Library Hours

Mon. - Thu.: 9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Fri.: CLOSED
Sat. 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Sun.: Closed

Children's Room Hours

Mon.: 9:30 am - 6 pm
Tue.: 9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Wed. & Thu.: 9:30am - 6pm
Fri.: CLOSED

Sat. : 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Sun.: Closed

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Welcome to the Swampscott Public Library

Welcome to the Swampscott Public Library. We look forward to helping you with all your library needs. We have over 90,000 books to choose from. And we provide a wide variety of programs from children's story times, to the Chorover Author Series. We offer the latest in technology with wireless Internet access in our building and a connection to thousands of online journals and other resources. Stop by our building or browse our web site to see the many services that we offer.

Newbery and Caldecott Awards

The 2008 Newbery and Caldecott Awards were announced on January 14.

The winner of the Newbery Medal is Good Masters! Sweet ladies!: Voices from a Medieval* village by Laura Amy Schlitz. Honor books include Elijah of Buxton* by Christopher Paul Curtis (author of Bud, not Buddy); The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt; and Feathers* by Jaqueline Woodson.

The winner of the Caldecott Medal is The Invention of Hugo Cabret* by Brian Selznick and is the first time a “novel” has won the award. Honor books include Henry’s freedom box: a true story of the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson; First the egg* by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain* by Peter Sis; and Knuffle Bunny Too: a case of mistaken identity* by Mo Willems.

Titles with a * are owned or on order by the Swampscott Public Library.