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Preschool Playgroup

Every Wednesday, October & November, 10:30 am

Preschoolers can come hear stories, do an activity, and play. This event is held in the library's meeting room. Although this program is aimed at preschoolers, all ages are welcome!

This Business of Fighting: A Human Face on WWII
Arnie Pritchard, Ph.D., Storyteller & Historian

Saturday, November 7th

1:00-2:00pm

Join us for a unique presentation! Recently, Dr. Pritchard inherited his father's Word War II army footlocker. It contained hundreds of letters and documents of his father's service in the Army on the front lines and in the United Nations' refugee program. From this, Arnie presents his father's story.

Seed & Plant Swap (Friends of the Chaplin Public Library) &

Walktober Cemetery Walk (with Rusty Lanzit)

Saturday, October 17th

10:00am-12:00pm

Come to the library to swap seeds and plants with fellow gardeners. Light refreshments will be available courtesy of Friends of Chaplin Public Library. Rusty Lanzit will also lead a Walktober Cemetary Walk next door at the Chaplin Cemetery at 10:00am. Explore some of the history of our town’s earliest inhabitants.

"Macro Mondays: A new life begins... [Explored]" by Max_G6 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Teatime Book Chat

October 23rd, 3:00 pm

What have you been reading this winter? Join us for a cup of delicious tea and share your favorite books this month.

For more information, please call the library at 860-455-9424. The library is located at 130 Chaplin St. in Chaplin, CT.

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Check to see if we have a book or movie.

If you need a library card, please stop by the library with an ID showing your Chaplin address. Once you have a valid card, you may check out books at any public library in CT!

FREE Resources

Free Wi-Fi is available around the clock in the library and Senior Center parking lots.

Eversource Kill A Watt Kit: If you want to measure your energy use, we have a kit available for checkout!

If you are a Chaplin resident and need a library card to access Overdrive, please call or email the library.

 

 Poetry Corner

Chaplin's new and Second Poet Laureate is Victoria Northrop! Stay tuned for upcoming readings and poetry events. Victoria also happens to be daughter of Chaplin's First Poet Laureate, Adelaide Northrop. Read her poem Idylls of the Town.  Adelaide also wrote a poem to introduce the reenactment of the first Chaplin town meeting, The Meeting, and a poem for the annual Tree Lighting, Evergreen.

Parish Hill Poets

On March , 2024, Dr. Susan Powers, Scotland, Connecticut's Inaugural Poet Laureate, joined forces with Mrs. Michelle Salvas at Parish Hill High School. The two teachers, former colleagues at Woodstock Academy, implemented a poetry project for the juniors in Mrs. Salvas' classes. Read the poems  representative of the creative and delightful work produced by these imaginative students.

 

 

Audio and eBooks

for Chaplin residents. If you need assistance with access, please call or email the library.

Interlibrary Loans

If we don't have the title you want, we may be able to interlibrary loan it through findIT, the state's library catalog which includes libraries from all over CT!

ResearchIT CT

Resources for Connecticut Residents: newspapers, magazines, databases, genealogy, and much more.