Holiday Hours:

Thursday, December 24, 9:30 am-2 pm

Friday, December 25, – CLOSED

Saturday, December 26, 9:30 am-5 pm – REGULAR HOURS RESUME

 

Thursday, December 31, 9:30 am-2 pm

Friday, January 1 – CLOSED

Saturday, January 2 – REGULAR HOURS RESUME

Children’s Programs:

 New Self-Check Out Machine in the Children’s Department:

Thanks to a grant from the Friends of the Library, the Children’s Department now has a self-checkout machine. Remember, you need to have your library card in hand in order to use this wonderful time-saving device. The new self-checkout is located on the counter next to the dollhouse.

 

Beyond Candy Land: European Board Game Fun

Tired of the same old board games? Educator, Eric Paradis, will introduce children and their parents to a wide variety of unique, fun and challenging games in the meeting room on Wednesday, December 30,from 1 to 4 pm. For ages 4-Adult. Parents must remain in the room with children under 10.

Register online at chboothlibrary.org

 

Mother Goose on the Loose

Mother Goose will resume its regular schedule on Wednesday, January 6,at 10 am in the library meeting room. This program of rhymes, songs and movement is for children age birth to 2 and their caregiver. No registration is necessary. Open to Newtown residents only please.

 

Mother Goose II

Mother Goose II will resume its regular schedule beginning Thursday, January 7, at 10 am in the library meeting room. This program of rhymes, songs, simple books and movement is open to children 24-36 months and their caregiver. No registration is necessary. Open to Newtown residents only please.

 

 Book Discussions: Reality Maps (….or Not Your Usual Memoir)

Julie Stern is back to lead another great book discussion. This time she will focus on four American memoirs. From Rory Stewart’s adventure narrative set in Afghanistan, where in 2003 he braved Taliban warlords, bandits and bad weather to walk across the entire country, to Mary-Ann Tyrone Smith’s description of blue collar Hartford in the 1940s and 1950s, where her life was darkened by the presence of a serial killer, and an autistic brother at home. And from the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates’ chronicle of boyhood in a segregated West Virginia mill town, where colored society existed in its own parallel universe, to David Sedaris’ bitingly funny portrayal of life in North Carolina where he and his family were clearly oddballs in the heartland, these fascinating true accounts transport us to clearly mapped worlds, shaped by each writer’s personal vision of reality. By turns quirky, poignant, and unexpectedly hilarious, these four books offer insightful portraits of places and experiences different form our own, yet universal in their humanity.

Places in Between by Rory Stewart – January 13 at 7:30 pm

Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tyrone Smith– January 27 at 7:30 pm

The Colored People by Henry Louis Gates Jr. – February 10 at 7:30 pm

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris – February 24 at 7:30 pm