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The Delaware Valley Raptor Center, which rescues and rehabilitates injured birds, will be here with live birds of prey (raptors, owls, and more)!

Kids in grades K-6, please visit us on Wednesday, August 1st at 3:30 pm to see these awesome creatures in person and learn about the Center’s conservation efforts.

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Denville residents ONLY may sign up beginning Monday, July 16th.

Residents of all neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, July 18th. Early registrations from non-Denville residents will be canceled. Thank you for respecting our policy!

This program is full. Thank you!

Mad Science is visiting us at the Denville Town Hall (1 St. Mary’s Place) on Thursday, August 2nd at 3:30 pm for their Fire & Ice show.

Kids in grades K-6, please join us for experiments with air pressure, flash paper, dry ice, and so much more!

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Denville residents ONLY may sign up beginning Monday, July 16th.

Residents of all neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, July 18th. Early registrations from non-Denville residents will be canceled. Thank you for respecting our policy!

This program is full. Thank you!

This program is rescheduled from the original June date. If you were signed up for the June program, you are already pre-registered and don’t need to do anything else. Thank you!

Kids of all ages (who aren’t afraid of snakes and scaly things!), please join us on Thursday, August 2nd at 6:30 pm as Rizzo’s Reptiles visits the library.

Learn about our reptilian friends, see snakes and lizards up close, and discover easy conservation measures you can take to keep our communities clean and safe for all our residents … human and slithery alike!

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up now!

You asked, we are making it happen.  The first, second and third Fridays from 10 – 12, we  will be hosting a Mah Jong game.  For experienced players only. If you have a Mah Jong set, please bring it.  No registration necessary.

Join us in the Library’s air conditioned theater for a screening of  Into the Woods.  (PG).  A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.  No registration necessary.

Woof! Our certified therapy dogs are back for another visit!

Zoe, Herschel Walker, Clover, Janie, Annie, Oreo, and Turner would love to meet you at Read to a Dog on Saturday, August 4th from 11:00 am to Noon. This is a family program open to all ages and all reading abilities, including pre-readers.

If you can read a picture or chapter book, great! If you can show our doggies the pictures in your book, great! Our therapy dogs are happy either way. Come read with us!

We welcome drop-ins but are also delighted if you register first. Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Kids ages 5-10, we’re super excited to have Garden Arts for Kids join us on Monday, August 6th at 10:30 am.

We’ll listen to the magical sounds of the Renaissance while we plant our own gardens to take home!

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Kids of all ages are welcome at our Build a Tiger! program on Monday, August 6th at 6:00 pm.

We will build 15″ stuffed tigers to take home and keep. The tigers have zip closures, so no sewing is required. We’ll also share some stories and songs.

Space is limited to 25 children. When you register, please only count children who are building a tiger (not caregivers) in your registration total.

*** Because of the cost associated with each stuffed friend, we are requiring a $5.00 deposit (cash or check made payable to Denville Library) to confirm your spot for this program. Your deposit must be received at the library by 9 pm on Monday, July 30th, or we will cancel your registration. We will return your deposit when you attend the program. If you cancel within 48 hours of the program or fail to attend, we will keep your deposit to reimburse the library for the unused materials. We will email all registrants with complete instructions. Thank you! ***

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Denville residents ONLY may sign up beginning  Monday, July 23rd.

Residents of all neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, July 25th. Early registrations from non-Denville residents will be canceled. Thank you for respecting our policy!

Are you too young to volunteer at the library but still want to help make our Denville community — and the whole world! — a kinder place? We have just the program for you!

Kindness Club is back again this summer for kids in grades K-6. Each session will have a different project and an individual registration.

On Tuesday, August 7th at 3:30 pm, please join us as we make posters for the adoptable dogs and cats at Ms. Maryellen’s shelter, Liberty Humane Society in Jersey City. Spread a little kindness with us!

Please register on the RSVP button below so we can make sure we have enough supplies for everyone. Thank you!

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This month we will be discussing Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies.  The book group is currently not accepting new members.  For more information please contact Librarian Ilene Lefkowitz.  No registration required.

What are rocks made of? Where did fossils come from? Let’s find out!

