Registration for Youth Services’ Summer 2012 Program Session starts Tuesday, May 29th, and runs through Saturday, June 16th, 2012. [View the summer program schedule] Our morning preschool programs are drop-in during the summer, but you still need to register for Stuff & Nonsense (for kids entering 1st grade) and Spotlight (for kids entering 2nd/3rd/4th grade). … Read more
The Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2), Perrot’s book club for 4th- and 5th-graders, has declared that its favorite book of 2011/2012 is… PIE, by Sarah Weeks When Alice’s Aunt Polly passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her … Read more
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Semi-Annual Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2) Jeopardy Tournament! The winning team, You’ll Like Us, Everybody Does (L-R): Jack, Fiona, and Serelle They are the current holders of the coveted Wonderful Golden “Y” Award! The winners have demonstrated their mastery of trivia questions related to the books that the Young Young … Read more
The Young Critics’ Club (YCC), Perrot’s book club for 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-graders, has declared that its favorite book of 2011/2012 is…. WONDERSTRUCKby Brian Selznick Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a … Read more
The Youth Services Summer 2012 Program Schedule is now available!Please note that for our summer program session, all our preschool programs will be DROP-IN, and most are 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 up a … Read more
. . .Perrot needs you! Perrot is looking for teen volunteers for its Youth Services department to help run the summer reading program for kids! Who can be a Perrot Library Summer Teen Volunteer?Anyone going into Grade 7 and up who can volunteer at least 5 hours during the summer. When do volunteers work?From June … Read more
Chi’s Sweet Home [ click here to place a hold on this book ] *****Staff Pick***** This ongoing series chronicles the adventures of Chi, a michievous kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, and overcome with loneliness, Chi breaks into tears in a … Read more
Magician Ed Popielarczyk will be offering a balloon sculpting workshop for kids in grades 3 and up at Perrot on Wednesday, February 15th, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. We still have plenty of space available in this program! Call us today to sign up your child, 203-637-8802. Ed will bring enough balloons for everyone, and will cover balloon safety, … Read more
Take Your Child to the Library Day Saturday, February 4th, 2012 Stop by the Youth Services Wing all day! Bookmarks, toys, and sweet treats! * Make a craft * Get a library card * Read a book about the library * Snuggle with our bears A few months ago, Nadine Lipman, Waterford Public Library … Read more
Perrot Library staff warmly remember our beloved librarians, Kathy Krasniewicz and Kate McClelland, today on the eve of the third anniversary of their deaths. An illustration of Kathy and Kate by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Brian Selznick, which is displayed in Perrot’s children’s wing
The winners of the 2012 major literary awards for children were recently announced at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Dallas. [Click on each title to view in the catalog and to place a hold.] Caldecott Medal Winner A BALL FOR DAISY, illustrated by Chris Raschka Any child who has ever had a beloved … Read more
Spotlight, our after-school story and crafts program for 2nd and 3rd graders, still has spaces available for the winter/spring session! The theme for this session is Read All About It. The program meets Wednesdays from 4 PM-5 PM on January 25th, February 1st, February 8th, February 29th, and March 7th. Please call the Youth Services Desk (203-637-8802) to … 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
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M/W/F: 9 AM-6 PM
Tu/Th: 9 AM-8 PM
Saturday: 9 AM-5 PM
Sunday: 1 PM-5 PM
