Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are made possible by the Friends of the Library.
Director’s Corner: Library Project Update – The design team is thrilled to announce that the generator and transformer are currently onsite, and the new elevator will be delivery is imminent. For the latest on the building project including an update presented to the Select Board at their 9/8/26 meeting, please visit Library Building Project.
Ellen Rainville, Library Director
Annual Magazine Giveaway Signup begins on October 1st! Each fall we discard our oldest issues of magazines to make room for the incoming year, and we offer these discarded titles first to our patrons before we recycle them. We continue this tradition this year and will begin taking orders for our 2025 issues on Thursday, October 1st! If you would like any particular titles, contact Bari Pender, bpender@westfordma.gov or by calling Information Services at 978-399-2304. This giveaway is “first come, first served”. Titles will be ready in December and you will be notified when your titles are ready to pick up.
Adult Programs
Monday Mystery Book Club: Monday, September 28th at 2:30 p.m. in person at Roudenbush, 3rd floor. The Mystery Book Club will discuss Y Is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton. Copies are available at Main Desk. The ebook and audiobook are available to download from Libby. Drop-ins welcome. Email lernick@westfordma.gov for details!
Adult Nonfiction Book Club: Tuesday, October 6th, at 6:30 p.m, 515 Groton Rd.
We will discuss Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore. Copies are available at Main Desk. The ebook and audiobook are available to download from Libby and Hoopla. No registration required. Drop-ins are welcome! Email Bari Pender at bpender@westfordma.gov for more information.
Virtual Job Search Help for 50 & OVER – Using Artificial Intelligence: Wednesday, October 7, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (please note time change) The Massachusetts Library Collaborative’s 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on biweekly the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., via Zoom. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your “Encore Career”, this networking group program is perfect for you! Take advantage of these free, weekly skill-building and networking group meetings. A new topic will be covered at each meeting. Register here.
Adult Book Club – Thursday, October 8th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
We’ll discuss The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. Copies are available at the Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are available to download from Libby and Hoopla. Join a lively group of readers to discuss fiction and nonfiction titles (we alternate each month)! Email Kristina Leedberg at kleedberg@westfordma.gov for more information.
Virtual – Even More Haunted Lighthouses of New England with Author Jeremy D’Entremont, Monday, October 26th, at 7:00PM Lighthouses and ghost stories often seem to go hand in hand. In the past, Jeremy has discussed the lovelorn spirit known as Ernie at Connecticut’s New London Ledge Light and the piano playing ghost of Maine’s Seguin Light, among others as well as about the mysterious Woman in White in the Isles of Shoals and the spirit of a drowned lighthouse keeper at Penfield Reef in Connecticut. This time, who knows what fascinating and haunting tales Jeremy will come up with. This program is brought to you in collaboration with the Ashland, Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries, as well as a multitude of additional MA & NH Libraries. Register here.
Staff Recommends: The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon “A thrilling historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine who risked everything to protect her people against the powerful Elizabethan regime. Grace O’Malley was born to be at sea. Raised alongside her brother by their father, chief of the name of clan O’Malley, Grace learns early that her dreams of the open water are not compatible with the life she’s expected to lead as the daughter of a noble family. And when her father marries her to the wrong man, a neighboring chief named Donhal, Grace’s world shifts for the worse. Undaunted, Grace raises a family without abandoning her passion, aiding her hot-tempered husband in his campaigns against rival tribes. Eventually ousted from her husband’s land in the wake of his death, Grace returns to her childhood home and begins her career as a pirate in earnest, claiming new territories and finding deeper love, only to see her livelihood threatened by English incursions into Ireland, and her family endangered in an attempt to check her power.”
Youth Services Programs
Three & Up Storytime: Tuesday, September 29, 10:30—11:15 a.m., Roudenbush – 3rd floor Join us Tuesday mornings for our preschool storytime full of interactive stories, rhymes, fingerplays, puppets, and songs. This storytime program, designed for children ages 3 to 6, promotes reading readiness and early literacy skills. Registration is recommended to receive both weekly reminder emails and updates in case of program changes. When you sign up, you are registered for the entire 8-week Three & Up Storytime session. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
YA Craft Lounge: Tuesday, September 29, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Roudenbush, 3rd floor. For ages 11-18. Join us for an open-ended craft session! We will provide different supplies for you to use, or you can bring in your own project to work on! Craft supplies are limited and vary by session. Please consider wearing clothes you don’t mind getting messy. Registration is required .
