| | Public Libraries in New Haven and Middlesex Counties You can get a FREE library card from your local library branch and get books from any library in Connecticut. Visiting libraries around your area can be a wonderful family activity and it's free! From regular story hours to special events, your library can be a great resource for education, entertainment, making friends, accessing the Internet and more. Most libraries lend a variety of FREE and reduced-price passes to area museums so check your local branch for details. There are many free Story Hours available at the libraries and bookstores throughout New Haven and Middlesex Counties. As programs do change from time to time, please check the individual websites or call the facility to verify details in order to avoid disappointment or inconvenience. Happy Reading!! LIBRARY | PROGRAMS/STORY HOURS | | Branford
James Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 Main Street, Branford, 06405, 203-488-1441. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Branford
James Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 Main Street, Branford, 06405, 203-488-1441. Storytime With Miss Mary. Story Time is Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:00 AM. Come and join Miss Mary for a lively story, music and craft fun. Baby Story time with Miss Kathleen is at 10:30 on select Mondays. Click on the link above and check the calendar for details. For more information call 203 488-1441 ext 323 or check the website for details. | | Bethany
The Clark Memorial Library, 538 Amity Road, Bethany, 06524, 203-393-2103. Call for a list of available museum passes. | Bethany
The Clark Memorial Library, 538 Amity Road, Bethany, 06524, 203-393-2103. Story time is every Wednesday at 4 PM. The web site for the library has not been working so we have removed it. We will keep checking on it and reactivate it if it becomes operable again. In the meantime, please call the library for information on current programs. | | Cheshire
Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main Street, Cheshire, 06410, 203-272-2245. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Cheshire
Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main Street, Cheshire, 06410, 203-272-2245. Story Time-Mondays and Tuesday at 10:00 am - Ages 3 1/2 to 5. Tuesday Evenings - Pajama Story Time • 7:00 - 7:30 PM • Best suited for children ages 3 - 8 and their parents/caregivers.
Come in pajamas for stories, rhymes, and a craft! Wednesdays - Mother Goose Time -- Ages 6 to 30 months at 10:00 am. Wednesdays - After School Story Time - Ages 3 to 8 - 4 pm. These programs are all drop-in. For programs requiring pre-registration and for further details, please check the web site. | | Chester Chester Public Library, 21 West Main Street, Chester, 06412, 860-526-0018. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes | Chester Chester Public Library, 21 West Main Street, Chester, 06412, 860-526-0018. There are no programs listed currently but check back soon. | | Clinton Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike Clinton, 06413, 860-669-2342. Visit the library link for a listing of available passes. | Clinton Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike Clinton, 06413, 860-669-2342. The library offers many programs for babies, toddlers, pre-school age children and more... Most programs are limited to a certain number of participants and pre-registration is required. Please visit their website for details. However, they are offering Ready-to-Read Walk-in Storytimes this winter as follows:
Wednesday Mornings at 10:00, Jan. 14– Mar. 18
Thursday Afternoons at 1:30, Jan. 15– Mar. 19
Saturday Mornings at 11:00, Jan.17– Mar. 21 | | Cromwell Cromwell Belden Public Library, 41 West St., Cromwell, 06416, 860-632-3460. Call for available museum passes. | Cromwell Cromwell Belden Public Library, 41 West St., Cromwell, 06416. Click here for the Children's Calendar as events change regularly. Friday storytimes for January - DROP IN PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME/FILMS Ages 3-5 10:30 A.M. Bean Bag Room
Listen to a variety of stories with Ms. Lois
| | Deep River Deep River Public Library, 150 Main St., Deep River, 06417, 860-526-6039. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Deep River Deep River Public Library, 150 Main St., Deep River, 06417, 860-526-6039. Preschool Story Hours- The Deep River Library hosts “Time for Tots” for pre-school aged children between the ages of two and five on Tuesdays and Fridays 11am. There will be story time and a craft. The program is free.
Parent/Infant Group - Parents and caregivers are invited to bring their babies up to 24 months to the library. Get together with other families, have fun and learn, all on Thursday mornings at 11am. No registration is required. | | Derby
Derby Public Library, 313 Elizabeth Street, Derby, 06418, 203-736-1482 or 1483. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Derby
Derby Public Library, 313 Elizabeth Street, Derby, 06418, 203-736-1482 or 1483. Wednesdays at 10:00- Baby and Me! – 6 to 12 months old - songs, rhymes, movement, board books and interaction with caregiver. Thursdays at 10:00 - Nursery Rhyme Time – For toddlers 12 to 24 months old along with a caregiver.
