Needham Free Public Library

NHS Origami ClubLearn how to do basic origami - for all ages.…Learn More

Program is on Tuesday, April 21. Get ready for spring and summer! Learn to plant and care for with help from the Needham Community Farm. With the right amounts of water, sun and your tender loving care, you'll have pea plants in a few weeks, and then peas to eat.…Learn More

Bring in a broken household item to our Fixit Clinic event and a Repair Coach will help guide you through diagnosing and repair.

Join teachers from Celebree Preschool for a special storytime. Drop in for ages 2 to 5. For more information about Celebree School's programs for infants to preschoolers visit https://www. celebree. com/newton-ma/

Author Daniel Dain - Famous Women in Boston HistoryAs we celebrate America 250, join us to hear about the famous women in our area who shaped history. Sponsored by the Colonel William McIntosh Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolut…Learn More

Ruby the Therapy Dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices! For young readers aged 5 to 12.

Ruby the Therapy Dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices! For young readers aged 5 to 11.

Ruby the Therapy Dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices! For young readers aged 5 to 11.

Ruby the Therapy Dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices! For young readers aged 5 to 12.

Ruby the Therapy Dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices! For young readers aged 5 to 11.

Ruby the Therapy Dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices! For young readers aged 5 to 12.

Joanie Woodward's program joyfully weaves laughter, yoga, mindfulness, deep belly breathing, art, and reading. For children ages 2 to 5 with their caregiver. Start your week off with a mindful note on Monday mornings! Her children’s book “Seven Little Monkeys” was awarded the National Parenting Publications Honors Award and the reason she is a sought after teacher and presenter at the nation's largest Kids Yoga Conference in Washington, D.…Learn More

Come join one of Needham's Community Outreach Clinicians, Tony Serio and our Young Adult Librarian, Erin Bassett as we meet for 2 different back-to back sessions of snacks and facts. We'll be meeting most Mondays after school in the Needham Community Room for Common Ground Conversations and Brain Break Activities (and yes, the snacks will be coming back too).…Learn More

Step into the spotlight with CinemaKidz Taylor Swift Experience, a 6 session series where kids experiment with music production software, create original tracks and explore the storytelling elements that make Taylor Swift's music so relatable and powerful.…Learn More

Friends of the Needham Library Program Committee Meeting

Join a special visitor from the Needham Community for a unique story time. For ages 2 and up.

Join Needham Parks & Recreation for a unique story time. For ages 3 to 5.

Prodigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverOver the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes the lush countryside, this novel's intriguing protagonists—a reclusive wildlife biologist, a young farmer's wife marooned far from home, and a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors—face disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with whom they necessarily share a place.…Learn More

Step into the spotlight with CinemaKidz Taylor Swift Experience, a 6 session series where kids experiment with music production software, create original tracks and explore the storytelling elements that make Taylor Swift's music so relatable and powerful.…Learn More

Calling all coders! Come join our introductory Block Coding Club for 8-12 year olds. We will be using Fiero Club gamified lessons to explore block coding (think Scratch!) as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. The Club meets on Tuesdays at 4 PM.…Learn More

Popular preschool musician Stacey Peasley is live at the Library! Sing and dance along with Stacey. For ages 2 to 6 with their caregiver.

Join us to create a craft. All supplies provided!For children in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

Board of Trustees Meeting - Wednesday, April 15, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

Hugh Hanley has been singing with young children for many years in his work as an early childhood educator, music specialist, and entertainer. His work has helped him gain an understanding of young children as developing music makers. He draws from a wide repertoire of songs, fingerplays, and music activities that are highly engaging.…Learn More

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Evening Book ClubThis month's title: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Designed for children on the autism spectrum and their peers. For ages 2 to 7. Presented by Bierman Autism Centers https://www. biermanautism. com/location/needham-ma/Size is Limited.

Join a Russian Reading Circle with stories, songs, and a craft for children ages 4 to 7. The program is all in Russian.

Meets monthly on the Third Tuesday, September-April.

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers. Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room. Size is limited, registration required.

