Welcome to the Children’s Section!

Our Children’s Room provides a wide variety of resources ranging from print to digital media. The staff is always ready to help children and their parents, caregivers and teachers find the materials they need.

Early literacy programs are offered for caregivers with infants through Kindergarten, as well as Book Clubs and Craft and STEM Programs for Grades 1 through 5.

We host special programming during school and summer vacations and many seasonal events, including a summer Book Camp and a Summer Reading program.

Come play at the library! We have play options for all ages — a creative play area for the younger set and board games and coding toys for the older children. There is a special AWE computer, with a touch screen, that is appropriate for preschoolers through grade 5, as well as two computers connected to the Internet.

Pick up a calendar in the Children’s Room, provide an email address for weekly emails, or keep track of events on this web site! Please feel free to call the staff at 978-356-6648 for more information.

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Freakier Friday. Directed by Nisha Ganatra

Ellis Island : Immigration and the American Dream / Written by Felipe Galindo Feggo ; Art by Tait Howard

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! / Mo Willems

Money Talks / Kwame Alexander With Cass Dyce ; Illustrated by Rashad Doucet ; Lettering by Andworld Design

Pizza and Taco. V. 5, Rock Out! / Stephen Shaskan

Pete the Cat's Mars Mission / by Kimberly & James Dean

A Kaleidoscope of Hope / Miranda Paul, Harikrishnan Panicker, Deepti Nair

Hidden Moon / Erin Hunter

Leo Lionni's 100 First Words / Illustrated by Leo Lionni and Jan Gerardi

Escape From Minecraft / Connor Hoover

Busy Bees / Created for St. Martin's Press by Neon Squid ; Illustrated by Moesha Kellaway

Swans and Other Swimming Birds / [book Author, Steven A. Horak]

Night At the Fair / by Donald Crews

The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium / Bill Watterson

Bruno : Some of the More Interesting Days In My Life So Far / Story by Catharina Valckx ; Illustrations by Nicolas Hubesch ; Translated by Antony Shugaar

A Letter to Amy / Ezra Jack Keats

Now I See Winter / [written by] Mac Barnett ; [Illustrated by] Jon Klassen

Trash Day / Max Keane

Good Night, Escargot / Story by Dashka Slater ; Pictures by Sydney Hanson

What Emma Wrote : the Woman Behind the Words On the Statue of Liberty / by Ann Diament Koffsky ; Illustrated by N. Tarcan

Astronauts / Arnold Ringstad

Miss Daisy Is Crazy! / Dan Gutman ; Pictures by Jim Paillot

Clara the Unicorn Admits Her Mistakes / by Tracy J. Hora ; Illustrated by Liliana Pérez

The Declaration of Independence : the Daring Document That Founded A New Nation / by Amy Maranville

The Little Campers and the Big Moon / by Ed Shankman, Illustrated by Dave O'Neill

The Letter Setters In Fun! / Ethan Long

IVy + Bean / Written by Annie Barrows ; Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Anne of West Philly : A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables / by IVy Noelle Weir ; Illustrated by Myisha Haynes

The March for Hope / Valerie Bolling ; Illustrated by Monica Mikai

Bad Kitty Meets the Baby / Nick Bruel

Now I See Spring / [written by] Mac Barnett ; [Illustrated by] Jon Klassen

The True Ugly Duckling : How Hans Christian Andersen Became A Swan / Written by Sandra Nickel ; Illustrated by Calvin Nicholls

Wheels : the Big Fun Book of Vehicles / Tom Schamp ; [translated From the Dutch by Florian Duijsens]

You and Me and the Land of Lost Things / Andy Griffiths ; Illustrated by Bill Hope

Nana Loves You More / Jimmy Fallon ; Illustrated by Miguel Ordóñez

Lasagna Means I Love You / Kate O'Shaughnessy

Tales of An 8-Bit Kitten : A Call to Arms : An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure / Cube Kid

The Blue Lotus / Hergé

Roxie and the Hooligans / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ; With Illustrations by Alexandra Boiger

Sudan / Patricia Levy, Zawiah Abdul Latif, Fiona Young-Brown, Caroline Kennon

Goggles! / Ezra Jack Keats

Attack of the Glitchies! / Written by Justin Stuart ; Illustrated by Rick Douglas

