Welcome to the Swampscott Public Library Children's Room
The Children's Room at the Swampscott Public Library is located in the lower level of the library. It is a wonderful space for children ages infant to pre-teen and their parents to learn and grow in all kinds of fun ways.
Winter/Spring Story Programs
Learning to grow through story & song.
Mondays at 10:30 A.M. for ages 2 to 4
Wednesdays at 10:30 A.M. for ages 1 to 3
Begins the week of January 30.
A story time program that is perfect for groups of siblings or friends. This activity consists of stories, songs and finger plays and action rhymes designed to encourage early literacy. Librarians will present 20 to 30 minutes of stories and songs that will tickle, delight, and amuse. After Storybook Fun the children are encouraged to play and socialize. All ages can join in the fun!
All children attending this program must be accompanied by a parent or other adult who will sit with them and participate in the activities. No registration is needed.
There will be no programs during school vacations or when school is canceled.
OPEN PLAY GROUP.
Fridays at 10:30 A.M.
Ongoing program.
Parents with children ages 6 months to 2 years are invited to come to the library for an open play group. No formal program is presented, just a chance for the little ones to come to the library and enjoy the puppets, bead mazes, and board books. This is a great opportunity for new moms to connect with other families. No registration is necessary.
Explorers Project
Here is a list of some of the books on explorers owned by the Swampscott Library. Most of these are located on display just outside the Children’s Room. Please ask the librarian if you need any assistance.
Click here for a website of great Explorers Resources.
- Knudsen, Shannon – Leif Eriksson
- Donaldson-Forbes, Jeff – Amerigo Vespucci
- Calvert, Patricia – Hernando Cortes : fortune favored the bold
- Meltzer, Milton – Francisco Pizarro : the conquest of Peru
- Worth, Richard – Pizarro and the conquest of the Incan empire in world history
- Bernhard, Brendan – Pizarro, Orellana, and the exploration of the Amazon
- Goodman, Joan E – A long and uncertain journey : the 27,000 mile voyage of Vasco da Gama
- Stefoff, Rebecca – Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese explorers
- Syme, Ronald – De Soto, finder of the Mississippi.
- Gallagher, Jim – Hernando de Soto and the exploration of Florida
- Whitman, Sylvia – Hernando de Soto and the explorers of the American South
- Gaines, Ann – Hernando de Soto and the Spanish search for gold in world history
- Rutsala, David – The sea route to Asia
- Eagen, Rachel – Ponce de Leon : exploring Florida and Puerto Rico
- Green, Tamara – Juan Ponce de Leon
- Harmon, Dan – Juan Ponce de Leon and the search for the Fountain of Youth
- Blue, Rose – Exploring the southeastern United States
- Roberts, Russell – Pedro Menendez De Aviles
- Stefoff, Rebecca – Ferdinand Magellan and the discovery of the world ocean
- Gallagher, Jim – Ferdinand Magellan and the first voyage around the world
- Bailey, Katharine – Ferdinand Magellan : circumnavigating the world
- Molzahn, Arlene Bourgeois – Ferdinand Magellan, first explorer around the world
- Burnett, Betty – Ferdinand Magellan : the first voyage around the world
- Levinson, Nancy Smiler – Magellan and the first voyage around the world
- Menard, Valerie – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
- Ash, Maureen – Vasco nunez de Balboa
- Sterne, Emma Gelders – Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Petrie, Kristin – Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Rice, Earle – The life and times of Sir Walter Raleigh
- Ward, Nancy – Sir Walter Raleigh : founding the Virginia colony
- Gallagher, Jim – Sir Francis Drake and the foundation of a world empire
- Duncan, Alice Smith – Sir Francis Drake and the struggle for an ocean empire
- Coulter, Tony – Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and the explorers of Canada
- Faber, Harold – Samuel de Champlain, explorer of Canada
- Morganelli, Adrianna – Samuel de Champlain : from New France to Cape Cod
- MacLeod, Elizabeth – Samuel de Champlain
- Gleason, Carrie – Henry Hudson : seeking the Northwest Passage
- Doak, Robin S. (Robin Santos) – Hudson : Henry Hudson searches for a passage to Asia
- Weaver, Janice – Hudson
- Kurtz, Henry Ira – John and Sebastian Cabot.
- Syme, Ronald – John Cabot and his son Sebastian
- Blashfield, Jean F – Cartier : Jacques Cartier in search of the Northwest Passage
- Donaldson-Forbes, Jeff – Jacques Cartier
- Coulter, Tony – LaSalle and the explorers of the Mississippi
- Stein, R. Conrad – The story of Marquette and Jolliet
- Petrie, Kristin – Marquette and Jolliet
- Zelenyj, Alexander – Marquette & Jolliet : quest for the Mississippi
- Goodman, Joan E – Despite all obstacles : La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi
- Petrie, Kristin – La Salle
- Landau, Elaine – Columbus Day : celebrating a famous explorer
- Hynson, Colin – Columbus & the renaissance explorers
- Scavone, Daniel C. – Christopher Columbus
- Sis, Peter – Follow the dream
- Dodge, Steve – Christopher Columbus and the first voyages to the New World
- Fradin, Dennis B – The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa MarÃa
- Meltzer, Milton – Columbus and the world around him
- Levinson, Nancy Smiler – Christopher Columbus : voyager to the unknown
- Greene, Carol – Christopher Columbus : a great explorer
- Sammartino, Peter – Columbus
