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What Can I Borrow?
Audio
Visual Materials
Our audio-visual
collection is comprised of movies, audio books, music, and software
for children of all ages. We have children’s feature films,
family movies, educational, and documentary films. All children’s
department movies circulate for one week free of charge. Audio books,
music CD’s and software circulate for 2 weeks each. There
is a limit of 15 audio-visual items per visit.
Downloadable
Audio Books
Audio
books for Children and Adults are now available to download.
A variety of children's titles, including 'A Series of Unfortunate
Events' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia' are available. Downloadable
audio books are free and circulate for two weeks. To
learn more about this service and to start downloading books to
your portable listening device visit our eAudio Catalog.
Video
Games
The children's
department now lends video games for X-box and X-box 360, Wii, Nintendo
DS, Playstation 2, and Game Cube. Videogames circulate for
two weeks free of charge.
Toys
The Hingham
Public Library Toy Collection is given in memory of Karen Ruth Bortnick;
a wonderful little girl who knew the joys of discovery and loved
for others to know them too. The collection includes over 60 toys
appropriate for ages 1 to 12. Toys circulate for 2 weeks and cannot
be placed on hold.
Magazines
We have
magazines for children of all ages as well as parenting magazines
and professional journals. Magazines, including the newest issue,
circulate for 2 weeks.
Books
We have
books for everyone! Fiction and non-fiction; infants to young adults;
encyclopedias and best sellers! Books circulate for 2 weeks.
Museum
Passes
Museum
Passes can be reserved online.
Contact the reference department for more information.
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