Upcoming Events

Join us for an egg-citing time! Try your hand at three different STEAM activities that involve plastic Easter eggs: egg rockets, egg-scraper build, and sink the egg. For kids ages 5-11. Registration required. 

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. Stay after storytime is over for Busy Bees Playtime. Registration required. 

Join the monthly Teen Advisory Board meeting to make sure your voice is heard! Share your ideas and opinions on how to improve your section of the library. Attendees will receive one hour of community service.

The Rainbow Roundtable is a LGBTQIA+ oriented club where we talk about what we are reading, watching and listening to that’s LGBTQIA+ related. This month we will be making pronoun buttons!
 

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

Have you seen our hydroponic garden Sprout?

Do you have questions on how hydroponics works? Or questions about the plants in the hydroponic garden?

Get egg-cited about slime!

Create sparkly slime and take it home in a plastic egg.

Come dressed for a mess. The program is for children ages 7-11 and registration is required.

Learn American Sign Language at this revolving storytime built for birth-5. Miss Holly will teach signs for animals, shapes, colors, and more throughout our story and songs. Stay after for Busy Bees Playtime. For kids ages 0-5.

Join us for a sensory-friendly playtime where children and caregivers can interact with several stations of fun activities while socializing.

Stations include storytime, a craft, and interactive playtime.

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

Join Miss Holly for special storytime for ages 0-3. This storytime will be filled with songs, puppets, dancing, and more. Stay after storytime is over for Busy Bees Playtime. Registration required. 

The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan

Join us to practice speaking English in a fun and comfortable environment!

*Some knowledge of English is recommended.*

¡Únete a nosotros para practicar inglés en un ambiente divertido y cómodo!

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

Join us for our bilingual playgroup! Children ages 0-5 years, their parents, grandparents, and caregivers get together to participate in activities designed to teach early literacy skills and enhance school readiness and success.

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

Join us for a digital Spring cleaning session where we will get rid of excess digital clutter in your online accounts and on your phone! 

Build a tiny terrarium with us!

Create the perfect place for a plant to live on your window sill.

Add dirt, shiny stones, and a tiny animal to guard your plant while it grows.

The Meriden Public Library partners with Human Resources Agency of New Britain to offer VITA, a FREE income tax assistance program.

This program offers:

Bouncing bunnies, it's springtime!

Celebrate spring arriving with special songs, dancing, stories, and more all revolving around bouncing bunnies.

You'll go daisy crazy at this fun event!

Sting pool noodle pieces together to create a giant daisy.

This program is for children ages 7 through 11 and registration is required for this event.

Join professional cartoonist Bill Hernandez to learn to draw your very own pokemon. Will it be a water type, grass type or fire type? You decide!