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Current members of the Book Club gathered in the Meeting Room.

Remember, the Bethany Book Club has started meeting again! Make sure to check the Library’s Calendar of Events or the Bethany Bulletin each month for the date of the next meeting and the title of the book to be discussed if you are interested in joining. All are welcome! This month’s meeting will be on Tuesday, March 21st, at 2:00 PM in the ground floor Meeting Room – the book under discussion will be The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland. Copies of the book are available from the Library – stop in or call us at (203) 393-2103.

Eat, Drink and Enjoy!
Please join us for an All-Day Valentine’s Love Your Library Event.
Thursday, February 16, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM at The Country Corner Diner at
756 Amity Road, Bethany. Stop by for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
20% of all meal tickets all day will go to support our local Clark Memorial Library.

Melt My Heart: a special arts and crafts project for all ages. Create a meltable heart with our melty beads – a perfect valentine surprise!
Takes place Saturday, Feb. 11th. Drop in 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

Make sure to visit Clark Memorial Library for Take Your Child to the Library Day 2023 between February 1st and February 4th! And while you’re here, enter our TYCLD Book Basket Raffle for a chance to win one of two gift baskets filled with award winning books! This year we are offering a Caldecott Basket and a Newbery Basket.

The Caldecott Basket contains Hot Dog (Doug Salati), Knight Owl (Christopher Denise), We Are Water Protectors (Michele Goad), Hello Lighthouse (Sophie Blackall), Wolf in the Snow (Matthew Cardell), and Farmhouse (Sophie Blackall).

The Newbery Basket contains The Last Mapmaker (Christina Soontornvat), New Kid (Jerry Craft), Hello Universe (Erin E. Kelly), The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Kelly Barnhill), Aviva vs. the Dybbuk (Mari Lowe), and Marshmallow Clouds (T. Kooser and C. Wanele).

Clark Memorial Library Children's Programs

Take Your Child to the Library Day 2023

Take Your Child to the Library Day is a celebration of the opportunities and benefits that children receive from libraries, from simple access to books, films, and online media, to fun activities and chances to learn and socialize. Founded in 2011 at the Waterford Public Library in Connecticut, it has grown into a global event involving thousands of libraries. To learn more about the event, its history, and the importance of libraries in children’s lives, visit the official Take your Child to the Library Day website – and stop in at Clark Memorial Library from February 1st to February 4th to enter our TYCLD Book Basket Raffle!

Bethany Book Club has returned! The Book Club will convene on the first-floor Meeting Room on Tuesday, January 17, at 2:00 PM. The book to be discussed at the first meeting is The Dutch House, by Anne Patchett. Please join organizer Cate Horton for light refreshments and lively discussion. Books for future meetings will also be considered. For copies of The Dutch House, please call the Library for availability.

Create a papercraft gingerbread house with a fun surprise inside! This Paper Magic program will take place on Wednesday, December 14th, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM.
Sign-ups are required, and there is a limit of 10 participants; please call the Library at (203) 393-2103 as soon as possible to reserve a spot!

Paper Magic is a series of Makerspace activities run by local artist Ditas Benipayo. Here are a few of the wonderful projects that were created in Fall: