Plumb Memorial Library – Shelton Library System

Adult Department: 203-924-1580, Children’s Department: 203-924-9461 65 Wooster Street, Shelton, CT 06484

Upcoming Events

May

01May9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

01May10:30 am11:30 amPlaydough PlaydateAges: 2 - 5 Years Old

03May9:30 am10:30 amDragons Love Tacos Story Time & CraftAges: 3 - 5 Years Old

03May1:00 pmFriday FilmsMozart and the Whale

07May5:30 pm6:30 pmScience SnoopersGrades: 3rd through 6th
PLEASE NOTE: These grades are firm due to fragile items and chemicals we will be using.

08May9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

09May5:30 pm6:30 pmFamily Fort NightAges: 3 Years Old and Up

10May10:00 am11:00 amSmalls and SmilesAges: 6 Months Old to 24 Months Old

11May11:30 am12:30 pmBook BitesGrades: 5th and 6th

13May9:15 am9:45 amItsy Bitsy ReadersAges: 6 Months - 24 Month Olds

13May10:15 am10:45 amReady, Set… Read!Ages: 3 - 5 Years Old

15May9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

15May10:30 am11:30 amPlaydough PlaydateAges: 2 - 5 Years Old

16May5:30 pm6:30 pmBarbie & Friends ClubAges: 3 - 8 Years Old

17May10:00 am10:45 amFlower Seed BallsAges: 3 Years Old and Up

17May1:00 pmFriday FilmsThe Color Purple

18May10:00 am10:45 amSaturday Story TimeAges: 0 - 5 Years Old

20May9:15 am9:45 amItsy Bitsy ReadersAges: 6 Months - 24 Month Olds

20May10:15 am10:45 amReady, Set… Read!Ages: 3 - 5 Years Old

21May1:00 pm2:00 pmWoven Butterfly CraftAges: 4 - 5 Years Old

22May9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

22May1:00 pmEverything You Need to Know to Zoomwith Mike Ingber

23May5:30 pm6:30 pmFamily LEGO Dragon CompetitionAges: Families With Children 6 Years Old and Up

28May5:30 pm6:30 pmYou’re Famous for What???Grades: Kindergarten Through 4th Grade

29May9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

29May11:15 am11:45 amLittle Lotus YogaAges: 1 - 3 Years Old

30May10:00 am10:45 amUnicorn Story Time & CraftAges: 2 - 5 Years Old

31May10:30 am11:30 amPreschool PlayAges: 3 - 5 Years Old

31May1:00 pmFriday FilmsWaitress: The Musical

June

05June9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

12June9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

14June1:00 pmFriday FilmsPriscilla

17June9:15 am9:45 amItsy Bitsy ReadersAges: 6 Months - 24 Month Olds

17June10:15 am10:45 amReady, Set… Read!Ages: 3 - 5 Years Old

19June9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

24June9:15 am9:45 amItsy Bitsy ReadersAges: 6 Months - 24 Month Olds

24June10:15 am10:45 amReady, Set… Read!Ages: 3 - 5 Years Old

26June9:00 am10:00 amAdult Tai Chi Program

28June1:00 pmFriday FilmsOrdinary Angels

July

12July1:00 pmFriday FilmsHere Today

26July1:00 pmFriday FilmsThe Taste of Things

August

09August1:00 pmFriday FilmsA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

23August1:00 pmFriday FilmsSaving Mr. Banks

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You can see this week’s listings below:

New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

Hallmark 2-Movie Collection: Don't Forget I Love You & Marry Me in Yosemite

Hallmark 2-Movie Collection: Don't Forget I Love You & Marry Me in Yosemite

Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 6-Movie Collection

Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 6-Movie Collection

Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance / The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating

Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance / The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

Crow Talk

Ella

How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book

Long After We Are Gone

Long After We Are Gone

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Real Americans

Reunion

The Museum of Lost Quilts

The Museum of Lost Quilts

The Paris Novel

The Paris Novel

The Stolen Child

The Stolen Child

Bad Boy Beat

Circle in the Water

Circle in the Water

Death of a Master Chef

Death of a Master Chef

Deep Beneath Us

Deep Beneath Us

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

Hallmark 2-Movie Collection: Don't Forget I Love You & Marry Me in Yosemite

DVDs

Hallmark 2-Movie Collection: Don't Forget I Love You & Marry Me in Yosemite

Don't Forget I Love You: On her birthday, Taylor opens a time capsule left by her late mother, which contains a list of challenges forcing her out of her comfort zone and opening her up to the possibility of love.Marry Me in Yosemite: Zoe, a notable photojournalist, visits Yosemite landscapes made famous

Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 6-Movie Collection

DVDs

Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 6-Movie Collection

Hallmark Channel presents 6 Countdown to Christmas favorites in one collection: Campfire Christmas, Christmas in Toyland, My Grown-Up Christmas List, Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane, Welcome to Christmas, Gingerbread Miracle.

Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance / The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating

DVDs

Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance / The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating

Arrived in the Montana Rockies to demo her avalanche forecasting tech, seismologist Heather (Ashley Newbrough) finds herself winning over rescue coordinator Chris (Stephen Huszar), and not just professionally, in "Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance." Tegan Moss co-stars. Then, Simon (Corey

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Science

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By Zoë Schlanger. “Mesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly beautiful.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesAward-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

Health, Mind & Body

The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By Mary Claire Haver. Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.Menopause is inevitable,

Crow Talk

Literature & Fiction

By Eileen Garvin. Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely

Ella

Literature & Fiction

By Diane Richards. In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.When fifteen-year-old Ella

How to Read a Book

Literature & Fiction

How to Read a Book

By Monica Wood. From the award-winning author of The One-in-a-Million Boy comes a deeply moving storyabout a young woman recently released from prison who finds an unlikely ally in the widower of the woman she killed.Our Reasons meet us in the morning and whisper to us at night. Mine is an innocent,

Long After We Are Gone

Literature & Fiction

Long After We Are Gone

By Terah Shelton Harris. "A big, beautiful, devastating, and ultimately hopeful novel."―Erica Bauermeister, New York Times bestselling author of No Two PersonsAn explosive and emotional story of four siblings―each fighting their own personal battle―who return home in the wake of their father's death

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Literature & Fiction

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By Janet Skeslien Charles. The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman’s World) The Paris Library returns with a brilliant new novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France.1918:

Real Americans

Literature & Fiction

By Rachel Khong. From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?Real Americans begins on the

Reunion

Literature & Fiction

By Elise Juska. “Reunion had me hooked from its perfectly tense opening, and kept me enthralled throughout with its masterful storytelling and memorable characters. This is Elise Juska's best book yet.”—Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright RiverFrom the beloved author of the “uniquely

The Museum of Lost Quilts

Literature & Fiction

The Museum of Lost Quilts

By Jennifer Chiaverini. Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019’s The Christmas Boutique.Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master’s degree in

The Paris Novel

Literature & Fiction

The Paris Novel

By Ruth Reichl. When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading Go to Paris. But Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a childhood trauma has kept her confined to the strict routines of her comfort zone. When her boss encourages

The Stolen Child

Literature & Fiction

The Stolen Child

By Ann Hood. An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this moving, page-turning novel from “a gifted storyteller” (People).For decades, Nick Burns has been haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, when a French artist he’d befriended

Bad Boy Beat

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Clea Simon Simon. When a rookie reporter for the Boston Standard is convinced a series of street crimes are connected, she is willing to go the extra mile to chase down the big story. The newest mystery by Clea Simon is a page-turning story featuring a female protagonist and set in Boston's underground.Boston

Circle in the Water

Mysteries & Thrillers

Circle in the Water

By Marcia Muller. A series of pranks turn deadly in the latest installment in New York Times bestselling author Marcia Muller's gripping Sharon McCone series.San Francisco is home to more than 200 privately owned streets. Most are alleyways, but a select few look torn straight from the pages of a magazine.

Death of a Master Chef

Mysteries & Thrillers

Death of a Master Chef

By Jean-Luc Bannalec. Jean-Luc Bannalec's internationally bestselling series starring Commissaire Georges Dupin returns with Death of a Master Chef.Commissaire Georges Dupin is certain these first beautiful summer days in June would be perfect for a fun trip to Saint-Malo. In a region known as the culinary

Deep Beneath Us

Mysteries & Thrillers

Deep Beneath Us

By Catriona McPherson. Will the truth pull them under? A twisty, gripping mystery from a multi-award-winning master of suspense that you won't be able to put down . . .Tabitha Muir returns to her childhood home in the remote hills of Hiskith in Scotland after twenty years away. She's lost her job, her

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

Mysteries & Thrillers

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

By Catherine Mack. Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for."Quick, captivating, and oh-so-much-fun! This delicious mystery is as spellbinding as Knives Out."―Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of the Finlay Donovan seriesAll that bestselling

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

The Serial Killer's Apprentice

The Serial Killer's Apprentice

Toxic Prey

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent

Hooked on Shakespeare: Crochet Projects Inspired by The Bard

Hooked on Shakespeare: Crochet Projects Inspired by The Bard

Birds of Connecticut (The Birding Pro's Field Guides)

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

The Museum of Lost Quilts

The Museum of Lost Quilts

Wolf at the Table

Wolf at the Table

Women and Children First

Women and Children First

A Calamity of Souls

A Calamity of Souls

An Unfinished Murder

An Unfinished Murder

Death of a Master Chef

Death of a Master Chef

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

Extinction

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

The Murder Inn

To Seize a Queen

To Seize a Queen

A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Were Riding a Bicycle

A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Were Riding a Bicycle

Ahoy!

