer, Keeper and his human Abigail. This is a great way to practice emerging reading skills or to just snuggle up and read to a furry friend. All ages are welcome! Email julia@putneylibrary.org to sign up for a 15 minute session.

The Most Costly Journey: Migrant farm laborers, asylum seekers, and immigration to Vermont
2023-03-21 14:30 - 16:00
Who are the immigrants in Vermont? How did they get to Vermont (of all places), and what are they doing here? What specific hardships do they face in Vermont? Join former immigration attorney, Susan Mills, and Kate Paarlberg-Kvam, Executive Director of the Community Asylum Seeker’s Project to learn more about the realities of immigrants in Vermont through the lens of 2023’s VT Reads selection, The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro).

Knit Night
2023-03-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-26 13:00 - 15:00

Drop off Peeps Dioramas During Library Hours
2023-04-02 - 2023-04-08
Monday-Friday 10:30am-6pm
Saturday 10am-1pm
More info here: http://putneylibrary.org/peeps-diorama-contest/

Peeps Dioramas Exhibit and Voting!
2023-04-09 - 2023-04-15
Every day during library hours:
Monday-Friday 10:30am-6pm
Saturday 10am-1pm
One vote per Putney Public Library card.
More details here: http://putneylibrary.org/peeps-diorama-contest/

VT Reads at Putney Library: Creating Diary Comics with Artist Dan Folgar
2023-04-19 14:30 - 16:00
6:30pm-8pm
Comics are a versatile medium for storytelling. The VT Humanities Council’s VT Reads book selection for this year, The Most Costly Journey, is an anthology of comics that tell the stories of Vermont farm workers using their words and illustrations by artists. Come to the Putney Public Library on Wednesday, April 19th at 6:30pm and create a short autobiographical comic, with Putney School art teacher, Dan Folgar. We’ll use basic materials to create comics that are easy to reproduce and share.
Vermont Reads brings communities together around stories, ideas, and activities that are important to the life of towns of all sizes. As a recipient of VT Humanities Council’s Vermont Reads grant, Putney Public Library is circulating copies The Most Costly Journey to encourage as many people in the Putney community to read on the same topic. The Most Costly Journey is a non-fiction comics anthology presenting stories of survival and healing told by Latin American migrant farmworkers in Vermont, and drawn by New England cartoonists as part of the El Viaje Más Caro project – a health care outreach effort aimed at addressing the overlooked mental health needs of these vulnerable immigrants. Originally distributed to farm workers as individual Spanish language comic books, this collected edition brings the lives and voices – as well as the challenges and hardships – of these workers to an English-language audience, granting insight into the experiences and lives of the people vital to producing the food we eat. Stop by the library to pick up a copy!
Dan Folgar is a Venezuelan born artist and cartoonist who grew up in Miami, FL. He is the current Associate Director of The Putney School Summer Arts, and a member of the school’s evening arts faculty, leading workshops in Comics and Animation.

Author Storytime with Ioana Stoian
2023-04-25 07:00 - 08:00
Ioana will read from her book Begin One Way, a picture book that will take you on a walk through a neighborhood guided by a child eager to share their love of road signs. She will also lead us through a traffic craft!
