Collins Branch Library 64 Aberdeen Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138

Enjoy time together with other caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills. Recommended for children from birth to 18 months with their caregivers. 

January selection: Sandwich by Catherine Newman.

Join us for stories, songs and rhymes. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

Join us for music, movement and stories. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

 

Hands on learning through music, dancing, Spanish and fun!

Celebrate the start of 2026 without staying awake until midnight! Play games and create crafts with friends, family and neighbors. For children of all ages and their caregivers.

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned bird watching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Come get creative at Collins!

Join us to craft homemade gifts this holiday season.

Enjoy time together with other parents, caregivers and babies to learn, play and develop language and motor skills. Recommended for children from birth to 18 months with their caregivers. 

December selection: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo.

Are you looking for fun stuff to do when boredom strikes?

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned bird watching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

The month of November is now DINO-vember! Celebrate with stories, songs and a craft featuring triceratops, stegosaurus and t-rex. Recommended for children ages 3-7 and their caregivers.

Just for you and the baby!

Come get creative at Collins!

November is International Games Month. Drop-in to play board and card games with neighbors, friends and family. Recommended for children ages 5 and up and their caregivers.

Join us for a seasonal story time on Halloween morning.

October selection: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned birdwatching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Come get creative at Collins!

Need an accessory for a costume? Decorate a mosaic mask to disguise yourself as a jungle animal. Recommended for children ages 4-10 with a caregiver.

October Selection: Amá: a modern Tex-Mex kitchen by Betty Hallock & Tex-Mex by Ford Fry

World Space Week runs October 4-10, 2025.

Just for you and the baby!

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned birdwatching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Come get creative at Collins!

Drop in for an after school activity.

Join local author Clare Walker Leslie (How to Look at a Bird, Keeping a Nature Journal) to learn how to draw Cambridge birds!

September selection: What We Remember Will Be Saved: a story of refugees and the things they carry by Stephanie Saldaña

Just for you and the baby!

Join us for 20-25 minutes of music, movement and stories. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

 

Join us for half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

September Selection: What Goes with What by Julia Turshen.

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned birdwatching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Celebrate the start of the school year by making an accessory to hang from your backpack.

Come get creative at Collins!

August selection: The Coast Road by Alan Murrin

Come join the fun as we sing, jump, shake and laugh with Music at The Blissful.

Drop in to contribute to a communal coloring project. Share supplies with neighbors to color in a little or a lot of an oversize coloring page. 

For all ages, while white space lasts.

Join us for a special story time featuring books to match a square on this summer's bingo board for young children.

Join us for a fun and interactive storytime featuring Nicolette Nordin Heavey!

Celebrate National Moth Week in style!

Stop by to pick up an activity before the weekend.

Alpacas from the Harvard Alpaca Ranch will be visiting the library for an educational program and meet and greet.

Join us for a special story time featuring books to match a square on this summer's bingo board for young children.

Stop by to pick up an activity before the weekend.

July selection:

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned birdwatching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Come get creative at Collins!

Join us for a story time where we learn about the animals that live at Land's Sake Farm!

Stop by to pick up an activity before the weekend.

Instructions and supplies will be provided for an afternoon activity.

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Join us for a relaxing walk of Fresh Pond with Park Ranger Tim Puopolo!

Stop by before the holiday weekend to pick up a tiny art kit.

Instructions and supplies will be provided for an afternoon activity.

July Selection: Ripe figs : recipes and stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus by Yasmin Khan ; photography by Matt Russell.

Drop in to contribute to a communal coloring project. Share supplies with neighbors to color in a little or a lot of an oversize coloring page. 

For all ages, while white space lasts.

June selection:

Join us for a bilingual family concert in English and Spanish.

Come get creative at Collins!

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned birdwatching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

Join us to celebrate the reopening of the Collins Branch!

Join guide Stefanie Haug while exploring our neighborhood nature and celebrating Elderhood.

Join us for a relaxing walk of Fresh Pond with Park Ranger Tim Puopolo!

Join us for a morning walk at one of the most renowned birdwatching spots in Cambridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery!

May Selection:

Join us for half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

Join us for 20-25 minutes of music, movement and stories. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

 

May selection:

Join us for a relaxing walk of Fresh Pond with Park Ranger Tim Puopolo!

Come spend the afternoon getting deeply acquainted with May's Herb of the Month - the plantain!

Shayla Tate of M.U.D.D. Flower Yoga leads a 60-minute evening flow in the Community Room.