The Goodwin Library is a public library that serves as an information center for the personal, cultural, and social growth for the community of Farmington. The Library maintains collections and implements programs that address the community’s changing informational and recreational needs for education and literacy. The collections, materials, and programs are offered in a variety of formats to ensure equitable access for all. The Library believes that free and open access to information and resources will establish the framework for an informed and involved community.
Vote for your favorite Peeps diorama!
Hey peeps, it’s time to vote on dioramas! Winners will be announced the 28th!
Hours have officially CHANGED!
On Thursday, April 3rd, our Thursday hours will be changing from 1-7 until fall.
Thursday is the only day that will be changing. From April until November, our hours will be as follows:
Monday: 10:00-5:00
Tuesday: 1:00-7:00
Thursday: 1:00-7:00
Friday: 10:00-5:00
Saturday: 10:00-2:00
Wed/Sun: CLOSED
Taking Donations for Book Sale!
The Friends of the Library Book Sale is the whole month of May!
We are now taking gently used books in good condition. Limit is 3 boxes of donations per household. We are unable to take donations of encyclopedias, textbooks, Reader’s Digest or other magazines. We are also unable to accept donations of books that have been stored in basements, sheds, or barns.
While we appreciate your generosity, please refrain from leaving donations outside the library or in/around the book drop. Please bring them inside during open hours. Thank you!
NEW! 100 Books Before Graduation!
Are you looking for a reading challenge, but have already finished Middle School? This reading program is for you!
This program is open to grades 7-12. See if you can read 100 books before you graduate high school!
You can earn free books, stickers, and even an Aroma Joe’s and FHOP gift card when you hit big milestones. Sign up today at the front desk upstairs!
Ask us about sponsoring a story for the 2025 Story Trail season!
Would you like to sponsor a Story Trail book?
A donation of $75 sponsors a story for the trail.
Email Kayla at kmorin@goodwinlibrary.org if you would like more information!
New Library Bag Colors! $12 each!
We now have blue and red library bags for just $12!
These new colors also feature a silver metallic logo and lettering. They are 16 inches wide and have a zipper closure and lots of pockets!
Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Goodwin Library, who help fund services like Museum Passes and special guests!
Giant Candy Land – April 28 and 29
Giant Candy Land is back!! Your favorite game is now life size!
Please call the Children’s room at (603) 755-2944 ext. 3 to sign up for a 15-minute time slot during one of the sessions below.
The time sessions are:
Monday, April 28 from 11:00-2:00
Tuesday, April 29 from 3:00-6:00
School Vacation Week Movie – Thursday, 5/1 at 3:00pm
We will be showing Wicked for a sing-along movie experience!
Popcorn will be provided!
Rating: PG
Runtime: 2 hours, 40 min.
The Bookies – Tuesday, 5/10 at 6:00pm (In-person and on Zoom)
The Bookies is the Goodwin Library’s Book Club! This month’s pick is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride!
We have multiple copies available for checkout – stop by to pick one up! New members are always welcome.
This program can be attended online or in-person. Please email Joyce at jwhite@goodwinlibrary.org if you would like the Zoom link!
Summary: In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe.
As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us.
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!
2024 Farmington Town Report
The Goodwin Library has many copies of the 2024 Town Report available.
Please stop by and help yourself!
Yoto Players Now Available for Checkout!
We now have 2 Yoto Mini Players and a collection of Yoto cards you can borrow!
The players can be borrowed on an adult card that has been open for at least 1 month, and adults and children can check out 2 Yoto book cards at a time.
What is a Yoto?
A Yoto is a handheld audiobook player. Pop a card into the top of the player to listen to your favorite stories!
Next Story Trail Book!
Read Bruce’s Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins! This story will be up through mid-May.
The Story Trail is located at the McCarthy Trail, next to the Public Safety Complex at 160 NH-153.
Ask us about sponsoring a book for the 2025 Story Trail season! Email kmorin@goodwinlibrary.org for more information.
April Staff Pick!
Away by Megan Freeman
After an imminent yet unnamed danger forces people across Colorado to leave their homes, a group of kids including an aspiring filmmaker and a budding journalist find themselves in the same evacuation camp. As they cope with the aftermath of having their world upended, they grow curious about the mysterious threat.
And as they begin to investigate, they start to discover that there’s less truth and more cover-up to what they’re being told. Can they get to the root of the conspiracy, expose the bad actors, and bring an end to the upheaval before it’s too late?
April Staff Pick!
The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett by Angelica Carpenter
Frances Hodgson Burnett—best known for writing The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Little Princess—had a difficult life, losing her father when she was very young, moving to a new country in the face of economic turmoil, and suffering the loss of a son and a marriage later in life. But Frances? She could imagine anything, and she used her gifts to transform grief and hardship into beautiful works of literature that lifted the spirits of millions around the world. This is her story.
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!
Please keep in mind that the Little Free Library is not a book return for library books! The book return is behind the building.
WIC at the Goodwin 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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