Thursdays at 11:00 - Preschool Story Time - ages 3-5 -stories, songs, musical instruments, craft.
Fridays at 10:00 -Time for Two’s – 25-36 months old with a caregiver -stories, finger plays, songs and a simple craft.
| | Durham Durham Public Library, 7 Maple Avenue, Durham, 06422, 860-349-9544. Call for available museum passes. | Durham Durham Public Library, 7 Maple Avenue, Durham, 06422, 860-349-9544. Call 349-9544 for current openings
Mondays at 10:15 am or 11:15 am Mother Goose Time. For children ages 18 – 30 months. An active 20 minutes of songs, finger plays, & reading with a parent or caregiver. Siblings are included.
Wednesdays at 10:15 am or 11:00 am Time for Tots. For children ages 2 ½ - 3 ½ years. Participants will sit with parents/caregivers to listen to great stories, songs, and fingers plays & then participate in a related craft for this 30-minute story time. Siblings are included.
Tuesdays at 10:15am or 1:30pm Preschool Time. For children ages 3 ½ - 5 years. Enchanting stories, songs, and finger plays & a related craft at this 45-minute independent story time will mesmerize participants. Siblings are not included.
| | East Haddam Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main Street, East Haddam, 06423, 860-873-8210. Call for available museum passes. | East Haddam Rathbun Free Memorial Library, 36 Main Street, East Haddam, 06423, 860-873-8210. Storytimes are held on Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30am, and include singing, finger play and stories, followed by a simple craft project. Recommended for ages 3-5.
| | East Haven
Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main Street, East Haven, 06512, 203-468-3890. | East Haven
Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main Street, East Haven, 06512, 203-468-3890. There is not anything currently posted on their website. Please check back or call them for current programs. | | Essex Essex Library Association, 33 West Avenue, Essex, 06426, 860-767-1560, Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Essex Essex Library Association, 33 West Avenue, Essex, 06426, 860-767-1560. Monday Morning Play Group. Every Monday from 10-12p.m., there is an informal drop-in playgroup for toddlers and pre-schoolers in the children's room. Feel free to drop by to meet other children and their parents or caregivers.
Drop-in Story Time For Children aged 3-5, Thursdays, 1-2p.m.
Stories And Music For Ones And Twos. Friday mornings from 10-10:45a.m. A fun story and music time for babies through age 2 led by Jen Pernal. No registration required
| | Guilford
Guilford Free Library, 67 Park Street, Guilford, 06437, 203-453- 8282. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Guilford
Guilford Free Library, 67 Park Street, Guilford, 06437, 203-453- 8282. Mondays @ 9:30 - Baby Time - Infants, birth through 11 months, and parent/giver. Please register Mondays @ 2:00 - PROGRAMA DE CUENTOS INFANTILES EN ESPAÑOL: Please join Guilford residents Maria Teresa
Ayele and Olfa Zephirin for a sing along, story time and movies, all conducted in Spanish! All ages welcome.
Mondays, February 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 from 2 –2:45 p.m. Tuesdays, February 3 through March 17. KNITTING CLUB: Sit and knit. Share knitting ideas and more! All ages welcome from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings @ 10:00 - DROP-IN STORIES for THREE’S, FOUR’S AND FIVE’S: Children, ages 3 – 5, will have an opportunity to hear special stories, finger plays and poems from the library’s Storytelling collection.
