perrot_admin Christopher Walken, a prolific actor who has spent more than 50 years on stage and screen, has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles. Many of his films are available at Perrot. Here is a small sampling: The Deer Hunter Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace, to the coal … Read more
BookBrowse.com (a website that recommends the best recently published books through independent reviews and well-crafted reading lists) recently interviewed Kate McClelland (aka Mrs Mac) about Perrot Library’s long-standing, popular Young Critics’ Club. Featured Book Club: Perrot Memorial Library’s Young Critics’ Club
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Just a reminder that Perrot will now be open on Sundays, starting this Sunday, September 7th. Our Sunday hours are 1 P.M. to 5 P.M.
New to Perrot’s Picture Book Collection: ME HUNGRY!written and illustrated by Jeremy Tankard Boy: Me hungry!Big, hairy dad: Me busy!Frazzled mom: Me busy!Boy: Me hunt!But the animals have a different idea . . .Rabbit: Me hide!Porcupine: Me sharp!Tiger: Me mean! What’s a hungry cavekid to do?You read!
Author Rosemary Wells will speak at Perrot on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008, at 7 P.M. She will be discussing what she learned about Abraham Lincoln while researching her forthcoming book Lincoln and His Boys (publication date January 2009). Please note that this event is intended for adults and young adults. Historians claim him as one … Read more
Today, parents make sure their kids have the gear they need for all of their activities. Kids have uniforms for soccer, safety helmets for bike riding and new backpacks and binders for a new school year. However, they might have overlooked the most important supply of all. . . September is Library Card Sign-up Month, … Read more
Since Rosetta Stone is no longer offering its service to libraries, we thought we’d share another neat language learning site that we found: Livemocha.com offers lessons plans English, Spanish, French, Hindi, German, and Mandarin Chinese. It’s also a sort of social networking site– users can practice conversations with native speakers of the language they’re learning, … Read more
THE SISTER, BY POPPY ADAMS [Fiction] What a strange and disconcerting book, probably perfect for book clubs. Set in England, a lepidopterist and his family (two daughters and a beautiful wife who has a propensity for sherry) live in a crumbling mansion. Mother dies, father dies, sister flees to London and Ginny, the elder, becomes … Read more
This month’s Youth Services book recommendations list is all about manners! Parents can also take a look at Emily Post’s The Gift of Good Manners: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Respectful, Kind, Considerate Children, or Letitia Baldrige’s More Than Manners!: Raising Today’s Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good Hearts, both located in our Adult … Read more
The Fourth Watcher, by Timothy Hallinan[Mystery] This is a new suspense novel that would take center stage on our “For the Guys” display table. Poke Rafferty is a travel writer in Bangkok who is swept up into the filthy underbelly of the city. We have smuggling, counterfeiting, slave and sex trades, all alive and well. … Read more
A few photos of the windows in the children’s program room being repaired. I’ll bet you’ve never even noticed that open book motif! [click on the photos to view larger versions]
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
