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Join us for a fun family storytime in the Hubbard Room where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. We are trying monthly registration out, signing up for this storytime will sign you up for every Tuesday in February. Go ahead and sign up for the whole series, even if you can't make it to all of them! Registration is required, so please let us know how many people will be in your party (all young people any caregivers = the number of people attending.) For kids age 0-6 (Babies - first grade), siblings and families welcome! Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

Our February title is Hell of a Book by Jason Mott. Copies available at the Borrowing Desk. Join us at Stubborn Beauty Brewing at 180 Johnson St, Middletown, CT. Questions? E-mail Christy Billings at cbillings@russelllibrary.org Sponsored by the Friends of Russell Library. Place a hold for curbside pick-up or E-copies are available at www.russelllibrary.org. No purchase is required. Registration is suggested.

Join us for a magical evening with New York Times bestselling author Lana Harper as she discusses the enchanting third installment of her immensely popular The Witches of Thistle Grove series, Back in a Spell. After a year of nursing a broken heart inflicted by the fiancée who all but ditched her at the altar, a powerful witch is sick of feeling low and is ready to try something drastically different: a dating app. Click here to register.

You’re invited to an insightful chat with award-winning author Grace M. Cho as she discusses her memoir, Tastes Like War. Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, Tastes Like War is a hybrid text about a daughter’s search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother’s schizophrenia. In her mother’s final years, Grace learned to cook dishes from her mother’s childhood in order to invite the past into the present, and to hold space for her mother’s multiple voices at the table. And through careful listening over these shared meals, Grace discovered not only the things that broke the brilliant, complicated woman who raised her—but also the things that kept her alive. Click here to register.

We are inviting homeschooling families with children ages 6-12 in our communitity to connect with Russell Youth and Familiy Learning librarians! The librarians will have a variety of teamwork challenges to complete while we all get to know each other. This is a great opportunity to meet with other families and provide the library feedback on ways to best work with homeschooling families for future meet ups. The activities we have planned are aimed at children 6-12, and a caregiver. Please register below, registrations will close 24 hours before the event starts. Supplies are limited, so please register each young person who plans to participate. Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety we request that if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This program is made possible though the generosity of the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: https://russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

The Russell Library is closed for the holiday.

Join us for a fun family storytime in the Hubbard Room where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. We are trying monthly registration out, signing up for this storytime will sign you up for every Tuesday in February. Go ahead and sign up for the whole series, even if you can't make it to all of them! Registration is required, so please let us know how many people will be in your party (all young people any caregivers = the number of people attending.) For kids age 0-6 (Babies - first grade), siblings and families welcome! Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

Come in for an afternoon of board gaming at the library! Bring your own board or tabletop game and teach it to friends (and Ms. Stephanie!) Pizza and snacks provided. This program is intended for young people ages 10-18. (If you need a ride to or from the library from somewhere in Middletown to attend this program, we can help! Please register below and then fill out the form linked here: https://forms.gle/SpbRW3uUvHPhf8rq8 Registration is required. Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety we request that if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. Funding for this program was provided through the City of Middletown's Educational Incentives Grant.

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Join us for a fun family storytime in the Hubbard Room where we will read books and share rhymes and songs for kids birth to 6 years old and their families. We are trying monthly registration out, signing up for this storytime will sign you up for every Tuesday in February. Go ahead and sign up for the whole series, even if you can't make it to all of them! Registration is required, so please let us know how many people will be in your party (all young people any caregivers = the number of people attending.) For kids age 0-6 (Babies - first grade), siblings and families welcome! Covid Library Event guidelines: to ensure everyone's safety if any member of your household is experiencing Covid symptoms or is quarantining, we ask that you and your family stay home. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Russell Library! Find out more about how you can support them here: russelllibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/

We look forward to seeing you for an invigorating conversation with highly acclaimed author Sadeqa Johnson as she talks about her brand new novel, The House of Eve! In The House of Eve, Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation. When Eleanor Quarles meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t just let anyone into their fold. The lives of these two women collide in the most unexpected way as they both face life altering decisions. The House of Eve is a fast-paced, harrowing story that hinges on what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. Click here to register.