Putney Public Library

FINDING THE GOLDEN FLEECE: Writing Our Archetypal Journeys, an Online Workshop with Elayne Clift presented by Putney Public Library
2023-01-10 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
This workshop will be presented online via Zoom Tuesday, January 10th from 7pm-8:30pm. Please register by emailing emily@putneylibrary.org .

Putney Amblers
2023-01-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-12-28 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-12-21 09:00 - 10:00
**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

Closed for New Years
2023-01-02 03:00 - 12:00

CANCELED - Author Story Time, Begin One Way
2022-12-29 06:00 - 07:00
Listen to picture book author, Ioana Stoian read her book, Begin One Way. Enjoy a walk through an urban neighborhood guided by a child eager to share their love of road signs. By the end of this journey, children will be familiar with many common road signs and their meanings.
This book encourages children to be curious about the world they inhabit, inspires them to explore their own neighborhoods on foot, and empowers them to participate in daily activities like crossing the road safely. The rhyming text and whimsical hand-drawn illustrations will engage and appeal to children and adults alike.

Preschool Story Time
2022-12-27 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-12-20 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-12-13 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-12-06 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-11-29 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-11-22 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-11-15 06:00 - 07:00, 2022-11-01 07:00 - 08:00
Join Susan Hessey for stories, songs and crafts. Preschoolers and their siblings and caretakers are welcome to attend. Tuesdays at 11 am.

Closed for Christmas
2022-12-25 - 2022-12-26

Edward Hitchcock: America’s First Dinosaur Expert
2022-11-29 13:30 - 14:30
The library will present a Zoom event for adults. Join biographer Bob McMaster for a presentation on the fascinating life of Connecticut Valley resident and scientist, Edward Hitchcock: America’s First Dinosaur Expert. McMasters published the first biography of Hitchcock in 2021, All the Light Here Comes from Above: The Life and Legacy of Edward Hitchcock. Hitchcock, an Amherst College professor, was not only one of the 19th century’s most eminent scientists, but also the first scientist to find evidence of dinosaurs in North America. His landmark research on what he called the “fossil footmarks” of the Connecticut Valley led him to theorize that prehistoric ancient birds once roamed the planet. Email for Zoom link: emily@putneylibrary.org
To learn more about Edward Hitchcock and Bob McMaster’s biography please visit: www.EdwardHitchcock.com.

Library Closed
2022-11-24 19:00

Library Closed for Thanksgiving
2022-11-23 19:00

Dinoman!
2022-11-19 06:00 - 07:00
With magic, merry mayhem, and magnificent props (giant inflatable dinosaurs!), the audience is taken on a trip throughout the mesozoic era. How do we know dinosaurs were here? What is a fossil? How are they made? This program is fun and informative for all ages.

Putney Big Tree Quest
2022-11-15 10:30 - 11:30
Celebrate the magnificent trees the community has measured. Find out which trees won the top five biggest, earn prizes, see friends and more!

Drawing Dinosaurs
2022-11-12 06:00 - 07:00
Learn how to draw dinosaurs with John Steven Gurney, author-illustrator of the picture book Dinosaur Train and the graphic novel Fuzzy Baseball #4: DiNO-Hitters.

Library Closed for Veterans Day
2022-11-10 19:00

Library Board Meeting (on atypical Tuesday)
2022-10-25 14:30 - 16:00

Read To A Dog
2022-10-25 11:30 - 12:30
Sign up for a 15 minute session to read with Keeper, our certified therapy dog volunteer and his human Abigail. Email julia@putneylibrar.org to reserve your spot!

Library Closed for Indigenous People's Day
2022-10-09 - 2022-10-10

1pm--Growing a Pollinator Garden: Restoring Habitat to Your Own Backyard and Community
2022-10-01 09:00 - 10:30

