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ABOUT Wheeler Library is an association library that serves as the public library for the town of North Stonington. The building has a rich history. Created and funded initially by the Wheeler family, the Wheeler School and Library served as North Stonington’s secondary school and public library for over forty years. Borrowing privileges are extended to all residents of North Stonington as well as to library cardholders from other Connecticut towns. OUR MISSION : Wheeler Library's mission is to bring people, information and ideas together. OUR VISION : As the heart of North Stonington, Wheeler Library strives to offer resources, programs and opportunities for engagement and enrichment that build our community.

GRAB & GO BAGS Grab and Go Bags include a selection of high-interest children’s books related to the bag’s theme, games or puzzles, hands on crafts and activities and additional suggestions to continue your exploration on the topic at home, outdoors, online or out in the community! Click on the image to check availability or reserve a bag Select Place Hold Sign in with your library card number to reserve Dinosaurs Bugs Ocean States of Matter Garden Farm Poetry Up High in the Sky Yoga & Meditation Geography & Mapping pt. 1 Art & Creativity Food Spanish Wind & Weather coming soon! Author Eric Carle Pirates Author Kevin Henkes Meditation & Mindfulness We Love the Earth pt. 1 Things That Go

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Toy Lending Library Welcome to the Toy Lending Library! This page is under construction. LEGO Duplo My First Number Train Wooden Snake Alphabet Jigsaw Puzzle Wooden Tool Set Munchkin Mozart Music Life Cycle Figurines LEGO Duplo My First Number Train Tea Party Set Flowers, Plants & Trees Bushel of Veggies Wooden Food Cutting Set VTech Crawl Ball Mini Dog Figurines Playset Musical Elephant Toy Musical Turtle Toy Bee to Hive Matching Game Drop & Go Dump Truck (VTech) Magnetic Building Sticks Bucket of Duplos Super Smile Dentist Kit Melissa and Doug Get Well Doctor’s Kit Matching Dinos Kid K’nex Slamwich Game Clue Classic Detective Game . Garbage Truck Toys Jenga The Game of Life Apple to Apples Junior .

E-RESOURCES Hoopla - Wheeler Library has been awarded a generous grant from the North Stonington Education Foundation to bring Hoopla resources to our patrons. Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform. Overdrive - Best-selling and award-winning fiction and nonfiction books and audiobooks as well as magazines. You may borrow up to 10 items at a time. Download the Libby app provided by OverDrive from your app store. The Lion Libraries Consortium eBook holdings consist of over 20,000 copies, while our Overdrive eAudio collection contains over 11,000 copies. LION also subscribes to Overdrive eMagazines, which offers patrons access to 3,485 individual titles. Wheeler Library's catalog can be found here . The Palace Project - All-in-one platform combining many of the library’s digital collections with those available from the Connecticut State Library. Download the Palace app from your app store.

MUSEUM PASSES Wheeler Library provides passes local museums to our cardholders. Passes are available for use for two days at a time. Please call the library to inquire about the availability of each pass. These local attractions may close temporarily. Please check their websites before making the trip.. Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center 109 Pequotsepos Rd. Mystic, CT 06355 (860) 536-1216 Free admission for up to five people. Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street Old Lyme, CT 06371 (860) 434-5542 Free admission for two adults and two children. The museum does not charge for children 12 and under. Mashantucket Pequot Museum 110 Pequot Trail Mashantucket, CT 06338 (800) 411-9671 Two free adult tickets & two youth tickets. The museum does not charge for children under six years old. Old State House 800 Main St Hartford, CT 06103 (860) 522-6766 Free admission for up to four people. Slater Memorial Museum 108 Crescent Street Norwich, CT 06360 (860) 425-5563 Free admission for five people. State Parks and Forests Pass 800 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 (860) 522-6766 Free admission for two adults and four children in State Park buildings or museums charging entrance fees. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 600 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 (860) 278-2670 Free admission for two adults and two children.

REGISTER NOW! EVENTS CALENDAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS We invite you to register for the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge at Wheeler Library! Our theme this year, "Level Up! Rediscovering Games, Play, and Creativity ", invites you to try new things, learn old games, and spend time away from screens getting active, cognitive, and creative. There are so many ideas to keep you from being bored at home and right here at the library through our many programs and events, and of course, the pages of a great book! We have challenges for everyone: littles, kids, teens & and adults too! Simply register here and get started with reading challenges, signing up for programs, attending events, and possibly winning some great prizes along the way. Don't forget to take a look at our summer calendar, full of summer fun. RSVP for events you'd like to attend through our online calendar and log your reading on your tracker. Download and print your own copies at home or grab them when you visit the library. Let the games begin! LITTLES AGES 0-5 KIDS AGES 6-12 ADULT TEEN

HISTORY Click here for a PDF of Wheeler Library's history from Cracker Barrel Chronicles, written by George Stone and published in

Your ticket order has been submitted! You will receive an email confirmation shortly with your order details. Thank you for your purchasing tickets to Our Town - Our Table. We are thrilled that you will be joining us for this special evening, 6-9 pm, Saturday, Jaunary 31, 2026, to benefit the Campaign to Fund Wheeler Library's Restoration & Renovation. For more information on our Capital Campaign, click here . Additional parking will be available at the Congregational Church, adjacent to Wheeler Library. We are looking forward to another wonderful evening at Wheeler Library with you!

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