The Kindles are coming, the Kindles are coming!

Perrot Library is adding two Kindle readers to its collection for the public to use.

We will have one Kindle that is preloaded with popular fiction and non-fiction. Patrons can check this unit out for one week. Think of it– lots of books all together in one small package!

We also have a Kindle DX, the larger edition, which will have daily newspapers pre-loaded– including The New York Times-- as well as some papers that we don’t normally subscribe to: The Times (UK), The Boston Globe, The International Herald Tribune, and more.
It’s a great way to catch up with global news in one sitting. This Kindle will be available for in-library use only. The Reference Desk will hold your driver's license or passport until the Kindle is returned.

Both Kindle readers will be available at the Perrot Reference Desk beginning on Monday, August 3rd!

Don't Miss It-- Movie in the Park This Saturday!

Perrot is pleased to host another summer movie at Binney Park in Old Greenwich!

We will be showing the 1987 film The Princess Bride (rated PG) in the park this Saturday, August 1st, 2009, at 8:30 P.M.

[Showing is cancelled in the event of inclement weather.]

Youth Services Fall Program Schedule Now Available

The Youth Services Fall 2009 Program Schedule is now available.

Our program registration is by lottery. Pick up a registration postcard for the program of your choice from the Youth Services Circulation Desk, beginning on Monday, August 10th, 2009. For complete registration instructions, click here.

If you have any questions, please comment on this post!

New Resource: Live Online Help for Job Seekers

Perrot Library has a new resource available to its patrons! JobNow provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the necessary tasks to get a job.

JobNow offers the following services:

• Find a Job: Informative, easy-to-use, and free Internet resources for job seekers; including personality and career assessments
• Write the Resume: Featuring "Resume Lab": Resume Builder provides the resources you need to craft a winning resume
• Resume Lab: Send your resume to a JobNow expert, and receive expert analysis within 24 hours
• Resume Templates: To help patrons get started, JobNow includes downloadable templates for four of the most common resume types
• Internet Resources for Resumes: Search carefully selected sites for more information on resume writing
• Ace the Interview: Featuring JobNow’s Interview Coach service, this section provides resources to help you prepare for an interview
• Live Interview Coaching: Connect with a live interview coach to brush up on interview skills
• Interview Tips: Offers tips and common interview questions to help you prepare for an interview.
• Internet Resources for Interviewing: Use carefully selected sites to help prepare for an interview

JobNow is only accessible within Perrot Library-- follow this link. Sign up is quick and simple!

The Great American Staycation

The Great American Staycation: How to Make a Vacation at Home fun for the Whole Family (and Your Wallet!), by Matt Wixon (917.304 WIXON)

This book gives you all the tips you need to enjoy a vacation close to home. The staycation phenomenon is not new, but Mr. Wixon gives a revitalized version of how to enjoy your local area. Take a look and take a break from running for a plane, paying for expensive hotels, etc.!

-The Reference Librarians

Don't miss Storytime in Chinese tomorrow, Weds. 7/22

The best time to learn a foreign language is between birth and age 7! [More here: "Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily"]

The non-proft Chinese Language School of Connecticut is hosting Storytime in Chinese at Perrot on Wednesdays in July (July 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th) at 1 P.M. The program is aimed at children ages 3 to 5 (and their siblings). This is a free program and no registration necessary!

Please stop by for the last two classes and watch for more dates during our fall programs.

Our Picks for July: 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

The Apollo 11 astronauts set out from Earth on July 16th, 1969; they landed on July 20th, 40 years ago today. NASA plans to send another mission to the moon within the next 10 years.

In honor of the moon landing, Youth Services' Our Picks! list for this month features some of our favorite books about the moon.

Look here for more kid's books about the moon at Perrot: fiction and non-fiction.

Summer Reading in YS, Week 2

This is the second week of the Youth Services Summer Reading Contest! Make sure you check out a book at the YS Desk this week to receive your guess slip!

This summer, you have to guess which SILLY book the Perrot bears are acting out! They will be acting out a different READiculous ('cos remember, the theme for this year is "DO SOMETHING READICULOUS!") book each week in July. You can go here to check. Once you know which book they're reading, come into the Library (and check out some books!) to receive a guess slip. You can guess as many times as you check out books during the week!

Each week, we will put all of our correct guesses in a hat, and draw a winner [click here to see our winners so far!]. They will receive a super-cool gift bag full of books, toys, and silly stuff! At the end of July, we will draw from among all the correct guess slips from all four weeks to select a GRAND PRIZE winner-- four tickets to Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol, CT!

