Thank you to the following donors for their generous contributions

• Marie T. Daumy
• John and Claire Bolduc in memory of Evelyn Tarozzi
• Bill and Lois Peckham in memory of Evelyn "Lynn" Tarozzi
• Gayle Wilson in memory of Evelyn Tarozzi

Programs

Programs

Programs

Museum Passes

The Library is able to provide a variety of museum passes with generous funding from the Friends of the Library. The center window in Gales Ferry's foyer highlights the museum passes. Museum passes at Bill Library are displayed on the windows behind our circulation desk. Each pass offers free admission or a discount to their facilities. Stop by today to start your adventure!

Call ahead to secure your pass! We can hold a pass for one hour at our circulation desks at both Bill Library and Gales Ferry Library.

Bill Library: 860-464-9912

Gales Ferry Library: 860-464-6943

New Read-Along Collection

We are excited to announce that we now have Wonderbooks at both Bill Library and Gales Ferry Library! We were able to purchase these read aloud books with grants from Ledyard Rotary Club, Ledyard Lions Club, and Kiwanis Club of New London. We are very thankful to have such amazing support from our community. Wonderbooks are storybooks with an audio player permanently attached to the inside cover. No separate device or Wi-Fi access is ever needed! Readers can choose between reading mode and learning mode by sliding a switch on the player. In reading mode, the narrator reads the story aloud while you turn the pages. In learning mode, the story ends with a question and answer session to test your reading comprehension and knowledge. Check one out today!

Erica

Borrow My Heart by Kasie West

Drue

Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

Jadzia

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Jen

Towed by Toad by Jashar Awan

A Library by Nikki Giovanni

Laura

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Titanic: the musical

Stephanie

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr

Click on the above selections to place a hold online,

or call us and we can place the hold for you.

Thank you to all who volunteered or shopped at the Annual Bill Book Sale in September. We could not do this without everyone. We had 14 people help set up, 38 cashiers, and 16 people clean up, along with many people who shelved the books after set up and kept the book sale looking its best. We appreciate all of the support from library staff, especially Library Director, Jen Smith, and Assistant Librarian, Matt Novosad.

Our next fundraising event is the Snowflake Festival! 

Please donate a completed basket for our silent auction. Baskets and other items will be displayed in both buildings beginning October 18 and October 21.

We have ample volunteer opportunities for this event:

• Assistance with putting together baskets and displaying them.
• Asking for donations. Businesses have donated year after year; they just need a reminder, and someone to pick up the donation. We will provide all you need to do this, and if we have several volunteers it will make this task easier.
• Updating and putting road signs out.
• Displaying the baskets Friday, October 18 at Bill Library
• Set up on Friday, November 22 at Bill Library
• The final day of bids, November 23 we will need cashiers, callers, data entry, and clean up. 

Our next meeting is Thursday, October 10, 7:15 pm at Bill Library. All are welcome. This will be our yearly budget meeting.

National Friends of Libraries Week is October 20 - 26, 2024. We will be having our fall Membership drive. Please renew or join the Friends of Ledyard Library. Does it seem like you just joined or renewed? We are working to get back to our fall membership cycle. 

Please consider a donation of small candy for the Youth Services Librarian to hand out at Trunk or Treat!

Remember to visit the ongoing book sales at both library buildings - in the meeting room at Bill Library, and the Book Cellar at Gales Ferry Library, each of which are open during normal library hours. All sales go towards support of the Library.

Sarah Desormier, President

860 464-9538, FOLLpresident@gmail.com

Janice W. Bell Historical Research Room – Ledyard Historical Society

Open archive on Mondays 9:00 – 5:00 and by appointment other days

(Closed on major holidays)

We enjoyed having our college intern, Patrick Strout, helping us this summer with the Obituary Index and Extract project. He has a fine attention to detail and helped us move this meticulous work along nicely. We wish him luck in his studies in History!

We recently received a donation of geography textbooks used in the Ledyard Center one-room schoolhouse by the Boudro family. They are copyrighted 1916 and 1902. Maps of the world have changed considerably since then. If you would like to take a look, stop in on a Monday at the Bell Room.  



If you have an hour or two to spare, please consider helping us keep up with our obituary file. We need someone to mount the newspaper clippings and file them. We will teach you all you need to know. Once trained you are welcome to work on your own schedule during Bill Library’s open hours. Email us if you’d like to take a look.



Donations or loans for digitizing are always welcome. Appointments to visit the archive or to make a donation may be made by emailing Andrea Buka at research@ledyardhistory.org.

Trunk-or-Treat event

October 25, 2024

5:30-8:00 p.m.

Holdridge Pavilion at the Ledyard Town Green

Join Ledyard Parks and Rec, Ledyard Public Library and more at this fun community event! Dress in your costume and trick or treat through the decorated car trunks.