Summer Reading Stomp Off & Junior Paleontologist Training
2026-06-01 14:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
In celebration of National Dinosaur Day, the library will be hosting our STOMP OFF to start our annual Summer Reading Program.

For this years theme, “Unearth A Story”, the library will be traveling back in time to the era of the dinosaurs. Join us all summer long for family programs, mobile summer reading with Miss Jessica and Chet, teen & adult challenges and a roaring good time.

STOMP OFF Activities & First Junior Paleontologist Training Night*:Sign up for our Reading Challenge(s)*Hands-On Dig: Observation
Dino Stomp: Identification
Fossil Rubbing: Identification
Dino Name: Classification

ALL ACTIVITIES START AT 5 PM

Watch for our Dino friend. He’ll be stomping around with prizes.

Light refreshments.

Activities are designed for all ages. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child(ren). Event is free and open to all.

Registration is requested for the STOMP OFF.

Bronto‑Be‑Registration

This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation
&
CVCS Sinclairville Elementary School PTO

More information on Summer Reading and becoming a sponsor.

*Junior Paleontologist Training Nights: July 6th, August 3rd & August 31st
*One observation journal per child for all four (4) Training Nights
*Patrons may register at anytime during our program dates (June 1st – August 31st), participation in our reading challenge not required to attend programs/events

Baby Talk
2026-06-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-06-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-06-24 10:30 - 11:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Each month focuses on one theme related to baby development. Sing songs, fun movements, learn baby sign language and spend time with other babies.

For ages birth to 2 years old.
Songs, Bounces, Stories, Read-Alongs and Play!!!
Registration is Required Please note that once your child is registered for our weekly Wednesday programs, they will have a spot until 1 month of no attendance.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.
This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation

Story Hour
2026-06-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-06-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Children will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.
Participate in stories, songs and learning. Craft or take away activity for extended learning.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited. Please note that once your child is registered for our weekly Wednesday programs, they will have a spot until 1 month of no attendance.
For ages 2 (toddler) to Preschool.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities available on our Facebook event and the main website page.
This program is made possible through the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation

Virtual Write Spirit
2026-06-03 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-10 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-17 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-24 19:30 - 20:30 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Christian writers meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to aspiring and accomplished writers.
Group meets virtually. Meeting link will be provided after registration.
Registration is Open.

Staff & Volunteer Meeting
2026-06-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
One of the ways that you can support your library is to volunteer!!!! Our library could not function without our wonderful volunteers. Volunteers can help out in many ways, from shelving books to shoveling snow.
Would you like to volunteer? Please join us for pizza and learn about opportunities for volunteers.
Unearth a Story: Dig Into Your Talents
If you can teach it, show it, make it, or explain it, we want you.
Help enhance our community by sharing your talent or skill. Your talent could inspire the next curious mind at the library.

Write Circle (Hybrid)
2026-06-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-06-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-06-26 09:00 - 10:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Writers in all genres meet to encourage, inspire and provided reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.
Hybrid meetings April thru November. Meets Virtually December thru March.
This group is currently closed to new members. Please consider joining our Write Spirit group.

Sinclairville Samplers
2026-06-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-06-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-06-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-06-26 10:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering and fun with friends.

Life Story Writing @ The Homestead
2026-06-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Join us to explore life themes together and to create a written life story for personal reflection or to share with friends and family members.
Open to the public.

GIVE BIG CHQ
2026-06-11 | VIRTUAL EVENT
About Big Give CHQ 2026
Give Big CHQ is a 24-hour online fundraising event that connects individuals with causes they care about in the community! Hosted by the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, this event is an opportunity to come together as a community to celebrate the important work of local nonprofit*s, helping to raise dollars and awareness for their missions.
Since 2018, this annual online giving day has helped to raise over $2.3 million to directly support local nonprofits!
With your support, the Sinclairville Free Library can continue to improve accessibility and outreach to our entire community.
This year we are asking for support to continue and build upon our programs and outreach to serve patrons of all ages.
The library is more than just books — it is a place where people gather to find community, learn new skills, interact with like-minded people, increase school readiness, utilize computers, and create a lifelong love of reading and learning.
Here’s how your donation will help

Expand our large print section enabling patrons of all abilities the chance to continue reading.
Provide materials, books, and other necessary items for our weekly Story Hour to provide a safe and educational environment for kids of all ages.
Purchase additional digital materials, including e-books and audiobooks, that have high hold lists from our current patrons.
Bring reading on the road for both children and vulnerable adults through rec programs, story walks, off-site book clubs, and writing classes.

