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Additional Family Reading Incentives and Museum Discounts Families

June 30, 2020490 Views

Here are a few additional reading incentives for your children to participate in this Summer:

Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Journal
Quassy Amusement Park Ready To Read Certificate
Sound Tigers – Summer Reading 2020 (English / Spanish)

Also regarding families, please find some CT museum discounts through this website: https://www.aquarionwater.com/community/free-admission-tickets

Wowbrary Service

Sign up for the Wowbrary Service, which allows you to see which materials are purchased for each library via a weekly email. You will have to sign up separately for each library.

You can see this week’s listings below:

New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

Wolf Man [Blu-ray]

Wolf Man [Blu-ray]

Mark Twain

Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers Are Changing the World

Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers Are Changing the World

The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America

The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America

Earthly Materials: Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

Earthly Materials: Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

The Rise of Major League Soccer: Building a Global Giant

The Rise of Major League Soccer: Building a Global Giant

Anima Rising

Home of the American Circus

Home of the American Circus

Life Hacks for a Little Alien

Life Hacks for a Little Alien

My Friends

The Emperor of Gladness

The Emperor of Gladness

The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography

The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography

Dying to Meet You

Dying to Meet You

Fever Beach

Marble Hall Murders

Marble Hall Murders

The Children of Eve

The Children of Eve

The Retirement Plan

The Retirement Plan

Enchantra

Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods

Wolf Man [Blu-ray]

DVDs

Wolf Man [Blu-ray]

From Blumhouse and the director of The Invisible Man comes a modern take on the classic monster story, Wolf Man. Seeking a fresh start, Blake moves his wife Charlotte and daughter Ginger to his childhood home in rural Oregon. Upon arrival, they encounter a brutal animal attack, forcing the family to

Mark Twain

Biographies & Memoirs

By Ron Chernow. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark TwainRon Chernow, the highly lauded biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant, brings

Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers Are Changing the World

Business & Investing

Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers Are Changing the World

By Paul Rice. From the founder and CEO of Fair Trade USA, a critical account of the past, present and future of conscious capitalism--the change it has wrought in the world and the potential it still has to confront our greatest challenges.We all have the power to change the world through the products

The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America

History

The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America

By Kostya Kennedy. Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events: Paul Revere’s legendary ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the myth that every American learns in schoolOn April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British

Earthly Materials: Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

Science

Earthly Materials: Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations

By Cutter Wood. Bill Bryson’s The Body meets Mary Roach’s Gulp (with a dash of What’s Your Poo Telling You?) in this rollicking and delightfully educational tour of our bodily emissions—from mucus to sweat to poop—revealing them to be as fascinating as they are embarrassing and proving how essential

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

Entertainment

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

By Nate Bargatze. Nate Bargatze used to be a genius. That is, until the summer after seventh grade when he slipped, fell off a cliff, hit his head on a rock, and “my brain got, like, dented or something.” Before this accident, he dreamed of being “an electric engineer, or a brain doctor, or maybe a math

The Rise of Major League Soccer: Building a Global Giant

Sports

The Rise of Major League Soccer: Building a Global Giant

By Rick Burton and Norm O'Reilly. Discover the strategy behind Major League Soccer's rapid rise as it aims to compete with global football giants.Major League Soccer, armed with its massive Apple sponsorship, the imminent arrival of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, the hosting of the COPA America

Anima Rising

Literature & Fiction

By Christopher Moore. From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of

Home of the American Circus

Literature & Fiction

Home of the American Circus

By Allison Larkin. The acclaimed author of the “lyrical coming-of-age novel” (Good Morning America) The People We Keep returns with a luminous new story of redemption, breaking generational curses, and the power of family in its truest form.After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old

Life Hacks for a Little Alien

Literature & Fiction

Life Hacks for a Little Alien

By Alice Franklin. A debut novel about one little girl’s obsession with a mysterious manuscript is a love letter to language—how it shapes the world for each of us and connects us all in the end.“Climb up here, Little Alien. Sit next to me. I will tell you about life on this planet. I will tell you how

My Friends

Literature & Fiction

By Fredrik Backman. #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, who “captures the messy essence of being human” (The Washington Post), returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five

The Emperor of Gladness

Literature & Fiction

The Emperor of Gladness

By Ocean Vuong. Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to surviveOne late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting

The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography

Literature & Fiction

The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography

By Janine Barchas. A brilliant collaboration between internationally acclaimed Jane Austen expert, Janine Barchas, and New York Times bestselling graphic novelist, Isabel Greenberg.The Novel Life of Jane Austen is a one-of-a-kind, impeccably researched, ecstatically drawn graphic biography of one of

