Books and Reading
Events
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Daily and ongoing programs for adults:
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesAdults 19-54Book Display: This month we are celebrating the country's 250th birthday! Stop by the library and check out a book, documentary, film, or magazine about the United States! Visit the KCR display! This month our display features art by the Essex Art League! Magazine Swap: Need some new reading material? Check Read more
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Author Talk: “Asa James” by Jodi Lew-Smith
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesAdults 19-54Asa James, Winner of the 2025 prize for Historical Fiction in the American Legacy Book Awards. Jodi Lew-Smith lives on a hill farm in Hardwick with her husband, dog, chickens, and 250 apple trees. She has always been a writer but also enjoys biology, which comes out in her Read more
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Spanish Toddler Storytime
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesChildren 0-5Hola amigos! Bring your toddlers to listen to stories and learn some Spanish words.
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Must Read Mondays – Audition by Katie Kitamura
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesAdults 19-54One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, Read more
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Bookmark Stitch-In with the Embroidery Guild
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States +1 moreIntergenerationalLocal members of the Embroiderers' Guild of America celebrate our summer theme with a Stitch-In. Watch them create embroidery using a variety of needlework techniques. Choose a beautifully stitched bookmark to take home. For all ages.
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Summer Reading Program Kick Off with Dinoman!
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States +1 moreIntergenerationalKick off the Summer Reading Program with Dinoman’s high-energy, prehistoric adventure—packed with science, stories, and dinosaurs! The Summer reading program theme is Unearth a Story and will be filled with dinosaur themed events! In the Main Reading Room.
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Dino-Mite Story Time
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesChildren 0-5Unearth stories, rhymes and songs at this dinosaur themed story time series.
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Librarian’s Choice Book Discussion
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesAdults 19-54Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. He Read more
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Breakout Box: The Lost Letters of Liberty
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesChildren 6-11Stop 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
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Outdoor Play Time
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States +1 moreChildren 0-5Bring your toddlers and preschoolers to this play time outside near the pavilion. We will read one story and play with giant blocks, hoops, chalk, bubbles and water! Bring a towel or change of clothes. Inclement weather? We'll play inside (minus the water toy). Teen volunteers we need your help. Read more
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Dino-Mite Story Time
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesChildren 0-5Unearth stories, rhymes and songs at this dinosaur themed story time series.
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Outdoor Play Time
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States +1 moreChildren 0-5Bring your toddlers and preschoolers to this play time outside near the pavilion. We will read one story and play with giant blocks, hoops, chalk, bubbles and water! Bring a towel or change of clothes. Inclement weather? We'll play inside (minus the water toy). Teen volunteers we need your help. Read more