perrot_admin 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
Greenwich Department of Parks & Recreation Announces the Presentation of Historic Landscape ReportsandPreliminary Master Planfor Greenwich’s Formal Parks:Bruce ParkBinney ParkByram ParkMontgomery Pinetum Park Presented ByMartha Lyon, Landscape Architect, ASLASpecializing in the preservation of Cultural and Historic Landscapes Wednesday May 13th, 20097:00 pm in the Town Hall Meeting Room101 Field Point RoadGreenwich, CT Open to all … Read more
Did you know that up to 80% of strokes are preventable, yet it is expected that nearly 795,000 people in the United States will have a stroke this year? The majority of those who survive a stroke will need some form of rehabilitation in their recovery process. This May is National Stroke Awareness Month, a … Read more
Anne Gilhuly will give a talk on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Monday evening, June 1, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the Library. Actors Elizabeth Atkeson and Dick Leonard will read scenes from the play. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed … Read more
Check out our brand-new Youth Services’ Our Picks! list for May 2009. This month’s list features the Youth Services Staff’s favorite listenables– from books on CD to book/CD kits to music CDs– they’re all worth a listen!
Perrot’s blog was the receipient of a 2009 Connecticut Library Association Publicity Award for Best Blog. Thanks to all of our staff contributors and our readers! Also, Perrot’s new Twitter feed was featured in an April 29th Greenwich Time article about local Twitter users: “Greenwich Catches Twitter Bug.”
New to Perrot’s picture book collection: POSY by Linda Newbery illustrated by Catherine Rayner Follow Posy the mischievous striped kitten as she pounces and bounces through her day. She’s a sandwich checker, a board-game wrecker… and ever so much more. A fun rhyming story with charming illustrations that perfectly capture feline energy!
The Town of Greenwich Shellfish Commission is sponsoring its third annual “Experience the Sound” event at Greenwich Point, from 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. on Sunday, May 17th, 2009, at the west end of Greenwich Point. There will be over 30 Sound-related exhibits as well as a tour of the local waters, a visit on … Read more
Mother’s Day is coming (Sunday, May 10th)… We’ve gathered some books about moms into our display areas (below the bulletin board and in the window boxes) for you. Stop by and get some soon!
“Bring Mom to the Kentucky Derby” is the book display theme on the second floor of Perrot, where we have a display of Horse Racing books in honor of the Kentucky Derby, which is this weekend. The race is on Saturday, May 2. Here’s a link to information about the Derby: http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/, which also features … Read more
The Youth Services Summer Program Schedule is now available– click here. Please note that for the Summer 2009 session, all our preschool programs will be DROP-IN, limited to the first 20 children and their caregivers to sign in before each program. Our Stuff & Nonsense and Spotlight programs will still be by registration only. Pick … Read more
Perrot’s Young Critics’ Club (for 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-graders) has declared that its favorite book of 2008/2009 is…. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne CollinsKatniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged … 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
Contact Us
M/W/F: 9 AM-6 PM
Tu/Th: 9 AM-8 PM
Saturday: 9 AM-5 PM
Sunday: 1 PM-5 PM
