Summer Program Registration now open!

 

Upton School Summer Reading Assignments

 Below are links to the summer reading assignments for the MURSD and BVT school districts:

Choose the assignment for the grade you are ENTERING, not the grade you are currently in.

Memorial - Kindergarten

Memorial - 1st Grade

Memorial - 2nd Grade

Memorial - 3rd Grade

Memorial - 4th Grade

Miscoe Hill School

Nipmuc High School

Blackstone Valley Tech

At home activities for Children!

Here are two fun activities you can do at home to encourage literacy for children and adults together!
Created for you by Mrs. Murphy, Upton Library Children's Librarian.

Book Title Scavenger Hunt!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15fcaMWgWzEP432J2RaTgnuy3-ubW9IZE/view
can you find them all on your shelves at home, or in the library catalog?

At Home Library Bingo!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_e_pRDRSanbNWCpnrWCbrdQAS7JveQFZ/view
learn about online library resources by completing these challenges.

Free eBooks from Cricket Media

More free eBooks!
90 days of free access to over 300 ebooks from Cricket Media.

"For anyone who suddenly finds themselves homeschooling"

Registration link:
https://acaiauthor.com/cricketmedia

Free Children's eBooks

A number of companies, including Tumblebooks and Ebsco, are making collections of children's eBooks freely available to all Massachusetts residents until the end of June.

Access these collections from the Massachusetts Libraries website here:

https://libraries.state.ma.us/pages/eBooks-and-audiobooks-free

At the bottom of the page are other great free resources from libraries across the state.

Daily Fun for Little Ones

Please enjoy this monthly calendar of ideas for early literacy activities for children.

https://ideas.demco.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Early-Literacy-Activity-Calendar-April-2020.pdf

Provided monthly by Demco, a library supply and materials vendor.

Mrs. Murphy's Storytime Songs

Mrs. Murphy's Storytime Songs and lyrics are now available.  Find them in the Children drop-down menu on our website, or download here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a3Lf5NMK519alUQhsVi1aSjEfBpeLxoz/view

Then view the Upton Town Library Kids youtube channel and see if you can spot the songs in Mrs. Murphy's recorded storytimes!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKW35mVyCTWMo1sqCe72pmw

Harry Potter eBook and eAudio availble!

Our digital content provider, Overdrive, has made "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" available to all library patrons for the month of April.  Access the eBook and audiobook with your library card in the Overdrive or Libby App.

Memorial School Artwork

The Upton Library features artwork from the local schools on display in our Gathering Room.  In March, we have art from students of Mrs. Jessica Fowler at Memorial Elementary School.
While the library is closed, no one can enjoy the art, so here is a quick picture tour:

Kids' Book Group - April 2020

April Meeting: 4/1/20 at 4pm

The Kids’ Book Group meets at 4:00pm on the first Wednesday of each month, in the library gathering room. Each month, members explore popular juvenile and preteen titles. Copies are available at the circulation desk for both members and nonmembers.

This month we will be reading The Button War, by Avi

Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree. The contest is on. The competition escalates from stealing uniform buttons on a wash line to looting the bodies of dead soldiers to setting up an ambush. Leading the charge is Jurek, who will do anything to be Button King. It's only Patryk who tries to stop Jurek's increasingly dangerous game before it leads to deadly consequences.

Join us for storytime in March!

Preschool Storytime
Mar 5	Mrs. Murphy
Mar 12	Mrs. Murphy
Mar 19	Mrs. Murphy
Mar 26	Spanish Storytime

Preschool Storytime is on Thursday mornings at 10:30am and is open to children ages 3 to 5.

Baby Storytime
Mar 6	Mrs. Murphy
Mar 13	Mrs. Murphy
Mar 20	Music and Movement
Mar 27	Music and Movement

Baby storytime is on Friday mornings at 10:30am and is open to children birth to 3.
Note: We will welcome the first 14 participants and their caregivers.

Preschool Storytime and Baby Storytime will not meet this week!

Preschool Storytime and Baby Storytime will NOT meet this week! Feel free to visit the Children's Area, browse books with your kids, and color or work on a drop-in craft together. See you after school vacation week!

Kids' Book Club - March 2020

March Meeting: 3/4/20 at 4pm

The Kids’ Book Group meets at 4:00pm on the first Wednesday of each month, in the library gathering room. Each month, members explore popular juvenile and preteen titles. Copies are available at the circulation desk for both members and nonmembers.

This month we will be reading Guts, by Raina Telgemeier

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?

February Storytimes!

Join us for storytime in February!

Preschool Storytime
Feb 6	Mrs. Murphy
Feb 13	Mrs. Murphy
Feb 20	Mrs. Murphy
Feb 27	Spanish Storytime

Preschool Storytime is on Thursday mornings at 10:30am and is open to children ages 3 to 5.

Baby Storytime
Feb 7	Mrs. Murphy
Feb 14	Music and Movement
Feb 21	Mrs. Murphy
Feb 28	Music and Movement

Baby storytime is on Friday mornings at 10:30am and is open to children birth to 3.
Note: We will welcome the first 14 participants and their caregivers.

Kids Movie Day: The LEGO Movie 2

Friday January 17 at 1pm
in the Library Gathering Room

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city.

It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

The battle to defeat them and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are.

Suggested ages 5 - 12.
Rated PG

Kids' Book Group - February 2020

February Meeting: 2/05/20 at 4pm

The Kids’ Book Group meets at 4:00pm on the first Wednesday of each month, in the library gathering room. Each month, members explore popular juvenile and preteen titles. Copies are available at the circulation desk for both members and nonmembers.

This month we will be reading Snow & Rose, by Emily Winfield Martin

Snow and Rose search the forest for their missing father and discover there is a sinister magic at work in the woods.

Warm up at the Upton Town Library!

Saturday, 1/4/2020

All day!

Stop by for a cup of hot cocoa at the library! 

A drop-in craft suitable for ages 3 through 8 will be available in the Children's Area.

Kids' Movie Day!

Friday December 27 at 1pm

Join us in the library gathering room for a movie! We're going to be watching Toy Story 4: What happens when a spork is unwillingly turned into a toy? Woody and Buzz have to save the day!

Suggested ages 5 - 12.
Rated G

Snowman Celebration!

Join us for a Snowman Celebration! Tweens and teens can decorate ceramic pots to create this winter friend.

Saturday December 21 at 10:30am!

For ages 10-16.
The event will take place from 10:30-12:00 in the Gathering Room.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED!
Register here or call 508-529-6272.

Kids' Book Group - January 2020

January Meeting: 1/8/20 at 4pm

The Kids’ Book Group meets at 4:00pm on the first Wednesday of each month, in the library gathering room. Each month, members explore popular juvenile and preteen titles. Copies are available at the circulation desk for both members and nonmembers.

This month we will be reading I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, by Lauren Tarshis

When the massive metal tank filled with sticky brown molasses that rises up over her crowded North End neighborhood explodes, young Carmen must fight for her life, as a tsunami of molasses rushes through the streets.