Painting in Adult Non-Fiction

The 2nd floor of the adult wing (non-fiction) is being painted. Please ask the Reference librarian for assistance in accessing materials. Please use caution in the area. Your patience is appreciated!

New Graphic Novel Pick in Youth Services

GUNNERKRIGG COURT, VOLUME 1, BY THOMAS SIDDELL [click here to place a hold]

Gunnerkrigg Court does not look much like a school at all. It closer resembles a large industrial complex than a place of learning. Within the first week of my attendance, I began to notice a number of strange occurrences. The most prevalent of these oddities being the fact that I seemed to have obtained a second shadow. . .

Antimony Carver is a precocious young girl starting her first year of school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, a very British boarding school that has robots running around alongside body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature. The opening volume in the serires follows Antimony through her orientation year: the people she meets, the strrange things that happen, and the thing she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court.

NEW Museum Pass-- Stepping Stones Museum for Children

Now available to borrow from the Youth Services Desk-- a museum pass for Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk. You may borrow the pass for one week, and it entitles you to one free admission with each regular paid admission (maximum of three free admissions per day).

Exhibits and educational programs at Stepping Stones help expand a child's world by engaging them in fun, playful exploration. With four main galleries, a toddlers-only gallery and over 100 hands-on activities, Stepping Stones offers children ages ten and under plenty to explore and discover. More information at: http://www.steppingstonesmuseum.org/

See a list of all the museum passes Perrot has for you to borrow here.

Do You Have Tickets to Lou?

Children's storyteller and musician Lou Del Bianco will give a family show at Perrot on Thursday, July 30th, 2009, at 4 P.M. Do you have your tickets? Sign up now for FREE at the Youth Services Desk!

Family Fun magazine calls Lou Del Bianco "fresh, funny, [and] highly entertaining," while Billboard magazine raves, "we’ve never seen any kid’s performer who more effectively interacts with his audience"!

Find out more about Lou at his website: http://www.findlou.com/

Movie in the Park

The Perrot Memorial Library is pleased to host a summer movie in the park in Binney Park in Old Greenwich! We will be showing the 1987 film The Princess Bride (rated PG) in the park on Saturday, August 1st, 2009, at 8:30 P.M. [Showing is cancelled in the event of inclement weather.]

More about the movie:
When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley's tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck's evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing? --Scott Nisbet, IMDb.com

Looking for more book recommendations this summer?

Here’s a listing that includes thriller, light reads, biographies and mysteries: http://abcnews.go.com/gma/books There is also a link to to Parade Magazine and their picks.
Perrot Library already has most of these in their collection, with new titles arriving every day.

-The Reference Librarians

The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund, and More Great Reads

THE EX-MRS. HEDGEFUND, BY JILL KARGMAN
[Fiction] This novel defines vacation read: quick to run through, fun to read, and full of likeable characters. With recent hedge fund stories in the news, this is also a timely book about a lifestyle many New Yorkers live. The title character, Holly, is living her dream as the stay-at-home wife of a hedge fund founder. Her world crashes as she discovers her husband’s infidelities, then Holly must start again. This is her tale of finding herself after the bottom drops out of her life. You’ll be cheering her on the whole time.

For more great books, take a look at the new Great Reads from the Reference Librarians list for July 2009.

Youth Services' Summer Reading Contest Starts Today!

This is the first week of the Youth Services Summer Reading Contest! This year, you have to guess which SILLY book the Perrot bears are acting out! They will be acting out a different READiculous ('cos remember, the theme for this year is "DO SOMETHING READICULOUS!") book each week in July. You can go here to check. Once you know which book they're reading, come into the Library (and check out some books!) to receive a guess slip. You can guess as many times as you check out books during the week!

Each week, we will put all of our correct guesses in a hat, and draw a winner. They will receive a super-cool gift bag full of books, toys, and silly stuff! After this week is over, we will draw from among all the correct guess slips from all four weeks to select a GRAND PRIZE winner-- four tickets to Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol, CT!

Perrot Has Paperbacks!

Perrot has added a collection of about 200 new adult paperbacks, including reissues of many old favorites, in a paperback carousel behind the CD and DVD collections in the Watt room. There are mystery, romance and fiction titles arranged by category. They circulate for three weeks like our other books.

Please come and browse!