Young readers and their supportive grownups are invited to join us for a launch gathering for the debut issue of Chrysalis, a new literary magazine by trans youth, for trans youth. The evening will be hosted by award-winning author and National Book Award nominee Kyle Lukoff, a contributing editor to Chrysalis, and take place in the High Five Books studio.

Join High Five Books for a Friday morning musical storytime for the launch of BABY BALLENA, the beautiful, bilingual new picture book from local musician and author MISTER G.

In celebration of Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025), please join us for a cozy, after-hours read-in at High Five Books! We have plenty of comfy spots to settle into and oodles of great books, of course: Bring your own, or browse our shelves.

Join High Five Books for a launch celebration for THANK YOU, OLD OAK, by local author, scientist, and professor Britt Crow-Miller! They’ll have reading, crafts, and signing. All are welcome and participation is FREE.

Join us for a sweet kids' cookbook release: CUPCAKE CLASS! We’ll decorate cupcakes with local, best-selling children's baking authors Deanna Cook and Joy Howard.

Queer, trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive kiddos + families & friends are welcome to join us for crafts, popsicles, and movies this summer! At this second pop-up, we'll be screening episodes of GRAVITY FALLS and snacking (bring your own to share or eat ours!)

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Jackson Street School in Northampton

You bring the fabric items—t-shirts, bags, hats, pillowcases, etc.—and we’ll have blocks & ink! This is your family's chance to print amazing images from our wall mural (by local artist Sunny Allis) on the goodies you want. (Yes, we'll have our logo available, too!) Our instructor Corrie will have all the supplies ready for you to block print on our patio and bring your items home to rinse. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday August 8 and/or Saturday August 9 to come craft!

You bring the fabric items—t-shirts, bags, hats, pillowcases, etc.—and we’ll have blocks & ink! This is your family's chance to print amazing images from our wall mural (by local artist Sunny Allis) on the goodies you want. (Yes, we'll have our logo available, too!) Our instructor Corrie will have all the supplies ready for you to block print on our patio and bring your items home to rinse. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday August 8 and/or Saturday August 9 to come craft!

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Jackson Street School in Northampton

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Jackson Street School in Northampton

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Jackson Street School in Northampton

Visit Wistariahurst Museum to experience Dinosaurs in the Driveway with Sarah Doyle. Doyle dives into the history of the dinosaur tracks leading up to Wistariahurst. In 1927, when Belle Skinner had slabs of sandstone with dinosaur footprints laid as a driveway to Wistariahurst, it may have seemed an idiosyncratic choice. Although the tracks were well known locally, dinosaurs had not yet made the big mark on pop culture we see today. It is only in recent years that scientific interest in the footprints has been revived, yet their discovery in the valley in 1835 made our local small towns and people well known to scientists in Britain and Europe. How the Connecticut River Valley became part of international dialogue over identifying what had made the footprints -- if they even were footprints! -- makes a fascinating trip into another little slice of local history.

What screams summer fun more than tie-dye?! We’ll provide the drawstring book tote, you're invited to bring up to two additional items to tie-dye! Our instructor Talia will have all the supplies ready for you to tie-dye on our patio and bring your items home to rinse. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday July 18 and/or Saturday July 19 to come craft!

What screams summer fun more than tie-dye?! We’ll provide the drawstring book tote, you're invited to bring up to two additional items to tie-dye! Our instructor Talia will have all the supplies ready for you to tie-dye on our patio and bring your items home to rinse. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday July 18 and/or Saturday July 19 to come craft!

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Jackson Street School in Northampton

Wistariahurst Museum has a new, fun dino-themed scavenger hunt to celebrate DINO DAYS! Follow alongside Patty the Dinosaur and learn all about Massachussett's state dinosaur, Podokesaurus holyokensis. Best of all, there is no time limit to this scavenger hunt, so all can enjoy this activity at their own pace. At the end of your hunt, stop by the front desk to show your answers and win a fun prize!

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Jackson Street School in Northampton

NPC Summer Playgroups - Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am from 7/1-8/12 at the Bridge Street School in Northampton

Get set for summer with these essential fantasy-themed accessories, as seen in The Big Book of Fantasy Kid Crafts! Instructor Talia will have all the supplies you need to make both a Burlap Adventure Bag AND a Leaf-Bound Notebook. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday June 27 and/or Saturday June 28 to come craft!

Get set for summer with these essential fantasy-themed accessories, as seen in The Big Book of Fantasy Kid Crafts! Instructor Talia will have all the supplies you need to make both a Burlap Adventure Bag AND a Leaf-Bound Notebook. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday June 27 and/or Saturday June 28 to come craft!

Everyone's favorite kindergartener, Junie B. Jones, is BACK in a new graphic novel series! And after school on Friday, June 6, 4-6pm here at High Five Books, we're excited to celebrate its release with illustrator, Colleen Venable (of Katie the Catsitter, Kitten Ninja, and Time Buddies fame)! Join us as we make super-smelly school bus collages. FREE! No registration necessary!

Let your kids spend a creative day or two away from screens and getting their hands messy with art activities at RCA!

Let your kids spend a creative day or two away from screens and getting their hands messy with art activities at RCA!

Let your kids spend a creative day or two away from screens and getting their hands messy with art activities at RCA!