Summer Reading at the Library!

logo Join us for our annual summer reading program for children, teens and adults.  This year's theme is Color Your World.

Children & Teens:  Starting on June 2nd, visit the Children's Room to register and receive a reading log.

Adults:  Starting on June 2nd, sign up in person at the Reference Desk to receive a packet.  Click here for the Nonfiction and Fiction reading lists relating to the theme.

Upcoming Events

Featured Events

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Sigmund Freud's Life and Work

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Program Type:

Virtual-Zoom

Age Group:

Adults
Register Now
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Virtual-Zoom
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sigmund Freud was born on May 6, 1856. He was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. He was a husband, father of six, and regarded as one of the greatest intellectuals of the 20th century.

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Cardboard Explosion!

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Program Type:

Family Event, Outdoor Event, Special Event, Summer Reading

Age Group:

Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
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Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Patio
Age Group: Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
Program Type: Family Event, Outdoor Event, Special Event, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Paper Heart Puppets presents: 

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Preschool Playdate

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Age Group:

PreK / Kindergarten
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Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Lawn: Crow's Nest Hill
Age Group: PreK / Kindergarten
Event Details:

Come play with us on the library lawn

weather permitting, otherwise meet us inside in the Yeager Room.

Suitable for Ages 2-6 with a caregiver.

 

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Children's Movie: MUFASA

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Program Type:

Children's Movie (G/PG)

Age Group:

Children
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Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Children's Movie (G/PG)
Event Details:

Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

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Turtle Dance on the BIG Screen

Monday, July 14, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Age Group:

Babies, PreK / Kindergarten, Children
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Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Babies, PreK / Kindergarten, Children
Event Details:

https://bit.ly/Turtle-Dance-Music-Classes-General-Admission-Click-Here-To-Join-The-Fun

Can't make it into the Library?

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"Who Am I" Trivia

Monday, July 14, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Age Group:

Adults
Register Now
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come enjoy some really fun "Who Am I?" Trivia with us.

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SUMMER READING GAME HAS BEGUN!

All Day 7/15

Program Type:

Summer Reading

Age Group:

Youth Programs, Babies, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens, Teens
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Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Children's Sunroom
Age Group: Youth Programs, Babies, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens, Teens
Program Type: Summer Reading
Event Details:

The Summer Reading Challenge has begun!

Stop by the Bronxville Library's Children's Desk to sign-up for your reading log, category card, library card, Boundless account & more!

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Water Pistol Painting

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Family Event, Outdoor Event, Summer Reading

Age Group:

Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
View Details
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Lawn: Crow's Nest Hill
Age Group: Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Family Event, Outdoor Event, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come have a BLAST, literally, with your friends at the Bronxville Library!

Wear something you don't mind getting messy and join us for family pistol painting on the Crow's Nest hill library lawn!

All Ages are welcome. 

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Preschool Playdate

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Age Group:

PreK / Kindergarten
View Details
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Lawn: Crow's Nest Hill
Age Group: PreK / Kindergarten
Event Details:

Come play with us on the library lawn

weather permitting, otherwise meet us inside in the Yeager Room.

Suitable for Ages 2-6 with a caregiver.

 

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 Finding Your Dream Colleges

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Program Type:

Virtual College Bound

Age Group:

College Bound
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Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: College Bound
Program Type: Virtual College Bound
Event Details:

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Admissions: Getting Into College

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Board Games & Puzzle Day

All Day
Self-directed, Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Children's Sunroom
Age Group: Self-directed, Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens

Self-directed in library program.

Meditation Group

3:00pm–4:30pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

This event takes place in person in the Board Room located on the lower level of the Library.

First come, first served, with a maximum of eight people.

Recharge and refresh with 90 minutes of meditation and light yoga.  Reconnect with your body, recharge your vitality, develop inner peace, and leave feeling relaxed, empowered and revitalized.

Group leader Norma Nathan has over thirty years experience facilitating meditation and personal growth events.

Essays That Kick Apps

6:30pm–7:30pm
College Bound
Virtual Event
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: College Bound
Program Type: Virtual College Bound
Event Details:

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Outdoor Qi Gong

9:45am–10:45am
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Patio
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join us on our patio for outdoor Qi Gong.

