Whiting Library

Outdoor Story Time
2021-06-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-06-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-06-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Story Time moves outside to the library backyard for summer 2021! Youth Services Librarian Carrie King will read awesome books, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. All children who enjoy picture books will love this time together. Come join us at the library every Friday at 11am for Story Time!
Everyone, please wear a mask and practice social distancing to keep our young patrons safe and healthy! We will have drop clothes for you to use if you’d like, or feel free to bring your own chairs or blankets and spread out in our nice sunny (or shady) backyard.
This a nice weather only event! In the event of rain, please come back next Friday. If you’d like to come into the library, please call ahead to make an appointment and we’d love for you to come on in.

June 2021 Book Club
2021-06-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Online
The Whiting Library Book Club is holding our monthly book discussion live on Zoom. The book pick for June is Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman. This novel published in 2007 centers on a blossoming romantic relationship between an intellectually precocious and curious 17-year-old American-Italian Jewish boy named Elio Perlman and a visiting 24-year-old American Jewish scholar named Oliver in 1980s Italy. The novel chronicles their summer romance and the 20 years that follow. The psychological maneuvers that accompany attraction have seldom been more shrewdly captured than in André Aciman’s frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion.
Please feel free to join the group, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library has copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will put it out for Front Porch Pick Up when available.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.

The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Topic: Whiting Library Book Club
Time: April 20 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488

Summer Unplugged with The Nature Museum- Animal Adaptations!
2021-06-22 11:30 - 12:30
Amazing Animal Adaptations
From silent flight to super senses to kooky camouflage and much more, animals have evolved to survive in a challenging world. We’ll highlight some adaptations of local wildlife to learn more about the incredible physical and behavioral adaptations that animals use to stay alive and thrive! We’ll observe all kinds of animal biofacts, photos, and read a story to learn more about the amazing animals that call our backyards home.
This will be an outdoor event, rain date TBD. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing to keep kids safe!
The Nature Museum is a regional resource for nature, science, and environmental education in the Vermont and New Hampshire communities of the Connecticut River Valley. The Museum provides information and experiences that engage and enlighten our audiences and inspire stewardship of the natural world. Thanks to the generous support from Great River Hydro, The Nature Museum is excited to once again bring free environmental education programming to public libraries throughout the Middle Connecticut River Valley and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder and Visitor Center during the summer of 2021. These programs aim to be engaging and highlight topics related to the unique ecology and landscape of Northern New England. Unplug, discover, and learn!

Summer Unplugged with The Nature Museum- Busy Beavers!
2021-06-15 11:30 - 12:30
Busy Beavers – One of Nature’s Extraordinary Architects
Did you know that the North American beaver is one of the largest rodents in the world and an “architect”? These tree-chewing creatures are truly incredible and can be found all throughout New England. Come learn more about their way of life and how they change the landscape to create a home for them and other critters. Observe real beaver biofacts, listen to a story, and learn how to build your own beaver dam at home.
This will be an outdoor event, rain date TBD. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing to keep kids safe!
The Nature Museum is a regional resource for nature, science, and environmental education in the Vermont and New Hampshire communities of the Connecticut River Valley. The Museum provides information and experiences that engage and enlighten our audiences and inspire stewardship of the natural world. Thanks to the generous support from Great River Hydro, The Nature Museum is excited to once again bring free environmental education programming to public libraries throughout the Middle Connecticut River Valley and the Bellows Falls Fish Ladder and Visitor Center during the summer of 2021. These programs aim to be engaging and highlight topics related to the unique ecology and landscape of Northern New England. Unplug, discover, and learn!

Golden Dome Award Book Club
2021-06-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Online
This is the last book club meeting of the school year! Book Club will be back in September!
Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading and enjoy a read aloud of a book selected by the group. Students will keep a log of their reading & vote for their favorite book to win the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award in April. This year will be an opportunity to build our discussion skills and to share our experiences of these terrific books. Join Carrie weekly on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. The Book Club will last approximately 30-45 minutes, depending on the kids interest. There will also be crafts!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89504575702
Meeting ID: 895 0457 5702

Whiting Library Board of Trustees Meeting
2021-06-08 08:30 - 10:00, 2021-05-11 08:30 - 10:00 | Zoom Online
The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustee meetings. Currently, all meetings are held virtually using the Zoom online platform.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=[REDACTED]

NO STORY TIME TODAY
2021-06-04
There will not be a Story Time on June 4th, 2021. See you next week outside!

