Category: Kids and Teens

• Summer Preview: 2026

  As the school year draws to a close, and the weather starts to warm up (please?), it’s time to start thinking about your summer plans. We hope that your summer plans include Russell Library. In just four short weeks, Summer Reading will kick off at Russell Library. Can you believe it? Here’s what you need…

  Amy S.

  May 18, 2026

  Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, SummerReading

  BethanyOBriem, ChessClub, FamilyFolkConcert, FarmersMarketStorytime, FinaleParty, FurryScalyFriends, HangWithTheChicks, KickoffParty, MondayMovie, PettingZoo, SarahLouRichards, SugarGlider, SummerReading, SummerReadingTrackers, TheLuckyHusky, XensCritters

• Why Vote for Russell Library?

  Update: check out the July issue of Connecticut Magazine for the winner of the 2026 Best Cultural Attraction for Families category. Thanks to our fabulous patrons, Russell Library has been nominated for CT Insider’s 2026 competition for Best Cultural Attraction for Families. If you look at the listing of other nominees, you might notice that…

  Amy S.

  April 6, 2026

  Contests, Events, Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Recommendations

  ActivityRoom, BuildingBlocks, BuildingTable, Chicks, Concert, ConnecticutMagazine, CTInsider, DinosaurBones, IndoorPlayroom, LEGOs, MegaChess, PettingZoo, PingPong, SarahLouRichards, ScienceSaturday, TheSpace, ToniesAndYotos, TrainTable, WallMaze, YogaForLittles

• Reading the Movies

  Have you ever read a book that you just loved, but then you watched the movie version and it’s just so different that you’re disappointed, sad, or even angry? As a librarian who also loves movies, I’ve had that happen many times. So what’s to be done? With few exceptions, movies and even series (formerly…

  Amy S.

  March 23, 2026

  Book Reviews, Contests, Graphic Novels / Manga, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Movies, Recommendations, Trending

  AlfredHitchcock, AllisonPearson, AnneRice, Beloved, Buffy/Spike, BuffyTheVampireSlayer, DaphneDuMaurier, EJDickson, Hamlet, Hamnet, IDontKnowHowSheDoesIt, IfIHadLegsIdKickYou, InterviewWithAVampire, KPopDemonHunters, MaryBronstein, MeeshTheBadDemon, MinJinLee, Miyazaki, MyNeighborTotoro, NoveList, OneBadMother, OneBattleAfterAnother, Oscars, Pachinko, PhilipaGregory, Read-alike, Rebecca, RoseByrne, RyanCoogler, SarahJessicaParker, Shakespeare, Sinners, SpiritedAway, StudioGhibli, TheWhiteQueen, ThomasPynchon, ToniMorrison, VampiresOfElNorte, Vineland, WolfHall

• Switch 2 Games Have Arrived at the Library!

  Save money – check out games from the library. Anyone who’s purchased video games knows how expensive they can be. For a long time, the biggest games would run between $50-60. Nowadays, new games, including some of the most popular Nintendo Switch 2 games, can cost $70 or even up to $80. Did you know…

  Jack B.

  February 9, 2026

  Recommendations, Kids and Teens, Technology, Trending

  LibraryCard, PlayStation, Xbox, MarioKart, TheLegendOfZelda, XBoxSeries, XBoxOne, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Video Games

• Fowl Preview 2026

  by Amy S. You’ve been asking. We heard you. Chicks are returning in February 2026. Why so early? Because nothing helps beat the late-winter blues like little balls of adorable fluffiness. Once again, the Youth & Family Learning department is partnering with our local Hatch the Chicken affiliate, Farmer Joe’s Gardens of Wallingford, Connecticut, to…

  Amy S.

  February 2, 2026

  Events, Kids and Teens, Libraries

  BabyBunnies, Chicks, Cute&Cuddlies, DateWithADuck, DuckEggs, EggCandling, FarmerJoesGardens, HangWithTheChicks, HatchingChicks, HatchTheChicken, TakeYourChildToTheLibraryDay, TrevorTheDuck, XensCritters