Lotions, Potions & Elixirs
Join special guest, Vanessa Fasanella, on Saturday, August 3rd at the Edward Smith Library for Teen program and create your own scented hand lotion, sugar scrub, elixir oil, and bath salt!
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Atwater Memorial Library
1720 Foxon Road
North Branford, CT 06471
203-315-6020 / Fax 203-315-6021
Edward Smith Library
3 Old Post Road
Northford, CT 06472
203-484-0469 / Fax 203-484-6024
Hours for Both Libraries
Open with modified hours:
Monday – Friday: 10:00 – 5:00
Saturday: 9:00 – 3:00
Sunday: 1:00 – 4:00
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Palace Project
The Palace Project is a free collection of more than 11,000 openly licensed eBook and eAudio titles.
World Book Dramatic Learning
Where creativity, imagination and learning meet! Access a robust collection of popular plays with everything needed to put on a production. Educators will love the lesson plans and extended learning pieces that help students become more fluent readers, understand core concepts, and internalize content.
World Book Student
Upper Elementary & Middle School. Multi-media articles with high-interest, readable content. Primary sources, “Behind the Headlines” summarized current events, Timelines database, over 10,000 Biographies, citation builder, recommended websites, educator tools and printable graphic organizers.
World Book Kids
Elementary School. Elementary age-appropriate articles that are easy-to-read with image-driven navigation and designed to build confidence and encourage creativity. Includes WebQuests, compare & contrast tools, biographies, inquiry-based activities, citations, educator tools and lesson plans.
World Book Early Learning
Preschool & Early Elementary. For pre & emergent readers learning the fundamentals of reading and writing. Enforces early childhood curriculum with 350+ fiction / nonfiction read-aloud stories including fairy tales and nursery rhymes, printable activities and matching and tracing games. Includes short nonfiction videos with educator lessons & disguised learning activities.
iNDIEFLIX
A streaming movie service that offers access to pop culture favorites, box office hits, award-winning feature films, documentaries, and shorts.
To access iNDIEFLIX, sign into your LION: Libraries Online account using either the Libby app or the web version of the Libby app from your computer.
Look for “EXTRAS” and click on iNDIEFLIX.
Craftsy
Over 1,400 in-depth instructional videos for all creative makers from basic instruction to advanced techniques for fabric and yarn crafts, baking, drawing, and much more.
To access Craftsy, sign into your LION: Libraries Online account using either the Libby app or the web version of the Libby app from your computer.
Look for “EXTRAS” and click on Craftsy.
FamilySearch
FamilySearch is the world’s largest repository of free genealogical records, based in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Records from over 130 countries include birth, marriage, death, census, probate, land, military, International Genealogical Index, and more. In-Library use only. Remote access is not available.
Driving-Tests.org
Driving-Tests.org offers access to Connecticut DMV handbooks and practice tests to help you prepare for your learner’s permit, driver’s license, motorcycle license or commercial driver’s license
The Great Courses
Unlimited access to hundreds of courses for lifelong learning and personal enrichment on subjects like history, food & wine, finance, travel and much more.
To access The Great Courses, sign into your LION: Libraries Online account using either the Libby app or the web version of the Libby app from your computer.
Look for “EXTRAS” and click on The Great Courses.
One more week until the end of the Children's Summer Reading Challenge!
August 1st is the last day to submit your raffle tickets and earn your treasure chest prizes. Both Smith and Atwater will collect raffle tickets throughout the day until the libraries close at 8 PM.
We will call the raffle prize winners the morning of August 2nd.
We are so proud of the amount of reading everyone has done! Keep up the good work!
Come to North Farms on July 31st at 10:30 AM to learn how to make your own bubble solution and wands.
We'll watch bubbles of all sizes float and dazzle us with their rainbow colors! Recommended for children of all ages.
In the event of rain, this program will be canceled.
Registration is not required, but for more information, click here: northbranford.librarycalendar.com/event/bubbleology-regional-water-authority-11356
DUE TO THE RAIN FORECAST, tomorrow's (7/24 @ 10:30 AM) Oozing Oobleck program will be MOVED to the Atwater Library Children's Room.
After reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, we will explore the properties of different liquids and whether those properties change when the materials are combined to make oobleck.
To register, and for more information, click here: northbranford.librarycalendar.com/event/rainsticks-rwa-11355
