Bridgeport Public Library

09/03/2026

September is Month. Need a card or know someone who does?
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09/03/2026

💻 Studying does not have to be a solo activity. HelpNow gives students access to live tutors, writing feedback, test preparation resources, and tools for building stronger academic skills.

💳 During Library Card Sign-Up Month, make sure everyone in your household has a card. And knows what it can do.

You can access HelpNow for free with your library card here: https://www.ncwlibraries.org/online-resources/help-now/

09/02/2026

💳 Your library card gets you a lot more than books.

Free programs. Job and career resources. Homework help. Streaming movies and music. Wi-Fi, computers, and printing. A comfortable place to sit for as long as you want.

✨ This September we're celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month with a simple idea: strengthening communities, one card at a time. Every card is a connection to opportunity. It's a student finding homework help, a job seeker polishing a resume, a family discovering a free and welcoming place to spend a Saturday morning.
The library belongs to all of us. Your card is your key to it.

Read more: https://www.ncwlibraries.org/celebrate-library-card-signup-month/

09/01/2026

📚 New Book Tuesday

This week in new books, here’s some inspiration for facing your struggles!

⭐Overcoming the Wall of Awful (Mahan) is a groundbreaking, practical guide to accomplishing your goals and thriving in life, written for people with ADHD, autism, trauma and anxiety.
⭐Told through the natural beauty of the Irish landscape, The Wind Beneath the Stone (Keohan) is an inspirational story of hope and community that reveals how a simple challenge can take on a life of its own.
⭐An intimate yet epic love story, Under Story (Benjamin) invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we love – “We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday.”

📖Find a new book: https://ncwlibraries.aspendiscovery.org/MyAccount/MyList/12994

08/25/2026

📚 New Book Tuesday

This week in new books, some adorable titles are hitting the shelves!

⭐In First Dates at the Cat Café (Rowlands) Love is in the air at the cat café, where Grace adores her job as a barista at the café, but dreams of one day setting up a matchmaking agency to help pet lovers find true love.
⭐Graphic novel Books, Iced Coffee & a Side of Dragons (Lovelace), asks: a struggling bookstore, a budding romance, and a mischievous coven of dragons - what could go wrong?
⭐For middle-grade readers, the graphic novel Library of Memories (Perez Marquez) is full of magic and mystery, revealing a beautifully drawn story that explores the power of memories that’s perfect for fans of Pixar's Inside Out and The Moth Keeper.

Find a new book: https://ncwlibraries.aspendiscovery.org/MyAccount/MyList/12965

08/21/2026

✏️ With HelpNow, students can connect with live online tutors for help with math, writing, and more, wherever they study. You can access Brainfuse HelpNow for FREE with your library card here: https://www.ncwlibraries.org/online-resources/help-now/

✏️ Con HelpNow, los estudiantes pueden conectarse con tutores en línea en tiempo real para recibir ayuda con matemáticas, redacción y más, sin importar dónde estudien. Puedes acceder a Brainfuse HelpNow GRATIS con tu tarjeta de la biblioteca aquí: https://www.ncwlibraries.org/online-resources/help-now/

✏️ Back-to-school season means notebooks, pencils, class schedules, and support when questions come up. With HelpNow, students can connect with live online tutors for help with math, writing, and more, wherever they study.

You can access Brainfuse HelpNow for free with your library card here: https://www.ncwlibraries.org/online-resources/help-now/

08/18/2026

📚 New Book Tuesday!

In new books this week, we’re celebrating the last days of summer break with some great picks for kids and teens!
⭐In young middle grade novel, Felix Powell, Boy Squirrel (Kelly), Felix thinks his troubles with magical animal transformation are over until mysterious magic turns him into a squirrel – by the two-time Newbery Medalist.
⭐In The Invisibles (Kowitt), this new middle grade novel stars an uncool boy who gets adopted by a group of other uncool kids in a bid to take over their school.
⭐In The Introvert’s Guide to Kissing in Europe (Janowitz), a teen coming-of-age romance, Emily takes a gap year in Europe to learn about life, love, and working through grief while following in her grandmother's footsteps.

📖 Find a new book:https://ncwlibraries.aspendiscovery.org/MyAccount/MyList/12938

08/12/2026

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