The Winhall Memorial Library is a well stocked, vibrant library housed in a beautiful old schoolhouse. Stop by to see our collection of books. We are always up to date with the latest bestsellers and new books. The library has audiobook/DVD as well and offers free subscriptions for streaming eBooks, audiobooks and movies through Hoopla.
Hours
Saturdays, 9AM-12PM
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10AM-5PM
Online Catalog
Displays
Books: Read your way through 250 years of America’s history!
Biographies, History & Historical Fiction.
We could always use your help to build the display.
Pick a book from the shelves to highlight in the expo.
Art: Throughout the summer be sure to stop in and enjoy the artwork of Kathy Needell. She creates enchanting landscapes in oil. Many from right down the road from her home in Londonderry. The pieces are nicely framed and available for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to the library.
StoryWalk – Open 24/7
Our StoryWalk is up now! Enjoy Pete the Cat: Play Ball! / by James Dean in the side yard by the river. Our favorite cat shows everyone how to be a good sport. And there is plenty of room in the side yard to have an impromptu game of whiffle ball.
Little Free Library – 24/7
The Little Free Library is officially open and stocked with adult books for the taking anytime. It is located in front of the back parking area. Perfect for if you are on your way for a walk on Kendall Farm Road. Special thanks to the Stratton Community Foundation’s grant that purchased the library kit and the volunteers that painted and assembled it. The Little Library is for people to take books. This helps the Library make room for new books. The Little Library is NOT for dropping off books whether returns or donations. Please do that inside the Library. If you are looking for children’s books, stop at the Mountain School at Winhall where they have a Little Free Library too!
See the events calendar below for more information and links.
September Book Discussion
Thursday, September 24th from 5-6pm. We will read the 2025 Vermont Reads selection was The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. It is a story set in the near future; this hopeful story of survival and resilience follows Wanda—a luminous child born out of a devastating hurricane—as she navigates a rapidly changing world.
Story Synopsis:
Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.
As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.
Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.
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