Portsmouth Public Library (NH) Youth Services

02/11/2026

Due to this morning's school delay, laptime is cancelled this morning! We will resume in two weeks on March 4.

01/28/2026

Only a few spots remain!

Join us on Saturday 1/31 at 2:00 for our first EVER Family Puzzle Race!

Grab your best puzzle solvers, and join us in a FUN competition to see which family team can complete a 500 piece puzzle first!

Please go to our online calendar to register! You will find all of the details there. You DO NOT want to miss out on the fun!

Special shout out to Ravensburger for their support!

01/07/2026

12/12/2025

From Jan. 1-31, we are joining the nationwide Read with Benny Winter Reading Challenge, sponsored by Beanstack and Steps to Literacy. Our goal: have students in grades K-8 read 3,000 minutes together this January! Log reading at https://cityofportsmouth.beanstack.com. Thousands of schools and libraries are joining in - help us bring home the win!

09/27/2025

If you listen closely, you'll notice that our trains are not saying the traditional choo-chooo. Instead, they are saying THANK YOU! We are so incredibly grateful to .willikersportsmouth for their generous and kind donation of an updated train table to our Youth Services department! We can't wait to hear the giggle express going full steam ahead!

09/07/2025

Happy Grandparents Day to all of our grandparents and grand friends! Many of us are lucky enough to remember special times reading with our grandparents. Many of us are lucky to be able to read to our grandchildren. These intergenerational connections add so much to our lives every single day. We hope you cherish this special time together!

08/07/2025

We’re about two weeks away from the end of our Summer Reading Program! Make sure you log all your reading on Beanstack by August 22!
Whether you’re adding to your awesome reading beads or hitting the teen cart, make sure we have your full reading time. We will have a limited amount of beads and teen prizes available after that date, but no further logging will be possible. Keep up all the awesomeness everyone!
PortsmouthNHTeens

06/25/2025

You've got the green light to go WILD tonight at our first Family Game Night! Our AC is set to blue to keep us all cool! We'll be in the Levenson Room from 6-7:30 tonight 6/25, so bring your +2 or +4! Don't forget your to be "red" list! You won't want to SKIP this fun event! Stop by and say "yellow"!