At Home With Wilton Library

June 22, 2020

Today's the day our Drive-Thru re-opens! You will be notified via email, text or phone when your items are ready to be picked up. Place your holds in the catalog for pick-up at the Drive-Thru. The blue Returns Bin in the library parking lot is open for all returns. No items will be accepted for return at the Drive-Thru window. Click here for all the details you need to know .

Summer Reading Monday

Our Drive-Thru re-opens today which means all the books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs in our collection are available to borrow! Our digital collection remains yours 24/7/365. So now that we have books, books and more books -- let's get our Summer Reading programs underway. Read on for some great book suggestions as well as reading programs for adults, teens and children.

Our Annual Appeal Ends June 30 -- GIVE to Wilton Library & Send a Tribute

Celebrate a special person in your life by making a gift to Wilton Library in their honor or memory. Not only is this a meaningful way to recognize a loved one in honor of a birthday, anniversary or milestone, it does Wilton Library an incredible amount of GOOD as we work towards ending our fiscal year on solid financial footing. Your gifts enable us to provide outstanding programming, services and collection materials. You can customize your tribute message, be a part of our donor wall and help Wilton Library meet our goal.   

Spotlight on Hot Beach Reads

Check out these engrossing light reads to enjoy this summer, whether you're at the beach, the backyard or enjoying the A/C indoors. These Hot Beach Reads eBooks may be downloaded in the Libby by OverDrive app or viewed online on our OverDrive page.

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For Adults -- Beach Party Bingo with Books

Runs June 29 to August 16 SIGN UP HERE

Starting on June 29, join in Wilton Library's Beach Party Bingo with Books adult summer reading program. After all, why should kids have all the fun? Follow the Book Bingo Card suggestions to guide your summer reading and find books outside your usual groove. Log the books you read and you'll be entered into our prize drawing. At the end of the summer, two $25 Wilton Chamber of Commerce gift certificates (courtesy of Fairfield County Bank) will be awarded to the lucky winners. SIGN UP HERE

Get Lost in a Fantasy -- Ebooks Edition

Fantasy is a literary genre set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Fantasy is unlike science fiction and horror in that there are no scientific or macabre themes. Fantasy reading fuels the imagination. These Get Lost in a Fantasy eBooks may be downloaded in the Libby by OverDrive app or viewed online on our OverDrive page.

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Community Reads from OverDrive

Runs June 22 to July 13 

Black Lives Matter: Community Reads is an OverDrive digital book program providing simultaneous access to important titles on social justice and race relations. The following two titles are available in the Wilton Library Overdrive digital collection for all to read with no waitlist now through July 13:

For Teens & Tweens -- A Universe of Stories

Runs June 29 to August 16   SIGN UP HERE

Starting on June 29, students entering grades 6-12 can join in Wilton Library's A Universe of Stories summer reading program. All that's needed is a good book and a device to track the time spent reading. Enter the book's title and minutes read on your reader profile. For every 180 minutes of reading, one ticket will be applied to that week's drawing. The lucky weekly winner will receive a $10 Wilton of Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. At the end of summer, all tickets will go back into the "pot," and one person will win a $100 Wilton Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. Thanks to the John and Patricia Curran Teen Fund for making this program possible. SIGN UP HERE

For Children -- Imagine Your Story

Now through August 28 SIGN UP HERE

Kids going into grades PreK - 6 are invited to sign-up for the Imagine Your Story summer reading program. The program will not only focus on reading, but also provide ideas for fun, educational activities for the whole family. For the reading portion, children will engage in our Read and Bead reward system. Every 20 minutes spent reading will be rewarded with one bead for their necklace. At different intervals children will receive special beads and brag tags too! SIGN UP HERE