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IN THIS ISSUE...
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Digital Collection:
Can't get to the library? Use our
e-resources from the comfort of your own home!
Check out our digital catalog using Overdrive.
Download books and audio books to your
e-reader, tablet or phone all with
OneClick!
OneClickDigital Collection
OR check out a digital magazine using Zinio!
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NEW TO THE LIBRARY:
Sign up for text messages from the library! To learn more about Shoutbomb, click
HERE.
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Learn a new language with us! To learn more about Mango, click HERE.
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Achieve your career and educational goals! To learn more about Learning Express, click HERE.
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Check out portable WiFi from the library! To learn more about HotSpots, click HERE.
If you have any questions about these or other services provided by the library, please feel free to give us a call at (860) 447-1411.
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Museum Passes
New London library card holders can now reserve museum passes online!
Check out our website here for more information!
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Adult Non Fiction
Together We Rise: The Women's March: behind the scenes at the protest heard around the world
by The Women's March Organizers and Conde Nast
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Young Adult
Fiction
The Nowhere Girls
by Amy Reed
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Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Girl Rising: changing the world one girl at a time
by Tanya Lee Stone
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Halfway Normal
by Barbara Dee
Children's Fiction
Let The Children March
by Monica Clark-Robinson
Children's Non
Fiction
Speaking Our Truth: a journey of reconciliation
by Monique Gray Smith
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CAKE PANS AVAILABLE
TO TAKE HOME!
EVERY DAY,
ALL THE TIME.
Love to bake, but tired of the same old cake pans?
Come check out our collection of cake pans available to check out of the library.
All you need is a current library card!
Baking is FUN!
Make some edible memories with your children.
If any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Contact:
Michele Staino:
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Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Geostorm
Come in and see our collection from the Connecticut Library Consortium...
Traveling collection: changing monthly!
Come and check them out!
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NEW AND EXCITING!
Looking for an easy way to find out about and keep track of
everything going at the Public Library of New London and around town? Now it's here!
I
ntroducing
Burbio
- a free website and app that puts all of New London's library, school, and many other community calendars and events
in one place. With Burbio, you can select calendars to follow, create a
personalized event feed, sync local events to your Google or iPhone calendars instantly and be notified when things change!
Also, when you sign up for Burbio using this unique link below,
the Public Library of New London will begin earning rewards.
So sign up now!
NEVER MISS AN EVENT AGAIN!
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JOIN THE CONTEST:
Passport to CT Libraries
Contest Dates:
April 2nd - April 30th
Do you like to travel?
Is it on your bucket list to fill your passport?
Join the Passport to CT Libraries Contest!
Libraries all over Connecticut are participanting in this exciting program
to make people of all ages aware of their library card and all
it provides.
Take your library card and "passport" (available at your library)
to
at least five participating libraries to receive travel stamps!
Then turn in your finished Passport to any participating library
by
May 7th, 2018.
Enter for a chance to win a Visa gift card up to $150.00*
*prize amounts vary per age group
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COMING SOON!!!
Shred-It Day
Saturday, April 21
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Bring your old documents and shred them safely and securely!
Shred-It Van will be available in the Library Parking Lot.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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The Family Life of Pileated Woodpeckers
Saturday, April 7
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Spy on a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers for six weeks
during the breeding season, and fall in love at first flight!
Carrie Crompton
is an apprentice in the Master Naturalist program at
Goodwin Conservation Center. She discovered a pair of pileated woodpeckers nesting near her home in Andover, CT and filmed their activities until the young fledged. These birds are becoming more abundant in the New England woods.
Once you've seen this program, you will very likely be seeing and
hearing more Pileated woodpeckers yourself!
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information please click
HERE.
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Join us for dinner and discussion!
This month's selection:
How It All Began
by Penelope Lively
Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk one month before the meeting date and are due back the evening of the book discussion.
Water, coffee and tea are provided by the library.
The facilitator for the evening provides dessert.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Tasty Reads: Cookbook Club
Tuesday, April 10
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes?
Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes?
Then sign up for this book club!
Current Cookbook:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime:
Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals,
and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper!
by Ree Drummond.
Each participant will choose a recipe from the book and bring in the dish along with a copy of the recipe to share with the rest of the group.
Seats limited to 12. Registration is required.
This group cannot accomodate drop-ins.
For more information, please click HERE.
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New London History Series,
with Sally Ryan
Tuesday
April 10
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join New London historian Sally Ryan and learn more about
the history of New London.
