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Children’s Programs for September

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Drop-in Weekly Children’s Programs (Morning Programs start at 10am)

Music in Motion for Toddlers –Wednesdays, ages 2-5 Move & sing with us!

Story Time & Craft – Thursdays, ages 2-6  A little bit of story, science, craft and play.

Check our all of our children’s programs on our main page happenings!

 

2025 Readers Dozen Challenge

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2025 Reading Challenge!

Our annual year-long reading challenge is here again! Each month, read a book with one of the corresponding monthly key words in the title. Enter your name each month to win a prize, and if you complete all 12 months, you may just take home the grand prize!

Monthly Key Word

Jan – Storm, Time, Know, Return, Break, Hour, Twist, Silence

Feb – Art, Golden, Dream, First, Club, Went, Stay, Live

Mar – Deep, Clever, Sand, Little, Happy, Date, Guest, Over

Apr – Rest, Days, Upstairs, Sing, Shell, Starlight, Life, Couple

May – Lost, City, Wind, Hide, Lie, Fan, Room, Clear

June – Great, Wander, Child, Mine, Book, Watch, Heart, Save

July – Sunrise, Deepen, Story, Sweet, Resort, Good, Left, Ever

Aug – Side, World, Sound, Trial, Word, Hotel, Now, Say

Sept – Borrow, Survive, Listen, Where, Sleeping, Crash, Please, Count

Oct – Bury, Ghost, Chain, Glass, Moon, Last, One, Street

Nov – Tale, Final, Feast, Bloom, Cliff, Wide, Memory, Always

Dec – Fable, Flirt, Truly, Shop, Winter, Yours, Warm, Love

*Audio books count! *Extra Credit! Borrow a book through a JCCL online resource (Hoopla or Palace Project) and have your name entered in that month’s drawing twice!

September is Library Card Sign Up Month!

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Do you live in Franklin and not have a library card? September is the perfect month to change that! Library cards are free and are critical to the support and state funding of your local library. In addition to books, your library card grants you access to magazines, online resources, and even discounts at your favorite museums and attractions! Stop in anytime to get your card!

All Things Culinary – Thursday, Sept. 18th @ 6:00PM

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All Things Culinary Club

3rd Thursday of the Month @ 6:00 PM

Thursday, September 18th @ 6:00PM

Culinary is back after our summer vacation! We are doing a welcome session to introduce our club to anyone who has a passion for cooking (or just eating!) We will be making our favorite dishes from the past year, so come hungry and/or bring your go-to appetizer and learn more about us!

Breakfast Book Club – September Dates

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Breakfast Book Club

Nonfiction Book Club – Last Wednesday of the Month @ 9:30AM (See some updates!)
books and breakfast logo showing bacon, eggs and toast

Wednesday, September 3rd @ 9:30AM

We will be discussing Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

Wednesday, Sept. 24th @ 9:30AM

Our non-fiction book club will be discussing “Little Pink House: A Story of Defiance and Courage” by Jeff Benedict. Stop by to pick up your copy!

JCCL WiFi Pavilion

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pavilion and butterfly bench photo

The CT State Library and Gov. Ned Lamont created the Everyone Learns Library Grant that was offered to 61 CT libraries and JCCL was one of the lucky to be chosen.

Library staff noticed how many people were sitting in their cars last summer using the WIFI and wanted to create a comfortable space for everyone to use the high-speed internet we had installed.

Other Grant improvements inside the library have been completed. Stop in and check them out!

Visitors can enjoy a reading a book, working on the internet or just enjoy the beautiful gardens this year at the Janet Carlson Calvert Library. A picnic table and completed flooring due this June.

new wifi pavilion

calvertlibrary.org -or- call us at 860-642-6207 for more information