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The Red Cat by Fairfield Mom Nancy Fabian
Fairfield mom Nancy Fabian has written The Red Cat, a children’s book that teaches the value of being different.
The Red Cat is a picture book for children ages 9 to 12.
About the Book:
Mindy was a loving cat. She loved to play and run, like most cats do. But Mindy was a little different. Mindy was a Red cat. Mindy felt she was no different than anyone else but it was hard for her to fit in at school. She needed a way to show her classmates she was the same as them. Mindy finds a way to reach her classmates and along the way learns a valuable lesson about being different, being the same and getting along with others, she will never forget.
Look inside the book.
Visit TheRedCatBook.com for more information and to buy.
Pinkberry Grand Opening
To commemorate the opening of the first Pinkberry location in Connecticut, there will be a town-wide celebration on Thursday, October 14, 6pm to 9pm, benefitting the Community Film Institute. All guests will receive a FREE sample of one of five distinctive Pinkberry flavors. Guests will have the opportunity to make a donation to Fairfield’s Community Film Institute. The first 100 guests in line will receive a complimentary Pinkberry T.
Pinkberry
1512 Post Road
Back-to-School
Check out Babble.com’s Back-to-School guide for everything from preparing for the first day to packing unique but fun lunches.
JWC’s Lazy Days of Summer Dinner
Enjoying the summer but looking ahead for ways to contribute to the community and meet new people? Then roll up your beach towel, toss aside your paperback and head to the Junior Women’s Club of Fairfield’s annual “Lazy Days of Summer Dinner,” scheduled at a member’s home for Wednesday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m.
With its casual backyard atmosphere and potluck charm, the lazy days dinner is the perfect chance to learn more about the JWC, a non-profit service organization whose activities include “A Visit to Santa’s House,” a Townwide Spelling Bee for fifth-graders and a kid-friendly “Touch-a-Truck” scheduled for September. Learn more about our mom and tot outings, book club and other social events. Bring a friend if you’d like, as well as a coloring book for our charitable partner, Brady’s Smile, a Fairfield-based organization that supports families with children who are in the PICU or NICU.
For the dinner’s location and to RSVP, contact Bridget or Jenn at jwcfairfield@yahoo.com. To learn more about the club, visit www.jwcfairfield.com.
Easton Farm Tour
The Citizens for Easton (CFE) in Easton, Connecticut, will be hosting its 2nd Annual Easton Farm Tour on Saturday, August 14 from 10 am to 2pm. This free event begins at the Easton Firehouse Green, One Center Road, Easton, CT 06612. Here visitors pick up a copy of the Easton Farm Map which will serve as the road map and pass to events scheduled at participating farms.
Come and enjoy the many farming delights that Easton has to offer and learn where your food comes from. Kids enjoy pony rides, hayrides, petting zoo, and picking veggies and fruit fresh from the farm. Meander through photograph history of Easton and learn what farming was like 100 years from the Easton Historical Society. This year, Skinny Pines – an Easton-based purveyor of wood-fired pizzas – will be on site with their mobile wood-fired oven. Come have lunch on the green, listen to music and begin your tour.
For more information visit the Easton Farm Tour Website.
Summer Book Sale
“Getting old books into new hands”
Pequot Library celebrates its 50th Annual Summer Book Sale
Friday July 23 – Tuesday, July 27
- One of the biggest, best book sales in the region
- Over 140,000 books
- More than 50 categories along with CDs, tapes, LPs, audio books, and more
- Young Readers’ Day on Sunday, July 25th
- Encouraging a life long love of reading and learning in children
- Books for Teachers
- Funded by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation
- Vouchers give teachers from Bridgeport and New Haven $100 worth of books
*Pequot Library’s Book Sales are organized by a dedicated team of volunteers, led by Co- Chairs Doug Fried and John Hartwell, and their collective wisdom about what makes a good book for the sale is what really makes the Pequot Sale so special.
Musical Wednesday
Peanut Butter Jam Session this afternoon, 12:30 on Sherman Green, featuring Roger Tincknell, who plays an array of instruments and his songs inspire singing, moving and dancing. Rain Location is at the Penfield Pavilion on Fairfield Beach Road. Rain re-location information will be posted on the Recreation hotline by 11:30 am, 203-256-3144.
Then tonight at 7pm, a summer concert on Sherman Green with Big Beat (oldies).
50th Anniversary Celebration of an American Classic
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man’s struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
The 50th anniversary edition of one of the best-loved books in American history: Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Featuring some of the most memorable characters in literary history—attorney Atticus Finch, his children Scout and Jem, and of course Boo Radley—To Kill a Mockingbird is the indelible story of race, class, and growing up in the Deep South of the 1930s.
To commemorate the Golden Anniversary of the “Best Novel of the 20th Century” (Library Journal poll of American librarians), filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures—including Oprah, Anna Quindlen, and Tom Brokaw—on how the book has impacted their lives, and compiled the interviews in Scout, Atticus, and Boo: the perfect companion to one of the most important American books of the 20th Century. Additionally, Scout, Atticus, and Boo features a foreword from acclaimed writer Wally Lamb.
July 11th marks the title’s golden anniversary, and in celebration many bookstores across the country are throwing parties. You can find dates and participating stores here: http://tokillamockingbird50year.com/.
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