Summer Reading Program at the library! Come in and sign up!

There is still room in the Saturday, June 22 Cookie Decorating Workshop, the Thursday workshop is full. Call 508-867-6339 if you are interested.

2019 5th Grade Community Service crew, they assisted at the public library, Peace Pole on the Mall, cemetery, fire and police stations!

2019 5th Grade Community Service event!!  Thank you all for your help with sprucing up the community for Memorial Day!

They all did some gardening and assisted the Friends of the Merrick Public Library!

The library crew!  Jessica Spencer, Evelyn Spencer, Hailey Powers, Addison Oxman, Lilly Egan, 
Hannah Quinn and Lily Coulombe

Summer readers come in and pick a free prize and book when you finish your chart!

Lot's of FUN prizes and GREAT books to choose from when you finish your summer reading chart for Brookfield Elementary School students and everyone else who decided to complete this awesome reading chart!

Reading Prizes! Don't forget to fill out you summer reading chart!

Fill out one reading chart and use it in both places! When your chart is full, first get it stamped at the library for a prize, then turn it in at the Brookfield Elementary School when school starts for another prize.

Brookfield Elementary School 5th Grade Community Service! The 5th grade focus is giving back to the community.

(Left to right) Miles Blake and Zachary Cooper plant the Dipladenia in the pots on the memorial patio on June 14 for their community service. They also washed the benches.  

Samiah Clancey decided the geranium needed an arabesque!

Emma Raymond (top) and Jill Hubbard (bottom) plant zinnias and petunias for color in the garden.

Apple juice break! (Left to right) Miles Blake, Alexi Hague, Emma Raymond, Mr. Healey, Samiah Clancey, Jill Hubbard and Zachary Cooper.  The library crew!

 The whole off-campus crew for the Brookfield Elementary School 5th grade Community Service event!  The students worked at the library, on the common (at Peace Pole), fire station and police station.  Thank you for all the mulching, washing, planting, and selling books for 

Friends of Library you did for the community!  We truly appreciate your hard work (and fun!)

Summer Reading Program

SUMMER READING FUN: Merrick Public Library Summer Reading 2017

The summer reading theme this year is Build a Better World. 

 BUILD WITH US! Thanks to a grant from the Brookfield Community Club, we have Magnatiles, Magformers, and wooden blocks to play with! Starting June 23, drop in Thursdays and Fridays from 1 to 4.

 READ WITH US! Sign up for summer reading! We are again doing a joint program with the Brookfield Elementary School. The school and library will hand out the same reading chart. Read as much as you can! When your chart is full, bring it to the library: we will stamp it and give you a prize. Brookfield Elementary School students can use the same chart twice—after you get it stamped at the Merrick Public Library, turn it in at school for another prize. Summer reading starts when school gets out (June 22) and ends when school starts up again (August 29). Open to all ages.

BUILD WITH US! Thanks to a grant from the Brookfield Community Club, we have Magnatiles, Magformers, and wooden blocks to play with! Starting June 23, drop in Thursdays and Fridays from 1 to 4.

BUILD A BOOK! A three-day bookmaking camp with Miss Carrie, July 18, 19 and 20 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Come for one day, two days, or all three!

EAT PIZZA! Pizza night for students 7th grade to 12th grade. Check out a book and get a piece of pizza. Thursday, July 20 and Thursday, August 17, 6 to 7 p.m.

SUMMER READING RAFFLE! Get a free raffle ticket each time you check out five or more items (one ticket per day). Prizes will be raffled at the end of the summer.

Brookfield Elementary School Kindergarten classes at the library

Kindergarten students from BES had a field trip to the library where Mrs. Simpson introduced them to fun stories, library cards, and a tour.  They presented Mrs. Simpson with these lovely thank you cards.  (Now on display.)

Newbery Books available

FLOCKED!!

The Flamingos are coming!!  and they came to the Library!  The PTO is holding a "flocking" fundraiser.  They will be in your yard for 24 hours!  For a $20 donation to the Brookfield Elementary School you or your friends can be flocked too!  For more information call Jenn Grybowski 508 637 1034 or j_grybowski@yahoo.com

Brookfield Elementary School Art!

Art work from the elementary school students are currently on display at the library!

Brookfield Elementary School art on display

Wonderful art work from students at the Brookfield Elementary School is currently on display in the library.  Come in and enjoy the show!

King Philip’s Indian War

Tougias to present King Philip's Indian War

Michael Tougias will give a slide presentation on the war between the Colonists and Native Americans in 1675-76 at the Brookfield Elementary School on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m. This program is supported by a grant from the Brookfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Tougias is the author of the acclaimed Until I Have No Country (A novel of King Philip's War), and co-author with Eric Schultz of King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. A discussion will take place regarding the research and writing of Until I Have No Country.

The first part of the presentation will discuss the Indian way of life, Colonial settlements, and the events leading up to the war. The second part covers the battles and the strategy during this cataclysmic war, which on a per capita basis was the bloodiest conflict in our nation's history. Book signing and questions follow.

Slides include battle sites, period sketches, historic markers, maps, and suggestions for visiting road-side history. Tougias also discusses Native strategy during the war and the challenges of writing a historic novel. Former Commissioner of Indian Affairs for Massachusetts and member of the Wampanoag Tribe, Edith Andrews, is quoted on the novel's back cover, commenting that Until I Have No Country "captures the essence of the Native American." The novel includes adventure, romance, and intrigue while staying true to historical facts. A book signing will follow the presentation.

Tougias is the author of 19 books including the national bestsellers Overboard: A True Bluewater Odyssey of Disaster and Survival ,
The Finest Hours: The True Story of the Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue, Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival At Sea. and his award-winning book, There's A Porcupine In My Outhouse! (Misadventures of a Mountain Man Wannabe). His book, Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do is the recipient of the American Library Association "Editors Choice" award, and his humor book There's A Porcupine In My Outhouse won the "Best Nature Book of the Year" from the Independent Publishers Association. More about the author can be found at www.michaeltougias.com
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"A truly fascinating presentation...members loved it"--Westwood Historical Society

"Tougias attracted our largest turnout ever with his wonderful presentation"--Natick Historical Society

"Tougias emerged a rare and treasured find. His knowledge of New England is vast, his slides beautiful."--Taunton Garden Club.

"Tougias knows how to entertain a crowd"--Old Colony Historical Society

Brookfield Elementary School art work

Art work from students at the Brookfield Elementary School is now on display in the library!

Brookfield Elementary School Art Work

Brookfield Elementary School students art work is on display in the library now!

Brookfield Elementary School

Art Show! the students of Brookfield Elementary School have the opportunity to view their art work on display at the public library.

The school also has an on-line Art Gallery:
http://www.tantasqua.org/k8artgallery/artgalleryBrookfield.html