It's that time of year again! Look for us at the Portsmouth Farmers' Market once a month from May through September! We will be in the City of Portsmouth tent and can't wait to see you there!

Laptime is recommended for babies ages 0 to 18 months and will feature stories, songs, fingerplays, bouncing rhymes, and puppets.

Join us for The Health and Wellness Expo at the Community Campus! Free admission, exhibits, and displays! We will be there to issue or update library cards, provide information about our programs and services, and answer questions! Join us!

The Spanish Language Discussion Group meets at the Library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.

Waddler Time is designed for children ages 1 and 2 year old and their caregivers who are ready to READ, SING, TALK and PLAY!!

We will use interactive songs, stories, and movement to build literacy and a love of libraries!

Join us for Toddler Story Time!

Toddler Story Time is recommended for two and three year olds and their caregivers and will feature stories, singing, playing and more!

Emerging readers! You are invited to come share a book with one of our certified reading dogs ⁠— first come, first served. This program will be held in the Youth Services area of the library and is open to readers of all ages.

Come to the library to play Mah Jongg, the ancient Chinese game of tiles on Saturdays from 10 AM —12 PM!

More than 6,000,000 people are living with Alzheimer's in the US, 55,000,000 people are impacted by these diseases worldwide, and more than 11,000,000 people are providing unpaid care for people afflicted with Alzheimer's or dementia.

This Italian Language Discussion Group meets at the library in the MacLeod Board Room.

The French Language Discussion Group meets at the library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.

Join us at the library in the Special Collections Room and be part of our Research Huddle! In sports, a huddle is when the players gather in a circle to strategize, motivate, or celebrate. We think genealogists should do the same!

The German Language Discussion Group meets at the library in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.  

How do I listen to an audiobook using Libby or Hoopla? Can I send a picture with a text? How do I pair Bluetooth headphones? What are apps?!

Come join us for Teen Book Club! Held at the high school during Flex Block, each month we discuss a book we read together and receive a new book to talk about the following month!

Calling All Middle Schoolers!!!

Join us every Monday for games, crafts, and other incredibly fun and interesting activities planned JUST FOR YOU!!!

Book Club for second and third grades will be back at the library!

This book club is not intended to teach literacy but simply build a love of books and libraries! We will chat about the book and play games or do an activity!

Join us for LEGO Club at PPL! Each week children in grades K-5 are invited to join us in the Levenson Room to create unique LEGO challenges, work on individual projects and have fun with other LEGO loving kids!

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! This month's book is Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs.

Join us for some free summer fun at Seacoast Science Center's Nature@Nite! Free admission, activities, and exhibits and displays! We will be there with activities and a story hour! Join us!

The Chinese Language Discussion Group meets online via Zoom. 

We craft, ewe craft, we all craft together! Join library staff and fellow crafters on the third Friday of each month from 5 - 6:30 PM for an after-hours, drop-in, open crafting time.

Hybrid Meditation

Our Weekly Meditation is now offered on Monday evenings as well as Wednesday afternoon.

The Portsmouth Public Library invites you to join Creative Writing Group II which meets in person at the library and online via Zoom, on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.

Join Mike Familant, Bigfoot researcher and creator of the TV series "In the Shadow of Big Red Eye," for an evening of all things Sasquatch. This is a stop on Mike's cross-country library and bigfoot tracking tour of 2024!