J is for "Jewett City"

 

"J is for the Jewitt City Library (a.k.a. the Slater Library)"

This library was built in 1884!!!!!!

The front view of the building.

 Today we visited the Jewett City Library in Jewett City, a subsection of Griswold, CT. This library was built in 1884 and was originally called the Slater Library. We were surprised at the size of the library being that Jewett City is such a small area. This library had a wide selection of books and had a large young adult section (who knew?!) wedged in with the adult books.

The Young Adult section.

 This library's children's section was located in the basement of the building. On the way down the stairs there was a lovely mural of the genie from the Disney movie Aladdin. It was if he was greeting you and saying, " Welcome to the Slater Library's children's section!"

The large children's section in the basement.

The mural of the genie you notice on your way down the stairs.

The children's section chapter books.

For the town's school summer reading recommendations, they organized the books assigned on the cart next to the bookshelf (shown in the above picture) by grade. One shelf was for 6th grade, a second for 7th, and a third for 8th. I found this a great way to do it so that a child could easily find the book he/she needed to read.

There were many little places to sit in the Jewett City Library and I enjoyed this library very much. I can not wait to visit our next library!!!