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  • Promotional graphic with the words “UNEARTH A STORY” in large bold letters at the top, with “UNEARTH” in bright green and “A STORY” in orange. Below the text is a close-up illustration of a reptilian or dragon-like eye with a vertical black pupil and vivid red, orange, and yellow iris. The eye is surrounded by textured green scales against a dark background, creating a mysterious and adventurous fantasy atmosphere.

    Unearth A Story: Summer Library Program

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Something BIG is stomping its way to Vernon Free Library. This year, we're going back in time to Unearth a Story(TM). Whether you're a tiny Triceratops or a sophisticated Stegosaurus, our Summer Library Program (or Challenge) has something for you! Grab your excavation tools (okay, just your library card) and get ready to dig into some legendary adventures. For five weeks, readers and non-readers of all ages can earn raffle tickets for a host of exciting prizes, which will be awarded at the conclusion of the Summer Library Program. Visit us this summer for reading recommendations and start your way through a summer of reading and book adventures! Registration Begins: Saturday, June 27, and is ongoing throughout our Summer Library...

    Free
  • Illustration of two cartoon dinosaurs made from colorful fingerprint patterns. A larger blue long-neck dinosaur stands on the left with a smiling face and black spots on its body, while a smaller green stegosaurus-like dinosaur stands on the right with black spikes along its back and tail. Both dinosaurs are outlined in black against a light gray background.

    Dinosaur Family Fingerprints

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Drop in and get your hands dirty and make your own dino family using washable ink and your fingers!

    Free

  • Knitting Group

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States
    Free

  • Closed

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Vernon Free Library is closed for Independence Day.

  • Two pieces of flattened red clay displayed on a beige surface. The clay piece on the left has carved designs, including a spiral in the center and several curved lines around it. The clay piece on the right shows the same design highlighted with white paint, featuring a central spiral, wavy lines, and a small star- or flower-like symbol near the top. The image appears to demonstrate a clay engraving and painting activity.

    Stone Stories: Create Your Own Petroglyphs

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Drop in to create your own petroglyph, stone carvings used by early cultures to tell stories and communicate with symbols. Unleash your creativity and carve your personal story into stone!

    Free

  • Knitting Group

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States
    Free
  • Book cover of The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell. Against a black background, a gold spoon hangs vertically in the center of the cover. The spoon’s handle extends upward into the silhouette of a large mansion or estate, while a dark red drop drips from the bowl of the spoon, suggesting mystery or murder. The title appears in large white letters across the center, with the author’s name in orange-red text at the bottom. A review quote from Janet Evanovich appears near the top right, and the words “A Novel” appear near the lower right.

    Reading Group: The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Meeting on the second Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m, Town Office Building Lobby. Contact to join and get a book! In July, the group will discuss "The Golden Spoon" by Jessa Maxwell. This locked-room mystery takes place during an annual televised baking competition on a Vermont estate when celebrated baker Betsy Martin, hailed as "America's Grandmother," finds murder in the mix when a body is discovered, and everyone is a suspect.

    Free
  • Ancient Egyptian wall painting depicting two seated figures in profile. A woman on the left raises one hand toward a larger figure seated on the right, who has the head of a bird and wears traditional Egyptian garments and jewelry. Hieroglyphic symbols fill the background, and a large red-orange sun disk appears above the figures. The artwork features the flat, stylized forms and earth-tone colors typical of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings.

    Write Like an Egyptian with Hieroglyphics

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Drop in a learn about hieroglyphics and how to write your own message! Hieroglyphics is a writing system created by the Ancient Egyptians over 5,000 years ago. Archeologists have found many artifacts with hieroglyphics that tell us what life was like in Ancient Egypt.

    Free

  • Knitting Group

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States
    Free
  • Two painted rocks rest on sandy ground. The larger gray rock is decorated with a white crescent moon, bare tree, and a range of black mountains outlined in white, with the name “Isabella” painted near the bottom edge. Beside it is a smaller bright green rock featuring a large yellow peace symbol outlined in dark blue. The hand-painted designs give the rocks a creative, personalized appearance.

    Pet Rocks

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Make your very own pet in this program that's a blast from the past! 

    Free

  • Knitting Group

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States
    Free
  • Side-by-side photos show a hands-on cookie excavation activity. In the left image, a chocolate chip cookie sits on a worksheet labeled “Cookie Excavation Grid” beside a green and a red toothpick used as excavation tools. In the right image, a partially excavated cookie rests on a grid worksheet while a hand uses a red toothpick to remove crumbs. The worksheet includes graphing and observation sections, illustrating a STEM-style activity that simulates archaeological excavation and data collection using a cookie.

    Dig In! Cookie Excavators

    Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT, Vermont, United States

    Have fun uncovering artifacts like an archaeologist by carefully excavating chocolate chips from a cookie while using an excavation grid. While performing this activity, you will also learn about the tools and terms used by archaeologists on a dig site!

    Free