At the Truro Community Center The Truro Public Library, the Truro Council on Aging, and the Truro Department of Recreation will celebrate the diverse heritage of the New England region and April school vacation with a performance by... Read More
Celebrate Earth Day with a live animal show presented by local expert Bethany Jakubson. Bethany expects to bring Cali the Cockatoo and Flower the Skunk along with some reptiles, a hedgehog, and smaller animals. Come meet representatives from... Read More
Come hear about what a Toy Library is and give us your input for creating the Cape Cod Toy Library. Childcare will be provided in the Children’s Room.
Come to the Summer Reading Program opening celebration! Join us any time between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. to pick up your reading log, learn about this year’s theme, Build a Better World, experience the work of David Macaulay,... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Join us for a party to celebrate twenty years of Harry Potter!! More to come on this event.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Learn about these beloved members of the marine mammal group, which includes killer whales and pilot whales. Children can also create a dolphin craft to take home.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
One and a half hours of action packed discovery based stations geared for children ages 3 – 8 (supervised younger and older siblings are welcome to this family program) All children need to be accompanied by a supervising... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Gerald and Piggie will be here to hear some fun books written about them!
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
All aboard the Coastal Explorer! This unique 31-foot educational vehicle is equipped with hands-on marine science displays, activities, and aquariums. All ages are invited to come and learn about coastal animals.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
We will sing loud and strong, and move our bodies in time to the music!
Jack and the Beanstalk is a joyous, original adaptation of the classic tale about poor Jack who went to sell his cow and came home with three magic beans. Jack’s daring adventure up the huge beanstalk helps him... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
A blizzard is coming! Engineer a tree house to withstand high winds, and save snowboarders from a wild mountain avalanche. With two exciting activities, this hands-on workshop gives participants a chance to plan, build, and test their designs... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Some sea creatures have developed particularly lethal forms of defense. Learn about some venomous marine animals and participate in making one of your own.
We welcome Emily Beebe and Carol Harris to present “Why We Need Beach-Combers: Beach Cleanups for a Purpose.” This all-ages, interactive presentation about marine debris will demonstrate how beach-combing can make a difference. The Town of Truro and the... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Build Your Own Park! With Cape Cod National Seashore’s Ranger Anna Ranger Anna will help us build our miniature parks using a variety of materials. We will talk about what types of different resources can be in parks,... Read More
Meet at Coast Guard Beach (weather permitting) and bring a blanket and a story to share. Jennifer Stratton will bring her guitar and we can sing some songs as well.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
A music and movement class for young children.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Try out our hand-built spin art bicycle or a smaller spin art machine and create unique, colorful designs.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
MAD SCIENCE presents “Fire and Ice.” Children will be dazzled and entertained as they interact with our Mad Scientists! Foggy dry ice storms, giant beach balls floating in the air, and even a special Mad Science “burp” potion... Read More
Come make a pine cone flower wreath for the holidays with Joyce Mathews! Ages 8 and up. Please sign up.
No school today! Come see a movie at the library! Oceans is a “G” Disneynature film. Free popcorn and juice will be served.
No school today! Come see a movie at the library! The Red Turtle is a “PG” Studio Ghibli film. Free popcorn and juice will be served.
Come make festive decorations for your holiday table!
Make your own unique creations!
Drop in to make some holiday crafts!
Watch the movie from our new projector and make your own Stick Man. Hot apple cider and popcorn will be served. • Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children... Read More
The Lorax Movie and Craft Saturday, December 30, 10:30 a.m. – noon Watch the movie from our new projector and make your own Lorax. Hot apple cider and popcorn will be served. • A 12-year-old boy searches for... Read More
We’re going to build, explore, create, and have fun! Each week we’ll tackle a new project designed to inform, enlighten, and entertain. Ages 7-12. Space is limited: please sign up for individual or all sessions. BRISTLEBOTS!!! Make a... Read More
Despicable Me 3 Movie and Craft Watch the movie from our new projector and make your own minion. Hot apple cider and popcorn will be served. • Gru, Lucy, their adorable daughters, and the Minions are back in... Read More
We’re going to build, explore, create, and have fun! Each week we’ll tackle a new project designed to inform, enlighten, and entertain. Ages 7-12. Space is limited: please sign up for individual or all sessions. MOUSETRAP CATAPULTS See... Read More
Make your own unique creations!
We’re going to build, explore, create, and have fun! Each week we’ll tackle a new project designed to inform, enlighten, and entertain. Ages 7-12. Space is limited: please sign up for individual or all sessions. BALLOON CAR DESIGN... Read More
We’re going to build, explore, create, and have fun! Each week we’ll tackle a new project designed to inform, enlighten, and entertain. Ages 7-12. Space is limited: please sign up for individual or all sessions. MAKE-YOUR-OWN PUZZLES Create... Read More
Make your own unique creations!