Kids in grades 3-6, please join us on Thursday, August 9th at 3:30 pm for a Rocking Good Time.

We have a traveling trunk from the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, which contains 25 different rocks, minerals, and fossils. We’ll learn what archaeologists do and discover more about these cool items by viewing them through magnifying loupes.

Please register on the RSVP button below. See you soon!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up now!

You asked, we are making it happen.  The first, second and third Fridays from 10 – 12, we  will be hosting a Mah Jong game.  For experienced players only. If you have a Mah Jong set, please bring it.  No registration necessary.

Join us in the Library’s air conditioned theater for a screening of  The Greatest Showman.  (PG).  Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. No registration necessary.

This session is full. Thank you!

Ages 2-6, please visit us on Monday, August 13th for Dino-Land!

We are transforming our meeting room into a life-sized Dino-Land board game with dinosaurs, dino tracks, prizes, and fun!

You are registering for the 10:00 am session.

Please sign up below. Thank you!

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Denville residents ONLY may sign up beginning Wednesday, August 1st.

Residents of all neighboring communities may sign up beginning Friday, August 3rd. Early registrations from non-Denville residents will be canceled. Thank you for respecting our policy!

This session is full. Thank you!

Ages 2-6, please visit us on Monday, August 13th for Dino-Land!

We are transforming our meeting room into a life-sized Dino-Land board game with dinosaurs, dino tracks, prizes, and fun!

You are registering for the 11:00 am session.

Please sign up below. Thank you!

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Denville residents ONLY may sign up beginning Wednesday, August 1st.

Residents of all neighboring communities may sign up beginning Friday, August 3rd. Early registrations from non-Denville residents will be canceled. Thank you for respecting our policy!

Edible Art is full. Thank you!

Creative Edible Art returns on Monday, August 13th at 6:30 pm for a fun igloo project.

Ages 6-12, we will transform marshmallows, icing, and sweet treats into a frosty scene.

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, August 1st. 

Come and join our informal daytime knitting and crocheting group.  We meet the second and the last Tuesday of the month.  Bring your needles, hooks, yarn and let’s get crafty!

• If you wish to learn to knit please bring a skein of light colored bulky yarn and size 9 or 10 knitting needles

• If you wish to learn to crochet please bring a skein of light colored bulky yarn and a size I, K or M crochet hook.

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Get ready for the Fall with Bullet Journaling!  Learn a new way to get organized. Designed to be as flexible as you need, this system could be the answer to all those pieces of papers with scribbled notes stashed in your wallet/bag/pockets. This notebook could replace your to-do list, your calendar, your sketchbook, and your journal. It can be any or all of those things. If you want to try a new way to organize your life join us as we explore the basics of bullet journaling. Bring a notebook (any size) and a favorite pen.  Additional supplies will be provided (Markers, colored pencils, etc) If you already keep a bullet journal, please come and share your experience.

This program is full. Thank you!

Our wonderful pottery instructor, Ms. Mary, is back for another visit!

Ages 7-12, please join us on Wednesday, August 15th at 10:00 am for Pottery for Kids. Each child will get personal instruction as they use the pottery wheel to throw clay and create a bowl to take home. We’ll also do handbuilding clay projects while we wait for our turn on the wheel.

Space is limited, so please RSVP below. Thank you!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, August 1st.

This program is full. Thank you!

Our wonderful pottery instructor, Ms. Mary, is back for another visit!

Ages 7-12, please join us on Wednesday, August 15th at 11:00 am for Pottery for Kids. Each child will get personal instruction as they use the pottery wheel to throw clay and create a bowl to take home. We’ll also do handbuilding clay projects while we wait for our turn on the wheel.

Space is limited, so please RSVP below. Thank you!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, August 1st.

Kids in grades 4-8, please join Ms. Melanie on Thursday, August 16th at 3:30 pm for a very special Acting Class!

We will play improvisational games, practice different acting skills, and learn a monologue to perform in front of our friends.

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up beginning Wednesday, August 1st.

You asked, we are making it happen.  The first, second and third Fridays from 10 – 12, we  will be hosting a Mah Jong game.  For experienced players only. If you have a Mah Jong set, please bring it.  No registration necessary.