PSAT & SAT: Practice Tests

9:00am–12:00pm
College Bound
Virtual Event
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: College Bound
Program Type: Virtual College Bound
Event Details:

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Practice Tests

Practice PSAT / SAT

9:00am–1:00pm
Teens, College Bound
Virtual Event
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, College Bound
Program Type: Virtual College Bound
Event Details:

PRACTICE for your PSAT or SAT, Receive Results

Disclaimer(s)

Registration required to attend this program

Baseball in American Culture

3:00pm–4:15pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Baseball first popped up in the American culture in the mid-19th century but it was not until the mid-1880s that baseball achieved a level of prominence away from the field.

Adult Coloring Group

1:30pm–2:30pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Join us for an in-person coloring group.  Coloring sheets will be provided along with colored pencils and pens.  You are also welcome to bring your own supplies with you from home.

Social Needlers

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Join us for a knitting and crochet hour every Wednesday.  We chat and socialize while making beautiful items which we donate to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

Board Games & Puzzle Day

All Day
Self-directed, Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Children's Sunroom
Age Group: Self-directed, Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens

Self-directed in library program.

Beatrix Farrand: An Artist with an Ecological Vision

1:30pm–2:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Beatrix Farrand, born of a well to do New York family, rose to the pinnacle of the male-dominated field of Landscape Architecture .

Meditation Group

3:00pm–4:30pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

This event takes place in person in the Board Room located on the lower level of the Library.

First come, first served, with a maximum of eight people.

Recharge and refresh with 90 minutes of meditation and light yoga.  Reconnect with your body, recharge your vitality, develop inner peace, and leave feeling relaxed, empowered and revitalized.

Group leader Norma Nathan has over thirty years experience facilitating meditation and personal growth events.

Outdoor Qi Gong

9:45am–10:45am
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Patio
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join us on our patio for outdoor Qi Gong.

Children's Movie: LILO & STITCH

1:30pm–3:00pm
Children
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Children's Movie (G/PG)
Event Details:

A young and parentless girl adopts a 'dog' from the local pound, completely unaware that it's supposedly a dangerous 

Pick-up-a-Book Club: Grades K-2

08/25/2025 @ 3:00pm–08/29/2025 @ 4:30pm
Children
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Children's Sunroom
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club, Special Event
Event Details:

A back-to-school literacy program for rising Kindergarten - Second Grade students.

Students will practice phonics to reinforce foundational reading skills before school starts.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration required to attend this program

Adult Coloring Group

1:30pm–2:30pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Join us for an in-person coloring group.  Coloring sheets will be provided along with colored pencils and pens.  You are also welcome to bring your own supplies with you from home.

Ice Cream for Everyone: How an Elite Treat Became America's Favorite Dessert

3:30pm–5:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Yeager Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join accomplished NYC food tour guide and home ice cream maker Erik Hodgetts for this fun and informative presentation to learn about:

Disclaimer(s)

Registration required to attend this program

Social Needlers

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Join us for a knitting and crochet hour every Wednesday.  We chat and socialize while making beautiful items which we donate to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

Puzzle Day

All Day
Self-directed, Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Children's Sunroom
Age Group: Self-directed, Youth Programs, PreK / Kindergarten, Children, Tweens/Teens

Self-directed in library program.

Meditation Group

3:00pm–4:30pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

This event takes place in person in the Board Room located on the lower level of the Library.

First come, first served, with a maximum of eight people.

Recharge and refresh with 90 minutes of meditation and light yoga.  Reconnect with your body, recharge your vitality, develop inner peace, and leave feeling relaxed, empowered and revitalized.

Group leader Norma Nathan has over thirty years experience facilitating meditation and personal growth events.

RETURN YOUR SUMMER READING LOGS!

All Day
Adults, Youth Programs, Tweens/Teens
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Age Group: Adults, Youth Programs, Tweens/Teens
Program Type: Summer Reading
Event Details:

REMINDER: LAST DAY to HAND IN YOUR SUMMER LOGS!

Can't make it into the library, you can email logs to:

BPLYOUTHDEPT@GMAIL.COM

Subject Line: READING LOG

Outdoor Qi Gong

9:45am–10:45am
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Patio
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join us on our patio for outdoor Qi Gong.

Adult Coloring Group

1:30pm–2:30pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Join us for an in-person coloring group.  Coloring sheets will be provided along with colored pencils and pens.  You are also welcome to bring your own supplies with you from home.

Social Needlers

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Location: Bronxville Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Join us for a knitting and crochet hour every Wednesday.  We chat and socialize while making beautiful items which we donate to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.