perrot_admin The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf, by Stephanie BarronThe author is known for her mysteries featuring Jane Austen, and now has a literary mystery featuring Virginia Woolf. The action features Jo Bellamy, an American gardener doing research at Sissinghurst Castle’s famous White Garden. It’s a good read if you like historical and literary … Read more
Registration for Youth Services’ Winter/Spring 2010 Program Session is going on now through Sunday, January 10th, 2020. [View the winter 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 … Read more
Random House Children’s Books is honoring the memory of Kate McClelland and Kathy Krasniewicz with a special scholarship for a new or student librarian to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference. From Random House’s Website:ALA Members: In 500 words or less, tell us about a new librarian or library student who has never attended … Read more
Please use caution– the entrance to Perrot’s adult wing is closed temporarily while damage from a car accident this fall is repaired.
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Semi-Annual Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2) Jeopardy Tournament! They are the current holders of the coveted Wonderful Golden “Y” Award! (Yes, it looks like a lobster, but trust us, it’s also a wonderful golden ‘Y’– stop by the Youth Services Department and see for yourself!). The winners– Team We … Read more
Anne Gilhuly is scheduled to lecture at Perrot on Shakespeare’s Hamlet on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009, at 7:30 P.M. The event will also feature dramatic readings from the work by Shakespeare players Florence Phillips and Dick Leonard.
The 2009 National Book Awards were presented on Wednesday. Fiction Winner:Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between … Read more
The Youth Services Winter/Spring 2010 Program Schedule is now available. Our program registration is by lottery. Pick up a registration postcard for the program of your choice from the Youth Services Circulation Desk, beginning on Monday, December 14th, 2009. Don’t forget to bring a stamp! Complete registration instructions are available on our website, as our … Read more
Throughout the world, the week before Thanksgiving is set aside as a time to celebrate the time-honored art of storytelling and story listening. Join the thousands of people, young and old, around the world who will spend a unique and magical hour rediscovering the laughter, the tears and the power of the story, at TELLABRATION! … Read more
It’s here! Each year our Youth Services Librarian and young readers put together a list of recommended books to buy for holiday gifts. Our list features picture books, books for beginning readers, books for middle graders, and books for ages 12 and up. View our list online here. The list is also available at the … Read more
Once told by an interviewer, “Everybody would like to be Cary Grant,” Grant is said to have replied, “So would I.” Here are some of his movies available at Perrot: In the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, North by Northwest, Grant plays a hapless New York advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a … Read more
Emily’s Ghost, published by Norton, and written by Denise Giardina, is a fabulous book. The premise that Emily Bronte’s tale needed telling because all her papers were destroyed (except for Wuthering Heights) was an excellent basis for this type of story. Emily’s Ghost was well-written and captivating– this is one of the best books I … Read more
Perrot Memorial Library
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Old Greenwich, CT 06870
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