Your Give Big CHQ gift will directly help us continue our wide-spread programming, ensuring that everyone in our community can keep benefitting from the library. Thank you!

Visit GiveBigCHQ for more details and to Donate!!!

*501(c)(3) public nonprofit organizations

Books Unlimited Book Club
2026-06-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers’ Favorite Historical Fiction (2024)

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.
Washington, D.C., 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds; police officer’s daughter Nora, who is entangled with a shadowy gangster; frustrated baseball star Bea, whose career has ended along with the women’s baseball league of WWII; and poisonous, gung-ho Arlene, who has thrown herself into McCarthy’s Red Scare.
Grace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears apart the house, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: Who is the true enemy in their midst?
Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test. (from Goodreads)

Copies are available through the library system.
Registration is requested. A copy of the book club selection can be reserved during registration.

Nighttime Story Hour
2026-06-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
“Father’s Day”
Dino Daddy Card
Create a card for Dad or Grandpa
Children will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.
Participate in stories, songs and learning. Craft or take away activity for extended learning. Program is designed for ages 2 to PreK. All ages are welcome.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited.
For ages birth and up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child(ren).
Light snacks will be available.
DUE TO T-BALL, JUNE EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY

*craft from Simple Everyday Mom

Life Story Writing (Hybrid)
2026-06-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Join us to explore life themes together and to create a written life story for personal reflection or to share with friends and family members.
All materials (scrapbooking, etc) provided. For ages 12 and up.
Event is held in person and online. Register to receive online link.

Book Club @ the Homestead
2026-06-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
A Family Affair by Martha Hall Kelly
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes a captivating and heartfelt new novel, as a young dancer finds an unexpected partner–and gains the courage to live according to her heart. . .
In a city built on dreams, Trisha Holiday makes her living moving like one. But out of her dancer’s costume, she’s as down-to-earth as they come. That’s why she ignores the admiring note–and the accompanying $1000 bill–that arrives backstage after one of her ethereal performances. Yet the sender, a wealthy foreign prince, isn’t easily dissuaded. Seven years living and studying in the United States have made Malik long for the freedom to choose his own bride–and the woman he wants is Trisha.
After a breathtaking visit to Malik’s kingdom culminates in a marriage proposal, Trish attempts to adjust to an opulent new lifestyle complete with servants, sumptuous surroundings, and vast wealth. None of that matters to Trish as much as Malik’s love. With Malik’s sister Soraya proving a trusted new friend, they plan a lavish wedding surpassing anything she could have imagined.
Yet Trish’s new life will have challenges too–adjusting to a new and complex culture, to the myriad demands of Malik’s royal position, and to the expectations she faces as his wife. In the midst of her own major changes, Trish vows to help her sister, Emma, whose marriage has ended in a bitter breakup. And through it all, Trish will strive to stay true to what matters most–love, true friendship, and the ties that hold family together across the miles and the years. (from Goodreads)

Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required. Open to the public

Library Board Meeting
2026-06-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Board Meetings are open to the public.

Meetings are held at the library.

Please see Board of Trustees for more information on our board.

Virtual Book Club
2026-06-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Join the discussion from the comfort of your living room!!!
Title Selection: My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Goodreads Choice Award
Winner for Readers’ Favorite Fiction (2025), Nominee for Readers’ Favorite Audiobook (2025)

My Friends by Fredrik Backman is a deeply moving literary novel that explores the meaning of friendship, loyalty, and the invisible ties that shape our lives.
With warmth, humor, and emotional depth, Backman tells a powerful story about human connection and the lasting impact of the people who stand beside us through life’s most defining moments.
Richly layered and beautifully written, this novel captures both heartbreak and hope, making it an unforgettable reading experience.
Perfect for readers who love character-driven fiction and emotionally resonant storytelling.

(from Goodreads)

Register at Event & Program Registration.
You can request a copy be reserved during registration. Virtual link (Zoom) will be provided after registration.

Baby Talk
2026-07-01 11:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Each month focuses on one theme related to baby development. Sing songs, fun movements, learn baby sign language and spend time with other babies.

For ages birth to 2 years old.
Songs, Bounces, Stories, Read-Alongs and Play!!!
Registration is Required Please note that once your child is registered for our weekly Wednesday programs, they will have a spot until 1 month of no attendance.

PLEASE NOTE THE PROGRAM TIME CHANGE FOR JULY & AUGUST
11:30 to 12:00 pm
Each registered/attending family will take home their Dinosaur, Dinosaur: I Can Learn book box at the end of summer.
Dinosaur, Dinosaur: I Can Learn book box provided by the CCLS Summer Reading 2026 Mini Grant, provided by the Southern Chautauqua Community Foundation.
