Week Calendar

Age appropriate toys and activities are grouped in play areas for your child's enjoyment. Meet other families with young children and learn about the library resources for families.

Each month we will highlight different ways the Library can support homeschooled families. Kids will be able to ask questions and work with a librarian to help support their educational goals.

Meet in the Teen Center to dissect barn owl pellets!

Age appropriate toys and activities are grouped in play areas for your child's enjoyment. Meet other families with young children and learn about the library resources for families.

Join us for stories, songs, movement activities and more. For families with young children, birth-5 years old. Siblings welcome. No sign up required.

Join us for open-ended art activities for kids ages 3-5.  Your little artist will be introduced to the materials, then work independently and at their own pace.   Please call 518-792-6508 x4 the morning of the program to reserve a s

Today's Bonus Topic: Get to Know Novelist

Children in Kindergarten and up are invited to come practice reading skills with Abby, a certified therapy dog.  Kids will choose a book and read to the dog one-on-one during a 15 minute time slot.  Abby is a great listener!  Please

Visit the Children's Department any time from December 23-January 5th for our Snowman Scavenger Hunt!  Find all of the parts of a snowman hiding in the library, then use our art supplies to put it all together into a fun picture!  

Start an early love of reading with our baby story time!  Join us for stories, rhymes, songs, and play time.  Enjoy a special time with your baby and connect with other caregivers.

Learn to play the joyful Hawaiian instrument, and feel the magic of making music with others!

Come to this Saturday's open craft lab.  For 2025 Crandall Public Library will be focusing on more sustainable actions.

Participants attending will create a faux stained glass owl suncatcher complete with frame to hang at home. Come join us for this free program! For ages 9-14 years, registration required. 

Kids in grades K-6 are invited to join us for our weekly free art program.  Enjoy a different open-ended art project each week featuring a variety of art styles and materials.  No sign up required.  

Committee meeting

Meet in the Teen Center to play (or learn) dueling card games like Magic the Gathering and tabletop games like Blood on the Clocktower, Dread, or Clue.

Join instructor Alexander Grandy, Folklife Center librarian Kevin Rogan, and Children’s Department library assistant Emma Rogan for this this free ukulele class.

This free, 5-part ukulele class is for kids ages 7-12! Instruments provided. Must be able to attend all 5 sessions: January 6th, January 27th, February 10th, February 24th, and March 10th.

Children in Kindergarten and up are invited to come practice reading skills with Ellie, a certified therapy dog.  Kids will choose a book and read to the dog one-on-one during a 15 minute time slot.  Ellie is a great listener!  Plea

Meet other teens for LGBTQI+ conversation and a craft: use acrylic paints to make colorful geometric mandala designs on smooth river rocks.

Monthly meeting

Monthly meeting

Join us for our weekly after school group for kids ages 8-12, featuring various activities, games, and/or crafts chosen by the group. To be held in the Children's Activity Rooms.

Reception for January exhibit in the Friends Gallery. 

Karaoke for teens in a welcoming, low-pressure setting. 

Join us for a transformative Empowered Women's Wellness event, where we will explore the essential topic of self-worth. Many women struggle with feeling "not good enough" or unworthy of the success, love, and happiness they deserve.

Colgate University's first gender-inclusive a cappella group returns to Crandall for the 7th time to perform while on their January Tour. Doors open at 6:30 for this free, 7pm show in the Community Room.