Cobleigh Public Library

06/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of our new electric mobile library, the Edie Bell-Brown Bookmobile! We had a great turnout for the event — which doubled as the start of our Summer Learning Program and the first Family Fun Friday of the year — and it was wonderful to see the community’s enthusiasm for our new vehicle. Thank you to Fenton Chester Arena for allowing us to host the program there as a rain location, and we appreciate Building Bright Futures for cohosting this event with us! 😄

06/20/2026

Join us on July 7th at 6 pm for a free American Sign Language class at the library, taught by Christina Hastings. Please register by emailing [email protected] or calling 802-626-5475.

06/19/2026

With rain in the forecast later today, we are moving the first Family Fun Friday to our rain location, Fenton Chester Arena! The address for the event is now 145 College Road Lyndon Center, VT 05850. Join us from 4 to 6 pm for a performance by the amazing Pirate Man Dan, as well as a tour of our new electric mobile library, also known as the Edie-Bell Brown Bookmobile. Plus crafts, games and other fun activities, as well as lots of great giveaways!

06/18/2026

This FRIDAY at Cobleigh Library!

10:00am: Baby & Toddler Play Group (in the Children's Room at the library). Simple stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, baby bounces, and plenty of free play and socializing time. Come play with us!

11:30am: The Music Man (on the top floor of the library). Kids' musician Ed Morgan plays a mix of traditional and original children's songs. Come sing and dance with us!

4:00pm - 6:00pm: Family Fun Friday, featuring Pirate Man Dan! (Bandstand Park in fair weather, or Fenton-Chester Arena if heavy rain or thunderstorms). Kids crafts, games and other fun activities, free books and other giveaways, a cool StoryWalk, a performance by the amazing Pirate Man Dan, and the chance to check out our brand new electric-powered Bookmobile!

06/18/2026

Thank you so much to Jeff Garfield of Magic 97.7 for chatting with our Director, Kaitlin Wood, yesterday morning on the radio about the many services and fun events that we offer at the library. We really appreciate how much Jeff does for the community!

06/18/2026

Tomorrow is the day! We invite you to FENTON-CHESTER ARENA to see our new bookmobile. (Note: Event has been moved to Fenton-Chester Arena -- 145 College Rd, Lyndon Center -- due to likely rain).

06/17/2026

We made the news! Last night, Lizzie Jensen of WCAX aired a story about our brand new mobile library, also known as the Edie Bell-Brown Bookmobile! It was a super cool experience, and if you haven't had a chance to see it, the video is below:

https://www.wcax.com/2026/06/16/lyndonville-library-debuts-vermonts-first-electric-bookmobile/

If you are interested in seeing the bookmobile up close, please join us this Friday, June 19th from 4 pm to 6 pm in Bandstand Park (with a rain location of Fenton Chester Arena) for the first Family Fun Friday of the year, which is also serving as our Summer Learning Program kickoff and our Bookmobile Launch Party! Families can enjoy watching a performance by the amazing Pirate Man Dan, and we will have plenty of books, toys, games, and prizes to give away to kids. We hope to see you there!

A Lyndonville library's 27-year-old book delivery service just got an electric upgrade, giving it a cost-effective way to bring books to the community.

06/16/2026

We have some very exciting news to share! We encourage you to tune into WCAX at 6 pm tonight, because the library will be featured in a story about our new bookmobile! Reporter Lizzie Jensen was kind enough to drive up to Lyndonville today with a camera crew to ride along with Colleen as she visited three of her usual stops: The Lyndon Institute Toddler Group at the NEKCA Family Resource Center, Play & Learn Daycare & Preschool Center, and the Pines Rehabilitation and Health Center. We can’t wait for everyone to see the news story tonight!

06/16/2026

The Cobleigh Book Club is set to meet next Tuesday, June 23rd at 11:15 am for a discussion of "Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley." It is the first time our group is discussing a non-fiction book, so we are very excited! If you would like to join, there is still time to pick up a copy of the book from the library.

06/15/2026

Announcing the 2025-2026 Red Clover Book Award Winners!

The Red Clover Book Award is Vermont's kids' choice book award for outstanding picture books. Each year, thousands of kids from all around Vermont vote for their favorite Red Clover nominee!

At Cobleigh Public Library, kids who take part in our Red Clover Book Club read and discuss all 10 Red Clover nominated books, enjoy related art projects and other fun activities, and at the conclusion of the program they vote for their favorite, and their votes are added tally to help choose the statewide winner.

Some years the favorite here at the Cobleigh turns out to be the same as the statewide winner, but often our kids have a different preference, and that was the case again this year...

This year the favorite among those who voted here at Cobleigh Library was The Cafe At The Edge Of The Woods, by Mikey Please.

The book that got the most votes statewide, winning the Red Clover Book Award, was Whale Song, by Zachariah Ohora.

For more information on the Red Clover Book Award:

https://libraries.vermont.gov/red-clover-book-award