7pm-Susan Mills Reading
2022-09-14 15:00 - 16:30
Susan Mills Reads from On the Wings of a Hummingbird
Wednesday, September 14th at 7pm
Join Newfane author, Susan Mills, for a reading of her new novel On the Wings of a Hummingbird on Wednesday, September 14th at 7pm at Putney Public Library. Masks will be required for this indoor, in-person event. As a Spanish-speaking immigration attorney for twenty years, Mills prepared asylum cases for thousands of immigrants from Central America, with a focus on unaccompanied minors. Some of her family members journeyed from the war-torn countryside of El Salvador to the U.S.
Wings of a Hummingbird, her first novel, is the story of 15-year-old Petra, who must grow into the lessons of the Mayan hummingbird as she carves her future out of a childhood scarred by violence.
Petra’s life has been upended by local gang violence in her small Guatemalan village. Her childhood friend Emilio had a hand in their friend Justina’s murder, and his father is the local gang leader’s right-hand man. Betrayed by Emilio and abandoned by her mother who has fled to the U.S., Petra now fears for her own life. Petra ultimately flees to the U.S., but the pressures follow her there. As she attempts to reconcile with her mother over the abandonment, Petra is alarmed that her mother disregards the danger when Emilio shows up near their home. The novel explores forgiveness and redemption, how to heal oneself and find a future of integrity with friends and community who have participated in atrocities.
Nancy Braus from Everyone’s Books says: ” On the Wings of a Hummingbird is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand more deeply the reasons people leave their ancestral homes in Central America, in this case Guatemala, and make the dangerous journey north. The main character, Petra, is a smart, thoughtful teen living with her caring indigenous grandparents in a small town in rural Guatemala where brutal gangs have been terrorizing residents, especially young women. It becomes clear over time that her refusal to give in to gang demands is endangering her grandparents, so she needs to flee to join her mother in the United States. The process of eluding the gangs and making a new life is a challenge, but Petra’s insights into her experience will stay with the reader for a long time.”
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. in Putney, VT. This event, like all library programs, is free and open to the public. Masks are required for this in-person, indoor event.

Dungeons & Dragons
2022-09-14 14:30 - 17:00, 2022-09-07 14:30 - 17:00
Dungeons & Dragons, Ghosts of Salty Marsh – Wednesday July 13th – September 14th, 6:30 – 9 pm
Explore the waves above and the fathoms below in these watery adventures for the world’s greatest roleplaying game. Limited to 6 players, ages 12-16, registration required. Email Julia@putneylibrary.org to register.

Putney Big Tree Quest
2022-09-12 14:00 - 15:00
Come to the Putney Big Tree Quest Kickoff event at the Putney Library on Monday, Sept. 12, 6-7 pm.
Trees for Good, the Putney Public Library, the Putney Conservation Committee and members of the Putney education, forestry, and art communities are partnering to host a Big Tree Quest in Putney, Vermont Sept. 15 – Nov. 1, 2022, inspired by a similar contest in Tunbridge in 2019.
Why a Big Tree Quest? To get us outside seeing the trees in our community, to honor the big trees that play such an important role in the forest ecosystem, in climate change mitigation, in the nurturing of young trees, and in the storage of carbon. And maybe even to put a Putney tree on the Vermont Big Tree list!
What do you do for a Big Tree Quest? You head out and search for the largest tree you can find of the many species in Putney. If biggest isn’t your thing, how about searching for Best Tree Pose, Best Tree Face, Tree Superhost, or submitting your TreeTrek story (the longest or most interesting single-day human-powered tree discovery expedition). There’s also a category for Tree Art!
Submit online at https://form.jotform.com/222408380354048. Find submission forms on the Putney Library website http://putneylibrary.org/events-and-classes/putney-big-tree-quest/. Or just go out find a big tree, measure the circumference at 4.5 feet off the ground, and submit circumference, tree species, tree location, your name, email and phone #, and, if possible, a photo of the tree to putneybigtree@gmail.com.
At the Sept.12 Kickoff event, local forester Andrew Morrison will demonstrate tree measuring technique, Michael Clough will visit with live forest animals from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, Ines Zeller Bass from Sandglass Theater will introduce a tree spirit art-making workshop for those aged 10 and up to be held on Sept. 24, 2-4 at Sandglass Theater, and Putney School faculty member Dawn Zwieg will offer hands-on fun ecology activities. Tree-themed treats will be available. Activities are appropriate for all ages.
Contest judges are forester Andrew Morrison and Putney Public Library Youth Services Librarian Julia von Ransom, in collaboration with students from The Putney School and Putney Central School. These distinguished community members will head out into backyards and sugar bushes after November 1 to confirm the entries. Interested parties are invited to accompany the judges on these measurement visits. Prizes–items made with or inspired by local tree species–will be awarded at the Putney Big Tree Quest Wrap-up on November 15, from 6-7 pm at the Putney Public Library.
Find more information about Putney Big Tree Quest events–tree identification walks, exploring our relationship with trees through art, and more–on the Putney Public Library website (www.putneylibrary.org), or contact Evie Lovett and Paul Levasseur at putneybigtree@gmail.com.