We’re going to build, explore, create, and have fun! Each week we’ll tackle a new project designed to inform, enlighten, and entertain. Ages 7-12. Space is limited: please sign up for individual or all sessions. FUN WITH LITTLEBITS... Read More
We’re going to build, explore, create, and have fun! Each week we’ll tackle a new project designed to inform, enlighten, and entertain. Ages 7-12. Space is limited: please sign up for individual for all sessions. L.E.D. VALENTINE’S DAY... Read More
Family Movie: The Lego Ninjago Movie Watch the movie from our new projector, Popcorn will be served. • A fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their... Read More
A unique family event! Abbey Koutnik, a performer and teacher, will give a “talk” about mime, the silent art form. The program will include skits, techniques, and voluntary audience participation. Find out how to do the invisible box... Read More
Improvisation: A Special Family Workshop Series Saturday, April 7 and Saturday, April 14, 1:00 p.m. The Truro Public Library presents “Improvisation,” a special family workshop series with John Shuman for children 10 years and older. What’s difference between... Read More
Improvisation: A Special Family Workshop Series Saturday, April 7 and Saturday, April 14, 1:00 p.m. April 14 session is cancelled. The Truro Public Library presents “Improvisation,” a special family workshop series with John Shuman for children 10 years... Read More
MAKE AN ART BOT! What if you could build a robot that creates its own art? In this project, you will create your own Art Bot, a robot with markers for “legs” that wobbles across a piece of... Read More
Watch COCO on our big screen and make some fun crafts. Popcorn will be served. • Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary... Read More
Using pool noodles, we will make different types of toys, such as rockets and tennis rackets. These toys can be used outside and in the pool, but they are also indoor-friendly for those rainy days!
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Get your Summer Reading on with crafts, games, and giveaways! Pick up your Libraries Rock! reading log and grab some books and summer reading lists.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Expressive and creative art educator Jennifer Stratton will provide rocks for kids and adults to create with. There will be paint and markers to make your own “Kindness Rock,” or anything else. While waiting for those to dry... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Join local musicians Gerry Kinahan and Friends on the back deck for family dancing to popular songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s. All ages.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
All aboard the Coastal Explorer! This unique 31-foot educational vehicle is equipped with hands-on marine science displays, activities, and aquariums. All ages are invited to come and learn about coastal animals.
Come make some Beach Creature Art with Ranger Rebecca. We will learn about the creatures of the beach, do beach creature yoga, play a beach creature running game and create a collage of what lives on the beach. Every... Read More
The Lost Mummy is a collaborative “Escape the Room” game designed for kids aged 8-12. Working in teams, we will discover clues, decipher codes and solve puzzles, all in order to escape the tomb of the Lost Mummy!... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The #1 NY Times Best Selling Author and Illustrator of over 26 books for children, including the Skippyjon Jones series, Sarabella’s Thinking Cap, Dewey Bob, and Yo Vikings, will give a presentation about her “Life in Books.” Judy... Read More
Very interactive! Silly and surprising! Kids use their heads to help tell the story of “The 12 Lil’ Pigs and the Big Bad Pineapple” and play the game “What’s that Shadow?” Fun with a family campfire feel! All... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
One and a half hours of action-packed, discovery-based stations geared for children ages 3–8 (supervised younger and older siblings are welcome to this family program). All children need to be accompanied by a supervising adult; many of the... Read More
Mark Loewen will read from his new book What Does a Princess Really Look Like?
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
In this drop-in workshop, kids will have the opportunity to make, decorate, and play a variety of musical instruments utilizing basic household items. For ages 5 and up.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Larry Dapsis, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Entomologist, will educate us about Entomophagy and then we can sample some bugs! But don’t fill up too much to eat your “Free Lunch for Kids” at 11:30!
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Celebrate Truro children’s author Catherine Woolley—our children’s room is named after her! Ms. Woolley wrote many picture books, including The Popcorn Dragon, The Blueberry Pie Elf, The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, and the Gus the Ghost series.... Read More
If the weather cooperates, we’ll have goofy, wet fun outside behind the Library.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Inspired by Authors Chris Raschka, Langston Hughes, Al Perkins, and Tomi Ungerer, VB and The Buzz will present a unique musical presentation, featuring original songs and the music of Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, The Beatles, and... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Cammie, Clyde, and Tom Watson will read stories by the late, great children’s book author and illustrator Wendy Watson.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
Try out our hand-built spin art bicycle or a smaller spin art machine and create unique, colorful designs.
The Truro Public Library is pleased to join other local community institutions this summer who provide free lunches for all children 18 years and under through Food For Kids. This open, drop-in program offers a nutritious meal, fresh-packed... Read More
