The Friends of the Malden Public Library will hold their annual Book Sale this weekend, October 28th and 29th.

The preview sale will start on Friday evening, October 28th from 6–9 p.m. for Friends of the Malden Public Library only. On Saturday, October 29th the sale will be open to the public from 10 a.m – 4 p.m. in the book sale room in the Library’s basement.

Children’s books are $.25 or 5 for $1.00
Young adult and adult books:
paperbacks $.50
hardcovers $1.00

If you are interested in attending on Friday evening, it’s easy to become a Friend. Membership forms are available at the Library and will be available on the evening of the Preview. And view our YouTube video.

Learn everything you need to know about early voting here in Malden and enjoy a laugh with the Mayor in this City of Malden video.

Before we set out to trick or treat lets celebrate at the Malden Public Library. Young Adults in 6th through 12th grade are invited on Thursday, October 27th from 3:00 – 4:30 PM in the Maccario Room to relax, play games and enjoy the afternoon.

There will be wiiU games, board games, drinks, snacks and pizza.

Young Adults in the 6th through the 12th grade are invited to join us on October 20th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in the Maccario Room for our Feature Presentation of the live-action film based on the blockbuster game series “Warcraft”.

Watch as the Orcs and Humans fight in a war that neither wants for dominance in the lands of Azeroth. Starring Travis Fimmel and Dominic Cooper, and directed by Duncan Jones

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Join us on Tuesday, October 18th from 3-4:30 to create beautiful Chinese art & craft items. All materials and instruction will be provided by the Chinese Culture Connection and all are welcome!

The Library will be closed on Monday, October 10th in honor of Columbus Day. The Library will open again on Tuesday, October 11th at 9 a.m.

Join us at the Malden Public Library on Friday, August 26 for STEAM in the Art Gallery: Artful Adventures, a hands-on art program with staff from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. There will be two sessions: one at 2:00pm for ages 3-6 and one at 3:00pm for ages 6-10.

Each one-hour session will include a story, hand-on materials, pictures from the Museum’s collections, and an art-making activity.

STEAM in the Art Gallery explores how art and design can enhance the learning process for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  This event is sponsored in part by a grant from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency, funded through the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

This Summer at the Malden Public Library young adults read for a combined total of over 2,500 hours, over 154,760 minutes! We had a successful program of events from our YA movie afternoons, craft program, to the very popular Pokemon Go Party. Below are a few photos of those events including Perler Bead creations and our End-Of-The-Summer Reading Party: