Children’s Programs

*Theatre Games with Twyla on Thursday, November 15, at 1:30 pm for ages 3–5, and at 4:30 pm for ages 5–9, will explore your creative side and teach techniques that build confidence and improve listening skills.

*Creative Connections: Music and Movement with Francine Wheeler is Saturday, November 17, at 2 pm. Creative Connections is an enrichment program geared for children with sensory processing differences. Francine Wheeler is a singer, educator and children’s entertainer and will lead participants in a fun interactive musical program. For ages 5–9 along with an adult partner. This free program is sponsored by a grant from GE Capital.

*After Kristine Humber has read Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, children ages 5–9 can create their own leaf collages using real leaves, stamped leaves, and hand painted leaves, accented with clear glitter to add a touch of frost, on Saturday, November 17, at 1 pm. A $5 material fee is due on the day of the program.

*The EverWonder Children’s Museum committee is conducting workshops, Exploring Your Senses. The remaining workshops are November 20, Touch, and November 27, Taste and Smell. Each workshop will focus on one of the five senses through a variety of fun hands-on activities. A $5 material fee is due on the day of the program. Proceeds will benefit the EverWonder Museum. For ages 4–6.

*Read to Tessie, a registered therapy dog that loves to hear children read aloud, on Thursday, November 29, at 4:30 pm. Register online for a 15-minute slot. For independent readers.

 

Adult & Family Programs

*Book Discussions: Julie Stern, retired teacher at WCSU, has been leading a five-part book discussion on the reality, the impact, and the long-range consequences of the “Great War.” Multiple copies of the discussion books are available at the second-floor circulation desk. The last book on the schedule is, November 21, River of Darkness by Rennie Airth. Discussion will begin at 7:30 pm in the meeting room.

*More Book Discussions: Daytime: The Art of Racing in the Rain on Monday, November 12, at 1 pm; Evening: Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet on Thursday, November 15, at 7:30 pm.

*Some movies too… November 27, 1 pm or 7 pm, King of Hearts.

Exhibits

*Nineteenth Century nightcaps from the Edmond and Hawley families that have long been stored in the attic of the library are now on display in the case near the circulation desk. A message hand-written by Mary Hawley states that she laundered them herself in May of 1912. The Hawley family tree, from the work titled “The Hawley Family” by Newtown historian Dan Cruson, is also featured. The textile preservation committee is back to work in the attic, and select items will be on display in future months. The nightcaps will be displayed through the month of October, followed by a gown worn by the famous opera singer Grace Moore that to our knowledge has never been on exhibit.

C.H. Booth Library is at 25 Main Street. Call 203-426-4533 or visit CHBoothLibrary.org for full details on or to register for the above programs as well as others that are being offered.