The Goodwin Library is a public library that serves as an information center for the personal, cultural, and social growth for the community of Farmington. The Library maintains collections and implements programs that address the community’s changing informational and recreational needs for education and literacy. The collections, materials, and programs are offered in a variety of formats to ensure equitable access for all. The Library believes that free and open access to information and resources will establish the framework for an informed and involved community.
Registration Required: Butternut Pumpkin Picking Field Trip! Friday, 10/6 at 10:30AM
Meet us at Butternut Farm at 10:30 for a story time followed by pumpkin picking! The cost for this is $5 per child, payable to Butternut Farm the day of the trip.
Click here to sign up! Please fill out one form for each child attending the trip.
Registration Required: Butternut Farm Cider Tour (21+) – Saturday, 10/14 at 3PM
This event is strictly 21+! Please bring a valid photo ID.
Learn about Butternut Farm’s hard cider process and sample some cider!
The cost is $15 per person, payable to Butternut Farm the day of the trip.
Job Opportunity: Children’s Room Aide
The Library is looking for a Youth Library Aide to work in the children’s room! Anyone who enjoys working with children would be a great fit!
Click here for a detailed job description that includes duties, experience/skills needed, and schedule, pay, and benefit information.
This is a 20 hour, part time position. To apply, send your resume and a cover letter explaining why you would like to work here. You can email these to our Director Joyce at jwhite@goodwinlibrary.org, or mail them to this address:
Joyce R. White
422 Main St.
Farmington, NH 03835
Coming next month: Friends of the Library at MooYah! Oct. 12, 3-8PM
The next Friends of the Goodwin Library meeting is from 3-8PM on October 12 at MooYah!
Join the Friends at MooYah for a fundraiser! If you mention the Friends of the Goodwin Library when you order that night, MooYah will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Friends!
MooYah is located at The Ridge in Rochester. The address is 150 Market Pl Blvd Unit 1, Rochester, NH 03867. See you there!
Support the Friends of the Library Fundraiser online!
When using the MooYah app on your phone:
- Click on the More tab
- Click on the Promo Code box
- Enter the ROCHESTERFUN promo code
- You’ll see a “congrats” message!
- Order through the app, and your purchase will count towards the fundraiser!
You’ll also receive free fries just for signing up!
Family Story Time – Mondays at 10:30AM – beginning September 11
Join us for fun fall story times! Every Monday from 9/11-11/20 at 10:30 AM.
We’ll read about apples, owls, bears, and other fall themes this year.
This program is great for children under 5!
Yoga Story Time – Friday, 9/29 at 10:30AM
Join us for yoga story time!
We’ll read books, practice yoga poses, and do other movement activities.
This program is ideal for ages 2-5.
S.T.E.A.M. Saturday – Saturday, 9/30
Stop by the Children’s Room to pick up a corn maze activity!
Fire Department Tour – Monday, 10/2 at 10:30AM
Meet us at the Farmington Fire Department for a tour of the building and to learn about fire trucks and fire safety!
There will be no story time today.
Craft & Chat – Tuesday, 10/3 at 7PM on Zoom
Looking to socialize with other creative people? Cozy up with a crafting project and chat with other crafters!
This program is on Zoom. Please email Pam at pgroat@goodwinlibrary.org for the Zoom link.
All crafters are welcome!
Psychic Medium: Carolyn Rose – Tuesday, 10/10 at 5:30PM
Do you have a loved one you wish you could connect with again? Or maybe you’re curious about psychic mediums?
Visit us this October, when we will be hosting psychic medium Carolyn Rose. All are welcome at this event.
Medicare Basics Seminar – Thursday 10/12, 5:00-6:30PM
Take the mystery out of Medicare and get all your questions answered. This event is free, and light refreshments will be provided.
This informative class will help you understand the basics of Medicare in relatable, easy-to-understand language and provide you with the tools you will need to determine the best plan for you. Tim Harrigan is a Senior Benefits Specialist for Harrigan Insurance Services, Inc. He has 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry and, as an independent agent, represents most of the Medicare plans in ME and NH.
Yoga Story Time – Friday, 10/13 at 10:30AM
Join us for yoga story time!
We’ll read books, practice yoga poses, and do other movement activities.
This program is ideal for ages 2-5.
Caregiver Café – Friday, 10/13 at 1PM
Are you caring for a loved one with a disability or chronic illness?
