The Young Young Critics' Club (Y2C2), our 4th- and 5th-grade book club, has just voted on its favorite books of 2020-2021. Their favorite book of the year is: MILLIONAIRES FOR THE MONTH, by Stacy McAnulty!
Be sure to take a look at the rest of the group's favorites for some fabulous kid-approved picks for 4th- and 5th-graders!
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Semi-Annual Young Young Critics' Club (Y2C2) Jeopardy Tournament!
The winning team is The Book Birds-- Tessa, Jack, Sean, Lucia, and Fiona!
The winners have demonstrated their mastery of trivia questions related to the books that the Young Young Critics' Club (our book club for 4th- and 5th-graders) has read during the past year.
The Young Critics' Club (YCC), our 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade book club, has just voted on its favorite books of 2020-21. Their favorite book of the year is: UNPLUGGED, by Gordon Korman!
Be sure to take a look at the rest of the group's favorites for some fabulous kid-approved picks for middle-schoolers!
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Young Critics' Club Jeopardy Tournament!
The winning team was The Lobsters of Oz: Zoe, Nora, and Rohan.
They have showed their mastery of trivia questions related to books that YCC (our book club for Grades 6, 7, and 8) has read over the past year.
Virtual Author Talk with Jim Campbell on his book,
Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021, at 7 PM
No name is more synonymous with the evils of Wall Street than Bernie Madoff. Arrested for fraud in 2008―during the depths of the global financial crisis―the 70-year-old market maker, investment advisor, and former chairman of the NASDAQ had orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in world history, fleecing thousands of investors across the globe to the tune of $65 billion.
In Madoff Talks, author Jim Campbell presents the most comprehensive, insider account of the Madoff saga to date. Based on exclusive interviews with all the players―the Madoff family and their associates, the Wall Street wheelers and dealers, the army of lawyers, analysts, and investigators, the victims of the scheme, and Bernie Madoff himself―the book reveals:
Meticulously researched and relentlessly riveting, Madoff Talks is the full story of an American tragedy.
Upcoming Event:
Virtual Author Talk with Deborah Goodrich Royce on her book, Ruby Falls
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021, at 7 PM
Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Ruby Falls is a nail-biting tale of a fragile young actress, the new husband she barely knows, and her growing suspicion that the secrets he harbors may eclipse her own.
On a brilliantly sunny July day, six-year-old Ruby is abandoned by her father in the suffocating dark of a Tennessee cave. Twenty years later, transformed into soap opera star Eleanor Russell, she is fired under dubious circumstances. Fleeing to Europe, she marries a glamorous stranger named Orlando Montague and keeps her past closely hidden. Together, Eleanor and Orlando start afresh in LA. Setting up house in a storybook cottage in the Hollywood Hills, Eleanor is cast in a dream role—the lead in a remake of Rebecca. As she immerses herself in that eerie gothic tale, Orlando’s personality changes, ghosts of her past reemerge, and Eleanor fears she is not the only person in her marriage with a secret. . .
Deborah Goodrich Royce’s first novel, Finding Mrs. Ford, debuted in 2019 to rave reviews. She divides her time between the Northeast and Florida, where she writes, reads, watches lots of movies, and spends time with her family.
Deborah serves on the governing and/or advisory boards of the Avon Theatre, the American Film Institute, New York Botanical Garden, the Greenwich International Film Festival, the Greenwich Historical Society, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, the Preservation Society of Newport, and the PRASAD Project. She and her husband have restored more buildings than she can count, including the Ocean House Hotel and the Deer Mountain Inn.
Deborah holds a BA in French and Italian from Lake Erie College and an honorary doctorate from the same institution. In an earlier life, she was an actress in film and television and a story editor at Miramax Films. Ruby Falls is her second psychological thriller, and she owes a debt of gratitude for its inspiration to Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock.
Perrot Memorial Library & Greenwich Pen Women
present a Virtual Book Discussion on
The Overstory, by Richard Powers
Facilitated by Laurie Heiss of Greenwich Pen Women
Monday, April 26th, 2021 at 7 PM via Zoom
The Overstory is about nine Americans whose unique life experiences with five trees bring them together to address the destruction of forests. The issue of tree loss, as we celebrate the 51st Earth Day, resonates with many residents of Southwestern Connecticut.
Borrow a copy of the book here
Register for this event today via Zoom
For more information, contact lending@perrotlibrary.org
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021, at 7 PM
Join us for an informative discussion on the progress of improvements to Binney Park and plans for the future. Featuring members of the Binney Park Advisory Committee: Peter Uhry, Nancy Chapin, and Lynne Davenport.
