The Yarmouth Town Libraries
are Fine Free!

If you have overdue Yarmouth Library materials, you can bring them back to the library and not worry about a fine for the tardiness. We went fine-free a while back and we just want everyone to know.

The Yarmouth Town Libraries
will be closed on Monday, July 4,
for Independence Day.

Summer Reading

Our Summer Reading Program “Oceans of Possibilities” begins Monday, July 5. Many activities and programs are planned for all ages, so there’s something for everyone. It’s not too late to sign up. Register online by downloading the Beanstack app to your device. There is also the option to register in person at the Library. You will receive a reading log to record your time reading, write book reviews and earn badges. Everyone who records their reading, in either format, will be entered in the weekly drawing for rewards. The programs we’re offering will engage, entertain, and motivate reading for all ages and interests.

“Oceans of Possibilities” is sponsored by the Yarmouth Town Libraries and funded by the South Yarmouth Library Association and the West Yarmouth Library Association.

Adult Summer Reading Program

• Scavenger Hunt for Sea Captain’s Homes  Journals available on and after July 5. 
• Sea Chanteys with Denya and Friends. Wednesday, August 3, 5:00 p.m.
• Author Talk with Eric Jay Dolin, “Black Flags, Blue Waters. Wednesday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. 

Toe Jam Puppet Band

Tuesday, July 5, 5:00 p.m.
West Yarmouth Library
We will be entertained with silliness, songs, bubbles and audience participation. Join us for the Summer Reading Program Kick-off event at West Yarmouth Library on the lawn. Back by popular demand!

Musical Discoveries
with Ms Rachel

Featuring singing, movement, instruments and fun. The class is appropriate for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their older siblings and caregivers.

Thursday, July 7, 11:00 a.m. at the South Yarmouth Library under the gazebo, weather permitting.

Saturday, July 23, 11:00 a.m. at the West Yarmouth Library on the lawn, weather permitting.
If there is bad weather, we will gather inside.

Family Fun Days

Saturday, July 9
Saturday, July 16
Saturday, July 30
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

We will gather at West Yarmouth Library on the lawn, weather permitting. Appropriate for all ages. Children under 10 years old need to bring an adult.
Featured games include:

• Giant Jenga
• Bean Bag Toss
• Chalk Walk Challenge
• Lawn Checkers
• Bubbles
• and more

Companion Animals Tales and Tails

Monday, July 11, 3:00 p.m. West Yarmouth Library
Appropriate for children 5 years old and up. Registration is required, space is limited. Join us to welcome the Companion Animals of Cape Cod Therapy Dogs.
Choose a book to read to the dogs. They are great book buddies!

Storytimes at the South Yarmouth Library

Stories, songs and movement. Join us on Thursdays at 11:00 under the gazebo, weather permitting. For all ages. If there is bad weather, we will gather inside.

Thursday, July 14
Thursday, July 21
Thursday, July 28

Pitter Patter Puppets
Performed by Mary Wilson

Monday, July 18, 11:00 a.m.
for all ages. At South Yarmouth Library under the gazebo, weather permitting. If there is bad weather, we will gather inside. Enjoy an interactive puppet variety show, sure to entertain children and adults. Songs, silly stories, and audience participation will keep everyone entertained.

West Yarmouth Library
Association Book Sale 
and the Village Crafters Annual Show Return to West Yarmouth

Thursday, July 21, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Head over to the West Yarmouth Library to take advantage of great prices on gently used books for all ages on Thursday, July 21. This is a great fundraiser for the West Yarmouth Library Association. Donations of books, DVDs and CDs in good condition will be accepted from now until July 20.  We thank you for your support. We are happy to be able to host this event this summer. The Village Crafters will also be hold holding their annual craft show at the church next door that day.

Cape Cod Maritime Museum:
Young Mariners Program

Friday, July 22, 11:00 a.m. at the South Yarmouth Library
Appropriate for ages 5 and up. Registration is required.

• Knot Tying: Try your hand at tying some knots, like the handy bowline or the twisty monkey's fist. Bonus points if you can tie the bowline with your eyes closed!
• Signal Flags: Back before we had radios or Morse code, sailors communicated through signal flags. Many are still used today. We will dive deep and learn how sailors communicated through these flags. Make your own message and try to decode our secret message!

Cape Cod Learning Tours:
Tide Pool Exploration 

Mark your Calendars:
Monday, July 25,
Summer Concert Series
Parker’s River Beach,
from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Off the Bar Brass Band

As part of the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce’s summer concert series, July 25 brings us a brass band straight out of Brooklyn, New York. Join us for songs from the past 5 decades, in the fresh air of Nantucket Sound. Concerts are held at the Parker’s River Beach and are free for all to enjoy on Monday evenings in the summer.

Monthly Book
Discussion Group 
Bruno, Chief of Police 
by Martin Walker

An Evening Book Discussion
Black Flags, Blue Waters,
by Eric J. Dolin
Hosted by Stephen Singer
and Jane Cain

At the South Yarmouth Library Gazebo
Wednesday, July 27, 6:00 p.m.
Eric J. Dolin is an award-winning Massachusetts speaker and writer of history. We are delighted that he will be coming to Yarmouth in August (Thursday, the 11th at the Yarmouth Senior Center) to discuss the history of pirates on the eastern seaboard of the United States, around Massachusetts, and around the world. To prepare for this visit, we will host a book discussion on Black Flags, Blue Waters, with librarians Stephen Singer and Jane Cain. Copies of the book are available at the South Yarmouth and West Yarmouth Libraries, or through Libby. For more information, or for assistance in acquiring the book, contact the library at 508-760-4820.

Staff Pick: Non-Fiction
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie,
a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
by Shannon Stocker;
illustrated by Devon Holzwarth

A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. "No. You can't," people said. But Evelyn knew she could. From the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played the piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. The nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician. What sounds Evelyn couldn't hear with her ears, though, she could feel resonate through her body as if she, herself, were a drum. Evelyn Glennie had learned how to listen in a new way. And soon, the world was listening too.
PreK-Grade 3

Staff Pick: J Fiction
The Aquanaut by Dan Santat

Dive in to this adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat! Ever since her father was lost at sea, Sophia has been moping around Aqualand, the marine theme park her dad and uncle created. But Sophia's world is turned upside down when an "aquanaut" breaks into the park's research lab. Sophia discovers that the aquanaut is not what it seems -- inside lives a band of four goofy sea creatures! And when they all realize that Aqualand has become something much darker than Sophia's dad had envisioned, Sophia and the aquanaut crew must free the park's captive marine life before it's too late.
Grades 3-7

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