Category: Kids and Teens

• Tonies & Yotos at the Library

  By a Librarian-Mom If you are a parent, grandparent, caregiver, child, toddler, preteen, teacher, or … other, you may have noticed these strange boxy-things in toy stores, Targets, libraries, and on ads. Somehow they’re related to books … or music? Or yoga? Or meditation? All of the above? Yes. Tonies and Yotos are both essentially…

  Amy S.

  September 15, 2025

  Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  ScreenFreePlayer, Toniebox, TonieFigures, Tonies, YotoCards, YotoPlayers, Yotos

• What’s Up This Summer at Russell Library?

  Summer at Russell Library is in full swing. If you haven’t joined in yet, it’s not too late. Even if you’ve already signed up for Summer Reading, we have plenty more to offer. Join the almost 3,000 people who have already signed up for Summer Reading. With three age/ability levels, everyone can participate and it’s…

  Amy S.

  July 7, 2025

  Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services

  AirHocky, ChessClub, ChickCam, Crafternoon, DanceWithUs, DollyPartonImaginationLibrary, Eggs, Fables&Frolic, family, FamilyFolkConcert, FarmersMarketStorytime, FarmFriends, Foosball, HangWithTheChicks, Kids, MegaChess, MondayMovie, news, PettingZoo, PlayPals, PS4, PS5, SarahLouRichards, SplatterArt, SummerFamilyBingo, SummerReading, Switch, Switch2, TheSpace, TheWildRobot, travel, Wicked, writing, Xbox, XensCritters, YogaForLittles

• PRIDE 2025 at Russell Library

  This year PrideFEST falls on Saturday, June 7, and Russell Library is honored to serve as a partner for a sixth consecutive year. We welcome you to join us at 123 Broad Street to pick up themed book giveaways, snag a mocktail and a bag of popcorn, get your face painted, make a rainbow crown,…

  brandiedoyle

  May 26, 2025

  Events, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Trending

  BlockParty, Books&Brews, BookTalkWithAWalk, CountryQuiltLlamaFarm, DragArtistStoryHour, FablesAndFrolic, FarmersMarket, FreePeopleReadFreely, LEGOBuilders, LGBTQIA2S+, LibraryCard, MiddletownPRIDE, MiniMovers, OutdoorFamilyStorytime, ParentingPlaygroup, PlayPals, PreschoolPowerStorytime, PRIDE, PrideFEST, PRIDELibraryCard, PRIDEmarch, PRIDErally, SarahMcBride, SaturdayFamilyStorytime, StorytimeAtTheFarmersMarket, SummerFamilyBingo, TheMagicFish, TheSpace, TomorrowWillBeDifferent, TrungLeNguyen, YogaForLittles

• Summer @ Russell Sneak Preview

  What has rainbow colors,fuzzy wings,a pig snout,a down dog,lizard eyes,a paint palette,and a Bunsen burner? Summer Reading at Russell Library, of course. This summer, mark your calendars for a myriad of events at Russell Library featuring art, animals, science, music, books, and more. Help us kick off our Summer Reading theme, Color Our World, on…

  Amy S.

  May 5, 2025

  Contests, Events, Giveaways, Kids and Teens

  ColorOurWorld, FurryScalyFriends, Gecko, PaintersPalettes, PettingZoo, SummerReading, SummerReadingTrackers, XensCritters

• Chickens in the Library?!

  Last summer, we had fourteen very special guests in the library: two batches of seven chicken eggs, courtesy of a chicken farm in nearby Wallingford, Connecticut. Of the original 14 eggs, 13 hatched into chicks. The chicks visited with Russell Library patrons for about a week and a half, and then were picked up by…

  Amy S.

  April 7, 2025

  Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Technology

  Chickens, Chicks, DET, EggHatching, Eggs, HangWithTheChicks, HatchTheChicken, PeepShow, RentTheChicken, WebCam