Welcome to the Morris Public Library

The Friends Need YOU! Let’s be FRIENDS! The Morris Public Library needs YOU! We may be small but we are a very active Library with many resources and programs. Our creative staff keeps very busy making your visits here enjoyable and productive. The Friends of the Morris Public Library is a group of volunteers that help, support and promote the Library as needed and requested. Our Library usage and activities have grown dramatically over the past few years, and we ...

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!

The Mystery Book Club will take place at the Morris Public Library on Wednesday, May 8, at 6:30 PM. The group will discuss "The Third Victim" by Phillip Margolin. A woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregon―tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky one―two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead. The surviving victim identifies the house where ...

The Morris Public Library Online presents the Women & Money Roundtable Series, How to Make Sense of Today’s Financial Markets, on May 15, June 12, at 1 PM, with Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone, of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. The Women & Money Roundtable 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 roundtables on a monthly basis. May 15th @ 1PM: ...

Morris Public Library presents AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND: MYTHS AND LEGENDS, Thursday, May 16, 6:30 PM Enjoy an in-depth talk about the beautiful nation of New Zealand (known to the Maori as Aotearoa, meaning “land of the long white cloud”). Our very own library assistant, Miss Stephanie, will take you through some of the myths and misconceptions held about her homeland, while discussing some traditional Maori myths and other Kiwi legends and icons. There will be no shortage of picturesque ...

Virtual: Learn Chinese Calligraphy, in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Morris Public Library Online, Thursday, May 23, 6:30 PM The Morris Public Library, in honor of Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month, invites patrons for a virtual workshop on Chinese Calligraphy. Join Jojo Liu for an immersive experience and discover the beauty of strokes, characters, and cultural expression. In this class, Jojo delivers a modern twist to traditional Chinese calligraphy. The presentation strikes a delicate balance ...

The YA and Fantasy Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Friday, May 24, at 6:30 PM, and discuss "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore. Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she ...

The Popular Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Tuesday, May 28, at 6:30 PM, and discuss "Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson. We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story ...

Excitement and fun await those who journey to the Morris Public Library and participate the Summer Reading Program “Read, Renew, Repeat,’ for all ages, June 18 – August 16, 2023. Begin your new reading adventures with the Annual Summer Reading Kickoff and Ice Cream Treats for children on Tuesday, June 18, 6 PM. Receive reading incentives and enjoy your “read-tastic” ice cream treat! Each reading level has their own “Read, Renew, Repeat” Activity Card to participate in the program. Youngsters ...