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 Plant and Seed Swap

Saturday, June 7th

10:00am – 12:00pm

Bring some plants to share with the group and go home with some new ones. Sponsored by the Chaplin Senior Center and Friends of the Chaplin Public Library.

 

 

Summer Reading Begins

Bubble-ology with the Science Center

Wednesday, June 18

10:30-11:30am

Discover how bubbles are made, what makes them pop, and investigate by blowing bubbles and making bubble structures. Create your own bubble art to take home!

The Seed Library is Open for the Season! Come by to get FREE flower and vegetable seeds.

The seed library is managed by the Friends of the Chaplin Public Library.

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Check to see if we have a book or movie.

If you need a library card, please stop by the library with an ID showing your Chaplin address. Once you have a valid card, you may check out books at any public library in CT!

FREE Resources

Free Wi-Fi is available around the clock in the library and Senior Center parking lots.

Eversource Kill A Watt Kit: If you want to measure your energy use, we have a kit available for checkout!

If you are a Chaplin resident and need a library card to access Overdrive, please call or email the library.

 

 Poetry Corner

Chaplin's First Poet Laureate is Adelaide Northrop, chosen to help celebrate Chaplin's Bicentennial in 2022. Read her poem Idylls of the Town.  Adelaide also wrote a poem to introduce the reenactment of the first Chaplin town meeting, The Meeting, and a poem for the annual Tree Lighting, Evergreen.

Parish Hill Poets

On March , 2024, Dr. Susan Powers, Scotland, Connecticut's Inaugural Poet Laureate, joined forces with Mrs. Michelle Salvas at Parish Hill High School. The two teachers, former colleagues at Woodstock Academy, implemented a poetry project for the juniors in Mrs. Salvas' classes. Read the poems  representative of the creative and delightful work produced by these imaginative students.

 

 

Audio and eBooks

for Chaplin residents. If you need assistance with access, please call or email the library.

ResearchIT CT

Resources for Connecticut Residents: newspapers, magazines, databases, genealogy, and much more.