Family Library Media Center @ Forbes School

Welcome to the Library

Click the play button below to meet Daisy, our library dog.

Visit Daisy on our Book Care page to learn how to care for our library books.

Who we Are

The FLMC at Forbes School combines a school library media center and a family literacy collection housed in a multi-purpose space. It has been created to reflect our understanding that literacy begins with a child's most important teacher: the parent and caregiver. The Forbes FLMC supports teaching and learning ... read more

Click on the picture above to see a video of John Grogran, author of Marley, a Dog Like No Other.

PD Info Just for Teachers. Click here.

Recommended Websites

"The 2013 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover." ~AASL Website

Summer Reading Ideas

Click here for the Governor's Summer Reading Challenge packet for K-5.
FIZZ, BOOM, READ!

Click here for possible titles for students entering grades
K-2.

Click here for possible titles for students entering grades
3-4.

Click here for possible titles for students entering grades
5-6

Click here for possible titles for students entering K-5, recommended by Torrington School librarians.

E-Books at the Library

Torrington Library has e-books that you can read on your computer or device. Click on the books above to learn more.

Get a head start on your summer reading and check out a new Nutmeg Nominee.

Click here to learn about the new Nutmeg Nominees for 2015.

Thanks to all the students in grades 4 and 5 who voted for their favorite Nutmeg Nominee in April. The Intermediate Nutmeg Winner for 2014 is Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper!