Summer Reading

Get ready for summer reading! This year we are traveling out to sea to explore amazing sea creatures, pirates and more! Come to our kick-off on June 21^st from 5:30-7:30pm to grab your summer reading bag and enjoy the fun!

Programs In June

Family Fairy House Craft
Saturday, June 3rd from 10 - 11:30am
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Sign up the family to come and create a fairy house at the library! All materials supplied unless you want to bring something special from home.  (You can just put family name instead of each individual person when registering)

Evening Book Discussion

Monday, June 12th @ 6 pm

This month’s selection is: Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer. This is a collection of short stories  giving readers a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met, the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited.

Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life in the most profound way.

Revel in the stories of the 1930’s woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A Gentleman and A Scholar while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in A Wasted Hour.

These wonderfully engaging and always refreshingly original tales prove why Archer has been described by The Times as probably the greatest storyteller of our age. (Amazon)

Books are available to borrow.

Movie Matinee
Friday, June 23rd @ 1 pm

This month's movie is The Little Mermaid.  Join us for a free movie matinee! Patrons are welcome to bring a box lunch of snack to enjoy during the movie.  Bring the whole family!

Drop In Babies Storytime
Tuesdays @ 10 am, beginning June 20th

Come have fun with Mrs. Molly this summer with summer storytimes! These sessions are all drop-in so there is no need to register.
For ages 18 months – 2 years.

Summer Reading Kickoff
Wednesday, June 21st, 5:30-7:30pm

Drop-in any time between 5:30 and 7:30 to pick up a summer reading bag and do some fun activities! There will be a balloon twister, frozen ice, and a scavenger hunt!!
No need to Register. For all ages!

Drop In Preschool Storytime
Thursdays @ 10 am, beginning June 22nd

Come have fun with Mrs. Molly this summer with summer storytimes! These sessions are all drop-in so there is no need to register!.
For ages 3 – 6 years.

Let's Talk Gardening
Monday, June 26th @ 7 pm

Join us for an informal discussion about all things gardening. It’s summer! How does your garden grow? Bring your questions, ideas and information to share. Everyone always leaves with something!

Teen Painting
Tuesday, June 27th @ 1:30 pm
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Come and paint this beautiful picture step-by-step with painter Carolyn Mitchell of The Brush & Pallett. No experience is necessary. All supplies will be provided. Space is limited, so please register.

Bring the Hoopla
Wednesday, June 28th @ 5 pm
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Does your kid need to get out some energy? Come to the library and learn some cool hula-hoop tricks!
Please Register for this summer reading program.

Teen Time
Thursday, June 29th @ 1 pm

Join Mrs. Molly and some of the teen campers during teen time.
For this session we will be playing bingo and checking out the library!
For ages 11+. No need to register.

Explore your Ancestry

Harwinton's Town Historian Susan Fenn McClen will visit our library to offer her expert help to those interested in researching their genealogy!  Call to schedule your session.

Mindful Meditation
Wednesdays @ 3:30

Please join our afternoon meditation group at the library.  All are welcome!  Register online or contact:  [email protected]

New Titles

The Fiction shelf heats up this month with new books from some of your favorite authors, including:

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Cross Down by James Patterson
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Inside Threat by Matthew Quirk
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
Near Miss by Stuart Woods
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
Watch Us Shine by Marisa De Los Santos
Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Zero Days by Ruth Ware

New DVDS

Avatar: the Way of Water
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
John Wick Chapter 4

New Downloadables

eBooks

All That is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn & Shonda Rhimes
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

eAudiobooks

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
Pageboy: a Memoir by Elliot Page
Zero Days by Ruth Ware

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