Time for Tots Storytime: Wednesday, September 30, 10:30-11:00 a.m. Roudenbush – 3rd floor Our Time for Tots Storytime is a 30-minute interactive story time experience for our young library users and their caregivers. Join us for stories, songs, movements, and puppets that are developmentally appropriate for children from 15 months to 3 years of age. Enjoy time together with fellow parents, caregivers and little ones to learn, play and develop language, early literacy, and motor skills. Come prepared to sit on the floor one-on-one with your toddler. This program is designed for little ones who are on the move. Registration is recommended to receive both weekly reminder emails and updates in case of program changes. When you sign up, you are registered for the entire 8-week Time to Tots storytime session. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
Baby Lapsit: Thursday, October 1, 10:30-11:00 a.m., Roudenbush – 3rd floor Baby Lapsit is a 25-minute interactive story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregiver. Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, puppets, and bounces that are developmentally appropriate for children from birth to when they begin walking. This Lapsit program is just for you and the baby! Enjoy time together with other parents, caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language, early literacy, and motor skills. Come prepared to sit on the floor one-on-one with your baby in your lap. This program is designed for newborns through pre-walking babies. Registration is recommended to receive both reminder emails and updates in case of program changes. When you register, you are registered for the entire 8-week Baby Lapsit session. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
YA Felted Flytrap: Monday, October 5, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Roudenbush, Room 105. For ages 13-18. Join Pop Up Art School to make this adorably terrifying carnivorous plant! Using colorful wool and a special barbed needle, you will sculpt a fun green carnivorous plant complete with fangs and a bright red tongue, all rooted in a real terra-cotta pot. This playful needle felting project is a great introduction to a unique, tactile craft and results in a finished piece that’s equal parts quirky, cute, and display-worthy. Registration is required.
Kindergarten Book Club: Tuesday, October 6, 4:00-4:45 p.m. ,515 Groton Rd.
Join us for a lively discussion, a snack, and a fun book-related activity!
* Please note that you are registering for all three book club meetings.
The book for the first meeting is available in the Children’s Room. The next book will be available at the first meeting on Tuesday, October 6th and the final book at the meeting on Tuesday, November 3rd. If you miss a meeting, you can pick up the book at the desk in the Children’s Room. We are asking all participants to bring along a reusable water bottle to all three meetings to stay hydrated and reduce our plastic usage. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
The books will be:
10/6 – Knight Owl /Christopher Denise
11/3 – Milky Way / Marion Dane Bauer.
12/1 – Flubby is Not a Good Pet / J.E. Morris
2nd Grade Book Club: Wednesday, October 7, 4:00-4:45 p.m. 515 Groton Rd.
Join us for a lively discussion, a snack, and a fun book-related activity!
* Please note that you are registering for all three book club meetings.
The book for the first meeting is available in the Children’s Room. The next book will be available at the first meeting on Wednesday, October 7th and the final book at the meeting on Wednesday, November 4th. If you miss a meeting, you can pick up the book at the desk in the Children’s Room. We are asking all participants to bring along a reusable water bottle to all three meetings to stay hydrated and reduce our plastic usage. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
The books will be:
10/7 – Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home / A. R. Capetta.
11/4 – Bunny and Clyde On the Lam / Megan McDonald.
12/2 – Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows / Asia Citro.
1st Grade Book Club: Tuesday, October 13, 4:00-4:45 p.m., 515 Groton Rd.
Join us for a lively discussion, a snack, and a fun book-related activity!
* Please note that you are registering for all three book club meetings.
The book for the first meeting is available in the Children’s Room. The next book will be available at the first meeting on Tuesday, October 13th and the final book at the meeting on Tuesday, November 10th. If you miss a meeting, you can pick up the book at the desk in the Children’s Room. We are asking all participants to bring along a reusable water bottle to all three meetings to stay hydrated and reduce our plastic usage. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
The books will be:
10/13 – Night Owl Night / Susan Edwards Richmond.
11/10 – Night Sky / Marion Dane Bauer.
12/8 – Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube / Kerry Aradhya.
Crypt-Kids Book Club: Wednesday, October 28, 4:00 p.m., 515 Groton Rd. Just in time for Halloween, join Miss Hannah for a one-time Crypt-Kids book club meeting where we will explore weird and creepy things. Enjoy a snack and create a creepy craft while we talk about Troubling Tonsils, one of Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales! by Aaron Reynolds. Read…if you dare!
We are asking all participants to bring along a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated and reduce our plastic usage. Registration is required. For ages 7-10. Copies of Troubling Tonsils will be available for pick up beginning Monday, October 5th at the Children’s Room desk. Questions? Please email us at youthservices@westfordma.gov.
If you have questions or need assistance, please call us at 978-399-2300 or send us an email at westfordlibrary@westfordma.gov
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