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11 am or 12:15 pm. Ages 6-14. Check out this popular sport and try it yourself! Register on our events page.          

     Wizard Tournament at Barnes & Noble Calling all Harry Potter fans! Join the Stratford Library at Barnes & Noble of Milford on Friday, July 21 from 7-9 pm for a Wizard Tournament. Represent your favorite Magical School – Hogwarts or one of the others! and compete in 4 events in order to be […]

Congratulations to this week’s prize drawing winners: Emilia Isabella Jonathan Nahla Stella Remember, every child who has read a book and recorded it in their summer reading account is eligible for our weekly prize drawings! So keep up the good reading 🙂 Weekly reading challenges continue – children can earn extra prizes for reading a […]

Congratulations to our Week 1 Prize Drawing winners! Remember, every child in the Summer Reading Challenge who reads at least 1 book this week is eligible for the prize drawings. Benedict Tanvi Justin Shane Anneliese   Keep reading – we want to hear about YOUR favorite books this summer!  

Hi, everyone! For our readers, just wanted to announce that the 2 weekly challenges are: Read a biography, and … starting Monday, read a mystery. To activate the challenge, read any book that fits the challenge, enter it into your Library Insight account, then stop by the Library to report on that book. You’ll earn […]

Summer Reading for children ages 0-12 starts June 1. Are you ready?! This year, we’re Building a Better World through reading. Children not yet reading on their own (up to age 8) can join our Read to Me Club. Complete activities, earn stickers and a free book each week. Children who complete 20 activities can […]

Please stop by the Library the first week of May to see this year’s new Nutmeg nominees for grades 2-6. There will be 15 new elementary titles and 10 new intermediate titles to enjoy and read.  This year’s winners will be announced by May 15. Last year’s winners were: Jedi Academy and The One and […]

Children in grades 2-12 can vote for their favorite Nutmeg books this April. Drop by the Library to fill out a voting ballot. Here’s a quick picture of the Elementary titles – all great! http://www.nutmegaward.org/      

The Stratford Library will host The Middle Eastern Dance Academy of CT on Wednesday, April 12 at 6 pm in the Library Lovell Room for families with children ages 4 to 12. This event is part of Miss Soto’s Literacy Legacy program which supplies notable books to children in grades K-6 at all Stratford Public […]

Saturday at 2:30 pm – Ages 3 and up! What sillyness will occur? Find out Saturday. Register by calling 203.385.4165 or visit our Events page.