Shabby Doll House Press Author talk: "Log Off" w/Kristen Felicetti & "The Island" w/ Oscar d'Artois & "The Moan Wilds" w/Caroline Rayner

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

A librarian will be offering drop-in tech assistance for phones, laptops, tablets, and e-Readers in the COA Lounge. Bring your questions and device. No appointment needed.

Second Monday of each month.

Join us for a visit to Deckawoo Drive with everyone’s favorite adventure loving pig, Mercy Watson! Newbery Medal winning author Kate DiCamillo will be sharing the stories behind the creation of her early chapter book series, the original Mercy Watson, and the follow up series, Tales from Deckawoo Drive. We will also be celebrating the publication of the final book in the Mercy Watson series!

Mercy is selfish and impulsive, but no matter how much trouble she gets in, Mr. and Mrs. Watson continue to love her and see her in the best possible light. Young readers love to join along in her hilarious adventures, taking comfort in the fact that their parents and guardians will love them no matter what as well. BYOBT – Bring Your Own Buttered Toast!

Kate DiCamillo is the award-winning author of over 30 books for children. She served as the 2014-2015 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress. Several of her books have been turned into movies, and one was even adapted as an opera. She grew up in Florida and currently lives in Minnesota.

This is a self-guided program. Good luck solving the mystery!

Meets first Friday of every month 10:00–11:00 am in the Bowsprit Room on the Library’s Second Level or via Zoom. JULY MEETING MOVED TO 2ND FRIDAY.

How to join- Email ncinnater@clamsnet.org for more information.

Our 2024 Reading Challenge allows you to read books you choose while expanding your horizons. Discuss your choices, have fun, and win prizes!

Categories for the 2024 Reading Challenge

• A Nobel Prize winner.

• An American classic- a book with a great reputation published at least 50 years ago.

• A book set in a time or place you’d like to live your next life (includes time travel).

• A book by a person with a disability. The book does not have to be about a person with a disability.

• A book written by an ancient author, or about an ancient culture.

• A book about Climate Change, fiction or non-fiction.

• A book about animals or a particular species.

• A book you loved & want to re-read, or a book you hated, to see if you feel differently.

• A book you picked up at a little free library or other free book source.

• A book inspired by another book you read.

• A book from the “Staff Picks” section of a library or bookstore.

• A well-reviewed book in your favorite genre.

"Wonderland: A Tale of Hustling Hard and Breaking Even" w/Nicole Treska

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Reading Room.

East End Books Ptown presents: A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime w/ Author & Filmmaker Casey Sherman in Conv. w/Filmmaker Fermin Rojas.

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? Join us to talk with New York Times bestselling author Max Brallier about The Last Kids on Earth, both the book series and the animated series on Netflix. In this virtual event, Max will share how he came up with the different monsters and villains as well as the unique ways that Jack and his friends figure out to defeat them.

Max Brallier is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty books, including the middle-grade series, The Last Kids on Earth. Under the pen name Jack Chabert, Max is the creator and author of the Eerie Elementary series and author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel Poptropica: Mystery of the Map.

This is a self-guided program. Good luck solving the mystery!

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Jamie Brenner "A Novel Summer" in Conv. w/ Jennifer Belle "Swanna in Love"

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q&A, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Award winning and New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse, The Poet X serving as the backdrop to this amazing chat!

The Poet X is about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about.

Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Carnegie medal, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of numerous other titles including Family Lore; With the Fire on High, which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal; and Clap When You Land, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist.

NATURE READINGS: Natural Provincetown in Word with Dennis Minsky

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Provincetown Public Library

Please join us at the Provincetown Library to enjoy nature reflections and essays with PCT Trustee and Provincetown writer Dennis Minsky. With a unique perspective on the special qualities of living on the Outer Cape, especially opportunities to interact with the natural world, enjoy narratives that contemplate human-wildlife interactions and appreciate the value of nature. Reflect on the challenges of giving back and consider what we owe our wild neighbors in a rapidly changing world.

The event is FREE but donations to the PCT are greatly appreciated.

ABOUT DENNIS MINSKY Dennis's career as a field biologist began in 1974, at Cape Cod National Seashore, protecting nesting terns and plovers. He also worked for the Park Service in the Everglades and Big Cypress Preserve, and in southern California for various state and federal agencies. After earning a master’s degree in Biology, he taught Environmental Science in New Jersey for 20 years, returning to the Cape each summer to work for the Center for Coastal Studies, Art’s Dune Tours, and the Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch, where he is still employed as a naturalist.

