Winter Family Movie Matinee

The library will be continuing our Winter Family Movie Matinee this year beginning in January. Join us every Saturday at 3:00 pm for family friendly movies. For updated movie listings check our Pinterest page. Free and open to the public, bring your own snacks!

January 4th - Monster University

January 11th - The Croods

January 18th - Despicable Me 2

January 25th - Sea of Monsters

February 1st - Turbo/ Smurfs 2*

February 8th - Escape from Planet Earth

February 15th - Epic

February 22nd - Dear Dumb Diary

March 1st - The Perfect Game

March 8th - Planes
March 15th - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

 

*Double Feature, starting at 1:00pm

Holiday Movie for Families

Saturday, December 7th - 3:00 pm

Join us as we start the holiday season with a family movie. We'll provide the popcorn and cider, you provide the holiday cheer! This year, we will be showing the family favorite: The Muppet Christmas Carol. Join us at 2:00pm before the movie to help us decorate our tree.

Help Trim the Library Tree!

Monday, December 2nd - Saturday, December 7th

Drop in to make an ornament for our holiday tree and your own tree at home! We'll have the materials out all week in the Children's Room, and will have a tree-trimming party on Saturday at 2:00pm.

Winter Story Times!

The library is announcing our upcoming Winter Story Times. Scheduled to meet weekly Mondays through Fridays, classes consist of stories, finger-plays, crafts, and songs. Due to demand registration is required and class size is limited.

Registration will take place in the Children's Room of the library the week of November 18th, 2013. Classes will begin the week of January 6th, 2014.

Registration may be done by phone or in person; the library will contact you by phone or email. We will attempt to accommodate everyone but in the case of over enrollment classes will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis. Story-Time programs run for eight weeks and are free and open to the public.

For more information contact the Children's Room at 860-536-7721 or email us online at mnlchildren@gmail.com.

Fall Sock Fundraiser

The Friends of the Library will be taking orders for SolMate Socks, made in Vermont from recycled cotton. Infant’s socks come in sets of five; two pairs and a spare. Kid’s socks come in sets of three; one pair and a spare. Adult socks come in a traditional set of two.

Samples and catalog are available in the Children’s Room. The fundraiser ends October 26^th with the orders expected to arrive before Thanksgiving. Each set of socks is $20.00, with proceeds going to the Friends of the Mystic & Noank Library.

Potions: A Halloween Adventure

Join us as we learn about the concept of matter, its three states, and how to change matter from one state to another all while exploring the tale of a secret laboratory. The performance will take place in the Ames Meeting Room on Saturday, October 19 at 7:00pm. The program is free and open to the public; no registration is required.

“With screaming quarters, jets of gas to taste, popping potions, incredible showers of smoke-filled bubbles, and buckets of fog, discover how all of this is created by the two “coolest” things in the world…Dry Ice and Imagination.”

For more information contact the Children's Room at 860-536-7721.

All Things Pumpkin!

Join us in the Children's Room on Saturday, Oct 12th at 2:00 for David Alan & Bogus' Magic Shoe. Games, stories, a basket raffle, and our annual costume parade will follow. For more information contact the Children's Room at 860-536-7721.

October is platemaking month!

Come be a part of the platemaking tradition, our annual fundraiser in the Children's Room. During normal Library hours for the month of October, you can come in and design your own colorful plate. $10.00 per plate. Proceeds benefit the Children's Room.

Fall Story Times

The library is pleased to announce our upcoming Fall Story Times. Scheduled to meet weekly Mondays through Fridays, classes consist of stories, finger-plays, crafts, and songs. Due to demand registration is required and class size is limited.

Registration will take place in the Children's Room of the library the week of September 9th, 2013. Classes will begin the week of September 30th, 2013.

Registration may be done by phone or in person; the library will contact you by mail. We will attempt to accommodate everyone but in the case of over enrollment classes will be determined by lottery. Story-Time programs run for eight weeks and are free and open to the public.

For more information contact the Children's Room at 860-536-7721 or email us online at mnlchildren@gmail.com.

Governors Reading Challenge

Sign up online and keep track of your progress for the Governors Summer Reading Challenge this summer. Click the link below to get started!
Governor's Summer Reading Challenge

Summer 2013 Events @ the M&N Library!

The summer reading program begins Monday, June 24th.

