Our Early Literacy Winter Reading Challenge for children ages 7 and younger begins on Jan. 3. Registration and logging will be on your Beanstack account. Scan the QR code to get to the Beanstack site. Stickers for your child to use are available at the library. Completion prize when you finish all 50!
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Our Winter Reading Challenge for children in grades 1 - 8 begins on Jan. 3. Registration and logging will be on your Beanstack account. Scan the QR code to get to the Beanstack site. Each book read earns a virtual ticket for prizes. Read books and complete activities to earn tickets to our raffle. Register HERE.
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Jessica Cerullo invites visitors to Stonington Free Library to reflect on the pandemic, sharing what they have learned and what they want to remember. She responds on the spot by writing, and then reading, a poem back. The poetry co-creation process lasts 15-30 minutes. |
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Join us in person or on Zoom to discuss The Leavers by Lisa Ko on March 2nd @ 5:30pm. "The story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he’s loved has been taken away--and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past." Email ivyhope@stoningtonfreelibrary.org for more information. |
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Grab your own desk pet and the materials to create its habitat. Ages 4 - 10. While supplies last. |
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Join us in person or on Zoom to discuss This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger on March 10th @ 2pm. "Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphan vagabonds journey into the unknown, crossing paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost
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Galen Abdur-Razzaq, master flautist and music history educator, will give a presentation on women jazz performers' lives, their ability to read music, perform, and survive in a time when jazz was considered a man's world. |
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This is a hybrid event. In-person at Stonington Free Library, online at Stonington Historical Society's Facebook page. |
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Join us at Stonington Human Services for a discussion of The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict 3/18 @ 12pm. “The story of Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight.” |
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Join us with Olena Lennon, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Political Science and National Security at the University of New Haven, and Eastern Ukraine native, for this contextual information session about the headlines we're all reading. Register here. |
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The Passports to CT Libraries program runs from Friday, April 1 to Saturday, April 30. |
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Saturday, April 2 Visit us at the Farmers Market - 10am - 1pm Stop by the Velvet Mill and visit our table. Passport to CT Libraries Pick up your passport, have it stamped and receive a small prize. Visit at least 5 participating libraries to enter the prize raffle. Ongoing program. Sunday, April 3 Chat |
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Saturday, April 2 Visit us at the Farmers Market - 10am - 1pm Stop by the Velvet Mill and visit our table. Passport to CT Libraries Pick up your passport, have it stamped and receive a small prize. Visit at least 5 participating libraries to enter the prize raffle. Ongoing program. Sunday, April 3 Chat |





