Turtle Books

Sy Montgomery and Matt Patterson Discuss Turtles
2026-06-13 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Sy Montgomery and Matt Patterson, authors of “The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle” and “The Book of Turtles” will be discussing their work.

Colleen Muldoon, Pierce K Teacher
2026-06-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Storytime Play Group
2026-06-11 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-06-09 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-06-04 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-06-02 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-05-28 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-05-26 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-05-21 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-05-19 10:00 - 10:45 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Read-aloud, sing-along, and arts ‘n crafts for toddlers through age 5. No advance registration required.

We're Closed
2026-06-08, 2026-06-01, 2026-05-25, 2026-05-18 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

7th / 8th Grade Book Club
2026-06-06 16:30 - 17:15 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
This book club will meet every other week to discuss a book. The first book will be Framed by James Ponti. We’ll choose the next book together. The book store will have copies available of Framed for purchase, or you can get it at your local library. Once you register, start reading the book so that you’ll be able to join the conversation. Refreshments will be provided. Tell you friends about it! RSVP below . . .

Tales-To-Tails Book Buddy Group
2026-06-03 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-27 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
A weekly reading group for 1st to 3rd graders, for children that love to read and for new or reluctant readers. We’ll be reading books about dogs to a real-live dog.

Graphic Novel Workshop 5/31 4:15PM
2026-05-31 16:15 - 17:15 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Have you ever thought of creating your own graphic novel? Join us for a weekly illustrator’s workshop with Dena Bach. Class is for first grade and up. (https://denabach.mystrikingly.com/).

Graphic Novel Workshop 5/31 3PM
2026-05-31 15:00 - 16:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Phoebe Sinclair reads from Confessions of a Candy Snatcher + Zine Workshop
2026-05-31 14:00 - 15:30 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Author Sara Levine, reading from Animals Would Not Sleep and Visit With the Birds
2026-05-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Anansi Stories w/ Jim Swain
2026-05-30 14:00 - 15:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Mia Wenjen (Traveling Taco, Fortune Cookies for Everyone!) and Kathleen Choi (Giving Thanks with Halmoni)
2026-05-30 10:00 - 11:00 | MA
Mia and Kathleen will read from some of their favorite books. Mia has offered to help kids learn fortune cookie origami and Kathleen will do Bojagi Wrapping Art. Don’t know what it is? Come and find out.

Closed for Memorial Day
2026-05-24, 2026-05-23 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Graphic Novel Workshop 5/17 4:15PM
2026-05-17 16:15 - 17:15 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Graphic Novel Workshop 5/17 3PM
2026-05-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States

Peace and Love thru Music, Stories, and Art with Daniel Lipton of FRR
2026-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
Daniel Lipton, 2nd grade teacher at FRR, will read stories and sing songs in English and Hebrew.
Daniel has been teaching second grade since 2002 at FRR. He loves writing children’s musicals, playing with his sons, and working with the families at FRR. In the summers, he runs a children’s theater camp in Brookline.

Read Aloud with Your Favorite Turtly Bookseller
2026-05-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Turtle Books, 224 Washington St, Brookline, MA, 02445, United States
