BEALS MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Join us as we kick off our Summer Reading Club with Animal Adventures! Meet the animals, and hear interesting stories about them. A fun and unique learning experience to be enjoyed by all.

What’s even better than board games? BIG board games! Join us to play giant, life-sized versions of some of our favorite classic board games where YOU get to be the game pieces! We’ll have giant Janga, life-sized Candyland, super-sized Snakes and Ladders, and more!

​Does your family have what it takes to win the title of The Beals Brainiacs? Test your knowledge of fun and challenging facts! Join us to compete with other families in a family trivia night to earn this honor!​​

Will you be able to outsmart the trickster? In this One-shot Work together to solve puzzles and let the dice decide your fate.

​​This is designed for players 16+

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Limited Space, Registration Required starting on June 16.

Join us for an reading adventure! Discover the exciting stories we have waiting for you on the library lawn.

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July 8: Elephant and Piggie: A Big Guy Took My Ball, by Mo Willems
July 15: Pig the Pug: Pig the Winner, by Aaron Blabey
July 22: Pete the Cat: Play Ball, by James Dea 
July 29: Elephant and Piggie: Are You Ready to Play Outside, by Mo Willems

Gather your family, friends and your favorite game, and come join us for an evening of fun! Don’t have a game? No worries, we’ll provide plenty of options for you.

This family-friendly presentation explores and better understand the night sky using all the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum available to astronomers and space explorers!

Explore hidden nooks and crannies throughout the library, hide in the stacks, and challenge friends and staff to find the best hiding place in the library!.

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Limited Space, Registration Required starting on June 16.

Working together as a group, participants will have an hour to use their wits, surroundings, problem-solving skills, and the historical contents of the library to uncover a mystery that highlights both the history of Winchendon and the Beals Memorial Library.

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Limited Space, Registration Required starting on June 16.

Find out at our puzzle race! Teams of 2-4 people will race to see who can assemble a 500-piece puzzle first.

How fast can you finish a puzzle?

Think a 500-piece puzzle is too easy?

We challenge you to try a 1000-piece puzzle.

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Limited Space, Registration Required starting on June 16.

Enjoy and be amaze with comedy-juggler Bryson Lang! Watch as he takes both ordinary and out-of-the-ordinary objects and literally spins them into a visual tapestry in a distinctive and dynamic way. After the performance will conduct a juggling clinic to teach the art form to the young participants.

Rev your engines and race to the Library! Create your own racecar and get your car ready, set, and watch it go.

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Limited Space, Registration Required starting on June 16.

Join us for a great family-friendly film on the library lawn. Bring the whole family, some snacks, a blanket and lawn chairs.