National Friends of Libraries Week celebrates Friends of Derby Public Library, who support our community through advocacy & fundraising. Visit bit.ly/47xh5tq to join the Friends of Derby Public Library! **A strong group of Friends makes a great library even greater!**

This week the Derby Public Library has 56 new books. New items include Protocols, Guinness World Records 2027, Situated, The Munich Affair, Confronting America, The Infinity Machine, The Barman of the Ritz, The 5 Types of Wealth, and Mattering. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

This week the Derby Public Library has 20 new books. New items include Fall, Hurricane Rescue, Tornado Rescue, School for Woodland Creatures, Blizzard Rescue, Be the Acorn, Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube, Pumpkin on a Vine, and The Time Travel Twins. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

**Special Book Talk & Signing** "Lessons From the Stage" by The Valley's own Gary Scarpa - Sat., Nov. 7th at 10 AM Gary’s memoir is filled with both funny and poignant stories about the transformative power of theater. Please call (203) 736-1482 to register

Wayback Wednesday: teachers of Irving School, May 1975. The “New” Irving School was built in 1953 on Garden Place, Derby with Mrs. Loretta Romm as Principal. The “Old” Irving School from which the children moved was located at 35 Fifth Street.

**Special Book Talk & Signing** "Lessons From the Stage" by The Valley's own Gary Scarpa - Sat., Nov. 7th at 10 AM Please call (203) 736-1482 to register Gary’s memoir is filled with both funny and poignant stories about the transformative power of theater.

This week the Derby Public Library has 36 new books. New items include The Witch, The French Illusion, Other Worlds Than These, Partita, Threshing Day, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, Double Tap, Ruthless, Adam and Eve, and Millie Fleur's Poison Garden. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

Turnback Tuesday visits a favorite place in Derby: Caldor Department Store, which was located at 656 New Haven Ave. Carl & Dorothy Bennett started the business in 1951 in Norwalk CT. The name "Caldor" came from them melding their first names together.

FREE 1-on-1 Job Search & Tech Support Résumés/Cover Letters/Interview Prep Mobile Devices, Apps, Social Media, A.I. Thurs, Oct. 8 & 22 (10:30 AM, 11 AM, 11:30 AM) Wed, Oct 14 & 28 (5 PM, 5:30 PM, 6 PM) Tues., Oct 20 (3 PM, 3:30 PM, 4 PM) **(203) 736-1482 or [email protected]

This week the Derby Public Library has five new books. New items include A People's History of the United States, America the Tasty, I Help / Yo ayudo, and Lonely Planet Kids. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

The Dollywood Foundation, home of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, announced ‘Give Like Dolly Day” on September 25, a global day dedicated for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Programs and her legacy of inspiring children to dream big and develop a lifelong love of reading.

This week the Derby Public Library has 21 new books. New items include Hollow Bones, The Thoroughbreds, Our Noble Selves, Dungeon Runners, Detective Beans, Fury in Death, Black House, Brain Damage, You'll Love it Here, and These Ancient Bones. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

Turnback Tuesday visits Murphy Ford of Ansonia in 1975. The Derby 300th celebration needed transportation for the many activities planned. So Murphy Ford answered the call with a Ford Maverick. The business started as Murph’s Garage in 1938 by John E. Murphy on Canal in Shelton.

This week the Derby Public Library has nineteen new books. New items include The Calamity Club, Witches of Cambridge, Fury in Death, This Book Made Me Think of You, Be Your Own Bestie, Arcana Academy, Cross and Sampson, and Brona. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

FREE 1-on-1 Job Search/Tech Support - Résumés/Cover Letters/Interview Prep - Mobile Devices, Apps, Social Media, A.I. - Wed, Sept 16 & 30 (5 PM, 5:30 PM, 6 PM) - Tues, Sept 22 (3 PM, 3:30 PM, 4 PM) - Thurs, Sept 24 (10:30 AM, 11 AM, 11:30 AM) 203-736-1482 [email protected]

This week the Derby Public Library has eight new books. New items include Tom Clancy, Frost and Venom, The Princess Diaries, I Love Earth with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Your Fellow Americans, The Air We Share, and Light. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

Turnback Tuesday: Derby Junction (Transfer Point) at Derby Ave. & Main St. This electric road was the first build in New England starting in 1887. Thomas Wallace of Ansonia persuaded Mr. James Kennedy to build in Derby. Mr. Kennedy built the first electric railroad in America.

This week the Derby Public Library has 33 new books. New items include Big Little Truths, Dog Man 14, The Shadow Friends, The Boat House, Not a Word, How to Catch a Bookworm, and The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas. wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=1643-…

On Wed. Sept 9, 5:30 PM - a powerful discussion of "The Day the World Came to Town" by Jim DeFede. DPL’s own Marc Weissman was among the plane people grounded in Gander, NL on Sept. 11th. He'll share his firsthand experience of the kindness shown by locals during this crisis.