DIG into Reading!
For kids entering first grade and up. Keep track of what you read this summer and play our game every time you visit the library to figure out the puzzle and win prizes!

Read to Me!
A joint reading activity designed for children going into kindergarten and younger along with their care-givers. Read together and keep track to collect prizes and stickers each week.

Sit! Stay! Read!
Sign up to read to a pooch for fifteen minutes on July 8th, July 16th, or July 22nd between 10:00 and 12:00.

Tuesdays at Two Programs

Join us Tuesdays at 2:00 for exciting performances as part of our summer reading program!

Tuesday Night Movies
Join un on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm on July 2nd, July 9th, July 16th, and July 30th for some of your favorite movies.

Children's Museum of SECT Program
Wednesdays at 10:30 the library will be hosting Pre-K programs presented by the Children’s Museum of SECT from July 3rd to July 24th.  Explore a different subject each week.  Sign-up is required.

Science Club
Join us Thursdays at 2:00 from June 27th to August 15th for our various science programs featuring a new subject each week.

Preschool Drop-in Storytimes
Thursdays at 10:30 the library will be hosting Pre-K Storytimes with Miss Michele.

Lego Club
Children are invited to join in the fun at Lego Club Fridays, starting July 5th from 10:30 to 12:00 and with a different theme each week.

Children's Movie Matinees

Come to the library every Friday afternoon at 3:00 from June 28th to August 16th for our Movie Matinees in the Ames Meeting Room. Bring your favorite snacks!

Chess Club
Chess club will be running all summer: come to the library and play a pick-up game every Saturday at 10:00.

 

Check the library for updates and details. We hope to see you all this summer!

Summer 2013 Teen Events @ the M&N Library!

Teen Art Programs
Join us on Monday afternoons at 2:00 for different projects each week.
July 8th - Paper Garlands
July 15th - Duct Tape Design
July 22nd - Bottle Cap Magnets
July 29th - Spirit Animals with Ann McCrea

Teen's Movie Nights
Come to the library Tuesdays at 6:30pm for our movie nights.
July 2nd - Oz The Great And Powerful
July 9th - The Hobbit
July 16th - The Amazing Spiderman
July 30th - Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

Summer Calendar

Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.	Fri.	Sat.
24 Summer Reading Program Starts	25 2:00pm Caroline Martino “Dig Into Reading: Under Where?”	26	27 10:30am Drop-In Story Times	28 3:00pm Movie Matinee: Nanny McPhee	29 10:00am Chess Club
			2:00pm Science Tellers “Bugs of Blackwood”
1-Jul	2 2:00pm Ed Pop Balloons	3 10:30am Children’s Museum of SECT - Ahoy Matey	4 Library Closed	5 10:30am Lego Club	6 10:00am Chess Club
	6:30pm Oz the Great and Powerful			3:00pm Movie Matinee: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
8 10:00am Sit! Stay! Read!	9 2:00pm Al deCant “Dig into Reading”	10 10:30am Children’s Museum of SECT - Don’t Burst My Bubble	11 10:30am Drop-In Story Time	12 10:30am Lego Club	13 10:00am Chess Club
2:00pm Teen Program: Paper Garlands	6:00pm The Hobbit		2:00pm DPNC “Life Underground”	3:00pm Movie Matinee: Wreck-It Ralph
15 2:00pm Teen Program: Spirit Animals with Ann McCrea	16 10:00am Sit! Stay! Read!	17 10:30am Children’s Museum of SECT - Fossils to Footprints	18 10:30am Drop-In Story Time	19 10:30am Lego Club	20 10:00am Chess Club
	2:00pm Marvelous Mutts		2:00pm SECT “Crazy Science”	3:00pm Movie Matinee: Rise of the Guardian
	6:30pm The Amazing Spiderman
22 10:00am Sit! Stay! Read!	23 2:00pm Creature Teachers “Diggin’ Critters”	24 10:30am Children’s Museum of SECT - Seeds to Plant	25 10:30am Drop-In Story Time	26 10:30am Lego Club	27 10:00am Chess Club
2:00pm Teen Program: Bottle Cap Magnet			2:00pm DPNC “Wiggly Worms”	3:00 Movie Matinee: James and the Giant Peach
29 2:00pm Teen Program: Duct Tape Design	30 2:00pm Farmer Minor “Pig out on Reading”	31	1 August 10:30am Drop-In Story Time	2 3:00pm Movie Matinee: Freaky Friday	3 Summer Reading Program Ends
	6:00pm Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone		2:00pm DPNC “Rockin’ Rocks”		10:00am Chess Club
5	6	7	8 10:30am Drop-In Story Time	9 3:00pm Movie Matinee: Frankenweenie	10 10:00am Chess Club
			2:00pm Mad Science “Up, Up and Away”
12	13	14	15 2:00pm New Children’s Museum of West Hartford “Fossil Factory”	16 3:00pm Movie Matinee: Monster, Inc	17 10:00am Chess Club

April Reading Contest!

