perrot_admin Friends of the Byram Library Book Sale: Saturday, June 6th and Sunday, June 7th. At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. A wide selection of goodies, including fiction, over forty categories of non-fiction, and thousands upon thousands of incredible children’s books. More info. Connecticut Trails Day 2009: Whether you’re interested in a long or short hike, a … Read more
NEW MUSEUM PASS TO BORROW! Free admission to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center for 2 adults and 2 children. Borrow the pass from the Youth Services Circulation Desk; it circulates for 1 week. The Stamford Museum and Nature Center is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of art, history, and the natural and agricultural … Read more
Summer Registration is going on NOW through June 20th. Please note that all morning preschool programs for the summer 2009 session will be drop-in (limited to the first 20 children and their caregivers to sign in before each program). Stuff & Nonsense and Spotlight are still by registration only. Also– our new Our Picks! list … Read more
“The State of the Job Market for Today’s College Graduates” Perrot Library Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 7:00 PM Christine Bolzan, who recently appeared on NBC’s Today Show (view a clip of her appearance), will speak at Perrot about ways that the 1.5 million new graduates entering the job market each spring can prepare themselves … Read more
Youth Services has a growing collection of museum passes for you to borrow– loan time is one week, and our passes get you either free or discounted admission to many popular places! FREE family admission and parking at ALL Connecticut State Parks and Forests with our State Parks and Forests Day Pass! More than 800 … Read more
Don’t forget. . . The libraries will be closed for Memorial Day Weekend: Saturday, May 23rd, Sunday, May 24th, and Monday, May 25th, 2009. Have a great weekend!
HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, BY JAMIE FORD [Fiction] Alternating between the 1940’s and the 1980’s, Henry Lee goes to the Panama Hotel and sees a crowd gathering at the uncovering of possessions that were left behind when the Japanese were sent to the evacuation camps. He had forged a friendship with … Read more
The 2009 Greenwich Music Festival will run from June 9th to 14th. This year’s festival features music written by prisoners in the Terezin concentration camp during the Second World War. Composers Viktor Ullmann, Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas and Hans Krasa, whose works will be performed throughout the week, were all active members of the vibrant … Read more
Perrot’s Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2) has declared that its favorite book of 2008/2009 is…. I, LORELEI by Yeardley Smith When her favorite cat, Mud, dies, Lorelei starts a journal to him, chronicling her daily life as a sixth grader so that he can continue to follow her rise to fame and fortune as a … Read more
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Semi-Annual 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 winning team: Olivia, Mary Kate, Charlotte, JC … Read more
The Ezra Jack Keats Award is dedicated to fostering the talent of the new generations of children, artists, and authors who have succeeded Ezra Jack Keats. Keats was the distinguished author-illustrator of the classic Caldecott Award-winning The Snowy Day. The EJK award recognizes and encourages developing, talented authors and illustrators of children’s books. The 2009 … Read more
The American Library Association’s annual Genre Fiction awards were announced in the April 15th edition of Library Journal. Perrot Library is pleased to have a staff member, MirjaJohanson, on this Reading List Council. This year’s winners are: Adrenaline:Blue Heaven, by C.J. Box A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the … Read more
