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Welcome to the Library!
The Harwinton Library is open to residents and non-residents alike. Items may be returned inside or through our Book Drop. We continue to offer curbside borrowing.

Computers are available for adults and children. The library has headphones and disposable headphone covers you can borrow. You are also welcome to bring your own headphones if you need to use computer audio.

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Librarian's Corner

Summer is almost here!

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We’ve got six weeks of Storytimes, special guests, challenges and activities planned to keep you reading and having fun all summer long. It all begins at our Summer Reading Blast Off on June 25th. Drop in to get your registration packets, visit our activity stations, meet some critters from Furry, Scaly Friends and enjoy an ice cream treat while you visit with your friends and plan your summer.

Make room in your summer calendar for some of our exciting special programs. Listen to Nature's Music with animals from the White Memorial Conservation Center and have some hands-on fun creating a Pet Alien from play dough. Learn about meteors and the craters they make with the New Haven Astronomical Society and be dazzled by the feats of Mr. Magic. Drop in for a Summer Storytime or get your groove on at our Music & Fingerplay Storytime. Chill out at a Friday afternoon movie matinee. Teens are invited to make Gem Art and create Pressed Flower Crafts. Tap into your own storytelling power at our Creative Writing workshop with Mrs. Molly – she’s a published YA author!

Our Summer Reading voyage ends at our Finale on August 6th. We’ll celebrate your success with certificates and prizes and draw names to be Selectman For a Day. Stay for a Pizza Party and enjoy an interactive music performance by Spaceship Harmony. Make visiting the Library often a part of your summer plans!

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What Are We Reading This Month?

Afternoon Book Discussion Thursday, July 10th @ 2 pm


The Meaning of Everything
by Simon Winchester

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This is the story behind the creation of the “World’s Greatest Dictionary”. It is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project--a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber-dictionary.

Book Discussion - Monday, July 21st @ 6 pm


The Marriage Act
by John Marrs

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A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society's ills--the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single. But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives.