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Author Katherine Applegate in a jean jacket with colorful necklace standing next to the picture book cover of Odder with a sea otter leaning its face against a paw while floating on its back in the Pacific Ocean. World Builders Book club Watch Party written underneath

World Builders Book Club Watch Party with Katherine Applegate

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Special Event
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Join us for a watch party at the Library as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder.

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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Book Club, Special Event
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Join us for a watch party at the Library as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder.

The text, "Colors of Culture: Storytelling, Food & Art from the Indigenous World, Colors of the Sky & Earth Worlds" imposed on a blue sky with clouds and green terrestrial planet with plants emerging from it background. Just Harvest orange and black logo with an ear of corn, feather and raised fist in a circle.

Colors of Culture: Indigenous Storytelling, Food & Art

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Everyone

Jay Richardson Grebe, Executive Director of Just Harvest and descendent of the Rappahannock Tribe shares stories from Indigenous cultures around the globe of how colors of Sky and Earth came to be before leading participants in a story inspi

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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
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Jay Richardson Grebe, Executive Director of Just Harvest and descendent of the Rappahannock Tribe shares stories from Indigenous cultures around the globe of how colors of Sky and Earth came to be before leading participants in a story inspi

Man and small child with a yellow ball python draped over their shoulders and the snake flickering its tongue close to the child's outstretched thumb's up.

Jack's Jungle

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Children, Preschool, Tweens, Teens, Family

Get nose to snoot with an American alligator and other furry & scaly creatures in this program with Jackson Baugus and his live animal friends!  All ages.

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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool, Tweens, Teens, Family
Program Type: Special Event
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Get nose to snoot with an American alligator and other furry & scaly creatures in this program with Jackson Baugus and his live animal friends!  All ages.

Cupcakes with colorful frosting set on art palettes filled by various colored candies.

Art on a Cupcake?

Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

Drop by the Library and make art you can eat (while the cupcakes last)! 1 cupcake per person. All ages.

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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Special Event
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Drop by the Library and make art you can eat (while the cupcakes last)! 1 cupcake per person. All ages.

The text, "Colors of Culture Storytelling, Food & Art from the Indigenous World" imposed on a blue sky with clouds and terrestrial planet with green plants emerging. Just Harvest logo with ear of corn, feather and raised fist in circle in orange and black.

Colors of Culture: Stories from the Indigenous World

Monday, July 21, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Everyone

Jay Richardson Grebe, Executive Director of Just Harvest and descendent of the Rappahannock Tribe shares stories from Indigenous cultures around the globe of how colors of Sky and Earth came to be before leading participants in a story inspi

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
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Jay Richardson Grebe, Executive Director of Just Harvest and descendent of the Rappahannock Tribe shares stories from Indigenous cultures around the globe of how colors of Sky and Earth came to be before leading participants in a story inspi

The front of a yellow school bus and the words welcome to the school bus bus tour and safety storytime with the library and ECPS logos

Welcome to the School Bus!

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Children, Preschool

Enjoy a fun bus story and song before touring a real school bus and learning about bus safety. For rising pre-K, kindergartners and 1st graders.

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Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Preschool
Program Type: Special Event
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Enjoy a fun bus story and song before touring a real school bus and learning about bus safety. For rising pre-K, kindergartners and 1st graders.