Christmas Revelation

It wouldn’t quite be Christmas without a holiday mystery decorated with all the Victorian trimmings, as only New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry can render it. Now the tradition continues as mayhem is once again found under the...

Celtic Empire

An ancient mystery becomes an all-too-real modern threat for Dirk Pitt and his colleagues, in an extraordinary adventure novel in one of suspense fiction's most beloved series.The murder of a team of U.N. scientists while investigating mysterious deaths i...

Blood is Blood: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

A bombing injures private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, leaving it up to his soon-to-be-married junior partner Thomas Llewelyn to find the person trying to murder them both before it's too late—in Blood is Blood the latest mystery in Will...

Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud

Sunny Randall is "on" again with Richie, the ex-husband she never stopped loving and never seemed to be able to let go, despite her discomfort with his Mafia connections. When Richie is shot and nearly killed, Sunny is dragged into the thick of ...

Becoming

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she ...

Beauchamp Hall

Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career in publishing. Then real life got in the way when she left college and returned to her small Michigan hometown to care for her sick mother.Years late...

Autobiography of Mr. Spock

Fictional autobiography of the iconic Star Trek character, told in his own words and telling the story of his life, including his difficult childhood, his adventures on the Enterprise, and his death and resurrection on the Genesis Planet."The Autobio...

Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking four-color artwork of Chris Riddell.“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something t...

Long Road to Mercy

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe.

It's seared into Atlee Pine's memory: the kidnapper's chilling rhyme as he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared. 

She never saw Mercy again....

Heirs of the Founders

In the early days of the nineteenth century, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for hi...

Heads You Win

Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Ru...

Feral Detective

Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She’s looking for her friend’s missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist to help. A laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk dr...

Fantastical Cakes

Baking and decorating a cake can be a challenge, and when the end result doesn't taste as good as it looks, a big disappointment! Author and professional baker Gesine Bullock-Prado has perfected a method for creating eye-catching spectacular cakes that me...

The colors of all the cattle : No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Precious Ramotswe dips her toe into the world of politics in the newest addition to the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe i...

Lies Sleeping

he seventh book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. The Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, ...

Kingdom of the Blind

The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Sûreté du Québec discover...

Insane mode : how Elon Musk's Tesla sparked an electric revolution to end the age of oil

“You’ll tell me if it ever starts getting genuinely insane, right?”--Elon Musk, TED interview Hamish McKenzie tells how a Silicon Valley start-up's wild dream came true. Tesla is a car company that stood up against &...

How to Knit a Murder

* Includes a knitting pattern * A mysterious woman arrives in picturesque Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and the Seaside Knitters welcome her into their cozy world of intricate patterns and colorful skeins. Unfortunately, nothing frays a warm introduction lik...

Hope and other superpowers : a life affirming, love-defending, butt-kicking, world-saving manifesto

Overwhelmed by the news cycle and the state of affairs in our world? Pastor, blogger, and powerful voice in the Resistance, John Pavlovitz has the answer: this rousing and inspirational guide, drawing from lessons of our favorite superheroes, for how we c...

Homebody : A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

In Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. Using examples from her own farmhouse as well as a range of oth...

Homeword Bound

"Sister" Jane Arnold returns in a colorful mystery featuring four-legged sleuths--and the breathtaking thrill of the chase--from the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Like a Fox . As winter deepens over the Blue Ridge Mountains, even th...

Queer eye : love yourself, love your life

From the Fab Five--the beloved hosts of Netflix's viral hit Queer Eye--comes a book that is at once a behind-the-scenes exclusive, a practical guide to living and celebrating your best life, and a symbol of hope.     Feeling you...

Past Tense

"Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, "a superb craftsman of suspense" (Entertainment Weekly). Jack Reacher has extended his thumb and hit the pave...

Oath of Office

Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and the Campus return in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Freedom may...

The Noel Stranger

From "The King of Christmas," Richard Paul Evans, the next exciting holiday-themed novel in his New York Times bestselling The Noel Collection. Maggie Walther feels like her world is imploding. Publicly humiliated after her husband, a local coun...

Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine people gather at a remote health resort -- some to lose weight, some to reboot their life, some for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Amidst the luxury and pampering, mindfulness and meditation, they know it might involve some real work. B...

Night of Miracles

Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwhee...

Look Alive Twendy-Five: A Stephanie Plum Novel

Stephanie Plum faces the toughest puzzle of her career in the twenty-fifth entry in Janet Evanovich's #1 New York Times -bestselling series. There's nothing like a good deli, and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World-famous for its pastr...

You Don't Own Me

Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fifth enthralling mystery in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series; You Don't Own Me finds television producer Laurie Moran stopping at nothing to solve the m...

