perrot_admin Perrot Library is pleased to host author Karen Tack on Saturday, March 31st, 2012, at 2:00 PM. Playing with your food has never been so much fun! Karen Tack, food stylist and best-selling co-author of Hello, Cupcake! and What’s New, Cupcake? will be at Perrot applying an over-sized imagination not just to cupcakes but to cookies, pies, cakes, and … Read more
The first Sunday of each month this year The Bruce Museum, and other non-profit organizations in the area, will be holding FREE fun educational programs for children and families at the Seaside Center at Greenwich Point! Check out the list below for the First Sunday Science activities for the next few months. If you would … Read more
The Spring 2012 edition of Perrot’s newsletter, Précis, is now available! Watch for your copy in the mail, pick up a copy in the library, or read it online (in PDF format).
BabyNameWizard.com Founders Laura Wattenberg and Jennie Baird Perrot Library is pleased to host “Have an Idea for A Website?” on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012, at 7:30 PM. Find out how two moms turned a typical parenting conflict into a multi-platform media business, starting the popular baby naming website BabyNameWizard.com. Laura Wattenberg, best-selling author of The Baby … Read more
The Old Greenwich Lion’s Club is holding its 52nd Annual Pancake Fry on Saturday, March 10th, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Greenwich Civic Center at 90 Harding Road, Old Greenwich. Fun for the whole family! There will be door prizes, our delicious bake sale and entertainment for all. $7.00/per person in advance or $8.00 … Read more
What We’re Reading at Perrot- New Book Recommendations from Our Reference Desk ON CANAAN’S SIDE, BY SEBASTIAN BARRY[Fiction] As the story opens, 89-year-old Lilly Beve sits in the guest cottage of a Bridgehampton estate, desolate after receiving the news that her grandson, Bill, is dead. She has nothing left to live for. Her life is over … Read more
Beginning this week, we will be discarding all 2010 magazines. They will be available for sale for 25 cents each (please pay at the Adult Circulation Desk) on Perrot’s For Sale shelf, located to the right of the bulletin board in the main building. We also have discarded books available for 25 cents; all other … Read more
Chi’s Sweet Home [ click here to place a hold on this book ] *****Staff Pick***** This ongoing series chronicles the adventures of Chi, a michievous kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, and overcome with loneliness, Chi breaks into tears in a … Read more
Magician Ed Popielarczyk will be offering a balloon sculpting workshop for kids in grades 3 and up at Perrot on Wednesday, February 15th, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. We still have plenty of space available in this program! Call us today to sign up your child, 203-637-8802. Ed will bring enough balloons for everyone, and will cover balloon safety, … Read more
Take Your Child to the Library Day Saturday, February 4th, 2012 Stop by the Youth Services Wing all day! Bookmarks, toys, and sweet treats! * Make a craft * Get a library card * Read a book about the library * Snuggle with our bears A few months ago, Nadine Lipman, Waterford Public Library … Read more
Perrot Library staff warmly remember our beloved librarians, Kathy Krasniewicz and Kate McClelland, today on the eve of the third anniversary of their deaths. An illustration of Kathy and Kate by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Brian Selznick, which is displayed in Perrot’s children’s wing
The winners of the 2012 major literary awards for children were recently announced at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Dallas. [Click on each title to view in the catalog and to place a hold.] Caldecott Medal Winner A BALL FOR DAISY, illustrated by Chris Raschka Any child who has ever had a beloved … Read more
Perrot Memorial Library
90 Sound Beach Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
Circulation: (203) 637-1066
Reference: (203) 637-3870
Youth Services: (203) 637-8802
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M/W/F: 9 AM-6 PM
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Saturday: 9 AM-5 PM
Sunday: 1 PM-5 PM
