Category Archives: Kids and Teens

Conversations: Painting and Poetry, Saturday, April 6, 10-11 am

Posted on April 5, 2013 by nling

Been in the winter doldrums? Looking for a creative outlet? Come be inspired by author/illustrator Nancy Poydar (First Day Hooray, Zip, Zip Homework, and Fish School) and author/poet Nancy Tupper Ling (My Sister, Alicia May, Character, and Coming Unfrozen).

In this hour-long intergenerational workshop, we will create poems from paintings and/or paintings from poems, depending on your preference. Called Ekphrasis, this conversation between one artistic media and another is as old as Plato aHoppernd Socrates.

Just bring your imagination and you will go home with your creation in hand! The recommended age group is 4th grade through adult.

Sign up at the Information or Reference Desk or call 781-769-0200, x110 or x222.
The library is handicapped accessible.

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Making Poems into Stories on a Snowy Day

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Morrill Memorial Library

The Snowy DaySaturday, March 2 from 10-12 noon

We have some exciting news at the Morrill Memorial Library. We have received a grant from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to present an INTERGENERATIONAL program in honor of the legendary children’s author. Poetry and children’s stories have weaved a long history together. Making Poems into Stories on a Snowy Day will take place Saturday, March 2nd from 10-12 noon. With the help of beloved author/illustrator Nancy Poydar (First Day Hooray, Zip, Zip Homework, and Fish School) and author Nancy Tupper Ling (My Sister, Alicia May, Character, and Coming Unfrozen), participants will create a storyboard from a poem.

Each participant should bring a poem that is 16 lines or longer. The poem may be the participant’s own creation or that of a favorite author. The poem should be a narrative one—a poem that tells a story. We will read picture books by Ezra Jack Keats and other authors to discover how poems and picture books relate. Participants will learn about line breaks and where words fall best on the page. Then we will map out our poem-story onto a story board. Finally, we will transfer our stories into hardcover blank books, adding illustrations to enhance the story. As Ezra Jack Keats knew well, in the silence of a snowy day, creations come alive.

To sign up, please contact the Information or Reference Desk at the library, 781-769-0200, x110 or x222.

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Drum to the Beat: Drum Circle Event by Otha Day

Posted on February 19, 2013 by jtodesca

DRUM TO THE BEATA Drum Circle is a highly interactive group of people who play drums and percussion instruments together to create in-the-moment music.

Join us on Wednesday, February 20, at 11am.

Sign up starts on February 1st.  This program is best suited for children Kindergarten and up.

Check out Otha Day’s program at http://www.drumtothebeat.com/otha-day/.

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Introducing our Cake Pan Collection

Posted on February 6, 2013 by jtodesca

The Children’s Department is happy to announce our circulating Cake Pan Collection.  Each pan can be checked out for 3 weeks.  Our collection currently contains Barbie, Cookie Monster, Mickey Mouse, a Cross and more.  Come take a look at our Cake Pan Notebook!

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