May 13-19 is Children's Book Week!
To celebrate, a special Book & Craft program featuring the work of Eric Carle will be held for children age 4 and older. This program takes place at the Main Library on Monday, May 13 at 3:45 p.m. Registration is strongly encouraged. We hope to see your budding artists there!


DEDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY SPRING STORYTIMES

Tuesdays, 10:30 am at the Main Library
Wednesdays, 10:30 am at the Endicott Branch Library
Thursdays, 10:30 am at the Main Library

The programs run from March through May 2013 (Endicott's spring storytime will conclude on May 15)
All ages, no registration required



This Spring, the Dedham Public Library is offering the following program:

Book Crafters – Book reading and related craft for Ages 3-6 (Main Library)
Mondays at 4:00pm: April 8, April 22, May 6, and May 20

Call us at 781-751-9283 (Main Library) for details and registration information. Registration is recommended.



The Dedham Public Library is pleased to announce the addition of the Peabody Essex Museum pass, generously donated by the Friends of the Dedham Public Library.
Information about the Peabody Essex Museum pass and other museum passes the Library offers can be found here.

On September 18, 2012, the Trustees of the Dedham Public Library approved a 5-year strategic plan for the Library. The complete plan can be found here, on the Town of Dedham's website.

The Dedham Public Library has access to numerous databases, here are links to just some of them:
The Boston Metro Collection
Search full-text articles covering issues and events,
business, government, sports and more for over 100 Boston
area newspapers including the Dedham Transcript
Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten
through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and
visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text,
age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content
NoveList
NoveList is an electronic readers' advisory resource which
assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.
Through its attractive and easy-to-use interface, NoveList allows
readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate
other authors and titles of interest.

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