Checkout all the events we have scheduled for May. We’ve added some new ones!

* Book Club for Adults-Join us 5/26 at 2:30pm for our Book Club for adults! Join us upstairs of the Library for a discussion of this month’s book and to meet local author Ellen Marie Wiseman (books available for pickup at the circulation desk now!) and to choose next month’s read.

*Crafternoon-5/2 from 3-6pm children and their caregivers are invited to join us in making spring crafts. Stations will be setup for a self-guided approach. While supplies last.

*Power Point Party-Homeschoolers are welcome to teach a “class” via power point to library patrons and staff. Call the library to sign-up to lead the 1st session.

*Story Hour-In person story hour at 10am on Wednesdays. Pre-K kids and their families are invited to join us for a story, craft and more! Call the library at (315)384-3052 with any questions

*Anime Club-Anime club for tweens, teens and young adults. 5/9 and 5/.91 from 3-5pm

*Knitting and Crochet Group:-Meets 5/11 at 630 pm. All skill levels welcome!

*Memorial Day Closure-Closed 5/30/2022 in observance of Memorial Day

*Board Games Night:-5/12 from 5-7pm, play our games or bring your own!

*Homeschool Hangout-Homeschool families are invited to join us for a small project and “hangout” 5/10 and 5/24 @ 2pm

In the month of April…

-Story HourIn person story hour at 10am on Wednesdays. Pre-K kids and their families are invited to join us for a story, craft and more! Call the library at (315)384-3052 with any questions

-Knitting and Crochet Group Join us on 4/6 from 6:30-7:30, all skill levels welcome. Bring your project! We will try to meet monthly. Beginners welcome as some instruction is available.

-Anime Club, Anime club for tweens, teens and young adults. 4/7 and 4/21 from 3-5pm

-Adirondack Raptors, Mark Manske and his Adirondack Raptors will be at the library 4/9 at 10am. Check out www.adirondackraptors.org for more information

-Home School Open House,Homeschooling families are invited to join us for an introduction to resources available through the library and open discussion. 4/11 from 5-7pm

-Crafternoon,4/19 from 3-5pm children and their caregivers are invited to join us in making spring crafts. Stations will be setup for a self-guided approach. While supplies last.-Board of Trustees meeting4/20 @ 4pm

-Read to a Therapy Dog, Drop in and practice your reading skills! 4/21 from 10-noon and 4/22 from 2-4pm

-Book Club for Adults, Join us 4/27 at 2:30pm for our Book Club for adults! Join us upstairs of the Library for a discussion of this month’s book (available for pickup at the circulation desk now!) and to choose next month’s read.

Our March Calendar of events is ready!

-Story Hour, In person story hour at 10am on Wednesdays. Pre-K kids and their families are invited to join us for a story, craft and more! Call the library at (315)384-3052 with any questions

-Knitting and Crochet Group, Join us on 3/2 from 6:30-7:30, all skill levels welcome. Bring your project! We will try to meet monthly

-Anime Club, Anime club for tweens, teens and young adults. We will meet, watch some episodes of Anime and have fun discussions. 3/10 and 3/24 from 3-5pm

-Board Game Night, RESCHEDULED from 2/25/22. Join us for board games & fun from 5-7pm on 3/18

-Book Club for Adults, Join us 3/23 at 2:30pm for our Book Club for adults! Join us upstairs of the Library for a discussion of this month’s book (available for pickup at the circulation desk now!) and to choose next month’s read.

The Hepburn Library of Norfolk will be closed 2/21/22 in observation of Presidents’ Day

Adult Fiction/ YA Fiction

Quicksilver / Dean Koontz.

Seasonal work : stories / Laura Lippman.

Easter bonnet murder / Leslie Meier.

Abandoned in death / J.D. Robb.

Adult Non-Fiction

Play + learn activities for babies : 65 simple ways to promote growth and development from birth to two years old / Hannah Fathi.

The budget-savvy wedding planner & organizer : checklists, worksheets, and essential tools to plan the perfect wedding on a small budget / Jessica Bishop.

You don’t know us Negroes and other essays / Zora Neale Hurston ; edited and with an introduction by Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Picture Books

Groundhog day / by Gail Gibbons.

5-minute Marvel stories.

Where’s Bluey? : a search-and-find book / illustrated by Nick Rees.

Dino pajama party : a bedtime book / written by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Michael Robertson.

Juvenile Fiction/ Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction

Encanto : the deluxe junior novelization / adapted by Angela Cervantes.

