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Early Learning

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Special Needs

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Schooling for the Gifted

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Home Schooling

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For Teachers

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  • CT State Department of Education
  • Discovery Education Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Literature

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  • Learning About the Author & Illustrator by Kay E. Vandergrift


 


 

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Upcoming Events

  • Art Exhibit - Helen Cantrell's "Expressionist Landscapes"

    Everyone is welcome at the opening reception Sunday, May 19 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

    May 19

    03:00pm

  • Mark Tercek - Author of Nature's Fortune at New Canaan Country School

    Meet the President and CEO of the Nature Conservancy will speak at New Canaan Country School on Sunday, May 19.

    May 19

    04:30pm

  • Preschool Sing-along with Diane Wells

    Preschoolers with an adult drop-in to enjoy songs and finger plays

    May 20

    10:00am

  • Movie Mondays - Hyde Park on Hudson

    The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin, Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. May 20.

    May 20

    04:00pm

  • Young Critics Discussion Group for grades 4-6

    The Young Critics read P.K. Pinkerton and the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence this month

    May 21

    06:30pm

Latest News

  • New iPad

    Now in the Children’s Room you will find an iPad located at the end of one of our shelves

  • Featured New Nonfiction for May

  • Mika Brzezinski in a conversation with Joe Scarborough

    Mika Brzezinski visited New Canaan Library on May 11, 2013 to introduce her latest book, Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction—And My Own.

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