Program Description
Event Details
Are you crazy about horses? Join us at New Canaan Mounted Troop to meet middle-grade author Carrie Seim (Horse Girl, March 2021, and Horse Camp, May 2025). Carrie will share an excerpt of her brand-new book, Horse Camp, and offer a glimpse of her journey as a writer and rider. Instructors from New Canaan Mounted Troop will take us on a barn tour and give a horse-grooming demo! This program is ideal for horse enthusiasts of all ages, beginning with late elementary students. Elm Street Books will be on-site to facilitate book sales.
Carrie Seim (she/her) is the author of acclaimed novel Horse Girl (now translated into four languages) and bestselling adventure series The Flying Flamingo Sisters (hailed by the New York Times as a Best Audiobook for Road Trips with Kids). She grew up in Nebraska and has served as a staff writer for Nickelodeon and YouTube. She’s also contributed to the New York Times, the Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, the New York Post, McSweeney’s, and Architectural Digest. You can hear her voice in audiobooks, animated series, and commercials—where she’s played everything from an evil robot to a sassy pickle. Learn more at carrieseim.com
Accessibility and Accommodations
We strive to facilitate access to information and Library services for all patrons. If you have questions about accessibility or a request for accommodation, please phone 203-594-5002, email the librarian in charge of this program (see contact info above), or email child@newcanaanlibrary.org with as much lead time as possible.
Child and Caregiver Participation Guidelines
This program is designed for children and their caregivers to participate together. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child throughout this program. Please avoid side conversations or cell phone use for the duration of the program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
Off-Site Participation Guidelines
If your child is under 12 years old, an adult caregiver must remain in the area designated by our librarians for the duration of the program. If your child finishes a program early, or if a child becomes ill, distressed, or behaves in a manner that interferes with other participants’ enjoyment of the program, they may be released from class before the program’s end time. Please ensure that your child knows exactly where to find you at all times.