perrot_admin September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and Perrot wants to make sure that all children have the smartest card of all– a library card. Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as … Read more
Youth Services has several lists of picture books to help your kids with the back-to-school process! Take a look at the lists below, or stop in to the library– we have back-to-school books displayed in both our picture book area and our fiction section. Our latest staff picks list: Stories About School Books about riding the … Read more
Breaking In: How to Get Published in the 21st Century Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 7:30 P.M. Radcliffe Children’s Wing, Perrot Memorial Library A panel of authors and a literary agents will share their experiences and advice on getting your book published. Panelists include: Lucy Hedrick (moderator): fiction author of Premarital Assets as well as a … Read more
Free Entertainment, For Lifehttp://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/21/greene.books/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 There are so many wonderful books that have been written over the centuries, books that will thrill you and make you cry and change you and bring laughter to you and keep you up all night. Even if you did nothing else for the rest of your life but read, you … Read more
Registration for Youth Services’ Fall 2011 Program Session is going on now through Friday, September 2nd, 2011. [View the fall program schedule.] Our program registration is by lottery You must have an active library card in good standing to register Obtain a registration postcard for the program of your choice from the Youth Services Circulation Desk Fill out … Read more
A great new graphic novel we just had to share– Bad Island, by Doug TenNapel When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island– especially one swarming with weird plants and animals! What starts out as a bad vacation … Read more
Sidekicks [ click here to place a hold on this book ] *****Staff Pick*****Captain Amazing, hero of Metro City, is so busy catching criminals that he rarely has time for his pets at home. He doesn’t even notice when they develop super powers of their own. So when he announces he needs a sidekick, his … Read more
The Youth Services Fall 2011 Program Schedule (.PDF) is now available. Our program registration is by lottery. Pick up a registration postcard for the program(s) of your choice from the Youth Services Circulation Desk, beginning on Monday, August 15th, 2011. The registration period ends on Friday, September 2nd, 2011, so make sure you have returned … Read more
Thanks to everyone who participated in Youth Services’s 2011 summer reading program and weekly contests! This year’s theme was “BE A SUPER STAR- READ!” Please take a look at the four happy winners of our weekly contests! They each won a neat prize pack for finding a little star that was hiding in a different … Read more
Kathy Jarombek, a.k.a Mrs. J, head of Youth Services at Perrot, was quoted in a recent article in the Greenwich Time about the final Harry Potter film: “Final Potter film works its magic in Greenwich theaters”
PAGE-TURNERSWhat to Read on a Rainy Sunday Afternoon Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011, at 7:30 P.M. Rand RoomPerrot Memorial Library If you like to read for fun, come talk about easy reading books and rattlin’ good stories. Here are a few authors of thrillers, true adventures, and stories of dangerous women in danger– Jennifer Crusie, Suzanne … Read more
Single stream recycling comes to Greenwich on August 1st, 2011! Singe Stream Recycling permits combining an expanded list of household recyclables in one bin. This single weekly collection program replaces blue bin and mixed paper collection. What type of container is required for Single Stream Recycling?Choose any large clean bin that best fits your needs. … Read more
Perrot Memorial Library
90 Sound Beach Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
Circulation: (203) 637-1066
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