Consider joining Caregiver Café, a support group run by Cornerstone VNA.
Caregiver Café offers support, conversation, and resources to caregivers and their loved ones.
Homeschool Meet & Greet – Friday, 10/13 at 1PM
Drop in to meet other homeschooling families!
Socialize, share resources and ideas, or just play at the library.
S.T.E.A.M. Saturday – Saturday, 10/14 All Day
In honor of the annular eclipse…
Stop in to pick up a Solar Eclipse Craft kit!
The Bookies – Book Club – Tuesday, 10/17 at 7PM
For October, The Bookies are reading The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian. We have multiple copies available for checkout.
New members are always welcome!
This program will be held in-person and on Zoom. If you would like to attend virtually, please contact Joyce at jwhite@goodwinlibrary.org.
Summary:
Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary’s hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life.
But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, a woman like Mary—a woman who harbors secret desires and finds it difficult to tolerate the brazen hypocrisy of so many men in the colony—soon becomes herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary’s garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight to not only escape her marriage, but also the gallows.
Family Play Play Group – Fridays at 11:30, from 10/20 to 11/17
Join us for our Family Place Play Group! Play, learn, and explore with your child.
This program is for children 0-3 years old. Registration is required. You must be able to attend at least 3 out of 5 sessions.
This 5-week session will feature a resource professional on play, literacy, nutrition, speech, and child development. Receive informal education all while you play with your child! Ask in the Children’s Room for more information.
Trustee Meeting – Thursday, 10/19 at 6PM
Would you like to know what’s going on at the library? Join our trustee meeting, which is open to the public.
We are looking for interested, caring people to join our Board of Trustees. If this is you, attend our next trustee meeting, or email Katiemae at katiemae.a.white@gmail.com.
S.T.E.A.M. Activity – Thursday, 10/19 at 3PM
Drop in after school for a Halloween engineering challenge!
Make a gate for the five little pumpkins!
Advance Notice: Hours Change in November
Starting November 2, our fall/winter hours will take effect, meaning our hours on Thursday will change to 11:00-5:00.
All other hours will remain the same.
From November 2 until Spring, our hours will look like this:
Monday: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday: 1:00pm to 7:00pm
Thursday: 11:00am to 5:00pm
Friday: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Wed/Sun: Closed
We Have a Little Free Library!
Take a book, leave a book!
There are all kinds of books in our little free library! The top shelf has children’s books, the bottom shelf has adult books. Stop by and check it out – it’s right outside our front door!
Our latest puzzle is complete!
Here’s how it turned out!
Feel free to drop by and try out our newest puzzle any time!
FREE Covid Test Kits Now Available
Looking for COVID-19 test kits? The Goodwin Library now has at-home test kits available for free!
Those interested can come and take home up to 4 kits per person.
For more information, feel free to call us at 603-755-2944.
Kits were provided by NHDHHS.
Next Story Trail Book: Room on the Broom!
Coming this month, read Room on the Broom! by Julia Donaldson. This story will be up until the end of October.
The Story Trail is located at the McCarthy Trail, next to the Public Safety Complex at 160 NH-153.
Thank you to our 2023 Story Sponsors: East Coast Energy Consultants, Hawkins Safety, Moose Mountain Regional Greenway, Farmington Preservation & Improvement Organization, Lanigan Lawncare, and the Perkins family!
New Library Bag Colors! Choose Your Color! $12
We have new library bags! Choose whichever color speaks to you!
Do you choose the blue bag or the red bag? Or how about the teal bag? With beautiful metallic copper logo and lettering. Lots of pockets. And even a zippered top! 16 inches wide. Get yours while we still have some!
Just $12.
September Staff Pick
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Five years. That’s how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It’s also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.
Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished – the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box – she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days… without him realizing it.
September Staff Pick
Truffle: A Dog (and Cat) Story by David McPhail
This is the story of a little dog who had difficulties with cats, until the day that everything changed. This is a fun and engaging book. The illustrations help move the storyline along. The pacing of the book was just right, not too fast or slow. If you want a heartwarming children’s book, this is the book for you!
Lego Saturdays! Every Saturday 10:00AM – 1:30PM
Stop in for some Lego building fun! We have all sorts of Legos for you to see what you can create with!
We even have Duplo blocks for the little ones!
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