Make sure to check out the Special Events tab at the top of the page.  We’ve added even MORE special programs for the next few months!

Just a reminder, the library will be closed on Monday, January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

     Looking for something to do during winter break?  Stop by the Children’s department on Wednesday, December 28th to see Huga Tuga perform!  Take a journey through a book with music and art and dancing!  This FREE program will begin at 2 p.m.  Hope to see you all there!

Greetings all!  The Children’s department will be hosting Santa on Saturday, December 3rd.  Stop in from 10 to 2 to have your picture taken with Santa!  Angel Moon Photography will be taking pictures and each one will cost $10.  You will be able to take your pictures home that day!

We will also have Christmas crafts and cookies for decorating!

     Greetings, all!  We’ve been moving some things around in the Children’s department to make finding Just-Right-Books a lot easier!

     When you come to the library in search of beginning chapter books (perfect for children in 2nd/3rd grade!), you will now find them at the end of our Fiction section.  If the books there prove to be too easy for what your child is looking for, it’s a simple transition to more advanced material in our Fiction area! 

     Please let us know if you have any questions finding your Just-Right-Books when you are here – we are happy to help!

Greetings, all!  Here is a list of all the Preschool Fair participants we have so far.  We’ll continue to update our list as we hear back from more organizations.

- A Place to Grow Too

- Bristol Community Organization: Husky & Healthy Choices Programs

- Bristol Hospital Child Development Center

- Bristol Hospital WIC Program

- Bristol Preschool and Child Care Center

- Bristol Public Library

- Bristol Public Schools

- Bristol School Readiness Program

- Dr. Thaddeus Bartles, OD

- Family Resource Center/Ages & Stages Screening Program

- Greater Hartford Magnet Schools

- Imagination Preschool Learning Center

- Imagination Museum

- Immanuel Lutheran Preschool,

- Parent & Child Center

- Kids Dental Care

- St. Joseph School Preschool Program

- Tunxis Community College Early Childhood Center

- Wheeler Clinic Education Services

- Christian Nursery School

- Liberty Baptist Child Care

- Bristol Housing Authority

- Head Start (South Street and Lake Avenue)

- New England Bank

     Greetings!  The Young Adult department will be hosting a Hunger Games Book Discussion Group and Trivia for four sessions.  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a wildly popular, futuristic series that is soon to be a movie.  The first installment is one of this years Nutmeg Nominees for teens.

This group will meet on November 1, November 15, November 29, and December 6 at 5:30 p.m.  Snacks will be served.  Any interested participants should register at the Young Adult desk where they can also pick up copies of the books.

Something spooky is happening in the Children’s department!  We are busy getting ready for our annual Halloween Gala!  Stop by on October 15th at 10 a.m.  If you like, try out your Halloween costume and come dressed up!  We will have face painting, tattoos, the Terrible Tunnel, a Haunted room full of scary surprises and lots of Halloween crafts!  At 2 p.m., magician Steve Woyce will be performing a special magic show!

We hope to see you all here!

Llama Day has arrived!  Stop by today at 10 or 11:15 for special llama stories with a REAL llama!