Young Adults in the 5th through 12th Grade (with Parents permission) are invited to the MPL to cool off and watch the latest dinosaur movie based on Michael Crichton’s amazing book series “Jurassic Park”
Join us in the Maccario Room on Friday, July 24th from 3:00 – 5:00 to enjoy the film, and enjoy some light refreshments and snacks provided by the Friends of the Malden Public Library.
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th Grade are invited to the MPL on FRIDAY July 31st from 2:30 – 4:00 for an afternoon of fun Tie-Dye!
Sign-up is required to make sure that you get the right size, and space is limited so fill in your registration today!
https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/young-adult-tie-dye-on-the-lawn/
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade are invited to the MPL to get messy and make your own Dino-tastic Slime! Join us on Tuesday, July 21st from 3:00 – 4:00 PM in the Program Room to make your own slime and add in your own fun fossil themed add-ins.
Space in this slippery and slimy program will go fast so sign up below and reserve your spot today.
https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/ya-craft-fossil-slime/
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade are invited to the Malden Public Library on Tuesday, July 14th from 3:00 – 4:00 PM to take part in our next “Unearth a Story” craft and learn about Fossil Excavation. You will take up the tools of an Archeologist and dig through simulated rock to find actual fossils!
Sign up now below as space will go fast for this fun fossil program.
https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/ya-fossil-excavation-craft/
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade are invited to the MPL to reconstruct wooden dinosaurs from fun and educational kits.
Everyone signed up will be able to pick from several different kits and construct their fossil to take home.
Sign up below to secure your spot.
https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/ya-dinosaur-model-kits-craft/
This Thursday, June 25th at 1pm, join the library staff in celebrating the start of summer…reading! We’ve once again invited Dairy Delight to dish up their tasty ice cream to all our friends in the community. We’ll also be hosting a dinosaur or two, a musical guest, and the Friends of the Malden Public Library will be hosting a book give away to help encourage kids to find their first read of the summer.
The event is free, but in order to move things efficiently, we ask that each family sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge in Beanstack ahead of time. If you participated last year, you can just log into your account and go to the challenges section and select Dig Into Reading Challenge. If you haven’t used Beanstack before you can log in on the website: bit.ly/BeanstackMPL or download the mobile app via your device store. Search Beanstack and then follow the prompts. Hate tech? Stop by the Information desk and we can help get you started with an account, or just log your minutes for you.
And even if you can’t make it, we’d still love to see you this summer. We will have 8 weeks packed with activities for all ages. Oh and for reader’s who complete their reading challenges, we have prizes provided by local businesses to thank you for helping meet our community reading goals. For kids and teens, we’ll have coupons for food at local restaurants. For adults we’ll be holding a weekly raffle for bigger prizes. And then, for the end of summer the top reader in each category will receive a grand prize. For kids there is a family membership to the Museum of Science. For Teens a gift certificate for 4 to Boda Borg. And finally Adults will win a city of Malden rain barrel with a custom library logo.
The Malden Public Library will be closed on Friday, June 19th in honor of Juneteenth. We will be OPEN on Saturday, June 20th from 9am-1pm for our regular Saturday summer hours.
Join us for Summer Movie Night on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 from 6:00-8:15pm. We will be showing the classic 1993 film that is based on the book, Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton. The film stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum and it is directed by Steven Spielberg.
“This epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.”
Rated PG-13 (127 min.) (1993)
We will have a fun movie-themed raffle. Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.
Summer hours are here! Beginning June 13th, the library will be open on Saturdays from 9am-1pm.
Kids, Youth and Young Adults are welcome to the Malden Public Library on Thursday, June 18th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in the Maccario Room for an Movie Matinee!
Hop on down to the library to see the latest Disney/Pixar animated film, and enjoy some light refreshments and snacks courtesy of the Friends of the Malden Public Library.