Sheep & Goat Climb the World / Written by A. C. Paolini ; Illustrated by Monica Arnaldo

Lego Marvel Character Encyclopedia / Written by Shari Last

Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach / Words by Scott Rothman ; Pictures by Linzie Hunter

Somalia / Susan M. Hassig, Zawiah Abdul Latif, Ruth Bjorklund, and Debbie Nevins

Bug On the Bus / by David Catrow ; Illustrated by David Catrow

Tales of An 8-Bit Kitten : Lost In the Nether / Cube Kid ; Illustrated by Vladimir "zloyxp" Subbotin

Dad / Christian Robinson

Costa Rica / Erin Foley, Barbara Cooke, Tatiana Ryckman, and Rachael Morlock

Uncle Bobby's Wedding / Words, Sarah S. Brannen ; Pictures, Lucia Soto

Listen to My Trumpet! / by Mo Willems

Found Sound / by Meg Wolitzer and Charlie Panek

2026 Book of World Records / by Blythe Bouza, Michael Bright, Chris Hawkes, Abigail Mitchell, Cynthia O'Brien, Mike Robbins, Donald Sommerville, Antonia Van der Meer

Mary Oliver : Holding On to Wonder / Erin Frankel

Narwhal : Unicorn of the Arctic / Candace Fleming ; Illustrated by Deena So'Oteh

Crash Land! / Written by Justin Stuart ; Illustrated by Rick Douglas

The Land of Stories : A Grimm Warning / Chris Colfer ; Illustrated by Brandon Dorman

Lone Wolf Gets A Pet / Written by Kiah Thomas ; Illustrated by K-Fai Steele

Captain Underpants : the First Epic Manga / Written and Adapted by Dav Pilkey ; Artwork by Motojiro ; With Colors by Wes Dzioba

Henry Heckelbeck Camping Expert / by Wanda Coven ; Illustrated by Priscilla Burris

Cat Nap / Brian Lies

How to Read A Book / Kwame Alexander ; Art by Melissa Sweet

Wicked. for Good / Directed by Jon M. Chu ; Screenplay by Winnie Holzman, Stephen Schwartz and Dana Fox

Dragon Is Coming! / Valeri Gorbachev

America Is Wild! : A State-by-State Encyclopedia of American Wildlife / Written by Brad Timm ; Illustrated by Jill de Haan and Margaux Samson Abadie

Dear Zoo : A Lift-the-Flap Book / Rod Campbell

Pete the Kitty and the Beanstalk / by Kimberly & James Dean

The Sweet Spot / Elaine VIckers

Lego Minecraft Games Book / Written by Julia March and Simon Hugo ; Models Designed and Created by Alexander Blais and Caleb Schilling

Open : Every Seed Has Its Moment / Robert Agis ; Illustrated by Sarah Jacoby

Big Little Baby / Words by Liz Garton Scanlon ; With Art by Trudy Tran

Leo Messi : Big Goals : A Biography / by Erica Wainer ; Illustrated by Claudia Marianno

A Boy Called Bat / Written by Elana K. Arnold ; With Pictures by Charles Santoso

Life On the Moon / Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr

The Transcontinental Railroad : Crossing the Divide / Andy Hirsch

Bound to Be Bad / Written by Annie Barrows ; Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

The White Raven / by Kathryn Otoshi

Wild About Books / by Judy Sierra ; Illustrated by Marc Brown

Wilderness Hacks / Joslin Brorsen

Doctor de Soto / William Steig

Worst In Show / Pj Gardner ; Illustrations by Tim Jessell

Griffin Speaker / Jan. M. Flynn ; With Art by Matt Rockefeller

Aaniin, I See Your Light / by Dawn Quigley ; Illustrated by Nanibah Chacon

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science / by G. Edwina Candlestank As Told to Kate McKinnon ; Illustrations by Alfredo Cáceres

