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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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!
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
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
Registration for Youth Services’ Fall Program Session is going on now through Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008. You may view the program schedule here. 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 … Read more
Youth Services’ Summer Reading Contest has ended, and now you can see all of our winners! We gave away one prize each week, plus a very special GRAND PRIZE. Please have a look at our winners here!
Take a look at some photos from Playtivity’s performance at Perrot last Wednesday: http://www.perrotlibrary.org/playtivity.htm Can you spot yourself drumming and dancing? 🙂
Check out our brand-new Youth Services’ Our Picks! list for August 2008 Our list this month honors both the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, AND National Invention month. You can view the full list of book recommendations here.
The Youth Services Fall 2008 Program Schedule is now available– click here. Our program registration is by lottery. Pick up a registration postcard for the program of your choice from the Youth Services Circulation Desk, beginning on Monday, August 11th, 2008. For complete registration instructions, click here. Please note that we have restructured some of … Read more
This is the FINAL WEEK of the Youth Services Summer Reading Contest! This year, since our theme is DON’T BUG ME, I’M READING, you have to guess what kind of bug is bugging our bears! You can go here to check, or come in to the Library. Once you know which book they’re reading, come … Read more
A photographer for U.S.A. Today visited Perrot yesterday, to photograph our very own Bartan Kennedy during her 4 P.M. storytime! Mrs. Kennedy will be among those featured in a new series in the newspaper that celebrates people who are passionate about their jobs. More details to follow soon, but make sure you congratulate our star … Read more
Perrot Memorial Library
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Old Greenwich, CT 06870
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