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  Thursday
  10 to 8
  Friday & Saturday
  10 to 5
  Sunday
  12 to 5
  439 Redding Road
  Redding, CT 06896
  P.O. Box 1009
  Redding, CT 06875
  Tel (203) 938-2545
  Fax (203) 938-4026
 
  Beth Dominianni
Ways of giving
Annual fund-raising
  events: art show
  book fair, frog frolic
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Help us to continue providing high-quality programs and services by supporting this year’s Annual Appeal. Your generosity adds up to something special — for everyone in our community.

Choose the option that’s best for you:
Give online. It’s fast, easy, and secure
Print a form and return with your donation
• Return the giving envelope mailed to all Redding households

Our 2012 Annual Appeal letter explains how important you are to the Mark Twain Library...and how grateful we are for Friends!

 
BUTTERFLY STORYTIME
Wednesday, May 23rd at 1:30 pm
Butterfly   Listen to butterfly stories and make a butterfly craft. Watch our caterpillars as they build chrysalises and then hatch into beautiful butterflies! Ages 3 and up. Please call the Library at 203-938-2545 to sign up.
 
Mark Twain made of Legos - picture   CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to Kai Bertschi and Katelyn Sun winners of our contest to guess how many Legos it takes to make a 6 foot Mark Twain. Correct answer 36,500. Come by and see Mr. Twain who is on display through the end of May. Thanks to the Mark Twain House in Hartford for the loan.
 
JAZZ INTERLUDE@MTL WITH DAVID MORGAN
From 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Wednesday May 23rd and Wednesday June 13th
Photo of David Morgan by Helene Hawk   As the weather gets warmer, come listen to some hot jazz sounds as the Mark Twain Library brings back local Jazz pianist David Morgan. His sessions are informal, including pieces by his favorites including Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. Sign up is encouraged but not required
 
PHOTO EXHIBIT: THIS IS AFRICA
From May - June
Leopard
  The Mark Twain Library is currently displaying photos by Redding resident physician Jon Gordon. The photos were taken while on safari in Kenya and captured using a telescopic lens. They engage the viewer with the beauty of African wildlife captured unaware.
 
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NEW! Click the TumbleBook logo above for 24/7 access to an online collection of more than 200 "talking" picture books, 90 foreign language books, and 90 readalong chapter books.

 

DATABASE OF THE MONTH
Website of the Month  
 
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Wowbrary provides a weekly update of
    the most recent additions to our collection.
 
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Use Wowbrary to link to Amazon and a
    percentage of your purchases are donated to the library.
     
 
 
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bullet Click for our weekly Wowbrary list of new
  books, movies, music
bullet Use Wowbrary to link to Amazon and a
  percentage of your purchases are donated to the library.
 
Library's New book Blog  
bullet Staff share their their love of reading,
  favorite new books, best reading bets and information about what's new at the library.
 
Downloadables
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Bibliomation's downloadable eMedia catalog allows you to download eBooks or audio books. Go to their Digital Help and click on "My Help" if you're just getting started.

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iCONN allows you to download audio books. If you are a new user set up an account then check the instructions to download the Digital Media Manager for your platform and you're ready to review new titles.

 
 
 
 
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  A monthly book discussion sponsored by the
  library; next meeting May 14.
 
  ON DISPLAY THIS MONTH...
 

PRICKED AND PIERCED!
A Collection of Barbed Wire and Vintage Denim
-- from March 1 - May 29,2012

   
  READING FOR PLEASURE
 
  REDDING CT TRAILS
  Local resident, Mathew Bruhin, measured Redding's trails using GPS and took photos to fulfill his Eagle Scout Project. The trail details are now available online to help you plan your next hike.
   
  MARK TWAIN LIBRARY PHOTO GALLERY
  A wonderful collection of photos taken at library programs and fundraising events. Share these memories.
   
  CHESS LESSONS
  Saturdays from 11:00 - 12:00
Cost: $18 per student
   
  AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS OF REDDING
  From January to November, Mark Twain Library offers the use of a designated bulletin board for a display of photographs. Displays change every two months. Click here for the rules or for an application