The Young Adult Librarian, Erin, and her cohort, Matthew, have created a poetry craft for teens! Register for this program to bring home a bag for yourself to be completed on your own time :)Are you somewhere in or between grades 7 and 12? Looking for something fun and creative to do over April Vacation? Feel like doing something "old fashioned"? Want to get into Poetry for Poetry month, but just don't know where to start? Why not register for this fun Poetry Postcard Take and Make Kit?! Make your own poetry on the back of postcards using old book pages, magazines words, or whatever else suits your mood! (examples and some pages/cut-out words will be included.…Learn More

Get ready for spring and summer! Learn to plant and care for with help from the Needham Community Farm. With the right amounts of water, sun and your tender loving care, you'll have pea plants in a few weeks, and then peas to eat. The Farm donates half of the food it grows to neighbors in need.…Learn More

Calling all coders! Come join our introductory Block Coding Club for 8-12 year olds. We will be using Fiero Club gamified lessons to explore block coding (think Scratch!) as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. The Club meets on Tuesdays at 4 PM.…Learn More

Cup & Chaucer - Poetry Writing Workshop with Anne Nydam, Needham's Poet LaureateAs a bonus for National Poetry Month, the Needham Public Library is hosting a writing workshop with Needham’s poet laureate, Anne Nydam, on Wednesday, April 22 at 12:00 noon in the library’s Community Room.…Learn More

Jump, climb, and slide your way through a whimsical, sugary world! Master your parkour skills by navigating challenging stages and playful obstacles, such as a sea of chocolate, spiraling candy canes, and floating gummy bears. This delightful adventure is perfect for players of all skill levels.…Learn More

Needham Housing Coalition - Not a library sponsored event

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Music at the Blissful Classes are specifically designed to help babies and toddlers work on their physical development, social development, language development and spatial awareness. A safe environment for babies and toddlers to learn and explore while keeping stress levels low.…Learn More

A storytime in Chinese to promote reading, speaking and learning about Chinese culture. For ages 2 to 5 with an adult.

Join librarian Elise for 45 minutes of songs, stories, and movement! For children ages 3 through 6.

Come join one of Needham's Community Outreach Clinicians, Tony Serio and our Young Adult Librarian, Erin Bassett as we meet for 2 different back-to back sessions of snacks and facts. We'll be meeting most Mondays after school in the Needham Community Room for Common Ground Conversations and Brain Break Activities (and yes, the snacks will be coming back too).…Learn More

Become director, actor, cinematographer, and editor with CinemaKidz. Use professional equipment and technology to create completely original video projects. Participants will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, act in, and edit together.…Learn More

Board Meeting of the Friends of the Needham Public Library.

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers. Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room. Size is limited, registration required.

The Needham Community Council, in partnership with the Needham Free Public Library, the Council on Aging, Needham Youth & Family Services, and the Needham Public Health Division, is pleased to announce the launch of monthly Memory Cafés that are open to the public (pre-registration requested but not required).…Learn More

Calling all coders! Come join our introductory Block Coding Club for 8-12 year olds. We will be using Fiero Club gamified lessons to explore block coding (think Scratch!) as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. The Club meets on Tuesdays at 4 PM.…Learn More

Annual Christian Scientist Lecture - Healing with Joy: Discovering the Power of LoveSponsored by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Needham…Learn More

A story and dancing for children ages 1 to 5. With Joanne Langione Dance Center https://jldancecenter. com/specialevents/

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Join Ms. Emily from Charles River Ballet Academy for a morning of creative dance, with stretching, ballet positions, and dance games as we bring a ballet story to life through dance. For children aged 2 and up with a caregiver. Charles River Ballet Academy, Needham’s classical ballet school, offers classes for children and adults at its Needham Center studios.…Learn More

Wildflower Decoupage Wine Bottle Lights with Rachelle Toth for ages 18+Learn to decoupage a wine bottle with flowers and leaves. Next, you’ll add lights and be amazed by the final result. This program is for adults onlyFor ages 18+. Limit: 20This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Needham Public Library.…Learn More

Shakespeare's Queens: an original one woman show by Poornima KirbyShakespeare grew up under the reign of Elizabeth I, a mercurial, intelligent, powerful queen whose influence is written across many of Shakespeare’s finest female characters. Whether in his dangerous siren-queens like Lady Macbeth and Margaret, or in playful, wayward leaders like Portia and Kate, or in redemptive characters like Hermione and Miranda, Shakespeare seems fascinated by how each of these women wielded power and made choices.…Learn More

Join librarian Elise for 45 minutes of songs, stories, and movement! For children ages 3 through 6.

