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Summer Reading Kickoff and Ice Cream Treats

“Level Up at Your Library” Tuesday, June 24, 6 PM

Begin your new reading adventures with the Annual Summer Reading Kickoff and Ice Cream Treats for children on Tuesday, June 24, 6 PM.

Receive your reading incentives and enjoy your “read-tastic” ice cream treat!

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Library Hours

Tuesday: 10 AM - 8 PM | Wednesday: 10 AM - 8 PM | Thursday: 1 PM - 8 PM

Friday: 1 PM - 8 PM | Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM | Closed Sunday & Monday

Upcoming Events and News

Story and Music Time at the Morris Public Library

Story and Music Time

The Morris Public Library will offer Story and Music Time for participants ages 9 mo. - 5 years old every Tuesday at 10 am. Please call to register: 860-567-7440. Sing songs, read a story, pick up a craft!
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Fantasy Book Club, Friday, May 16, 6:30 PM

The Fantasy Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Friday, May 16, 6:30 PM to discuss "Powerless" by Lauren Roberts. Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that ...
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Popular Book Club, Tuesday, May 27, 6:30 PM

The Popular Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Tuesday, May 27 to discuss "Booth" by Karen Joy Fowler. In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth—breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one—is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying ...
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Women and Money Online, Wednesday, June 11, 1 PM

The Morris Public Library Online presents the Women & Money Roundtable Series: How to Make Sense of Today’s Financial Markets on Wednesday, June 11, at 1 PM, with Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone, of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. The Women & Money Series is a way to empower and educate women of any age on financial matters that affect their lives. Morris patrons are invited to participate in the sessions on a monthly basis. Register BELOW: June 11th @ 1PM: ...
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Mystery Book Club, Wednesday, June 11, 6:30 PM

The Mystery Book Club will take place at the Morris Public Library on Wednesday, June 11, 6:30 PM. The group will discuss “He Shall Thunder in the Sky” by Elizabeth Peters. One of the most beloved characters in mystery/suspense fiction, archeologist and EgyptologistAmelia Peabody bravely faces gravest peril in Cairo on the eve of World War One in New YorkTimes bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters’s magnificent Egyptian adventure, He ShallThunder in the Sky. The San Francisco Examiner calls these heart-racing exploits ...
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Fantasy Book Club, Friday, June 20, 6:30 PM

The Fantasy Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Friday, June 20, 6:30 PM. The group will discuss "House of Earth and Blood," Crescent City Series, Book 1. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever ...
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Summer Reading Kickoff and Ice Cream Treats – “Level Up at Your Library,” Tuesday, June 24, 6 PM

Summer Reading Kickoff and Ice Cream Treats "Level Up at Your Library" Tuesday, June 24, 6 PM Begin your new reading adventures with the Annual Summer Reading Kickoff and Ice Cream Treats for children on Tuesday, June 24, 6 PM. Receive your reading incentives and enjoy your “read-tastic” ice cream treat!
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Museum Passes

The Library offers Museum or Park Passes for Free or Reduced Admission to Many Connecticut Museums & Parks. Contact us for more information. 

Computer and Wi-Fi Access

We have computers available to the public with Fiber Optic Internet connection.

We also offer WiFi service, so bring your laptop and go online anywhere in the library.

InterLibrary Loan

You can request materials from other Connecticut Libraries from home or at the Library. One of our Librarians will assist you. Return any books borrowed from other libraries here in Morris.