March 20th: The CT Colony and Pequot War
March 27th: New London's Early Years: 1646 -1775
April 3rd: The Revolutionary War
April 10th: Whaling 1820-1860
April 24th:
Railroads and the Industrial Revolution
May 1st
: 1938 Hurricane to the Present
This program is free and open to the public,
no registration required.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Empower Together
Thursday, April 12
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Join us for this library program featuring books, arts & crafts, movies
and more for people with disabilities.
This program presents an opportunity for the participants to continue
pursuing their natural desire to learn, experience stories, and share
opinions and feelings.
Please let us know if you are bringing a group
so that we can prepare accordingly.
All materials provided and the program is free to attend.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Risk Management and Insurance Basics
for Nonprofits
Friday, April 13
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Please note: THIS IS NOT A WEBINAR.
Is your organization aware of the risks and liabilities it faces
in the daily operation of its programs?
Learn about common areas of risks faced by nonprofits,
and some strategies for addressing these risks.
Presenters:
Priya Morganstern, Esq., Program Director, Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.
Elizabeth C. Downs, CIC, New England Insurance Services, Inc.
There are 17 spaces available. Registration is required.
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Gentle Yoga
Saturday, April 14
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free 40 Minute yoga for all ages!
Healthy snack provided after session.
Recommendations:
Attire can be athletic or loose comfortable clothing.
Yoga mat or thick padding for kneeling if needed.
Although children are encouraged to participate there will be an
optional activity table available while session occurs.
Note: There will be an optional 10-minute meditation after
practice for anyone interested.
Registration is required. Register
NOW
For more information, please click
HERE.
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National Poetry Month Celebration
Read, Write, Create
Sunday, April 15
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Celebrate National Poetry Month with local poets
Suzy Lamson and
Glenn Shea.
They will be sharing some of their literary pieces and relating what poetry is to them, the inspirations and ways to create poetry, and the revision process.
Suzy and Glenn will openly converse with the audience about the beauty
in reading, writing and creating poetry.
Registration is strongly encouraged.
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Usual Suspects
Mystery Bookclub
Monday, April 16
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Like a good mystery?
Join us for the Usual Suspects Mystery Bookclub.
This month's book selection is
A Nice Class of Corpse
by Simon Brett.
Books are available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.
For more information, please click HERE.
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Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, April 17
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
All meetings of the Library Board of Trustees are open to the public.
There is time for public comment immediately after the meeting
is called to order.
For more information, please click HERE.
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Social Welfare:
Learn About Resources Available In New London
Marisa Valdiserra from Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut
will be at the library to talk about resources available in New London.
For more information, please click HERE.
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Credit Do's and Don'ts
Discover what having credit means...
what a credit report and FICO score is...
what affects a credit report, how to check it...
and what you should and should not do to improve your credit.
This program is free and open
For more information, please click HERE.
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Spanish Conversation
Friendly and informal Spanish conversation groups meet at the library.
Come along to make new friends and improve your Spanish.
This program is free and open
For more information, please click HERE.
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VolunTEEN Orientation
Saturday,
April 7, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Do you need volunteer hours for graduation?
Have you filled out a VolunTeen application online?
If so, come to our VolunTEEN orientation this Saturday,
and start making a difference!
For more information please click
HERE.
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Teen Tuesdays:
Magnetic Poetry!
For more information please click
HERE.
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For more information please click
HERE.
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Teen Tuesdays:
Black Out Poetry Art
For more information please click
HERE.
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Make & Take Craft
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Read to a Therapy Dog
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Read, Sing, Play:
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Homework Helpers
are back!
Homework Helpers will be off for spring vacation April 16 - April 19.
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Bilingual Story Time:
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Milk & Cookies
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Tween Thursday
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Brick Builders
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Poetry for Kids
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Earth Day Recycled Craft
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Race to the Treasure Escape Room
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Creative Movement with the Eastern CT Ballet
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Movie & Munchies - Coco
For more information, please click
HERE.
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Every Wednesday
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Are you a chess player looking for new opponents?
Or, have you never played but want to learn?
All are welcome, from beginners to advanced.
Location: Adult Reading Room
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Every Thursday
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Come share a love of knitting and crocheting.
Bring your project and materials and socialize with others.
Trying a new stitch?
Someone might be able to help.
All are welcome, from beginners to advanced.
Location: Board Room
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Public Library of New London
63 Huntington Street
New London, CT 06320
860-447-1411
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