Virtual Gingerbread House Contest: Registration is 11/18-11/23

Registration for the Virtual Gingerbread House Contest begins November 18 and ends 2:00pm on November 23.

This program is for all ages! Build a house and submit us a photo by 12/7. The community will vote for their favorite houses in each age group!

Limited to 40 participants.

Click Here to Register! (Registration will not be active until 11/18)

We will supply all of the materials, and kits can be picked up starting December 2. The rest of the timeline is below:

12/7 – finish your gingerbread house and email us a photo by this date!
12/9 – voting begins!
12/16 – winners will be announced!

We’d Love Your Feedback!

How do you feel about our library programs? Please let us know how we can better meet your needs!

Click here to take the short survey.

This survey is anonymous. There are also paper surveys in the library if you would like to fill one of those out instead.

Fall Story Times – Mondays at 10:15 and 11:00

Our fall story times will continue through November!

Baby story time (ages 0-2) @ 10:15 – Join Miss Kayla for stories, songs, and rhymes!
Preschool story time (ages 3-5) @ 11:00 – Join Miss Carolyn for stories, rhymes, and crafts!

[Registration CLOSED] Family Place Play Group – Fridays, Oct. 25 – Nov. 22 at 10:30am

Registration for this program is now closed. We are unable to accept any more families into this program.

The Bookies – Book Club – Tuesday, 11/19 at 7:00pm, in-person & on Zoom

The Bookies is The Goodwin Library’s book club! This month’s pick is The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts.

We have multiple copies of the book available for checkout – just stop by to borrow one! New members are always welcome.

This book club can be attended both online or in person. If you would like to attend virtually, please email Joyce at jwhite@goodwinlibrary.org for the Zoom link. If you would like to attend in person, please plan to be here before 6:50, as that is when we lock out doors for the evening. Thank you!

Summary: In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctor’s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men’s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads; she didn’t even have a map. But she did have her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness.

Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956, the three travelers pushed through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by them at terrifying speeds. Annie rode more than four thousand miles, through America’s big cities and small towns. Along the way, she met ordinary people and celebrities—from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers—a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher. In a decade when car ownership nearly tripled, when television’s influence was expanding fast, when homeowners began locking their doors, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world.

Trustee meeting – Thursday, 11/21 at 6:00pm

Would you like to know what’s happening at the library?

Sit in on a trustee meeting. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Watercolors for Kids – Tuesday, 11/26 – Homeschool & After-school sessions

This month, we’re painting dinosaur families!

This program is for ages 6-10.

Click here to sign up for the Homeschool (2:00pm) session.
Click here to sign up for the After-school (3:30pm) session.

Thanksgiving closing – November 28 and 29

The library will be closed November 28 and 29 in observance of Thanksgiving.

We will be open again on Saturday, November 30.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Lego Saturdays! Every Saturday, from 10:00am to 1:30pm

We have tons of Legos in the Children’s Room – stop in for some building fun and see what you can create!

We also have Duplos for little ones!

Another Puzzle Completed!

This lovely, summery puzzle is now complete!

Stop by soon to try our next puzzle. The puzzle table is open to everyone, so come by if you’d ever like a quiet, calm activity to do!

New Story Trail Book!

Walk and read The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming! Thank you to Chestnut Hill Chimney & Hearth for sponsoring this story.

The Story Trail is located at the McCarthy Trail next to the Public Safety Complex at 160 NH-153.

Thank you to our 2024 Story Trail Sponsors: The Perkins Family, Chestnut Hill Chimney & Hearth, Energy Resources Group, and the Mason Family!

We Have a Little Free Library!

Take a book, leave a book!

There are all kinds of books in our little free library! The top shelf has children’s books, the bottom shelf has adult books. Stop by and check it out – it’s right outside our front door!

WIC at the Library

The Goodwin Library is pleased to host Strafford County WIC once a month on Thursdays for their clinics.

If you have an appointment, you can find the WIC clinic in our community room, which is upstairs from the main floor of the library. Elevator access is available.

Don’t hesitate to ask staff for directions – we are happy to help!

You can reach the local Strafford County WIC office at (603) 332-4358 or the State WIC Agency at 1-800-942-4321. You can also visit dhhs.nh.gov for more information about the NH WIC program.

Handicap Entrance

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The library’s Accessible entrance is located at the rear of the library, off the bank parking lot.