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Special announcement: The Tuesday 10:30 storytime and the Friday 10:30 storytime this week are Halloween-themed with costumes encouraged. Children will be trick-or-treating around the library at the end of storytime. Happy Halloween, everyone!

For all our preschoolers ages 3 to 6 who are night owls, come on out to Bedtime Math’s Crazy 8s club! Wednesdays, October 8 and 22 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Each session focuses on a math topic with an engaging activity. Parents needed to volunteer for future sessions. To sign up, call 203-385-4165

You’ve been asking for a month, and now we’re ready to go. Our fall reading program starts October 1, and we kick it off with a special history event in the library’s backyard.  Ages 6 to 12 can join us Wednesday, October 1 for a Graveyard History Hunt at 4 p.m. We will meet in […]

Our Aspiring Authors club meets this Monday at 4 p.m. in the Children’s Department for ages 8 to 12. Please call us at 203-385-4165 to register. For grades 6 to 8, we meet next Monday! Snack provided; call to register. Can’t wait to share the new writing activity that Beth and Miss A have concocted!

Are you a parent of a child between the ages of three and eight? Then, come to our Parent Discussion Group Tuesday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. September 23 to October 29 Free childcare and refreshments provided The group meets in the Stratford Library Board Room Suzanne Porco Clement, Family and Early Childhood Specialist […]

 Are you a Nutmeg reader? The Nutmeg Book Award is Connecticut’s  children’s choice book award.  Children vote each April for their favorite. For children in grades 2 to 4, there are 15 fiction and nonfiction titles to  read. Here’s the list: http://www.nutmegaward.org/print/2015/Elementary2015color.pdf  For children in grades 4 to 6, there are 10 fiction titles to […]

As parents look at our storytime schedule, they may wonder, “Should my child attend Baby Lapsit or Toddler Time?” Here’s a quick explanation of how these programs differ. Baby Lapsit is primarily for non-walking babies ages 0 and 1. The general guideline is that if the child will still sit on their caregiver’s lap, they are […]

Siena & Drago will be here tomorrow, Wednesday, September 3 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Call 203-385-4165 to register for a reading time.

Yes, our website has a new look, but you can still access and print out your child’s summer reading from our online reading site. The summer reading website closes September 1, so be sure to print it out before that date. Visit http://slakids2014.blogspot.com – and click on the Sign up & Log on button the […]

The Children’s Department is excited to welcome everyone back for the fall storytime session. Storytimes begin Monday, September 8 and continue through December. Please check the calendar for holiday schedules. Storytimes are drop-in unless otherwise noted. – Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Toddler Time for ages 0 to 2. Siblings welcome. – Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. […]