Tuesday evenings - Bedtime Stories- 6:30-7:10pm.Teddies and PJ's welcome for this evening storytime. Open to all. All ages welcome. No registration required. Thursdays - Pop-in Playtime 10 - 11 AM Parents come! Meet your friends and let your children play together! All ages welcome. Fridays - Board Games 4:00 PM Children ages 6 to 11 are invited to play board games with friends! Battleship, Chess, Monopoly and more. Mondays - Beginning in February - MONDAY EVENING MOVIES: Six-week drop-in movies series from “The Wubbulous World of Dr. Suess.” Visit website for details. Many other programs available. Visit their website often. | | Hamden
Miller Memorial Central Library, 2091 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, 06518, 203-287-2680. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Hamden
Miller Memorial Central Library, 2901 Dixwell Avenue Hamden, 203-230-3770 Whitneyville Branch, 125 Carleton Street (at Putnam Avenue) Hamden, 203-287-2677. Brundage Community Branch 91 Circular Avenue (next door to Fire House #2), Hamden, 203-287-2675 Mondays -Drop-in story time at Brundage Community Library 10:30 am Tuesdays -Drop-in story time at Whitneyville Library 10:45 am Tuesdays -Time for Twos. 10:15 a.m. (Registration required) Friend's Room Miller Library Wednesdays - Wonderful Ones 10:15 a.m. (Registration required) Friends Room Miller Library Thursdays - Tiny Tots 10:30 a.m. (Registration Required) Friends Room Miller Library Thursdays - Thrilling Threes and Fours 11:30 a.m. (Registration Required) Friends Room Miller Library Please check the website for current updates. | | Ivoryton Ivoryton Library Association, 106 Main St. Ivoryton, 06442, 860-767-1252. Call for available museum passes. | Ivoryton Ivoryton Library Association, 106 Main St. Ivoryton, 06442, 860-767-1252. Wednesdays at 10:00 am stories, songs and a craft. All ages welcome. No registration necessary. | | Killingworth Killingworth Library, 301 Route 81, Killingworth, 06419 860-663-2000. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Killingworth Killingworth Library, 301 Route 81, Killingworth, 06419 860-663-2000. Space is limited for the story time programs and priority will be given to residents. Please check the website for current openings. | | Madison
E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Rd. Madison 06443. 203-245-8722. Visit the library link for a listing of available passes. | Madison
E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Rd. Madison 06443. 203-245-8722. A full calendar of children's programs is available from Baby Rhyme Time to Story Time, Art Smart to Chess Club. All programs are for Madison residents and require registration. Please visit their website for further details. | | Middlefield Levi E. Coe Library, 414 Main Street, Middlefield, 06455, 860-349-3857. Call for available museum passes. | Middlefield Levi E. Coe Library, 414 Main Street, Middlefield, 06455, 860-349-3857. Story Time for preschool children is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30 A.M. from September–December and January-May. For more information and to register, please call the Children's Room at 349-3857. | | Middletown Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, 06457, 860-347-2528. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Middletown Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, 06457, 860-347-2528. Twilight Tales, Wonderful Ones, Terrific Twos and More! Visit the Russell Library Children's Calendar for details on all their exciting programs. Due to high demand, most programs are for Middletown residents only and require preregistration. | | Milford
Milford Public Library, 57 New Haven Avenue, Milford, 06460, 203-783-3290. Call the Children's Department at 203-783-3312 for available museum passes. | Milford
Milford Public Library, 57 New Haven Avenue, Milford, 06460, 203-783-3290. Story Time - Mondays and Tuesdays at 10 AM Toddler Time - Wednesdays at 10 AM and 11 AM | | New Haven
New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, 06510, 203-946-8130 Museum passes are available only at the Main Branch. Call the Children's Room at 203-946-8129 for details. | New Haven
New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, 06510, 203-946-8130 There's so much going on at each of the branches of the NH Public Library all the time that we would ask that you click on the link and visit the calendar on their website for details. WOW! Thanks New Haven! | | New Haven Connecticut Children's Museum, Children's Building 22 Wall St. 203-562-5437 | New Haven Saturdays@2. Connecticut Children's Museum, Children's Building 22 Wall St. 203-562-5437. Artists and educators engage children with dramatic renderings of books through the Creating Readers Saturdays at 2 program. The goal is to link literacy to hands-on activities, to read a book that children connect to a real-life event in which they are players, a book that deepens that experience for children, a book that they can carry with them, a book that they are invested in reading because it evokes memories of a place where they are empowered and engaged learner. The Saturdays at 2 program is supported by grants from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and New Alliance Foundation. Admission to the museum is $5 and the Saturdays at 2 program is included with the museum admission. Each family also receives a copy of the book. lease check the website before going as there is an occasional Saturday that they are closed due to a holiday. | | North Branford
Atwater Memorial Library, 1720 Foxon Road, North Branford, 06471 203-315-6020. Call the Children's Department for available museum passes. | North Branford
Atwater Memorial Library, 1720 Foxon Road, North Branford, 06471 203-315-6020. Smith Library is currently closed for renovations. Time for Baby and Me: Infants, birth to 18 mos. with parent/caregiver.
Co-sponsored with the North Branford Family Resource Center
Begins Weds., Feb. 4@10:00 a.m. - details to follow (depends upon the opening of Smith Library)
Toddler Time: A playful time for children 18 mos. and up with songs, music and stories
Atwater:
Begins Mon., Feb. 2 @ 10:30 a.m.
Begins Thurs., Feb 5 @ 10:30 a.m.
