Gardener's Guide to Compact Plants

overing a broad array of landscape plants, including edibles, flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, evergreens, and perennials, horticulturist Jessica Walliser takes a deep dive into the emerging category of compact plants.Whether short, narrow, column...

Revenge Tours

Robert B. Parker's PI Sunny Randall's newest case hits close to home in ways she never expected in her latest thrilling investigation.PI Sunny Randall owes a favor. Her landlord and former client, famous novelist Melanie Joan Hall, is be...

Small Space Container Gardening

Small? Yes. A concrete slab populated with plastic chairs and an abandoned grill? Not anymore.Small-Space Container Gardens layers practical gardening fundamentals with creative solutions, encouraging us to think "outside the pot.&q...

Starting and Saving Seeds

Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better. Creating dinner from food you've grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure ...

The Hacienda

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...During the overthrow of the Mex...

The homewreckers

Hattie Kavanaugh went to work restoring homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen, married the boss's son at twenty, and became a widow at twenty-five. Now, she's passionate about her work, but that's the only passi...

Trust

An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccen...

22 Seconds

22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge—or her life.SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind.There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Bef...

Book of Night

"A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly...

Boss Witch

Part 2 of the Fix-It Witches series

Confetti Over Bluebell Cliff

Crimson Summer

A Rip Though Time

In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose.May 20, 2019: ...

Lily's Promise

In this life-affirming intergenerational memoir, Lily Ebert, a Holocaust survivor, and her great-grandson, Dov Forman, come together to share her story—an unforgettable tale of resilience and resistance.

On Yom Kippur, 1944, fighting to stay aliv...

Our Last Days in Barcelona

Sparring Partners

"Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former ...

The Fourth Man

The never-before-told story of the thrilling hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, from New York Times bestselling author and former CIA officer Robert Baer In the aftermath of the Cold War, American intelligence caugh...

Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso.Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, Da...

Lady Love

Part 1 of the Aristocrat Diaries series

The Book Women's Daughter

"A powerful portrait of the courageous women who fought against ignorance, misogyny, and racial prejudice." —William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land and Lightning Strike

The new novel from the New Yor...

The Do Over

The Lioness

A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant. "The best possible combinat...

The Summer Place

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdownable novel of family, secrets, and the ties that bind.When her twenty-two-year-old stepdaughter announces her engagement to her pandemic bo...

The Truth About Crypto

The Valet's Secret

Woodrose Mountain

Part 2 of the Hope's Crossing (Thayne) series

2022 Children's May Calendar

STEAM'D: Butter Slime

Grades K-5. Join us to learn how to make Butter Slime! Necessary supplies will be provided in the curbside pickup bag. No registration required; pick up for supplies is first come first serve in the Children's Department starting Sat. 5/21. A lin...

Family Game Night: Bingo

Friday, 5/27, 7 pm. Grades K-8. Register and join us for a Virtual Family Game Night of BINGO on Zoom!

Music with Deirdre

Friday, 6/3, 10:30 am. Clap and sing along with Ms. Deirdre and her lively interactive music program.

A Suzuki Violin & Viola Musical Collage

Saturday, 6/4, 3 pm. Enjoy a short 30 minute presentation of the classical suzuki repertoire featuring students from the Daniela Gongora Music Academy. Students will perform classical favorites along with some contemporary tunes. Children in the audience ...

Author Chat with Daniel José Older

Thursday, 6/9.

4 pm. New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older loves talking about history, monsters, and the creative process. Join us for an online author talk with this esteemed author and get a FREE COPY of his book Flood ...

Paint Along for Kids

Friday, 6/10, 6 pm. Grades 1-5. Pick up for paint supplies starts Saturday, 6/4. Upon pickup, you will provide information to receive a Zoom link before the program.

Graphic Novel Book Cub

Wednesday, 6/15, 6 pm. Grades 4-8. Share your favorite graphic novels and participate in an activity! This program is held on Zoom.

Family Game Night: Bingo

Friday, 6/24, 7 pm. Grades K-8. Bingo. Register and join us for a Virtual Family Game Night on Zoom!

Summer Songs and Stories

Families and their children age 5 and under can join us every Saturday for interactive stories and music with a variety of performers!

Craft Bags

Summer Craft Bags: Pick yours up while supplies last! Get more information at norwalkpl.org 

• Parrot craft giveaway begins 6/23 at Noon.
• Pinwheel craft giveaway begins 6/30 at Noon.

Pardon the weeds, we’re feeding the bees.

 The City of Norwalk Department of Public Works has designated 15 properties as project sites allowing the grass and native plants to grow to their heart’s content during the month of May when bees need food in abundance. Bee population...

Dozens of New Award Winning DVDs Arrive at Library

The two $2500 grants (one in 2021 and another recently received) are being used to secure films with “culturally significant value. " Among the new arrivals are Morning Glory featuring Katherine Hepburn’s 1933 Academy Award winnin...

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CHFA launched an ARPA-funded $123 million homeowner assistance program (MyHomeCT) to prevent mortgage delinquencies and defaults/foreclosures due to COVID-related hardships.

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