New Museum Passes!

We've added two new museum passes this year:
Historic New England allows two adults and their children (under 18) access to their properties for free!
North Shore Children's Museum offers a 50% discount for up to five people!
Click here to reserve a pass
Thanks to the Friends of the Library for funding these new museum passes.

Food Drive!
The Topsfield Town Library is pleased to partner again with Masco Project 351 for a food drive to benefit the Middleton Food Pantry. We will be collecting items at the library through Saturday, December 10th.

Thank you for your generosity and helping to support your local community!

This week's events:

Topsfield Library events in purple (View the Topsfield Library's calendar here)

Mah jongg: Tue 12/6, 1-4pm: Drop-in Mahjongg is back! All levels welcome, no sign-up necessary.

CFCE of the North Shore - Music and Movement Playgroup: Wed 12/7, 10:30-11:30am: Coordinated Family Community Engagement (CFCE) manages and runs this fun event! Music and movement are important at every stage of a child’s development and can be brought together in this fun, interactive program. CFCE's programs include music with activities to further refine children's fine and gross motor skills.

Topsfield Memory Cafe: Sat 12/10, 10am-12pm: Indoor Memory Cafe hosted by the Rest Stop Ranch

Be a Friend!

Friends Membership renewal time is here!

Friends of the Library memberships are coming up for renewal! If you haven't received a purple card in the mail, feel free to come by the library to renew, or do so online!

Your donation to support the Friends helps the library to provide discounted museum passes, children's programming, special events, and more! Thank you for supporting your library!

National communicate with your kids day- December 5th
The library has a lot of great parenting resources if you need a little help, advice, or just want to keep up on parenting information and trends!

The Monster Parade: A Book about Feeling All Your Feelings and Then Watching Them Go
By Wendy O'Leary
A playful story that helps children work with difficult emotions by imagining them marching by as funny monsters in a parade (ages 3-7).

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Filled with straightforward advice and written in their trademark, down-to-earth style sure to appeal to both parents and teens, this volume offers both innovative, easy-to-implement suggestions and proven techniques to build the foundation for lasting relationships. From curfews and cliques to sex and drugs, it gives parents the tools to help their children safely navigate the often stormy years of adolescence.

High five discipline : positive parenting for happy, healthy, well-behaved kids
By Candice W. Jones
When confronting the challenge of disciplining their children, moms and dads often default to the ways their own parents disciplined them, sometimes with harmful results. In High Five Discipline, mom and practicing pediatrician Dr. Candice Jones coaches parents to understand their child’s developmental stages and their own motivations to create a family discipline plan that manages misbehavior and encourages good behavior.