The Library's VolunTeens will meet to rehearse for an upcoming puppet show. Details will be announced about the show's date and time.

    Poetry Workshop based on The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Participants will be given direction in writing their own poetry in their journals. The participants will be given the freedom to choose their own style and themes for these poems. After the participants have had sufficient time to write their poems, they will have the opportunity to share them with the group. The Pawling Library is honored to have been selected as one of 58 libraries nationwide to take part in the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for underserved teens. These competitive grants are offered by the American Library Association (ALA) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Library has received two Great Stories Grants and will be partnering with Camino al Éxito to bring teens age 13 & up a book discussion series in English & Spanish. Taller de Poesía basado en de El Poeta X de Elizabeth Acevedo. Los participantes recibirán instrucciones para escribir su propia poesía en sus diarios. Los participantes tendrán la...

        Join us for a fun evening of boards games and the Library’s Nintendo Switch! Hang out with your friends and try a new game or two! For 5th grade and up. Registration required.

Join us at the table as our dungeon master, Chris Fisher, guides six adventurers through a fantastical adventure using the Old School Essentials RPG system, a roleplaying game rules set that is a restatement of the original Dungeons and Dragons game from the 80's. Will you play a warrior?  A thief?  An elf?  A dwarf?  What sort of magical treasure will you find in the forgotten caves and caverns?  Find out by joining us for this exciting monthly program for grades 5 & up! Space is limited and registration is required.

        Create your own Zombie Barbie as we get into the Halloween spirit! We’ll have old dolls for you to transform with paint, markers, glitter, and glue! For grade 5 & up Registration is required. If you have old dolls you would like to transform,  please bring them in!  Additional Crafternoon dates: November 8th; December 1st.

    Participants will have read Anger is a Gift  by Mark Oshiro prior to the meeting.  The discussion will be led bilingually to accommodate all participants. We will use the incidents in the book to address wider issues that the participants may have experienced or feel passionate about. If they are comfortable with the idea, the teens can share entries from their journals. At the end of the program, the teens will be given the third book. The Pawling Library is honored to have been selected as one of 58 libraries nationwide to take part in the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for underserved teens. These competitive grants are offered by the American Library Association (ALA) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Library has received two Great Stories Grants and will be partnering with Camino al Éxito to bring teens age 13 & up a book discussion series in English & Spanish. Los participantes habrán leído La Ira es un Regalo de Mark Oshiro antes de...