Register for Our Summer Reading Program!
Denville residents, from pre-readers through children entering 7th grade, come read with us this summer!
Please click here or on the image below to learn more about our Summer Reading Program. Just by reading you can win great weekly and raffle prizes. Reading + cool, free stuff? Sounds good to us! 😀
Email Newsletter
Are you subscribed to our Youth Services Newsletter? Do you want to be? Of course you do! Stay in touch with us to be the first to hear about new programs and activities for children of all ages. We typically send out two newsletters per month during the school year — we are weekly in the summer — so we promise not to clog your inbox!
Are you signed up and still not receiving the newsletter? Please add maryellen.liddy@denvillelibrary.org to your list of contacts.
Please click here to sign up for our newsletter.
Want to see the latest edition of our newsletter? Please click here or on the image below. Thank you!
Read to a Dog!
In honor of National Volunteer Week, we’d like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our very best volunteers … both human and furry! Here are some photos from our Read to a Dog event in early April (to see more, please click here or on the photo of sweet Zoe below). Some of our dogs and human handlers have recently celebrated FOUR YEARS of volunteering at the library for Read to a Dog. Wow!
To Stephanie and Zoe; Turner, Russ, and Jerilyn; Kaelin, Janie, Barbara, and Colleen; Clover and Kristen; and Herschel Walker and Brigitte: THANK YOU for bringing so much joy and happiness to our youngest patrons and making our Read to a Dog program such a success. 
Our dogs will return on Saturday, July 1st at 11:00 am. WOOF!
After School Art: Beauford Delaney & the Harlem Renaissance
In our March After School Art class, we learned about some of the amazing contributions by African-American artists, poets, writers, and musicians during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s to mid-1930s. We specifically focused on the abstract portraits of artist Beauford Delaney. As always, our young artists produced fantastic works of art. We are so proud of you all!
Want to see more of our artwork? Please click here or on the collage below. Thank you!
March Hands-On History: Ancient Egypt!
We learned about Ancient Egypt and made cartouche artwork with our own hieroglyphics!
Please check out more of our amazing artwork by clicking here or on the collage below. Thank you!
Youth Services Calendar
We try to put new events onto our Google Calendar before they appear in the Events page or in any of our newsletters. Please note that this calendar is a work in progress, so some events may change as we go forward.
If you’d like to open a new window with the Google Calendar, please click here.
Sign ups typically occur online about 10-14 days prior to each event. Thank you!
Stop Motion Animation!
Please check out the wonderful Stop Motion Animation movies created by some of our young friends at a recent library program. We are amazed by their creativity!
Just click on the links or images below to view the videos. Thank you!
The Break In by Giada & Brielle
Space Battle by Annie & Chanithu
The Witchy Pop by Olivia & Connie
Salute to Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day, we are proud to salute the local heroes who sacrificed so much to keep us all safe. Please click here or on either image below to see the full photo album and learn more about each of these brave men and women. You can also view our Veterans Day photo display the next time you stop by the library. We owe all our veterans a debt far greater than can ever be repaid. Thank you all for your service.
E-Books for Kids & Teens!
Denville, along with other Morris County libraries, now has access to Tumblebooks.
What is Tumblebooks? It’s a collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eReadAlongs, graphic novels, National Geographic videos, interactive games, and more specifically for children. There are no holds or waiting lists — just access the site and read!
To visit Tumblebooks at home, you’ll need your library card. Please click here or on the image below to get started. Enjoy!
Thank You, Rusty!
Our therapy dog Rusty has visited us for our monthly Read to a Dog program for the past three years. All our kids love Rusty, and all our staff members love Rusty, and pretty much everyone loves Rusty! Rusty has retired from her therapy work and will now get to be a full-time regular dog. She is looking forward to playing in the mud as much as she can!
You can check out some photos from Rusty’s library visits by clicking here or on the picture below.
We will be putting out coloring pages in the children’s library if any of our young friends would like to stop by and make a thank you card for Rusty. Thank you, Rusty, for the many hours you have spent listening to us read and for your constant smiles and joy. And many thanks to Rusty’s parents, Joe and Arlene McCaig, for their tireless support of our Read to a Dog program.
Enjoy your retirement, Rusty! We love you!
