Youth Services

Spotlight, our after-school story and crafts program for 2nd and 3rd graders, still has spaces available for the fall session! The theme for this session is America: From Sea to Shining Sea. The program meets Wednesdays from  4 PM-5 PM on October 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th. Please call the Youth Services Desk (203-637-8802) to sign up your child!

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

Registration for Youth Services’ Fall 2011 Program Session is going on now through Friday, August 31st, 2012. [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 … Read more

Thanks to everyone who participated in Youth Services’s 2012 summer reading program and weekly contests! This year’s theme was “WILD ABOUT READING!” Please take a look at the four happy winners of our weekly contests! They each won a neat prize pack for finding a little giraffe that was hiding in a different spot in … Read more

The Youth Services Fall 2012 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 13th, 2012. Registration ends on Friday, August 31st. 2012, so make sure you have returned your card … Read more

Now available to borrow from the Youth Services Desk– a museum pass for the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven! You may borrow the pass for 3 days, and it entitles you to $5 off each admission for up to four admissions. The Yale Peabody Museum spans 4 billion years of Earth history. Exhibits range … Read more

Summer is here! And that means it’s time to sign up for Perrot’s summer reading club! You can participate (and win prizes for reading!) from June 22nd through July 27th. To sign up for our summer reading club, simply go to our volunteer table by the computers in Youth Services. Our friendly teen volunteers will … Read more

Registration cards for summer children’s programs have been mailed back. Expect to receive your card in the next day or two. Just a reminder that programs for pre-school age children will be drop-in during the summer. We do still have room in our Stuff & Nonsense and Spotlight programs! Stuff & Nonsense is for kids … Read more