Dennis Minsky’s writings have appeared on the Cape Cod Notebook segment of WCAI and have been published in the Year-Rounder column in the Provincetown Independent and in the Provincetown Arts magazine. He has been a resident of Provincetown since 1968 and returned fulltime in 2005. Since then, he has been active in the Provincetown Conservation Commission, the Open Space Committee, the Community Preservation Committee, the Tree Advisory Group, and the Provincetown Conservation Trust.

This is a self-guided program. Good luck solving the mystery!

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

Join this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Dan Santat, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. His winning book, A First Time for Everything, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.

Dan Santat began drawing as a young boy and although he first studied microbiology, he pursued his passion in illustration. He spent many hours as a child and teenager teaching himself to draw by copying illustrations from comic books until he developed the unique, recognizable style that we see today. His talk will inspire listeners to draw their own story as well as give them practical tips on the creation of graphic novels.

Dan Santat is a Caldecott Medal winner, a National Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. His artwork is also featured in numerous picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels. Santat created the animated television show, "The Replacements," as well. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.

This is a self-guided program. Good luck solving the mystery!

Be sure to get your READING LOG RAFFLE TICKETS in! Prize winners will be contacted privately.

Adrienne Brodeur "Little Monsters" in Cov. w/Cynthia Newberry Martin "The Art of Her Life" -

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

Dawn Tripp "Jackie" in conv. w/ Sara Divello "Broadway Butterfly"

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

You’re invited to virtually step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur.

Revealing a new perspective into the world of space exploration and the daring astronauts who make it possible, Dr. Levasseur will guide you through the Smithsonian’s Behind the Scenes at the Space Station and take you on a once-in-a-lifetime virtual tour of the International Space Station.

Dr. Jennifer Levasseur is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan (BA, 1999). She received an MA from George Washington University (2002) and a PhD from George Mason University (2014). Her first book, published in 2020, examined the cultural significance of astronaut photography. She is the responsible curator for the Museum's astronaut cameras, chronographs, the Space Shuttle, and International Space Station programs.

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

A librarian will be offering drop-in tech assistance for phones, laptops, tablets, and e-Readers in the COA Lounge. Bring your questions and device. No appointment needed.

Second Monday of each month.

Irena is a former Stanford Admissions Officer who has spent 18 years advising accomplished, tightly-wound students in Palo Alto and around the world. She saw firsthand the extreme measures parents took to help their children gain admission to highly selective colleges and the toll it took on the children as well as on their parents.

Irena Smith is an author, former Stanford admissions officer, independent college counselor, and mother of three extraordinary children. Irena taught literature and composition at UCLA and Stanford before transitioning to college admissions, college advising, and writing. Her recently published memoir, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays is the winner of the Story Circle Network's Gilda Award, named in honor of comedian Gilda Radner to recognize honest, authentic writing that "makes us laugh even when we want to cry."

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in the Puget Sound over 30 years ago.

As she works, Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight tentacles for his human captors—until he forms an unlikely friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. As his affection for Tova grows, Marcellus must use every trick his old, invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.

Charming, compulsively readable, and full of wit, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope–a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible. Register now for a conversation you just don't want to miss!

Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins (US) and Bloomsbury (UK) in Spring 2022 and was an Instant New York Times bestseller and has sold a million and a half copies. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she’s now missing the mountains in the Chicago area with her husband and two children.

Library CLOSED-Provincetown Carnival Parade.

Librarian Courtney will read a story and offer activities for children ages birth to five and their caregivers. Stories, and activities will vary at each program.

Mondays at 10:30 in June, July & August, in the children's area on the second floor.

East End Books Ptown Presents: Melissa Ludtke "Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside" in Conv. w/Provincetown Select Board Member Leslie Sandberg

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

Out in the World: An Lgbtqia+ (and Friends!) Travel Guide w/Mark Jason Williams

This event is hosted by East End Books - registration is through their website: www.eastendbookptown.com

This event will be held in the Marc Jacobs Reading Room.

The Library will be CLOSED for Labor Day. Please plan your library visits accordingly.

A librarian will be offering drop-in tech assistance for phones, laptops, tablets, and e-Readers in the COA Lounge. Bring your questions and device. No appointment needed.

Second Monday of each month.

The Library is CLOSED for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Please plan you library visits accordingly.

The Library is CLOSED for Veterans Day. Please plan your library visits accordingly.

The Library is CLOSED for Thanksgiving. Please plan your Library visits accordingly.

A librarian will be offering drop-in tech assistance for phones, laptops, tablets, and e-Readers in the COA Lounge. Bring your questions and device. No appointment needed.

Second Monday of each month.

The Library is CLOSED for the Christmas holiday, Please plan your library visits accordingly.