Saturday, November 29: Join our Ridgefield Library Board of Directors from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Books on the Common for Library Days! Books on the Common will donate 15% of your purchase price to the Library, if you show your Ridgefield Library card at check out.

Don’t miss holiday shopper giveaways including the beautiful A Kiss for Little Bear illustrated by Maurice Sendak. We’ll be gifting two copies each hour from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm to lucky Books on the Common shoppers who show their Ridgefield Library cards at check out!

Double Your Gift to the Library You Love!  Donations made to the Ridgefield Library’s Annual Appeal by first-time Library donors on November 29 will be MATCHED, dollar for dollar, by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library, up to a total matching donation of $2,500 for the day.

Thank you, Books on the Common and Friends of the Ridgefield Library!

Saturday, November 29 @ 10:30 am: Students in Grades K-5 and their families are invited to meet local student Ruby Weiner and learn more about her community service projects, including Ruby’s Little Pantries, small structures that hold food free and available to all. Ruby will share the mission of Ruby’s Little Pantries, then students will have a chance to help assemble ingredients for healthy meals to be donated to the five food pantries here in Ridgefield. Ruby’s Little Pantries will be collecting food at the event: donations of nonperishable, shelf stable food are welcome, but not required to participate. Register for this program on the Library’s Event Calendar.

About Ruby’s Pantries

Ruby’s Freestanding Little Free Food Pantries offer canned, pre-packaged, non-perishable food to our community, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Gifted to Ridgefield in 2021 by Ruby Weiner, Ruby’s Pantries were built by Ross Clark and Clark Construction after the pandemic, when Ridgefield’s food insecurity spiked. There is still need in our community today. Go to any of the freestanding little free food pantries (listed below) to drop off canned and pre-packaged food, or pick up food to round out a meal, make a meal or make several meals. The food is there for all.

More information is available on the Town of Ridgefield’s website. Each freestanding little free food pantry offers:

November 26-December 7: There will be no children’s programs November 26 – December 7, 2025. Children’s Winter Session programs will begin on Monday, December 8, 2025.

Tuesday, November 18 @ 1:00 pm — The Senior Voices forum will present a panel assembled by Ridgefield CT PRIDE including Ridgefield CT PRIDE Chair, Alisa Trachtenberg, First Selectperson Rudy Marconi, Lynn Discenza, Fred Turpin, Clemencia Saleeby and Tiffany Pippins.  Attendees are encouraged to “ask me anything.” Senior Voices is a free event, presented in partnership by the Library and the Town of Ridgefield Commission on Aging. Individuals may attend in person or register to attend via Zoom through the Library. There will be time for Q & A after the presentation.

Click here to learn more and to register.

Since 1903, the Ridgefield Library has welcomed Ridgefielders to our Main Street Library for life-long learning and community engagement. Every day we live our Values: to be a trusted community leader and partner, to be an accessible and inclusive resource for all and to respect and value one another in a safe and welcoming environment. Then, now and always – the Ridgefield Library is Here For You!

Now is the time to give—your donation to our Annual Appeal helps ensure the Ridgefield Library will always be here for our community.  Please click here to donate: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/ridgefieldlibrarydonate

November 3-7: Mascot Fox’s time in office is coming to a close! This year we have four candidates running for election as Ridgefield Library Mascot. All humans aged 18 minutes or older are invited to vote in-person in the Lodewick Children’s Library starting Monday, November 3 until Saturday, November 7 at 5:00 pm. If you are unable to visit the Library during that time–do not fear! You can cast an absentee ballot during voting week: 2025 Mascot Election Absentee Ballot. This election voting will be done using Ranked Choice Voting, so each voter is asked to rank the four candidates in order of preference. Library cards are not required, but we do ask that only one ballot per person is submitted.

Dino the Dinosaur Vote for mE, I’m dino-Mite!
Sir Quacker is always ready to dive into a new book with you! Vote Sir Quacker and he’ll find you books that keep you quacking up.
Sir Felix Worthington III. Extra arms for helping, extra arms for hugging! You octo-know he is a great helper around the library!
Sydney is the most Koala-fied candidate. Sydney promises to help you check out some bear-y good books.

Saturday, November 8 @10:30 am: Di-November gets musical! Families with children of all ages will be roaring with delight! Join Michele Urban Music on a dino-mite, prehistoric, music adventure. Find your own dinosaur roar as you stomp, chomp, dance and sing along to Michele’s silly dino-songs that explore important SEL themes, like feelings, fears, diversity, kindness and inclusion. And, of course, kids have tons of fun sharing knowledge of dinosaur facts! Registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome as space permits. Register here.

Programs like this are made possible in part by the generosity of our donors.