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  • Turn your fingerprints into Dinosaurs at Art Lab: Dino Prints. Available June 16-30 in youth non-fiction.

    ART LAB: Dino Prints

    Art Lab
    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Intergenerational

    Turn your fingerprint into a dinosaur and your dinosaur into a story at the Winnie Bell Maker Space. Show us your creation and we will make a copy to display on the Winnie Belle Windows, and it may be included in our Summer Zine! This program is for all ages, Read more

  • Young writers and artists ages 6-18 can submit a story, drawing, comic or poem for our summer zine and a chance to win a $20 phoenix gift card. New prompts released each Wednesday 6/24 through 7/22.

    First Zine Prompt: Summer Playlist

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    This summer, Brownell Library invites young writers and artists ages 6–18 to unearth a story, a drawing, a comic, or a poem. New creative prompts will be released on Wednesdays starting 6/24 through 7/22. Each week the youth writer or artist with the most creative entry, which best responds to Read more

  • Adopt a dinosaur will take place from Wednesday, June 24 through Wednesday, July 1.

    Adopt a Dino!

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States +1 more
    Intergenerational

    A train full of dinosaurs has escaped into the library, and we need your help to find them! Beginning Wednesday June 24, patrons are invited to search the library for dinosaur figurines to take home. These little dinosaurs will only be available until July 1 - come claim yours today! Read more

  • Tackle a Lego building challenge or build creatively at Brick Pit on June 25, 3-6pm.

    Brick Pit: Dinosaur Habitat

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Calling all builders! Drop in each month to tackle a special LEGO building challenge, this time: Design a landscape where a dinosaur might have lived. Think about what plants, water, and terrain features it would need OR just build whatever you dream up! Creative constraint cards will be available for anyone Read more

  • Join us for snacks and learn about grid mapping at the T-Rex Tea Party on June 26, 3:30-4:30pm.

    T-Rex Tea Party

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Even paleontologists deserve tea! Join us for an afternoon of cookie excavation, grid mapping, and dino-themed refreshments as we explore archaeological techniques — and then eat the evidence.

  • Stop by the youth desk and pick up the latest Breakout Box. Unravel the clues by yourself or with friends, June 29-July10

    Breakout Box: The Lost Letters of Liberty

    Breakout Box
    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Stop by the youth desk to pick up our newest Breakout Box and unravel the clues by yourself or with friends. This time:  We were digging through the Vermont Collection and found a dusty old locked box and a letter written by Abigail Adams, one of the Daughters of Liberty! We Read more

  • Dinolympics! Monday, June29, 3-4:30pm

    Dinolympics!

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Dinolympics! A fun, dinosaur-themed event with games, activities and crafts inspired by prehistoric eras. For ages 6-11.

  • Explore ancient pottery and design a vessel that shares your own story at The Potter's Time Machine on June 30th, 4-5pm

    The Potter’s Time Machine

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    A broken pot can tell archaeologists what people ate, believed, and traded thousands of years ago. Explore ancient pottery from around the world, then design your own vessel that tells a story about you.  Recommended for children in grades 3 and up, including teens!

  • STEM Challenge: Pasta Paleontology is available July 1-15 in the WInnie Belle Maker Space in Youth Non Fiction

    STEM Challenge: Pasta Paleontology

    STEM Challenge
    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Intergenerational

    From rigatoni ribs to spaghetti spines, build your own dinosaur skeleton out of pasta noodles while exploring the real science of dinosaur bones at the Winnie Bell Maker Space in Youth Non Fiction. This program is made possible with support from the Winnie Bell Learned Fund, and it is open Read more

  • Underwater Fireworks on Tuesday, July 7, from 3:30-4:30pm

    Underwater Fireworks

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Use oil, water and food coloring to make fireworks, then make a fireworks bookmark by printing with shaving cream and food coloring to take home.

  • Brick Pit: Ancient Artifacts is available July 9 3-6pm

    Brick Pit: Ancient Artifact

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Calling all builders! Drop in each month to tackle a special LEGO building challenge, this time: Build an ancient artifact (real or imagined) that might tell us a story about the past OR just build whatever you dream up! Creative constraint cards will be available for anyone looking to up the challenge Read more

  • Dino Glow Up is July 14, 3:30-4:30pm

    Dino Glow Up

    Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States
    Children 6-11

    Old dinosaur toys get a second life — and a lot more color — at this hands-on painting program for elementary explorers. Choose your dinosaur, pick your palette, and create a one-of-a-kind prehistoric creature inspired by the latest science on what dinosaurs really looked like.