DVDs

The Addams family 2 [DVD] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures presents ; in association with Bron Creative ; a Jackal Group/Glickmania production.

Fantastic beasts. The crimes of Grindelwald [DVD] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Heyday Films production ; a David Yates film ;

Spencer [DVD] / Neon and Topic Studios present ; a Komplizen Film production ; a Fabula production ; a Shoebox Films production ; in association with FilmNation Entertainment.

Board game night, Story hour for Pre-K kids, Anime Club for tweens, teens and young adults, and an Adult book club are being offered at the Hepburn Library of Norfolk in February.

-In-person story hour with a story and craft will be held on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. for Pre-K kids and their families.

-Anime club for tweens, teens and young adults to meet, watch Anime episodes and have fun discussions will take place Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 from 3-5 p.m.

-Board of Trustees meeting on February 16th @ 4pm

-The Book club for adults will be Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss this month’s book, available for pickup at the library.

-Board game night will be Feb. 25 from 5-7 p.m. with board games and popcorn. Bring your own game or play the ones at the library

We’d always like to be open and available for our community- but dangerous conditions due to weather sometimes force us to close.

these closures can be found on our social media sites, and on local news channels. When possible, give us a call before heading out.

(315)382-3052

Adult Fiction/ YA Fiction

Everything we didn’t say : a novel / Nicole Baart.

The last house on the street / Diane Chamberlain.

An Amish quilting bee : three stories / Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller, Shelley Shepard Gray.STOLEN HOURS

The stolen hours / Allen Eskens.

Observations by gaslight : stories from the world of Sherlock Holmes / Lyndsay Faye.

One step too far : a novel / Lisa Gardner.

It ends with us / Colleen Hoover.

The Winter Guest.

Lightning in a mirror / Jayne Ann Krentz.

The horsewoman : a novel / James Patterson & Mike Lupica.

The library of lost and found / Phaedra Patrick.

The maid : a novel / Nita Prose.

Our country friends : a novel / Gary Shteyngart.

Invisible : a novel / Danielle Steel.

Girl giant and the Monkey King / Van Hoang ; illustrated by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien.

Girl giant and the Jade War / Van Hoang ; illustrated by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien.

Gilded / Marissa Meyer.

Adult Non-Fiction

Baby steps millionaires : how ordinary people built extraordinary wealth-and how you can too / Dave Ramsey.

The defense lawyer : the Barry Slotnick story / James Patterson and Benjamin Wallace.

Wildcat : the untold story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West’s most nororious woman bandit / John Boessenecker.

The disaster-ready home : a step-by-step emergency preparedness manual for sheltering in place / Creek Stewart, author of Survival Hacks ; [photographs by Creek Stewart].

Taste of home. Instant Pot, air fryer & slow cooker cookbook / Gina Homolka with Heather K. Jones, R.D.

Let’s do dinner

Healthy & delicious Instant Pot : inspired meals with a world of flavor / America’s Test Kitchen.

A bake for all seasons / with recipes by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith & the bakers.

Taste of home. Everyday sheet pan : 150 recipes for weeknight ease.

Farmhouse : reimagining the classic American icon / editors of Fine Homebuilding.

Seasons : 100 ways to be cozy all year long / Liz Marie Galvan ; photography by Anna Vanderberg.

Churchill’s shadow : the life and afterlife of Winston Churchill / Geoffrey Wheatcroft.

Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers [compact disc] : the Texas victory that changed American history / Brian Kilmeade.

Picture Books

Happy Trollsmas! / [by Kurt Estes ; illustrated by Fabio Laguna and Marco Lesko].

Time to use the potty : a potty training book for boys and girls / author, Fiona Munro ; illustrator, Louise Angelicas.

All about Bluey / Ludo Studio Pty Ltd.

Penguins don’t wear sweaters! / Marikka Tamura ; illustrated by Daniel Rieley.

Hot cocoa calm / Kira Willey, Anni Betts.

Friendly frenzy / Tedd Arnold.

Clifford the big red dog : the movie graphic novel / adapted by Georgia Ball ; illustrated by Chi Ngo.

Oscar the hungry unicorn / Lou Carter, Nikki Dyson.

Dogs at work : good dogs. real jobs. / written by Margaret Cardillo ; illustrated by Zachariah OHora.

Yes & no / Elisha Cooper.

Good dog Carl’s valentine / Alexandra Day.

Pete the kitty. Wash your hands / by Kimberly and James Dean.

