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Teen Summer Reading Program

Our Teen Summer Reading Program is now underway! Visit the library to sign up, check in, attend special programs, and earn chances to win some great prizes!

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP SUMMER LEARNING

For public school summer reading lists and math packets, click here.

Seeking donations for animals in need

This summer, the Hamilton Township Library is teaming up with Two Men and a Truck® movers to help animals in need. We’ve placed a “Movers for Mutts” donation box in our lobby to collect necessary items for stray pets and animals in foster care. All donations will be given to Res-Q-Pets, a non-profit, all volunteer animal rescue organization. Items such as cat and dog food, flea treatment, toys, bedding and more would be greatly appreciated!

Read any good books lately?

If the answer is “yes,” and you would like to recommend a certain title to your fellow readers, just fill out a card at our Reference Desk. We’ll post your review on the bulletin board near the front entrance!

Musical duo TotTunes+, skilled at captivating audiences of all ages, will be at the library on Thursday, July 27 at 3:30 p.m. and Thursday, August 17 at 3:30 p.m.  Steve Kaplan’s musicianship on saxophone, clarinet, flute, and keyboards complements Joe Golding’s rhythms on drum set and other percussion instruments. These two energetic entertainers harmonize to their own backing tracks.  Registration begins July 18; visit the children’s room or call 609-581-4064.

On Monday, July 31 at 7:00 p.m., Magic Jim Vagias will entertain us with puppetry, humor and magic!  Free tickets are required and will be available in the children’s room beginning Friday, July 21.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

The Garden State Storytellers’ League will present their Evening of Storytelling for the Whole Family on Thursday, August 3 at 7:00 p.m.  Enjoy interactive stories, classic rhymes, balloon animals and Irish step dancing!  Free tickets will be available in the children’s room beginning July 28.

Other summer programs include crafts, creative writing with story cubes, free movies, and LEGO building challenges.  Please note that most programs require registration.

On August 21, there will be a total solar eclipse!  Here in New Jersey, we’ll see a partial eclipse.  Families with kids may join us at the library for an eclipse celebration from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.; we’ll provide the special viewing glasses.  Registration begins August 14.  (Also beginning August 14, viewing glasses will be available, while supplies last, for those who cannot attend our celebration.  Limit one per family member.)

Dianne Adler, of Kids’ MusicRound, will present a free demo, for children birth to four years of age with a caregiver, on Monday, August 28 at 10:30 a.m.  Registration begins August 21.

Would you like to go to a museum…for FREE?

Check out the Hamilton Township Public Library’s FREE Museum Pass Program.  Library patrons may reserve a pass to a wide variety of museums, with some passes accommodating up to seven guests!  Find out how to reserve your museum pass today.

Interested in local history?

Be sure to check out Tom Glover’s Hamilton Scrapbook website for fun and interesting facts concerning the history of our town and the surrounding communities.