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Kindkids Concert- June 16th, 6:00 PM
Join us on the Village Green to enjoy original music with important lessons about kindness, mindfulness, compassion, family, friends, resilience, and silliness!
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers- "Everybody Loves Pirates"- July 7th, 6:00 pm
Eight year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure, but a gang of bumbling pirates keeps getting in the way! The kids get some help from their new ocean-dwelling friends, including enthusiastic superhero Lobster Boy, his reluctant sidekick Crabby, and an overgrown sea monkey.
“Everybody Loves Pirates” features 15 of our hand-crafted mouth and rod puppets, and an 8 foot paper-mache pirate ship.
Length of show: approx. 52 minutes
Recommended audience: ages 4 and up
Staring May 14, join us for Outdoor Storytime!
May & June PJ Storytime
Books for Bikes!
Toddler Storytime is Back!
Check out Orono's StoryWalk!
Storywalks were created as a way to combine literacy, physical activity, and fresh air. Visit Webster Park to follow our current story, Hector Fox and the Giant Quest by Astrid Sheckels. At each stop you'll find a page from the story and activity to do. We plan to rotate new stories in once every season. Read about our story walk in the BDN here!
The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, or toddler. The goal? To read 1,000 books before starting kindergarten! This program is designed to help parents prepare their children for school. Children get ready to read years before they begin their formal education. The most effective way to get your child ready to learn is to read to them. You are your child’s first teacher! Click to learn more about our new reading challenge!
Comics Plus has thousands of graphic novels and manga. Just search for "Orono Public Library" and then enter your library card number when prompted. The site opens onto its homepage with both adult and children's content. There is a "children's" section under categories.
Kanopy Kids features educational and enriching videos for children of all ages. Videos are limitless with your OPL card.