Dying to Meet You

Mysteries & Thrillers

Dying to Meet You

By Sarina Bowen. The acclaimed USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author returns with a twisty thriller that probes how well we actually know the men in our lives.Rowan Gallagher is a devoted single mother and a talented architect with a high-profile commission restoring an historic mansion

Fever Beach

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Carl Hiaasen. Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful Hiaasen heroesThe afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked

Marble Hall Murders

Mysteries & Thrillers

Marble Hall Murders

By Anthony Horowitz. Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz—another tribute to the golden age of Agatha Christie featuring detective Atticus Pund and editor Susan Ryland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower

The Children of Eve

Mysteries & Thrillers

The Children of Eve

By John Connolly. Wyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta Nadeau, has gone missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message: RUN. Private investigator Charlie Parker is hired to find out why Riggins has fled, and from whom.Parker discovers that Riggins, an ex-soldier,

The Retirement Plan

Mysteries & Thrillers

The Retirement Plan

By Sue Hincenbergs. Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies…But the husbands have a plan of their own…After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of her perfect retirement with Nancy, Shalisa, Marlene, and their husbands—until their husbands pool their

Enchantra

Romance

By Kaylie Smith. Welcome to Enchantra. There’s only one rule: Never, ever trust your heart. When Genevieve Grimm’s mother dies, she’s left with questions no one can answer—until she receives an invitation to Enchantra, a cursed palace in Italy, frozen in time and shrouded by forbidden fruit. But when

Out of the Woods

Romance

Out of the Woods

By Hannah Bonam-Young. “Absolute, utter perfection.”―Chloe Liese, USA Today bestselling author of Only and ForeverA married couple joins a week-long wilderness expedition to help them reconnect in this heartfelt companion novel to the viral TikTok sensation Out on a Limb.High school sweethearts Sarah

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

Abbott Elementary: The Complete Third Season

Abbott Elementary: The Complete Third Season

Green and Gold

Mayfair Witches: Season 2

Mayfair Witches: Season 2

Star Trek: Section 31

Star Trek: Section 31

Band of Sisters: Madeleine Pauliac, the Women of the Blue Squadron, and Their Daring Rescue Missions in the Last Days of World War II

Band of Sisters: Madeleine Pauliac, the Women of the Blue Squadron, and Their Daring Rescue Missions in the Last Days of World War II

Ginseng Roots: A Memoir

Ginseng Roots: A Memoir

I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home

I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home

I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats

Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats

The Portable Feminist Reader

The Portable Feminist Reader

Shawn

Indika [PlayStation 5]

Indika [PlayStation 5]

Until Dawn [PlayStation 5]

Until Dawn [PlayStation 5]

Birth Flower Cross Stitch Bookmarks: A Bookmark Pattern for Every Month

Birth Flower Cross Stitch Bookmarks: A Bookmark Pattern for Every Month

Intention Obsession: Rituals and Witchcraft for Every Season

Intention Obsession: Rituals and Witchcraft for Every Season

Atavists: Stories

Atavists: Stories

Everybody Says It's Everything

Everybody Says It's Everything

Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books

Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books

My Darling Boy

Our Beautiful Boys

Our Beautiful Boys

Abbott Elementary: The Complete Third Season

DVDs

Abbott Elementary: The Complete Third Season

The teachers are back at Willard R. Abbott Public School for development week, a time to prepare for the upcoming year before the students’ first day of school. Post-breakup, Janine is determined to start the year off right and leave her problems at home. Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the

Green and Gold

DVDs

A fourth-generation dairy farmer on the brink of losing his farm to the bank wagers everything on a bet with his beloved Green Bay Packers while his granddaughter pursues music to save what they've worked for their whole lives.

Mayfair Witches: Season 2

DVDs

Mayfair Witches: Season 2

Embrace the darkness in the next chapter of Mayfair Witches. Rowan Mayfair (Alexandra Daddario) births the embodiment of the powerful entity Lasher, who elevates her power while threatening her existence. To protect her family from her offspring, she must engage in the venomous dynamics of the Mayfair

Star Trek: Section 31

DVDs

Star Trek: Section 31

Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh reprises her fan-favorite role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou – a character she played in Star Trek: Discovery – who joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past.

