The Library of Things
Some things you only need once in a while. A carpet cleaner, a projector, snowshoes for a February afternoon. Don’t buy one. Borrow ours.
House & garden
Greenworks Electric Lawn Mower
Do you have a lawn mower? Borrow ours!
Greenworks Electric Weed Trimmer
Use this string trimmer to keep your yard neat and tidy.
Greenworks Electric Leaf Blower
Not just for spring and fall. Never mind buying one, just borrow ours.
Powerwasher
Decks, driveways, and siding can always use a little cleanup.
Hoover PowerScrub Deluxe
A carpet cleaner for the spills that were always going to happen.
Kill‑a‑Watt Energy Monitor
Find out where you’re losing power where you least expect it, including the phantom loads from things we leave plugged in.
Backyard & game day
Supersized 4 in a Row
The perfect game for the backyard, a party, or a BBQ.
Giant Jenga
Take this one home for some family fun. Stack carefully.
Horseshoes
A little heavy for little ones but fun for everyone. Close counts in horseshoes!
Badminton Net & Racquets
A complete backyard kit, thanks to a kind donation from one of our patrons.
LCD Digital Projector
An Epson PowerLite S11, perfect for indoor or outdoor movie night.
Out exploring
Our Audubon exploration backpacks come packed with summer and winter activities, one theme per pack: plants, animals, and birding. And when the snow comes, we have six pairs of LL Bean snowshoes, generously donated by LL Bean, in children’s, youth, and two adult sizes.
Audubon Plant Backpack
Explore with Audubon. Summer and winter activities in each backpack.
Audubon Animal Backpacks
Explore with Audubon. Summer and winter activities in each backpack.
Audubon Birding Backpacks
Binoculars-and-field-guide adventures for new birders.
LL Bean Snowshoes
Six pairs in children’s, youth, and two adult sizes.
Little coders
Blue‑Bots Coding Kit
Ages 3 and up. A programmable floor robot for teaching control, directional language, and programming to children.
Micro:bit v2 Coding Kit
Looking to start programming, or to get a young person excited about it? The BBC micro:bit v2 is perfect.
Ask at the front desk to borrow anything here, and keep an eye on this shelf. The collection keeps growing, and the Spice Library is its best-seasoned corner.