Monday, December 1, 2025 12:00 AM—11:59 PMReading Room Our annual Season of Books is back!  Celebrate the richness and light of all the different seasonal celebrations with the gift of unwrapping a new bedtime story each night! How it works: CHECK OUT - Borrow a stack of wrapped books. UNWRAP - Open a new bedtime story each night. RETURN - Bring the books back to the library. Wrapped books are borrowed from the library, and therefore will need to be returned at the end of the loan period. Participants must have an active library card. If you do not have a library card, but would like to apply for one, fill out a

Monday, December 1, 2025 10:30—11:30 AMGrady RoomThomas RoomThis drop-in, child-focused playgroup is for young children and their caregivers. Participants will be able to interact with others, make new friends, and learn by playing in a literacy-enriched environment. Each session will include activities, sensory materials, and toys. No Registration Required Free and open to children ages 0-5 and their caregivers What to expect: large, open room space, with windows room arranged with tables for craft and sensory play, mat spaces for playing with blocks and toys, a cart with a variety of books accessible to read quiet music played during the hour children moving freely from one activity to another Children's Room staff member available for questions, recommendations for books & activities, and general assistance Caregivers responsible for monitoring their children

Monday, December 1, 2025 3:30—4:30 PMGrady RoomJoin us for Tinker Lab! We'll use problem-solving skills to imagine, explore, tinker, build, code, play, and design! Marble mazes, Rube Goldberg machines, cardboard construction, and dance party coding are just a few of the activities we will try out. September: All things "building!" Strength test, cardboard construction. October: Chain reaction time; marble runs, Rube Goldberg machines, and domino falls. November: Time to explore coding! Dance Party from code.org and Scratch. December: Code with robots! Let's get those Sphero robots rolling on the floor. For Grades 2-4. Registration required.  Register for the whole series, but if you need to be absent, email Rebecca at rgraebner@actonlibrary.org to cancel.  Register online between 9/19/2025 10:00 AM and 12/29/2025 12:30 PM.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 10:30—11:30 AMGrady RoomThomas RoomStory time for all! Children and caregivers are welcome to join us for stories, fingerplays, bounces, and so much more. Enjoy free play after the stories and songs! What to expect: *large, open room space with windows *room is arranged with chairs around a large playmat, facing the reading chair, and tables are behind the reader that hold a felt board and covered boxes with items for free play *hour starts with music and movement activities, followed by sitting for the stories (typically 2-3), then ends with more music, singing, and movement activities, including bubbles *free play begins after the bubbles *quiet music is played during free play Free and open to all. Registration is preferred, but not required. Register online between 11/1/2025 10:00 AM and 12/1/2025 8:00 PM.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 3:30—4:30 PMChildren's RoomCome read your favorite book with Izzy, our friendly certified reading dog! Sign up at the Children's Desk for 10-minute reading spots. Izzy, is a 2 year-old Golden Retirever that loves belly rubs and snuggles. Izzy greets new friends with a gentle sniff and is a great listener! She can't wait to hear all the stories that library kids and their grown ups will read to her! Izzy's human grown-ups, Liz & Jody Moss are excited to sit with Izzy and listen to stories too!