The rabbit listened / by Cori Doerrfeld.

Nancy’s fancy heirloom / adapted by Nancy Parent ; illustrations by the Disney Storybook Art Team.

The day the holidays blew away / written by Maureen Llewellyn; illustrated by Olga Kutuzova.d

The little forest keepers / by Mary Lundquist.

Happy springtime! / Kate McMullan ; pictures by Sujean Rim.

The legend of the Christmas witch / Dan Murphy & Aubrey Plaza ; illustrated by Julia Iredale.

Group hug / written by Jean Reidy; illustrated by Joey Chou.

Love you by heart / Peter H. Reynolds.

Except Antarctica / Todd Sturgell.

Hello Ninja. Hello stage fright / by N.D. Wilson; pictures by Forrest Dickison.

The year we learned to fly / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Rafael López.

Juvenile Fiction/ Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction

Kwanzaa / by Dr. Artika R. Tyner.

The horse encyclopedia for kids / Ethan Pembroke.

The big book of amazing LEGO creations with brick you already have : 75+ brand-new vehicles, robots, dragons, castles, games and other projects for endless creative play / Sarah Dees.

What Isabella wanted : Isabella Stewart Gardner builds a museum / by Candace Fleming ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell.

Trophy buck / by Art Coulson ; illustrated by Johanna Tarkela.

Lure of the lake / by Art Coulson ; illustrated by Gregor Forster.

Snow sisters. The enchanted waterfall / by Astrid Foss ; illustrated by Monique Dong.

Snow sisters. The silver secret / Astrid Foss ; illustrated by Monique Dong.

Snow sisters. The crystal rose / by Astrid Foss ; illustrated by Monique Dong.

Snow sisters. The frozen rainbow / by Astrid Foss ; illustrated by Monique Dong.

Sunny makes a splash / Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm ; with color by Lark Pien.

Babymouse. Tales from the locker : whisker wizard / Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm.puppy place

The Puppy place. Lily / Ellen Miles.

Sunlight on the snow leopard / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by AG Ford

Duck hunting dreams / by Monica Roe ; illustrated by Johanna Tarkela.

Turkey hunt tradition / by Monica Roe ; illustrated by Gregor Forster.

Horse girl / by Carrie Seim.

DVDs

Dune [DVD] / Sci Fi Channel presents ; produced by David Kappes ; written for the screen and directed by John Harrison : a New Amsterdam Entertainment production in association with Victor Television Productions & Evision.

Honest thief [DVD] / Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment , The Solution Entertainment Group and Ingenious Media present ; a Zero Gravity Management, The Solution Entertainment Group production ; in association with Samuel Marshall Productions and Sprockefeller Pictures, Argonaut Entertainment Partners and J Cubed Film Finance.

Love, lights, Hanukkah! [DVD]/ Hallmark Channel presents ; a Lighthouse Pictures production in association with Just To Be Clear Productions.

A New Year’s resolution [DVD] / Crown Media Productions & Hallmark Channel.

No time to die [DVD] / Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions presents.

Picture a perfect Christmas [DVD] / a Scenic Road and Front Street Pictures presentation.

A Valentine’s match [DVD] / Hallmark Channel presents a Match Up production in association with All Canadian Entertinment and Brad Krevoy Television.

Yellowstone. Season 1 [DVD] / Paramount Network.

Yellowstone. Season 2 [DVD] / Paramount Network.

Yellowstone. Season 3 [DVD] / Paramount Network.

How the Grinch stole Christmas [DVD] : Grinchmas edition / Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment present a Brian Grzer production.

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch stole Christmas! [DVD] : the ultimate edition / Turner Entertainment Co.

Paw Patrol [DVD] : 3 TV movie pack / Nickelodeon.

Rainbow rangers. Off to save the world! [DVD] / Genius Brands International, Inc.

Peppa Pig. Peppa visits America [DVD].

January events include:

• Anime Club on 1/13 and 1/27
• Story Hour resumes in January! Join us on Wednesdays at 10am for stories, crafts and more. 1/5, 1/12, 1/19 and 1/26
• closure on January 17th
• Board of Trustees meeting 1/19
• Month long: Find Peppy! Find Peppy the penguin hidden around the library and earn a prize! (while supplies last)

Hepburn Library of Norfolk closed 12/24 and 12/31 for holidays.

Please note as we head into winter, that unplanned closures or changes to our hours may occur due to inclement weather. You can stay up to date on our social media, and by checking local news.