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  The Stratford Library will host an eclipse program on August 21. You can register for it on our events page. During the program, we will be giving out glasses that we received courtesy of a grant from the Space Science Institute and Star_Net. If you won’t be able to join us, you can find […]

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 […]