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. 

Get ready to design, build, and problem-solve! Families are invited to put their STEAM skills to the test by creating clever leprechaun traps using a variety of materials.

Meet in the Teen Center to socialize and help get the Teen Center Garden Station ready for spring.

Join the Community Educator, Ruth Fish, RN, C-FNP from the Glens Falls Hospital Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease and the Crandall Public Library Steps to Longevity team for this training on how to better support brain health in your or

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. 

This month's title is Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan.

Copies are available by request through the library system. Please read the books and join us for discussion. All are welcome!

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

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

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

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

Do you have questions about your smartphone, tablet, or other device? We can help! Drop-in with your device for answers and advice from a Crandall librarian. Everyone is welcome.  

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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.

Crandall Sustainability Initiative Team Meeting

Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the experiences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday people who reside in them. 

Celebrate the season with a hands-on Shamrock Collage Art program! Children will design their own festive shamrock using a mix of colorful and textured materials such as tissue paper, scrapbook paper, sequins, buttons, and more. 

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

It's Magic March! Meet in the Teen Center to play or learn all there is to know about Magic: The Gathering from our in-house experts.

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

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

Teens ages 13-19 are invited to meet in the Teen Center the first Tuesday of the month for LGBTQI+ conversation and a colorful craft.

Monthly Meeting

Join us for our weekly after school group for kids in grades 4-6, featuring various activities, games, and/or crafts chosen by the group. To be held in the Children's Activity Rooms or outside in the park if weather permits.

Here is your opportunity to learn a new language! This monthly series, for kids in grades K-6, will introduce them to American Sign Language. This month will feature school signs. Then sign language bingo will be played.

Mortgage qualification Habitat for Humanity

Join us in the Teen Center for a one-night-only temporary tattoo party! From sweet and simple fine-line mini temporary tattoos to extravagant full-sleeve temporary tattoos, we'll have you covered.

Monthly Bluegrass Music Jam hosted by Denise Radtke and Frank Orsini, first Thursdays (through April 2026), 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Library's Community Room downstairs off the Folklife Gallery. All are welcome, pickers and listeners alike.

Join us as Dick Nason, logging historian and retired Forrester with Finch Paper, discusses the History of Logging in the Adirondacks: How the industry shaped the development of the Feeder Canal and the City of Glens Falls.