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Must Read Monday – The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesAdults 19-54The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon - In Person and Online - Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes Read more
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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 States +1 moreChildren 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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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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Read with Sammy
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesIntergenerationalRead with Sammy! Sammy loves belly rubs, carrots, and listening to kids read! His owner is Kim Nowlan, an educator at Thomas Fleming School. They are a certified team with Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Repeats every 1st Tuesday of the month. For all ages.
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Breakout Box: The Earth’s Break Up
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: Congratulations! You have been invited to a FREE movie night to learn about Pangaea and how the Earth’s plates split! But, wait. There’s a catch. When you Read more
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Must Read Mondays – Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
Kolvoord Community RoomAdults 19-54July 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi’kmaq family arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge Read more
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Read with Sammy
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesIntergenerationalRead with Sammy! Sammy loves belly rubs, carrots, and listening to kids read! His owner is Kim Nowlan, an educator at Thomas Fleming School. They are a certified team with Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Repeats every 1st Tuesday of the month. For all ages.
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Spanish Toddler Storytime
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United States +1 moreChildren 0-5Hola amigos! Bring your toddlers to listen to stories and learn some Spanish words.
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Must Read Mondays – The Lost Bookshop, by Evie Woods
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln St, Essex Junction, VT, United StatesAdults 19-54On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found… For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every Read more