Become director, actor, cinematographer, and editor with CinemaKidz. Use professional equipment and technology to create completely original video projects. Participants will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, act in, and edit together.…Learn More

Become director, actor, cinematographer, and editor with CinemaKidz. Use professional equipment and technology to create completely original video projects. Participants will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, act in, and edit together.…Learn More

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers. Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room. Size is limited, registration required.

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Join teachers from Celebree Preschool for a special storytime. Drop in for ages 2 to 5. For more information about Celebree School's programs for infants to preschoolers visit https://www. celebree. com/newton-ma/

Join librarian Elise for 45 minutes of songs, stories, and movement! For children ages 3 through 6.

Become director, actor, cinematographer, and editor with CinemaKidz. Use professional equipment and technology to create completely original video projects. Participants will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, act in, and edit together.…Learn More

Join Needham Police for a unique story time. For ages 3 to 5.

Sudden Sea: the Great Hurricane of 1938 by R. A. ScottiThe massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.…Learn More

Board of Trustees Meeting - May 12, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

Meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of each month

Meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Music at the Blissful Classes are specifically designed to help babies and toddlers work on their physical development, social development, language development and spatial awareness. A safe environment for babies and toddlers to learn and explore while keeping stress levels low.…Learn More

Newman Preschool Prom

Boston Modern Quilt Guild Meeting

Joanie Woodward's program joyfully weaves laughter, yoga, mindfulness, deep belly breathing, art, and reading. For children ages 2 to 5 with their caregiver. Start your week off with a mindful note on Monday mornings! Her children’s book “Seven Little Monkeys” was awarded the National Parenting Publications Honors Award and the reason she is a sought after teacher and presenter at the nation's largest Kids Yoga Conference in Washington, D.…Learn More

Become director, actor, cinematographer, and editor with CinemaKidz. Use professional equipment and technology to create completely original video projects. Participants will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, act in, and edit together.…Learn More

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers. Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room. Size is limited, registration required.

Needham Community Collective

Popular preschool musician Stacey Peasley is live at the Library! Sing and dance along with Stacey. For ages 2 to 6 with their caregiver.

Hugh Hanley has been singing with young children for many years in his work as an early childhood educator, music specialist, and entertainer. His work has helped him gain an understanding of young children as developing music makers. He draws from a wide repertoire of songs, fingerplays, and music activities that are highly engaging.…Learn More

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Evening Book ClubThis month's title: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

Friends of the Library Spring Booksale Set up Days

Drop in the Snack Center in the Children's Room for a Family Craft. Ages 0 to 12. Ages 0 to 5 with an adult.

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers. Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room. Size is limited, registration required.

The Needham Community Council, in partnership with the Needham Free Public Library, the Council on Aging, Needham Youth & Family Services, and the Needham Public Health Division, is pleased to announce the launch of monthly Memory Cafés that are open to the public (pre-registration requested but not required).…Learn More

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Friends of the Needham Public Library Spring Book Sale - May 29-31, 2026

Friends of the Needham Public Library Spring Book Sale - May 29-31, 2026

Friends of the Needham Public Library Spring Book Sale - May 29-31, 2026

Friends of the Library Spring Booksale Tear Down Day

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room. Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 to 11. Younger children are not allowed in the room during Lego time.

Board of Trustees Meeting - June 9, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

Board Meeting of the Friends of the Needham Public Library.

Evening Book ClubThis month's title: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Needham Community Council, in partnership with the Needham Free Public Library, the Council on Aging, Needham Youth & Family Services, and the Needham Public Health Division, is pleased to announce the launch of monthly Memory Cafés that are open to the public (pre-registration requested but not required).…Learn More