Upcoming Events

Get those brains calm and those bodies moving! We focus on mindfulness and movement in this yoga session for kids and caregivers. We will begin the session with a mindfulness-themed picture book.

Join us for an afternoon of creating and building.  We supply the bricks, you supply the imagination and engineering!  Free play OR try one of the available challenges.

Come play with us at the Library!  Join us each week to connect with other families and explore the power of play.  A variety of toys will be out for free play including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

Meet in the Lobby of The Russell Library at noon, where we will go offsite for a short walk by the riverfront and discuss books! Grab your water bottle, lace up your sneakers, and join us!

Gentle pace and great discussion. 

Join us for a fun family storytime where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. 

Join us for a visit to Deckawoo Drive with everyone’s favorite adventure loving pig, Mercy Watson!

Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Registration is recommended for event updates.

Join us for an all ages, self guided painting session. We will be painting on canvases.  All supplies will be provided.  Please wear old clothes, as we will be using acrylic paint that may stain clothing.  

Children in grades Kindergarten and up are welcome to read to therapy dog Henry, a Bernese Mountain Dog.  Reading times are available first come, first serve, up to 10 minutes, but please register ahead.  Check in at the Children's

Come play with us at the Library!  Join us each week to connect with other families and explore the power of play.  A variety of toys will be out for free play including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

Weird Barbie Art Party IS BACK! Come and get creative with destroying and rebuilding some Barbie dolls! Buzz their hair, graffiti their skin, give them wild expressions and weird clothing choices!

Our JULY title is Our Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.

Copies available at the Borrowing Desk.

Join us for an outdoor storytime at the Middletown Farmers Market at the Union Green! We will read books and share rhymes and songs. Participants are welcome to bring chairs and blankets! 

Join us for a fun family storytime on the South Lawn where we will read books and share rhymes and songs outside. Be sure to bring along your blanket or chairs! 

Many animals are facing the threat of extinction, but you can help! Meet a live owl and turtle and learn how you can help their species with some simple tips.

Come join us in the Hubbard Room for a fun family activity for parents and their children hosted by Jessica Bransfield a clinical social worker! Build family teamwork skills all while having fun. Go through six stations designe

Come play with us at the Library!  Join us each week to connect with other families and explore the power of play.  A variety of toys will be out for free play including building materials, crafts, sensory toys and imaginative

Join us for a fun family storytime where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. 

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.

Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? Join us to talk with New York Times bestselling author Max Brallier about The Last Kids on Earth, both the book series and the animated series on Netflix.

Are you staying in town this summer but would love to take a vacation? Do you want to travel the world but tend to get seasick? Don't mind the heat, but hate the humidity?

Join us for stories, songs, friends, and free play. Registration is recommended for event updates.

Adventure Begins at the Russell Library!

Our friends from the Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center are retuning!  Please join us for a session where we will meet live animals such as a chinchilla, lizards,