What's happening at GSML this month?

- February 4 is Take Your Child to the Library Day and we are hosting an exciting live animal program with Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center! Critter Camouflage is at 11am followed by drop-in STEM activities from 12-2pm.

- We are excited to announce that we have recently been awarded 2 grants: $500 from ALDI and $1000 from the Leo J. & Rose Pageau Trust. The funds will be used to support our annual Summer Reading Program, with this year's theme being Find Your Voice.

- While it seems like spring is months away, we're thinking about all things green and sunny. This spring we are hoping to build a community garden, including a sensory garden for children, in our backyard. We are seeking volunteers to assist with the construction of the garden as well as with its maintenance (i.e. planting, watering, weeding). If you're interested, please send Aubrey an email at [email protected].

- Our Annual Meeting is Thursday, February 16 at 7pm with a snow date of February 23. The public is welcome to attend.

New books are on their way!

Adult Books:
Brennan, Allison - Don't Open the Door (F)
Dawson, Kate Winkler - All That is Wicked (NF)
Ellison, JT - It's One of Us (F)
Erickson, Laura - 100 Plants to Feed the Birds (NF)
George, Jessica - Maame (F)
Harper, Jane - Exiles (F)
Harry, Prince - Spare (NF)
Holes, Paul - Unmasked (NF)
Jenoff, Pam - Code Name Sapphire (F)
Johansen, Iris - More Than Meets the Eye (F)
Johnson, Sadeqa - The House of Eve (F)
Moyes, Jojo - Someone Else's Shoes (F)
Robb, J.D. - Encore in Death (F)
Shearer, Eleanor - River Sing Me Home (F)
Thunberg, Greta - The Climate Book (NF)

Children's & Young Adult Books:
Dipucchio, Kelly - Oona in the Arctic (F)
Lin, Grace - Once Upon a Book (F)
Lowry, Lois - The Windeby Puzzle (F)
Mazollo, Jean - I Spy Little Hearts (NF)
Nadatani, Watru - Cat + Gamer 1 (F)

Key:
F = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction

See something you're interested in? Let us know and we will reserve it for you.
Even better - if you have a new book in mind and would like to purchase it for the library (at our discounted cost), you will get to be the first to read it when it arrives and can keep it for as long as you'd like! You will also get a name plate in the book listing you as the adopter or it can be in memory of someone else. Please see staff for more information.

Adult Programs:

Are you a true crime aficionado or a fan of mysteries? Join our True Crime Book Club beginning in April! We will be meeting every other month at alternating libraries. Our first book will be Hell's Half Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusas. Copies will be available at both libraries in March. Please email Aubrey at [email protected] for more information.

Children's Programs:

We are now offering the following magazines (located in the nonfiction/computer room):
AARP, Allure, Better Homes & Gardens, Birds & Blooms, Bon Apetit, Car & Driver, Clean Eating, CT Wildlife, Consumer Reports, Consumer Reports on Health, Crochet World, Do It Yourself, Family Handyman, Firehouse, Food & Wine, Mother Earth News, Preservation CT, Prevention, Real Simple, Sierra, Simply Gluten Free, Taste of Home, This Old House, Yankee

We also have over 500 adult and children's movies, over 200 books on CD, board games, and more!

Click Here to view the February At Guilford Smith Memorial Library