Speed Racer Adventures! / Written by Franco ; Art by Derek Charm

Leave the Trees, Please / Benjamin Zephaniah ; Illustrated by Melissa Castrillón

Clydeo Versus Peanut Butter / by Jennifer Aniston ; Illustrated by Bruno Jacob

Bigfoot and the Wild Boys / Jenny Pearson ; Illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff

Great White Shark Vs. Killer Whale / by Thomas K. Adamson

It Takes A Family to Serve : A Tribute to Military Families / Written by Lisa Wheeler ; Illustrated by David Soman

Just One Gift / Linda Sue Park ; Illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng

The Case of Old Macdonald and His Farm / Mark Teague

Bulgaria / Kirilka Stavreva, Lynette Quek, Joanne Mattern, and Debbie Nevins

The Giant Orange What-the-What?! / Nicole Michels

Dog Diaries / James Patterson ; With Steven Butler ; Illustrated by Richard Watson

Lebanon / Sean Sheehan, Zawiah Abdul Latif, Elizabeth Schmermund, and Debbie Nevins

The Slippery Slope / by Lemony Snicket ; Illustrations by Brett Helquist

Lone Wolf Goes to School / Written by Kiah Thomas ; Illustrated by K-Fai Steele

A Day With No Words / by Tiffany Hammond ; Illustrations by Kate Cosgrove

Escargot / Story by Dashka Slater ; Pictures by Sydney Hanson

When Twilight Comes : the Animals and Plants That Bring Dawn and Dusk to Life / Marcie Flinchum Atkins ; Illustrated by Michelle Morin

The Girls' Book of Friendship : Cool Quotes, True Stories, Secrets, and More / Edited by Catherine Dee

The Dirt! : Wild Life Under the Soil's Surface / by Lindsey Leigh

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh / [by] Robert C. O'Brien ; Illustrated by Zena Bernstein

My Friend Is Sad / by Mo Willems

Superpunk

The Not So Quiet Life of Marcel Marceau / Jenn Bailey & Sherry Bushue ; Illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

Soccer Kicks / Emiliano Migliardo

Friedel and Gina : A True Story of Sisterhood and Survival During the Holocaust / Jeremy Dronfield

Wanted : Your House / Monique Polak

San Francisco Earthquake 1906 : Master Morphology Skills / Krista Surprenant ; Illustrated by Robert Ball

Her Right Foot / Dave Eggers

A Wolf Called Wander / Rosanne Parry ; Illustrations by Mónica Armiño

Grandpere's Ghost Swamp / Rachel M. Marsh ; [Illustrations, Oriol VIdal]

The Roanoke Colony : America's First Mystery / Chris Schweizer ; Color Assistance by Liz Trice Schweizer

The Genie Game / Jordan Ifueko

Teaching for Change : How Septima Clark Led the Civil Rights Movement to Voting Justice / Written by Yvonne Clark-Rhines With Monica Clark-Robinson ; Illustrated by Abigail Albano-Payton

What Do You Do When Your Dog Grows Old? / A Poem by Jackie Short ; Illustrated by Lucy Pickett

Fish In A Tree / Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Jordan / Coleman South, Joel Newsome, and Nicole Horning

Big Nate : Code Red! / by Lincoln Peirce

Special / Nancy F. Goodfellow

The Book Thief / by Markus Zusak ; Illustrations by Trudy White

Now I See Fall / Mac Barnett ; Jon Klassen

How to Draw A Secret / Cindy Chang ; [colors by Christina Rose Chua]

You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast / Andy Griffiths ; Illustrated by Bill Hope

The Bad Guys 2. Written by Yoni Brenner, Etan Cohen, Aaron Blabey ; Directed by Pierre Perifel

Wilma and Cal Cast A Spell : A Tale of Short Vowels / by Rebecca Donnelly ; Illustrated by Carissa Harris

The Fellowship of the Ring : Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings / by J. R. R. Tolkien

Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames / Jenny Moore

Zootopia 2. Walt Disney Animation Studios ; Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard ; Produced by Yvett Merino ; Written by Jared Bush ; A Film by Everyone At Disney Animation

Roar / Varsha Bajaj

Lord of the Fleas / Written and Illustrated by Dav Pilkey, As George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; With Color by Jose Garibaldi

Everday Life In the Bible Lands / by Cath Senker