Band of Sisters: Madeleine Pauliac, the Women of the Blue Squadron, and Their Daring Rescue Missions in the Last Days of World War II

Biographies & Memoirs

Band of Sisters: Madeleine Pauliac, the Women of the Blue Squadron, and Their Daring Rescue Missions in the Last Days of World War II

By Philippe Maynial. Band of Sisters tells the dramatic story of Madeleine Pauliac, a French army doctor, and a group of Red Cross nurses and ambulance drivers—known as the Blue Squadron. At the request of Charles DeGualle, the group was sent to rescue French soldiers and civilians who had been captured,

Ginseng Roots: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Ginseng Roots: A Memoir

By Craig Thompson. “A sweeping story, gorgeously drawn and beautifully told — this is Craig Thompson’s masterpiece.”—Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Paying the LandFrom the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and

I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home

Biographies & Memoirs

I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home

By Maria Shriver. A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days.I Am Maria is a powerful collection of Maria Shriver’s own poems that grapple

I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

Biographies & Memoirs

I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

By Nell Irvin Painter. From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it.Throughout

Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats

Biographies & Memoirs

Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats

By Courtney Gustafson. An intimate memoir about the importance of community and care in a world that can feel impossibly broken— and a story about accidentally going viral while tending to a colony of feral cats.When Courtney Gustafson moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson,

The Portable Feminist Reader

Society

The Portable Feminist Reader

By Roxane Gay. For Roxane Gay, a feminist canon is subjective and always evolving. A feminist canon represents a long history of feminist scholarship, embraces skepticism, and invites robust discussion and debate. Selected writings by ancient, historic, and more recent feminist voices include Henricus

Shawn

CDs: Music & Shows

Shawn Mendes. Shawn Mendes's new self-titled album was written and recorded over the past two years, across many sessions and locations, alongside a small group of collaborators including Scott Harris, Mike Sabath, Eddie Benjamin, Nate Mercereau, Ethan Gruska, Amy Allen, and Chris Thile. As his fifth

Indika [PlayStation 5]

Entertainment

Indika [PlayStation 5]

Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

Until Dawn [PlayStation 5]

Entertainment

Until Dawn [PlayStation 5]

When eight friends return to the isolated lodge where two of their group vanished a year prior, fear tightens its icy grip, and their mountain retreat descends into a nightmare with no escape. Face your fears and determine who survives Until Dawn in this seminal horror classic, rebuilt and enhanced for

Birth Flower Cross Stitch Bookmarks: A Bookmark Pattern for Every Month

Home & Garden

Birth Flower Cross Stitch Bookmarks: A Bookmark Pattern for Every Month

By Knotting Flats. Celebrate the beauty of each month with this enchanting collection of twelve Birth Flower Cross Stitch Patterns! Perfect for beginners and seasoned stitchers alike, these designs capture the unique charm of every month's flower, making for thoughtful gifts for those special people

Intention Obsession: Rituals and Witchcraft for Every Season

Religion & Spirituality

Intention Obsession: Rituals and Witchcraft for Every Season

By Erica Feldmann. Conjure an intention-filled life with this practical guidebook of magical rituals for every season of the zodiac, from Erica Feldmann, owner and founder of the Salem-based store, HausWitch.Let’s face it, we could all use a bit more magic in our lives. Even if you’re not ready to commit

Atavists: Stories

Literature & Fiction

Atavists: Stories

By Lydia Millet. A fast-moving, heartbreaking collection of linked stories that evokes the joy and alienation between generations and classes in the era of mass overwhelm.From Lydia Millet―“the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves” (Chicago Tribune)―comes an inventive

Everybody Says It's Everything

Literature & Fiction

Everybody Says It's Everything

By Xhenet Aliu. In this unforgettable novel from the award-winning author of Brass, twins growing up in the United States in 1999 unravel larger truths about identity and sibling bonds when one of them gets wrapped up in the war in Kosovo.Raised in Connecticut, adopted twins Drita and Petrit (aka Pete)

Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books

Literature & Fiction

Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books

By Kim Fay. Sometimes a book can change your life...Twentysomething Frida Rodriguez arrives in Paris in 1991, relishing the city’s butter-soaked cuisine and seeking her future as a war correspondent. But when she writes to a bookshop in Seattle, she receives more than just the book she requests. A friendship

My Darling Boy

Literature & Fiction

By John Dufresne. A brilliant and gut-wrenching novel about a father and son from a “generous and lyric storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle).Known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters, John Dufresne tells the story of Olney, whose beloved son, Cully, collapses into addiction and vanishes

Our Beautiful Boys

Literature & Fiction

Our Beautiful Boys

By Sameer Pandya. When the star players on a high school football team are accused of violence by another student, their secrets—and the secrets of their parents—threaten to shatter their entire community in a gripping novel of race, class, and privilege from the author of Members Only.Vikram Shastri

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