Emma Full of Wonders

Emma Full of Wonders

The Serial Killer's Apprentice

History

The Serial Killer's Apprentice

By Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman. A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can be createdElmer Wayne Henley, Jr. was only fourteen when he first became entangled with serial rapist and murderer Dean Corll in 1971. Fellow Houston, Texas, teenager

Toxic Prey

Audiobooks & Courses

By John Sandford. Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent

Entertainment

The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent

By Kazuo Ishiguro. From the Nobel Prize–winning author of Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go comes a gorgeously illustrated volume of lyrics written for the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated jazz singer Stacey Kent.Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain

Hooked on Shakespeare: Crochet Projects Inspired by The Bard

Home & Garden

Hooked on Shakespeare: Crochet Projects Inspired by The Bard

By Gurinder Kaur Hatchard. 15 projects featuring more than 30 step-by-step designs inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.This fabulous collection of creations ranges from the iconic Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet and the Ghost, and from the Three Witches from Macbeth to Bottom and Titania from A Midsummer

Birds of Connecticut (The Birding Pro's Field Guides)

Outdoors & Nature

Birds of Connecticut (The Birding Pro's Field Guides)

By Marc Parnell. The Birding Pro's Field Guide series introduces a number of innovative, never-before-seen features to the birding field guide scene. This highly accessible field guide gives the most complete description available for each species' daily life and behavior, and each entry also includes

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Literature & Fiction

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

By Julia Alvarez. Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself that will be an instant classic.Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long

The Museum of Lost Quilts

Literature & Fiction

The Museum of Lost Quilts

By Jennifer Chiaverini. Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019’s The Christmas Boutique.Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master’s degree in

Wolf at the Table

Literature & Fiction

Wolf at the Table

By Adam Rapp. The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a family harboring a serial killer in their midst, from the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award finalist playwright Adam Rapp.As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen,

Women and Children First

Literature & Fiction

Women and Children First

By Alina Grabowski. A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small Massachusetts town.Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town’s industries for generations.

A Calamity of Souls

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Calamity of Souls

By David Baldacci. The #1 New York Times bestselling author with 150 million copies sold worldwide returns with his next blockbuster thriller.

An Unfinished Murder

Mysteries & Thrillers

An Unfinished Murder

By Jude Deveraux. Sara Medlar may be retired as a bestselling author, but her career as an amateur detective is facing one final mystery—and it’s a killer.Retired romance novelist Sara Medlar has been comfortably sharing her large home with her niece Kate and her “honorary grandson” Jack. It’s a convenient

Death of a Master Chef

Mysteries & Thrillers

Death of a Master Chef

By Jean-Luc Bannalec. Jean-Luc Bannalec's internationally bestselling series starring Commissaire Georges Dupin returns with Death of a Master Chef.Commissaire Georges Dupin is certain these first beautiful summer days in June would be perfect for a fun trip to Saint-Malo. In a region known as the culinary

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

Mysteries & Thrillers

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

By Catherine Mack. Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for."Quick, captivating, and oh-so-much-fun! This delicious mystery is as spellbinding as Knives Out."―Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of the Finlay Donovan seriesAll that bestselling

Extinction

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Douglas Preston. Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation.

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Mysteries & Thrillers

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By Jeneva Rose. From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest,

The Murder Inn

Mysteries & Thrillers

By James Patterson and Candice Fox. From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson, Bill Robinson returns to the rocky shores of Massachusetts where he must solve a string of murders if he wants to save his inn.The doors of the Inn at Gloucester are always open to anyone running from trouble

To Seize a Queen

Mysteries & Thrillers

To Seize a Queen

By Fiona Buckley. Pirates in Penzance? Queen Elizabeth's half-sister and secret agent Ursula Blanchard takes on a dangerous new mission involving mysterious disappearances and murder in Cornwall in this gripping Tudor mystery.1594. Ursula Blanchard is attending on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, when

A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Were Riding a Bicycle

Children's Books

A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Were Riding a Bicycle

By Jonathan Fenske. The unicorn, dinosaur, and shark who "walked" into a book are back! This time, they're riding a bicycle--or are they?What are a unicorn, a dinosaur, and a shark to do when they just want to relax, but the narrator of the book keeps INSISTING that they're riding a bicycle? Who calls

Ahoy!

Children's Books

By Sophie Blackall. Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without leaving the living room! This imaginative romp of a picture book is filled with glorious illustrations from a beloved Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling creator.Raise

Emma Full of Wonders

Children's Books

Emma Full of Wonders

By Elisha Cooper. Emma is a big dog with a lot of little dreams.She dreams of a cool roll in the grass, a warm spring walk, and food, of course.Every day her dreams get bigger, and bigger, until one day...they all come true!A beautiful classic-in-the-making, Caldecott Honor Winner Elisha Cooper’s Emma

The Huntington Branch Library Will be Closed for Renovations

The Huntington Branch Library will be closed to the public starting January 29th for renovations. The book drop will be unavailable, so please hold all

January 23, 2024

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