Children's Upcoming Book Groups

Children's Book Groups will be on hiatus in the month of September and will start back up again in October.

For 2nd & 3rd Grade:

Just Harriet by Elana K. Arnold

Wednesday, October 18th at 4:30 in the Activity Room


This program will be held in-person at the Library. No registration is required to join us. We hope to see you there!

This book can be found digitally through Libby or you can pick up a physical copy at the Children's Desk.


For more information, or help accessing the book, please email hijuv@ocln.org or call the Children's Department at 781-741-1405 ext. 1403.

About the Book:Done Editing

There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer:

  • She just finished third grade. 
  • She has a perfect cat named Matzo Ball. 
  • She doesn’t always tell the truth. 
  • She is very happy to be spending summer vacation away from home and her mom and dad and all the wonderful things she had been planning all year.

Okay, maybe that last one isn’t entirely the truth.

Of course, there’s nothing Harriet doesn't like about Marble Island, the small island off the coast of California where her nanu runs a cozy little bed and breakfast. And nobody doesn’t love Moneypenny, Nanu’s old basset hound. But Harriet doesn’t like the fact that Dad made this decision without even asking her.

When Harriet arrives on Marble Island, however, she discovers that it's full of surprises, and even a mystery. One that seems to involve her Dad, back when he was a young boy living on Marble Island. One that Harriet is absolutely going to solve. And that's the truth.

A girl standing in front of a Victorian house. She's holding a cat next to a suitcase and bloodho

For 4th & 5th Grade:

Because of WInn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Tuesday, October 25 at 4:30 PM in the Activity Room

This program will be held in-person at the Library. No registration is required to join us. We hope to see you there!

This book can be found digitally through Libby or, you can pick up a physical copy at the Children's Desk.

For more information or help accessing the book, please email  hijuv@ocln.org or call the Children's Department at 781-741-1405 ext. 1403.

About the Book:

One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries—and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. This updated edition of Kate DiCamillo’s classic novel invites readers to make themselves at home—whether they’re experiencing the book for the first time or returning to an old favorite.

A girl walking with a dog