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Upcoming Events

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Apr

Tuesdays are for Twos Storytime for ages 2 to 3

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Apr

Tech Help Tuesday

10:30am - 12:00pm

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Adults

Apr

Raising Our Future Ancestors

6:00pm - 7:30pm

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Adults, Everyone

Apr

Spring Family Take-N-Makes

9:00am - 8:00pm

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5), School Aged (grades k-4)

Apr

Stories & Music for Babies up to 24 months

10:00am - 10:30am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Apr

Stories & Music for Babies up to 24 months (class two)

10:45am - 11:15am

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Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

Apr

Stay and Play

11:15am - 11:45am

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Children (ages 0-5)

Apr

Evening of Guitar at the Blackstone

6:00pm - 7:30pm

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Adults

May

Video Stories for Babies up to age 5

11:00am - 11:30am

At the library

Youth, Children (ages 0-5)

May

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Featured eResources

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Libby

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Thousands of best-selling and classic ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Download the Libby App or read online at libbyapp.com.

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The Palace Project

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Offers thousands of eBook and audiobooks from the CT State Library, the Digital Public Library of America, plus everything from the Libby app, available in multiple languages.

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Hoopla

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Download and stream ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV series and music to your computers, television and mobile devices.

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Hoopla

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Download and stream ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV series and music to your computers, television and mobile devices.

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Independent, classic, international films, series and documentaries, plus the Criterion Collection, the Great Courses and PBS. Create an account at Kanopy, using your Blackstone Library card. Available...

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New Haven Register

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You will find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues from 1988. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials,...

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researchIT CT – Newspapers

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Anyone with a Connecticut library card can access a wide array of newspapers, including the New York Times, Hartford Courant, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times...

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Libby

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Thousands of best-selling and classic ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Download the Libby App or read online at libbyapp.com.

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Current News & Happenings

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Friends Spring Book Sale

The Friends Spring Book Sale will take place on Saturday, May 2 from 9am-2pm at the Friends Warehouse on 20 Thompson Rd. in Branford. There will be Adult Fiction, Children’s Books, Civil War, History Books, Puzzles, and DVDs. Prices: $3 Hardcover $2 Trade Paperback...

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