perrot_admin The Young Critics’ Club (YCC), Perrot’s book club for 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-graders, has declared that its favorite book of 2014/2015 is…. WHENby Victoria LaurieMaddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her … Read more
What We’re Reading at Perrot FAMILY LIFE, BY AKHIL SHARMA[Fiction] Akhil Sharma’s small but powerful novel is the semi-autobiographical story of a family who emigrates from India to Queens, N.Y. Filled with dreams of a better life and opportunities for their two young sons, the parents are hard-working and self-sacrificing. When tragedy strikes the older … Read more
The Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2), Perrot’s book club for 4th- and 5th-graders, has declared that its favorite book of 2014/2015 is… THE MARK OF THE DRAGONFLY, by Jaleigh Johnson Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until she finds the girl amid the wreckage of a caravan in the Meteor Fields. The … Read more
Golden Y Award Winners, Spring 2015 CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Semi-Annual Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2) Jeopardy Tournament! The winning team, The Books 2.0 (L-R): Pip, Alexis, Simon, and Tristan They are the current holders of the coveted Wonderful Golden “Y” Award! The winners have demonstrated their mastery of trivia questions related to … Read more
Nappy’s Puppets Presents: Father Goose’s Tales Tuesday, April 14th, 2015, at 2 PM For families with children ages 2 and up FREE TICKETS REQUIRED- SIGN UP NOW AT THE YOUTH SERVICES DESK! Mother Goose has taken the day off and Father Goose must do all her chores, including the storytelling! Try as he might, Father … Read more
Upcoming Event: Perrot Library Poetry Slam Sunday, April 26th, 2015 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Radcliffe Children’s Wing Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month at the Perrot Library Poetry Slam! Bring a poem of your own, or a favorite written by someone else, to read at our open mike. All ages welcome.
Upcoming Event: The European Painting Curator’s Profession: An Inside View, with Maryan W. Ainsworth Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 7:30 PM Radcliffe Children’s Wing From acquisitions, to exhibitions, to special projects– such as serving on the expert’s committee for the restoration of Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece– come along and “shadow” Maryan Ainsworth as she discusses what … Read more
Upcoming Event: Stacy Finz, Author of the Nugget Romance SeriesWednesday, April 15th, 20157:30 PMRadcliffe Children’s Wing After more than seventeen years covering notorious serial killers, naked-tractor-driving farmers, fanatical foodies, aging rock stars, and weird Western towns for the San Francisco Chronicle, award-winning journalist Stacy Finz figured she finally had enough material to launch a career … Read more
What We’re Reading at Perrot NOT MY FATHER’S SON: A MEMOIR, BY ALAN CUMMING [Non-Fiction] In 2010, Broadway, television, and film star Alan Cumming was approached by the producers of the British– now also American– celebrity television show Who Do You Think You Are? and asked to be the subject of an upcoming program. He … Read more
Upcoming Event: Laurie Heiss and Jill Smyth, authors of the book, THE MERRITT PARKWAY: THE ROAD THAT SHAPED A REGIONWednesday, February 25th, 20157:30 PMRadcliffe Children’s Wing Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Merritt Parkway, Laurie Heiss and Jill Smyth, authors of the book, THE MERRITT PARKWAY: THE ROAD THAT SHAPED A REGION, will relate the history … Read more
Cozy up on a cold, winter Sunday afternoon at the library, and enjoy a movie based on novels by Jane Austen. Tea and scones will be served. EMMA (1996)Rated PG, 121 minutesSunday, February 22nd, 2015, at 2 PMStarring Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming, and Denys HawthorneThis delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is … Read more
Free tax assistance is being offered by the AARP Foundation at both Greenwich Library and Greenwich Town Hall. Everyone is welcome to take advantage of this service, not just AARP eligible members. Tax assistance from AARP will be offered every Saturday at Greenwich Library, from 9 AM until 4 PM, on the first floor Peterson … Read more
