Children's Room
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.
Summer Reading!
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About Our Children’s Department
The Swampscott Public Library Children’s Room is located on the ground floor. Board books, picture books, award winners, chapter books, fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, Russian/Ukrainian-language books, DVDs, audiobooks, and many more materials are available for circulation. The Children’s Room has materials for all children up to grade six. Our staff is eager to help in any way we can!
"The teacher taught me the word in school. I wrote it in my book. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. Beautiful! I think it means something that when you have it, your heart is happy."
Sharon Dennis Wyeth • Author of Something Beautiful
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
L.M. Montgomery • Author of Anne of Green Gables
Children's Events
All EventsEscape Room – 5:30pm
– | 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Escape Room – 6:30pm
– | 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Escape Room – 5:30pm
– | 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Featured Event
"Poop Museum, Part Two"
The Poop Museum – Part Two – Even More Poo! Fans of The Poop Museum Part One, will adore The Poop Museum Part Two! In Part Two, as the title suggests, there is EVEN MORE POO! And even more super interesting butts! Visitors to The Poop Museum will meet: – The animal whose poop looks like a noodle – The animal whose poop is nicer than it’s food – The animal who only sometimes has a butt – The animal that makes poop syrup – The animal that poops 45 gallons of pink poop every time it poops Plus, they’ll discover – How much poop people poop and where it all goes – The world’s first poop powered bus – What it’s like to poop in space – Lots of cool facts about fossilised dinosaur poop (coprolites), including a poop named Barnum! It’s a great opportunity to learn more and laugh more, in another perfect combination of solid science and scatological silliness.
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