Smith:
Details to follow pending opening date for the library
Story Time: For children 3 years and up (kindergarteners welcome!) with stories, fingerplays and a craft
Details to follow pending opening date for the Smith Library
| | North Haven Barnes and Noble, 470 Universal Drive, North Haven, 06473. 203-234-1805 | North Haven Barnes and Noble, 470 Universal Drive, North Haven, 06473. 203-234-1805 Fridays - 7:00 PM - Storytime - Various Themes Tuesdays - 4:00 PM - Storytime - Kid's Craft - Pre-school (ages 3-6), Beginning Readers (ages 5-8) | | North Haven
North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm Street, North Haven, 06473, 203-239-5803. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | North Haven
North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm Street, North Haven, 06473, 203-239-5803. There are many programs available for tots to teens and family programs too. Due to popularity and space limitations, most all programs are restricted to North Haven residents and proof of residency is required. Please visit the calendar link for detailed information on current programs. | | Orange
Case Memorial Library, 176 Tyler City Rd., Orange, 06477, 203-891-2170. Call for available museum passes. | Orange
Case Memorial Library, 176 Tyler City Rd., Orange, 06477, 203-891-2170.
2 YEAR OLD SESSION: MONDAYS 10:30-11:00 AM. Registration required
3-5 YEAR OLD SESSION: (includes a craft activity) WEDNESDAYS -4:00-5:00 PM, THURSDAYS- 10:30-11:30 AM. | | Old Saybrook Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, 06475, 860-395-3184 Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Old Saybrook Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, 06475, 860-395-3184 Preschool Story Time-Every Friday Morning: 2-year olds 10:00 a.m., 3-5 year olds 10:45 a.m.
Stories, songs, hand rhymes, creative activities, and lots of fun!
Story Time for Wee Ones-Every Wednesday Morning: 10:00 a.m. Children ages birth to 2. Stories, songs, hand rhymes, and time for parents to socialize! | | Wallingford
Wallingford Public Library, 200 North Main Street, Wallingford, 06492, 203-265-6754. Visit the library link for a listing of available passes. | Wallingford
Wallingford Public Library, 200 North Main Street, Wallingford, 06492, 203-265-6754. Tuesdays 10-10:30 AM Preschool Storytime - Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays and more in this lively storytime for preschoolers ages three to five and their grown-ups. Younger interested siblings may attend. Tuesdays 6:30-7:00 PM Mother Goose - Join us for a lively, interactive program filled with music, movement, rhymes and stories for ones and two's and their caregiver! This is a drop-in program. Wednesdays 10 - 10:30 AM Mother Goose - Join us for a lively, interactive program filled with music, movement, rhymes and stories for ones and two's and their caregiver! This is a drop-in program. Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:00 PM Preschool Storytime - Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays and more in this lively storytime for preschoolers ages three to five and their grown-ups. Younger interested siblings may attend. Thursdays 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Itty Bitty Babies - This drop-in program introduces babies and their grown-ups to the library and each other in a program filled with songs, rhymes and books. Stories and rhymes are for children 12 months and under but siblings are welcome.
| | Westbrook Westbrook Public Library, 688 Boston Post Road, Westbrook, 06498, 860-399-6422 | Westbrook Westbrook Public Library, 688 Boston Post Road (temporary location), Westbrook, 06498, 860-399-6422 The library is in a temporary location as the main site undergoes renovations. The Board of Trustees of the Westbrook Public Library cordially invites the community to celebrate the official opening of the renovated and expanded Westbrook Public Library at 61 Goodspeed Drive, next to the Daisy Ingraham Elementary School, on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at 1:00 p.m.
There will be special free family entertainment in the community room at 2:00 p.m. featuring magician Dan Bowen.
| | West Haven
West Haven Public Library, 300 Elm Street, West Haven, 06516, 203-931-4233. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | West Haven
West Haven Public Library, 300 Elm Street, West Haven, 06516, 203-931-4233. Please check website for the most up to date information as ongoing story times were not available when we last checked.
| | Woodbridge
Woodbridge Town Library, 225 Amity Road, Woodbridge, 06526, 203-389- 3433. Visit Museum Passes for a listing of available passes. | Woodbridge
Woodbridge Town Library, 225 Amity Road, Woodbridge, 06526, 203-389- 3433. All story time programs are drop-in. No registration required. STORYTIME SESSIONS
Baby Time - 6-18 Months -Wednesdays 11:30 a.m. Storytime for 18 - 30 months -Wednesdays 10:30 a.m.
Rhythm & Rhyme 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years Thursdays 10:30 a.m.
Friday Fun 3 1/2 to 5 years Fridays 11:00 a.m.
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This information is a free community service provided by the Kids' Directory. However, information changes frequently and the Kids' Directory cannot be held responsible for incorrect information. Please call ahead to verify the information before attending events. |
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