Hazards of Time Travel

Real marketing isn't about racking up clicks and tweets; it's about connection, empathy, and making a difference. Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of l...

This is Marketing: Work That Matters for People Who Care

Real marketing isn't about racking up clicks and tweets; it's about connection, empathy, and making a difference. Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of l...

Target: Alex Cross

A killer elite--six assassins--are on the loose. So is Alex Cross. A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper's bullet strikes a target in the heart of DC. Alex Cross's wife, Br...

The Shadows We Hide

In the highly-anticipated sequel to the national bestseller The Life We Bury, Joe Talbert returns to investigate the murder of the father he never knew, and to reckon with his own family's past. Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of...

Sea of Greed

The world's oil supply is vanishing, the stock market is plummeting, and the key to saving the future seems to be a baffling historical mystery. Can the NUMA crew crack it in time? Sea of Greed is the suspenseful new NUMA Files novels from the #1 New York...

Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation

Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally shares his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods in American history. Starr's narrative includes behind-the-scenes details that h...

Year of the Book

Can I Touch Your Hair?

Leonardo the Terrible Monster

Wonder

Frog and Toad Books

Henry and Mudge Books

Yo! Yes?

Stuffed Animal Sleepover Photo Album!

View the pictures we took of your stuffed animal having fun at the sleepover!

LIBRARY CLOSINGS

Main Library Closing at 5:30 on 11/21. Library will be closed on 11/22 and 11/23.

Graphic Novel Book Club : Nightmare Before Christmas

3rd Wednesday of the month. 6-7 pm. Read a graphic novel and come discuss what you thought over pizza! Meant for 5th - 8th graders. No registration necessary! We will be reading the following books: September 19 - Illegal by Eoin Colfer; October 17 - Tim ...

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

The program is simple. Read a book and log it into the system. When you reach a milestone, head to the library to pick up a prize!

Norwalk Symphony Orchestra (Not) Just For Kids

Joyful Noise! - Horns. 12/1, 11 am.

Gingerbread Cookie Decorating and Craft

Friday, 12/7, 3 - 5 pm. Drop in to decorate a cookie and make a craft while supplies last. No registration required; first come, first served.

PJs Pizza & Movie : Smallfoot

Families can enjoy Pizza & a Movie, there is a $1.00 fee per attendee. No registration required but space is limited to the first 80 people to arrive. Tickets will be handed out at 5:45, door will close at 6:15. For more information please call NPL Ch...

Countdown to New Year's Eve Party with Squeaky Clean

Dance your way into the New Year with live music with the band Squeaky Clean.  Families can join us in a countdown to noon to ring in the New Year just a few hours early.  All ages welcome!

Please, support the library by taking 5 minutes to fill out the library survey.

The Norwalk Public Library today launched an online and print 12-question survey inviting all Norwalk residents and library users to express their opinions about the future development of the library’s programs, services and physical spaces. The survey, a...

Mayor Rilling Announces Search for Norwalk's Next Poet Laureate

The Poet Laureate will serve as an ambassador of the community’s vibrant artistic and literary life, promoting the literary community and celebrating the written word. I look forward to seeing all of the great applications for this valuable position,” sai...

Please, support the library by taking 5 minutes to fill out the library survey.

The Norwalk Public Library today launched an online and print 12-question survey inviting all Norwalk residents and library users to express their opinions about the future development of the library’s programs, services and physical spaces. The survey, a...

Are you computer literate?

Here are 10 things you have to know to be computer literate today.

DONNA PARKER

Book Suggestion: The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture and Style by George Nelson

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CD Suggestion:  Off the Wall by Michael Jackson

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CRYSTAL LOPEZ

Book Suggestion: Let’s Talk About Sleep by Daniel A. Barone, MD, With Lawrence A. Armour

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CD Suggestion: Year of the Gentleman by Ne-Yo

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KIMIANI HOBLES

Book Suggestion: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

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CD Suggestion: Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At the Disco

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SHERELLE HARRIS

Book Suggestion: Take You Wherever You Go: A memoir by Kenny Leon

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CD Suggestion: All Time Greatest Hits by Barry White

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JOSEPH BAKER

Book Suggestion: Midnight and the Meaning of Love by Sister Souljah

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CD Suggestion: Been Found by Ashford and Simpson with Maya Angelou

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Emergency Assistance

At the following link, are emergency assistance and crisis services resources. For more information, please contact the Norwalk Office of Emergency Management at (203) 854-0200.

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Graphic Novel Book Club : Nightmare Before Christmas

3rd Wednesday of the month. 6-7 pm. Read a graphic novel and come discuss what you thought over pizza! Meant for 5th - 8th graders. No registration necessary! We will be reading the following books: September 19 - Illegal by Eoin Colfer; October ...