This week’s Throwback Thursday is a tribute to the children of Fort Pond Bay Village. The Bay was their frontage and the train tracks their backyard boundary. Nothing, however, could restrict these kids from exploring the larger world around them. This image from around 1938 comes from the Pitts-Burke-Cullum collection, a large group of photographic… Read more »
Celebrate the arrival of summer with the Montauk Library! Complete the Summer Trivia below for a bag of summer goodies to kick-off summer fun! Email answers to: kids@montauklibrary.org Good Luck!
As the school year draws to a close, everyone looks forward to passing their exams and moving up another grade level. Especially seniors! (Or in the case of Montauk School graduates, 8th-graders.) Graduation ceremonies bring celebration and a sense of freedom. Before graduation, however, there’s the school trip. Its itinerary is usually structured around an… Read more »
Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Today, Miss Rachel will be reading, Keeping It Cool: Skills for Coping with Change by Melissa Munro Boyd. After the story, get ready for a mindful, keeping it cool workout! For more info about the author, visit https://www.facebook.com/melissamunroboydauthor/
The annual Blessing of the Fleet became part of Montauk culture after Vinny Grimes witnessed a similar ceremony during his tenure with the U.S. Navy. In 1955, the Montauk community supported Grimes’ idea of creating a blessing ceremony for fishermen’s vessels. On June 7, 1956, the East Hampton Star ran a notice alerting the public… Read more »
Welcome to Sharing Music with Lori. Get ready to get the wiggles out with singing and dancing!
Welcome to Bilingual Storytime with Mary Jane. Today, Mary Jane will be reading, El Gran Oso Pardo (The Big Brown Bear) by David McPhail. For more info about the author, visit http://davidmcphailillustrations.com/
Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Follow along as Miss Rachel reads, Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar by James Dean. Then get ready to do some moves from the story! For more info about the author, visit https://www.petethecatbooks.com/meet-the-author-illustrator/
If Montauk ever produced a Renaissance man, it was Richard T. Gilmartin. An insurance businessman who entered politics and fought for people with disabilities, he loved history and surfcasting and shared his passion for both. Richard Gilmartin had started writing a history of Montauk when he died suddenly in 1964. The loss of Gilmartin’s knowledge base was like… Read more »
Welcome to Bilingual Storytime with Mary Jane. Today, Mary Jane will be reading the French edition of Who’s Hiding? at the Zoo, Qui Se Cache? Au zoo by Melusine Allirol. Follow along to learn the names of zoo animals in French! For more info about the author/illustrator, visit https://www.instagram.com/melusineallirol/?hl=en