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meetup
2021-05-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
The Theme for Mays’s Arts and Crafts Club is Gardening and Trees!
The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up a take-and-make craft bag at the Whiting Library. You will receive directions, templates, and supplies to make fun and interesting craft projects at home. Best of all, on the last Friday of the month at 11am, come to The Art and Craft Club Zoom Meetup to show and tell all about your crafting creations!
Here is the link to join the Art & Craft Club Zoom meeting on the last Friday of each month. This month’s meet up will be May 28th, 2021!:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499
Meeting ID: 729 1617 1499

Golden Dome Award Book Club
2021-05-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-05-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-05-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Online
Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading and enjoy a read aloud of a book selected by the group. Students will keep a log of their reading & vote for their favorite book to win the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award in April. This year will be an opportunity to build our discussion skills and to share our experiences of these terrific books. Join Carrie weekly on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. The Book Club will last approximately 30-45 minutes, depending on the kids interest. There will also be crafts!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89504575702
Meeting ID: 895 0457 5702

Virtual Story Time
2021-05-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-05-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499
Meeting ID: 729 1617 1499

May 2021 Book Club
2021-05-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Online
The Whiting Library Book Club holds our monthly discussions live on Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. The book pick for May is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, May 18th at 6pm to talk all about it.
“The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins’s fifth published novel, written in 1859. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of “sensation novels”. The story is sometimes considered an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives.”
Wikipedia
“The novel famously begins with Walter Hartright’s eerie encounter with The Woman in White on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairley and her half-sister Marian Halcombe, Walter becomes embroiled in the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his friend Count Fosco. The ‘charming’ Count Fosco has a taste for vanilla bonbons, white mice and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the corridors of English country houses, The Woman in White is blend of Gothic horror and psychological thriller.”
Book review from The Literary Circle
Please feel free to join the group, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library has copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will put it out for Front Porch Pick Up when available.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.

The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Topic: Whiting Library Book Club
Time: April 20 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488
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Virtual Story Time
2021-05-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!
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Green Up/Seed Down Outdoor Event
2021-05-01 10:00 - 14:00
On May 1st, 2021, Whiting Library is throwing our 2nd annual Green Up Day celebration on the front lawn of the library at 117 Main St. from 10am-2pm. This fun event is for all ages and one of the venues in Chester where you can pick up your special green trash bag for the 51st annual Vermont Green Up Day. Join us and get involved with this much-loved, spring clean-up tradition that activates thousands of Vermonters to take care of their communities by picking up roadside litter. Keeping our environment clean is good for our health, good for businesses, and good for our property values. Together we build pride in our cities and towns and teach our youth about powerful civic engagement that affects climate change.
This event will also feature a hands on seed planting demonstration and activity area for anyone who wants to plant some seeds to bring home. We will have flowers and herbs you can plant in biodegradable containers that transfer directly to your garden when the ground is ready for gardening. There will also be a small selection of already sprouted seedlings for anyone wanting a sure thing to bring home!
During this outdoor event, we will bring out as many books from the basement book sale as we can carry in order to do a little spring cleaning. The book sale will be by donation and all proceeds from the sale will go towards buying materials and supplies for the library. Come with a reusable bag to load up with great reads from out book sale, including fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children.
Let’s celebrate Green Up Day together!

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meetup
2021-04-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
The Theme for April’s Arts and Crafts Club is Citizen Science Month!
The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up a take-and-make craft bag at the Whiting Library. You will receive directions, templates, and supplies to make fun and interesting craft projects at home. Best of all, on the last Friday of the month at 11am, come to The Art and Craft Club Zoom Meetup to show and tell all about your crafting creations!
Sign each child up for the Arts & Crafts Club here.
Here is the link to join the Art & Craft Club Zoom meeting on the last Friday of each month. This month’s meet up will be March 26th, 2021!:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82743593719
Meeting ID: 827 4359 3719

Virtual Story Time
2021-04-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-04-16 12:00, 2021-04-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

April Book Club
2021-04-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Online
The Whiting Library Book Club holds our monthly discussions live on Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. The book pick for April is Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, April 20th at 6pm to talk all about it.
“Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They’re completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home—a home that is silent and suffocating.
As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father’s authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.
Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom” (from Goodreads)
Please feel free to join the group, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library has copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will put it out for Front Porch Pick Up when available.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.
The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Topic: Whiting Library Book Club
Time: April 20 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488

Board of Trustees Meeting
2021-04-13 08:30 - 09:30 | Zoom Online
The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustee meetings. Currently, all meetings are held virtually using the Zoom online platform.
