Registration is open for our 2025 Summer Reading Program! This year's program, "Level Up at Your Library", is jam-packed with exciting games and activities for all ages!
Library Programs
Guessing Games: July 8
3-5PM at the Library
Test your intuition at the library with an assortment of guessing games! We will have a series of activities set up throughout the library, from the classic “how many items in a jar?” to sensory boxes full of mystery contents, all for our patrons to guess the answers to! What do you think you’ll see, smell, and touch? Answers will be revealed at the end of the event!
Puzzle Races: July 15
3-5PM at the Library
This afternoon of brain-teasers gives your puzzle-solving skills a chance to shine! Test your memory and coordination with The Uzzle, and challenge other teams of patrons to see who can complete a puzzle the fastest.
Crafternoon: July 22
3-5PM at the Library
Prepare for Shirefest at our afternoon of crafting! Start planning your fantastical or historical costume by creating some accessories, including flower crowns, bracers, (cardboard) axes and daggers, and simple jewelry!
Life-Sized Candy Land: July 29
3-5PM at the Library
A sweet adventure awaits at the library! Be both board game piece and player as you draw cards and journey across multicolored tiles around the library, completing sugary challenges along the way! Venture through a candy cane forest or a gooey chocolate swamp, and race your fellow players to the end of the rainbow!
Library Escape Room: August 5
3-5PM at the Library
It’s a race against time to escape the room! Collaborate with your fellow players to collect clues, answer riddles, and solve puzzles to unlock the hidden key to escaping! Can you figure out the solutions before the clock ticks down?
3-5PM at the Library
Test your intuition at the library with an assortment of guessing games! We will have a series of activities set up throughout the library, from the classic “how many items in a jar?” to sensory boxes full of mystery contents, all for our patrons to guess the answers to! What do you think you’ll see, smell, and touch? Answers will be revealed at the end of the event!
Puzzle Races: July 15
3-5PM at the Library
This afternoon of brain-teasers gives your puzzle-solving skills a chance to shine! Test your memory and coordination with The Uzzle, and challenge other teams of patrons to see who can complete a puzzle the fastest.
Crafternoon: July 22
3-5PM at the Library
Prepare for Shirefest at our afternoon of crafting! Start planning your fantastical or historical costume by creating some accessories, including flower crowns, bracers, (cardboard) axes and daggers, and simple jewelry!
Life-Sized Candy Land: July 29
3-5PM at the Library
A sweet adventure awaits at the library! Be both board game piece and player as you draw cards and journey across multicolored tiles around the library, completing sugary challenges along the way! Venture through a candy cane forest or a gooey chocolate swamp, and race your fellow players to the end of the rainbow!
Library Escape Room: August 5
3-5PM at the Library
It’s a race against time to escape the room! Collaborate with your fellow players to collect clues, answer riddles, and solve puzzles to unlock the hidden key to escaping! Can you figure out the solutions before the clock ticks down?
Shirefest
Join us for an epic quest through the ages (and for all ages!) on August 16 from 10AM-4PM! In collaboration with Barnstead's Oscar Foss Memorial Library, and Epsom Public Library, Chesley Memorial will be putting on a Renaissance Faire at the T.L. Storer campground in Barnstead! Princes, Princesses, Knights and Dragons great and small are invited to dress up and live their high fantasy adventure. Shirefest features live music and entertainment, food and craft vendors, games and crafts for youth, educators and artisans, and much much more!