Library ebooks are now available for the Amazon Kindle

Kindle ebooks are here! We're so excited about a long awaited addition to our ebook collection; ebooks are now available for Kindle users. You can borrow ebooks from the Library to read on any generation Kindle device, free Kindle app, or in your browser with Kindle Cloud Reader.

Kindle owners can finally join the owners of the Nook, the Sony Reader, the Kobo, the iPad and the iPhone (and many other devices) who have been happily borrowing ebooks from the Stratford Library for the past year. Our ebook service, called Overdrive, is the fastest growing part of our collection.

You'll need your Stratford Library card to check out ebooks. Find out more and check out ebooks here.

If you live in Stratford and you don't have a library card yet, you don't know what you've been missing! Pay us a visit today with your ID that shows that you live in Stratford and we'll sign you up. It's free, and it just takes five minutes. Your library card is a key that opens up the whole world of ideas to you.

Knitting Program to Benefit Local Children Starts Sept. 21

Knitting for Kids at the Stratford Library will meet for a six-week session on Wednesdays at 3:45 p.m. beginning Sept. 21. Boys and girls age 7 and up are welcome to attend. The classes are for new knitters or those wishing to refresh their skills. The fall project will be knitting scarves and hats for local children.

Knitters are asked to bring their own needles (US sizes 8-11 recommended). Class will be held in the Children’s Department’s Book Nook. Miss Tess and Miss Caitlin lead the group with the friendly assistance of volunteers Miss Martha and Miss Cynthia.

To register or for further information, call the Children’s Department at 203.385.4165 or visit: www.stratfordlibrary.org.

Library offers AARP Driver Safety Program

The Stratford Library, in conjunction with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), will offer another session of the “AARP Driver Safety Program”, a classroom driver retraining program designed to help older persons improve their driving skills on Tuesday, September 6 from 1-5 pm. The new one-day class program will be held in the Library’s Lovell Room. Developed by the AARP, the program is the first comprehensive driver retraining course geared to the specific needs of older motorists.

Persons 50 years of age or older are eligible to participate in the library program and will receive a certificate of completion at the end of instruction. The course is limited to 24 participates only and there is a nominal fee of $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members charged by the AARP. Reservations are required and can be made by calling AARP Representative Michael Klein at 203.929.4851.

As of Friday afternoon, Mr. Klein noted that he still had about a dozen spaces available in the class. He explained that because his telephone service was only just restored after last week's storm, people who were unable to reach him earlier to make a reservation should now be able to get through.

The Library is located at 2203 Main St., Stratford.