Become a citizen scientist at the Charlotte Library

What can your family do together to benefit the environment locally and globally?

Become citizen scientists!

Study Lake Champlain, become Cloud Observers for NASA, find a map of the night sky in your backyard, or observe South America’s total solar eclipse in December.

Stop at the Charlotte Library and visit the display table for ideas and books like the Watershed Explorer Challenge booklet designed for young people to learn about watershed science and the Lake Champlain Basin.

You can also visit the Charlotte Library website for links to other exciting opportunities at charlottepubliclibrary.org.

Hygge season is here

The Charlotte Library is celebrating hygge season during November.

Hygge is “a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.”

Consistent with the hygge theme the library is holding a Get Cozy Raffle for a comfy quilt made by Amanda Herzberger.

Also being raffled is coffee from Paradiso, cocoa and chocolates from Lake Champlain Chocolates, tea, beeswax candles and an assortment of great books.

Tickets are $5 apiece or five for $20.

Wreath book art kit

Nov. 9 - 23

Pick up simple instructions and all the supplies you need at the library porch for a wreath book art kit.

You will need a hot glue gun for this project. Don’t have one? We have one for loan. You can reserve a kit emailing info@charlottepubliclibrary.org.

COVID-19: Winter preparations

10:30 a.m. - Noon, Wednesday, Nov.11

The news about pandemic preparations for the winter can be overwhelming and frightening.

Join Jim Hyde, Assistant Professor Emeritus for Public Health at Tufts University, for a realistic and practical overview of the current situation. He’ll share his advice for the coming winter season and answer questions as well.

Register for his Zoom presentation at bit.ly/3mPqEud

Carpenter-Carse Library continues to be busy with curbside pick-up requests and browsing appointments, but they ask that you make an appointment if you wish to browse or use the computer.

Appointments to browse will now be limited to 30 minutes. Computer use will be limited to one hour. Please remember to bring your library card for self-checkout.

Please do not enter any part of the building without a mask.

Upcoming programs

24 Minute Comic on 24 Hour Comics Day – 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 3. An all-ages virtual comic workshop with Words and Pictures VT and Marek Bennett’s Comics Workshop. Bring pencils and paper. Marek is going to show you how to create a comic in 24 minutes! Marek will also be giving away copies of his “Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby” graphic novels to a couple lucky attendees.

This live Facebook event can be found here. This is a part of Vermont’s virtual 24-Hour Comics Day. See the full event here bit.ly/3nlLmmJ

Fall Gardening Roundup – 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13. Join gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi in this Zoom webinar as he discusses fall gardening chores. He will be talking about cutting back the flower gardens with new information on how to do that, protecting shrubs and trees from winter and critters, planting flowering bulbs and garlic, overwintering edible plants indoors, lawn care and building new beds and your soil. There will be time after his one-hour presentation for questions as well.

Please register in advance for this meeting.

Online Book Discussion: The Hate U Give – 5-6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22. A virtual discussion of “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, the Vermont Reads 2020 book.

This discussion is open to both teens and adults. Families are encouraged to join together! Copies of the book are at the library. Pick one up or call 482-2878 to arrange curbside pick-up. It is also available on Hoopla and Libby.