During the month of April 2013, coinciding with National Library Week (April 14 – 20) and National Screen Free Week (April 29 – May 5), we are hosting a Reading Contest for children of all ages. 

Starting on March 26, young readers may pick up a Reading Log in the Children’s Room. The contest begins on April 1.  Readers may record the minutes they read every day. Every time he or she comes to the Library, the reader should bring the reading log so links in a paper chain can be added for every hour read.

The contest ends on Saturday, May 4 at 12 p.m.  Participants should bring in their Reading Log for tallying.  The winner in the three reading groups (Read to Me, Early Reader, Independent Reader) will receive a gift basket. For more information, call the Children’s Room at 860-536-7721, email mnlchildren@gmail.com.

Fair Logo Contest!

To celebrate the many young graphic artists we have in the community, this year, instead of a Fair poster, we are asking kids between 12 and 18 to create a LOGO for the 2103 Library Fair!

This image will be used on all Fair posters, in our newsletter, on Facebook and anywhere else we can think of! Submissions may be made on paper (8.5 X 11 maximum size) or may be emailed to mnlchildren@gmail.com (JPG - 300dpi or PDF). Remember, the logo will be used in full-color and in black and white, so get creative! The image may include the following information, but it is not required: Mystic & Noank Library Fair, Saturday, June 1, 2013, 9:30 - 2:30, rain or shine. Your Name, Address, Telephone, Email and Age MUST be included with the submissiojn.  DEADLINE for submission is April 15, 2013. 

The winner will be announced on May 4, 2013. There IS a prize! For more information, contact Roberta Donahue (860) 536-7721 or email mnlchildren@gmail.com.

Spring Story Times

Spring Story Time registration is by lottery and will take place the week of February 25, 2013 during normal library hours. Class sizes are limited. Please register in person in the Children's Room or by telephone during registration week. The library will contact you by mail.. Classes will begin the week of March 18, 2013 and last for eight weeks.

Mystic Rotary Grant for Children's Books on DVD

The Rotary Club of Mystic recently granted $250.00 to the Mystic & Noank Library to purchase new Children's Books on DVD. The DVDs help develop pre-reading skills as children listen to stories and read along with the video on their television or computer screen.
The Library has over 300 children’s and teen’s books on DVD and continually updates its collection.  “We are grateful for the Rotary Club of Mystic’s ongoing support of our programs,” said Roberta Donahue, Children’s Librarian.  “Since we have been adding books to our online e-reader library, we need extra funding to continue to add to our DVD collection in the Library.”

2013 Take Your Child to the Library Day!

Saturday, February 2, 2013  10am - 5pm

The Mystic & Noank Library Children’s Room joins hundreds of libraries across the country to celebrate the second annual Take Your Child to the Library Day.  On Tuesday, February 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Library will feature games, crafts and films that encourage children to enjoy the Library, sign up for a library card, and join others for a day of fun.

This grass-roots effort was started in 2012 by Waterford, Connecticut Children’s Librarian, Nadine Lipman, and Stratford, Connecticut’s librarian, Caitlin Augusta. After only one year, over 200 libraries in 31 states (to date) are participating.

The Mystic & Noank Library will feature children’s Valentines crafts, Chess cCub at 10 a.m. (all are welcome), and a double feature movie in the Ames Room starting at 1:30 p.m.  All events are free and open to the public. 

For more information, call the Children’s Room at (860) 572-7211 or email mnlchildren@gmail.com.  Visit www.mysticnoanklibrary.org or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Winter Family Movie Matinee

Saturday afternoon movie matinees at 3:00 pm for kids and their families. Free! Bring your own popcorn. This will take place every Saturday from January 5th - March 16th. Visit our board on Pinterest to view the movies that will be aired. Please join us!