Storytimes near BIXBY MEMORIAL

Bixby Memorial Free Library, 258 Main St, Vergennes, VT, 05491

The Friends of the Bixby will be accepting gently used book donations from 3-6 pm in the Bixby’s back parking lot. Preferred Donations: Fiction published 2009 or after Classics Paperbacks published 2012 or later Nonfiction published 2010 or later Children’s Books and DVDs We will decline books that we believe will not catch the attention of our customers. We have no market for Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, Time-Life Series, or National Geographic Series. 100% of income from book sales goes to support the programming needs of the Bixby.

Bixby Memorial Free Library – Children’s Room

Storytime is held every Friday morning in the Bixby’s Children’s Room. Join us for stories, crafts, fun, and community connection! Recommended for preschool age children.

Bixby Memorial Free Library – Otter Creek Room

The Friends of the Bixby will host a used book sale from 9 AM to 1 PM in the library’s basement Otter Creek Room (accessible from the library’s back parking lot). We offer gently used fiction, non-fiction, children’s, YA, gardening, sci-fi/fantasy, Vermont books, and more! All funds from the book sale will support the free services and programs offered by the Bixby Library.

Calling all readers! The Bixby Book Club meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6pm. We read a variety of books, spanning the genres of contemporary, literary, and historical fiction, as well as non-fiction, biography, and classics. Didn’t read or finish the book? No worries! This is a no-judgement book club. New members are always welcome. This meeting will be held in the library’s Community Room, if available, or the Vermont Room. Plenty of copies of books are available at the circulation desk for all who would like to read one- for those attending book club as well as those reading on their own. They can also be reserved by emailing Martha at Martha.Sanborn@bixbylibrary.org View a list of 2026 reads here. The book for July is The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King. Book Description: Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she’s always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties, and Monica worries about them constantly—especially her grandmother, Yun, who survived two wars in China before coming to the States, and whose memory has begun to fade. Though Yun rarely speaks of her past, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was separated from years ago. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue. Monica’s discovery of a hidden family history is exquisitely braided with Yun’s own memories as she writes of her years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages outside their door, Yun and her cousin, Meng, learn of a special power the women in their family possess: the ability to Reforge a pencil’s words. But when the government uncovers their secret, they are forced into a life of espionage, betraying other people’s stories to survive.