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Phone: 508-697-3331 bwpl@sailsinc.org

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GOING ON THIS FALL!   STORY TIMES   Baby Story Time Thursday 10:30-11:15 Toddler Story Time Wednesday 9:30-10:00 Preschool Story Time Thursdays  9:30-10:00    REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.      Book Bingo! Tuesday November 29, 2:00-2:45PM (registration begins Nov. 14th) Ages 6 and up   Toddler Story Time  December 7th 9:30-10:15 am and 10:30-11:00 am Ages 2-3 Registration begins November 21   Holiday Stories and Craft  Thursday, December 8th 9:30-10:15 am Ages 4-5 Registration Begins November 21st

Children's Services

The Children's Room holds books, videos, magazines, recordings, puppets and other items which children may use and borrow from the library.

The Children's Room presents a variety of programs to encourage a child's delight in reading and to develop habits for life-long learning. Programs that are offered include :

• Story hour programs for children. These programs include stories, crafts, songs and finger plays. Sessions for children 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 years are 30 minutes long and a parent is expected to attend with each child. Sessions for 3 1/2 to prekindergarten aged are 45 minutes long. Preregistration is required. Infants and children under 30 months and their parents or caregivers may participate in Book Babies, a drop-in program of songs, stories and rhymes.


• After-school, summer and holiday story hour programs for children in grades Kindergarten through grade 3. Many of these programs are funded by the Friends of the Library and matching grants from the Bridgewater Cultural Council.


• Sponsor a summer reading incentive program for both children and teens in conjunction with the Massachusetts Regional Public Library Systems.

The Children's Room provides support to local teachers and their classes. During the school year our Children's Librarians work with school children to develop their library skills. We offer orientation and library instruction to all elementary school classes three times each school year.

The Children's Room staff is also available to answer reference questions and to help children in gathering information for projects.

Parents are responsible for what their children read. We do not monitor the library materials children choose nor do we limit children from access to any materials available in the Library. Parents are responsible for what their child is allowed to borrow or use in our library and should make their rules clear to their own children. Under Massachusetts Law, what any person borrows from our library is confidential, regardless of the person's age. When your child checks materials out we can print a list at that time, but we cannot tell you later what your child has borrowed using his or her own card.