Author Talk with Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
on her debut novel, The Stepping Off Place
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 at 7 PM via Zoom
Join us for a conversation with Cameron Kelly Rosenblum about her debut novel, The Stepping Off Place, a touching YA novel that explores themes of friendship, grief, and mental health.
Cameron Kelly Rosenblum grew up in Darien, Connecticut. She studied English literature at Kenyon College and earned a Master’s in Education at Lesley University. Her time as a teacher and children’s librarian inspired her to write for young people. The Stepping Off Place is her debut novel. Cameron lives near Portland, Maine with her husband, son, daughter, two dogs, and a cat.
Perrot Memorial Library
presents
A Virtual Discussion and Cooking Demo with Lindsay-Jean Hard, Author of Cooking with Scraps
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021 at 7 PM via Zoom
Join us in support of Waste Free Greenwich’s Save the Food Challenge with a cooking demo and discussion with Lindsay-Jean Hard, IACP award-nominated author of Cooking with Scraps: Turn Your Peels, Cores, Rinds, and Stems into Delicious Meals. Lindsay-Jean will teach us how to transform often discarded food scraps into delicious and surprising culinary creations. Discover waste-reducing tips for storing and preparing meals. You can cook along with Lindsay-Jean as she creates a mouthwatering Carrot Top Pesto.
Cooking with Scraps grew out of the Author’s Food 52 column of the same name. Lindsay-Jean received her Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan and currently works at the acclaimed Zingerman’s Bakehouse in Ann Arbor, where she shares her passion for great food, sustainability and community.
Join us for an informative program highlighting the role of Dr. Gregory T. Kramer, the Greenwich Tree Warden and his interaction with other local organizations to preserve and enhance our tree and forest resources in Greenwich.
Perrot Library welcomes local author Leslee Asch for a virtual discussion of her latest book, Out of the Shadows: The Henson Festivals and Their Impact on Contemporary Puppet Theater. Asch worked from Jim Henson and The Jim Henson Company for over twenty years. Many books and thousands of pages have been written about the life and work of the beloved American icon-- Jim Henson. Out of the Shadows is the first to focus solely on his love of-- and impact on-- puppetry as a vital contemporary art form, an important and previously unexplored aspect of the Henson legacy.
Perrot Memorial Library
presents
a Virtual Discussion with Susan MacKenty Brady
on her book Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement
Wednesday, January 6th 2021 at 7 PM via Zoom
Join Perrot Library for a virtual talk with renowned leadership coach, strategist, and author Susan MacKenty Brady on her book, Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement: How the Best Women Leaders Practice Self-Awareness to Change What Really Matters. Brady is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University-- the first chief executive officer of the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership, which produces game-changing solutions for the purpose of intersecting leadership, equity, and inclusion. Susan advises executives on how to create gender parity in organizations and motivates women at all levels of organizational leadership to fully realize-- and manifest-- their leadership potential. Featured on ABC's Good Morning America, Susan is a celebrated speaker, and has keynoted or consulted at over 500 organizations around the world.
Join Perrot in welcoming celebrated author Rachel Cohen for a virtual discussion of her book, Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels. Cohen is a Professor of Practice in the Arts in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Chicago. Her essays on artists and writers have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Guardian, The London Review of Books, Art in America, Apollo Magazine, and Best American Essays. In Austen Years, Cohen hopes to provide "a nice reflective space for people going through unprecedented anxiety and real losses. I hope it's a quiet space to think. That's a lot of what I found in Austen." Named one of The Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2020, The New York Times Book Review calls Austen Years "a thoroughly authentic, smart, and consoling account of one writer's commitment to another."
As the United States prepares to inaugurate a president after the divisive 2020 election, our better angels are begging for our attention, begging us to refocus our intentions on our country and what it stands for. In that spirit, Perrot Memorial Library and The Greenwich Pen Women offer What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism as the first book discussion of 2021.
Through essays, profiles and personal experiences, intrepid journalist Dan Rather and his collaborator, Elliot Kirschner, examine patriotism through the dimensions of freedom, community, exploration, responsibility and character. Each section, each vignette, each story seeks to lift our national conversation out of our entrenched differences and to focus instead on shared values and experiences underpinning patriotism in America.
Dan Rather sets the stage eloquently:
Perhaps the path to what unites us could be paved with a recommitment to citizenship. ... Our times require a modern sense of citizenship. Citizenship is not merely a collection of conferred rights but a compact with each other to work for the well-being of all, to engage with our civic institutions, to support our schools, the democratic process, and the health of our environment.
What Unites Us is a mother lode of challenging and inspirational discussions, with stories and images that remain in our heads and hearts. Bring your favorite passage or experiences to an adult conversation on patriotism, citizenship and the experiment that is the United States of America.
Register for this event today via Zoom
For more information, contact lending@perrotlibrary.org
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