Upcoming Special Events

Saturday, June 21st at 2:30pm


Kick off summer with award-winning author Josh Funk! Josh will be reading his books How to Code a Sandcastle and How to Code a Rollercoaster!

June 21

June 21

Saturday, June 21st at 2:30pm


Kick off summer with award-winning author Josh Funk! Josh will be reading his books How to Code a Sandcastle and How to Code a Rollercoaster!

Saturday, July 26th at 2:30pm


Join us for storytime with local author Jessie Piltch-Loeb, featuring her touching book, What's Going on with Papa Bear?

July 26

July 26

Saturday, July 26th at 2:30pm


Join us for storytime with local author Jessie Piltch-Loeb, featuring her touching book, What's Going on with Papa Bear?

Put it on the calendar!

Details about upcoming storytimes!


Free & all are welcome.

Saturday, June 21st at 2:30pm: Summer Kick Off with award-winning author Josh Funk


Wednesday, June 25th at 10:30am: Sea Creature Storytime with Michelle


Saturday, June 28th at 2:30pm: Ice Cream Storytime with Michelle


Wednesday July 2nd at 10:30am: Summertime Storytime with Brian


*Please Note: we will be closed on Friday, July 4th*


Saturday, July 26 at 2:30pm: Storytime with local author Jessie Piltch-Loeb


Saturday, August 2nd 3-5pm: Save the date for our Find Waldo Local party! (Learn More!)

Weekly Storytimes

Join us for FREE weekly storytimes every:

Wednesday at 10:30am

AND

Saturday at 2:30pm!

Find Waldo Local

Previous Author Visits

Lorena Prioa

Local author & illustrator Lorena Prioa shared her delightful book, How to Make a Sandwich on May 31st. Lorena also brought a fun pin-the-ingredients-on-the-sandwich game and coloring sheets of each character in the story!

Rachel C. Katz

Local author Rachel C. Katz shared her newest book Rise Up! Powerful Protests in American History with us on May 21st and her publisher, Barefoot Books, provided lots of Rise Up bookmarks!

Betsy Groban

On May 10th, local author Betsy Groban read us her debut book Pizza for Pia, and we all got to make our own craft "pizzas"!

Ellen Mayer

Local author Ellen Mayer joined us on May 3rd with her granddaugher, a local Medford student. Together, they read us her book Gift & Box and after the story we decorated our our boxes.

Katherine Picarde

Medford-native & local author Katherine Picarde joined us on April 19th to read her newest book, Ollie & Stella.

Ava Renee Dussault

Local author & co-owner to 2 Mindful Girls, Ava Renee Dussault shared her book Renee Finds Her Calm and hosted a kids' yoga class for us on April 12th!

Kate Jenness

Local author Kate Jenness read us her book Mary McCrary the Irish Dance Fairy, and her daughters put on a special Irish Step Dance show for us on March 22nd.

Would you like to be a reader for storytime?

We’ve had so many wonderful local customers volunteer to read for storytime. If you are interested in volunteering, sign up below!

Looking to host a party here?

Have your next party at Moon and Back Bookstore!