Booth Boutique

Items Available for Sale in the Library

Booth Book Nook

Come visit the Book Nook, the Friends' year-round bookshop and Newtown's only discount book outlet! Open during library hours, the Book Nook is conveniently located just a few steps beyond the main circulation desk.

Our easy-to-browse inventory is arranged by popular categories--like fiction, mystery, cooking and crafts, and children's books-- and includes the occasional unusual and unique item There's something for everyone, and payment is easy at the main circulation desk. Can't find what you're looking for? Just submit a request at the desk, and our volunteers will make every effort to locate that special item in our stock.

Personal service, gift-quality items, and extremely reasonable prices are what make the Book Nook a welcome resource for library patrons and all book lovers.

Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Items for Sale

1854 Map of Newtown Prints of the 1854 Map of the Town of Newtown, which hangs in the C.H. Booth Library, are now available for purchase.  Private residences and public buildings are featured around the border of this unique Newtown map. The map is printed on Hahnemuhle William Turner 310 100% rag water paper to last a lifetime. - $45 unframed; orders taken.

Leather Book Marks Elegant green with gold inscription leather book marks can be purchased for $3.

Newtown Trails Book by Al Goodrich and Mary Mitchell. Provides detailed maps, directions, and historical background on walking and hiking trails all over Newtown. $15.

Annual Book Sale Tee Shirts

A limited quantity of these popular book sale t-shirts are available at $12.

Booth Library Book Bags
Heavy duty canvas book bags with the C.H. Booth Library logo are available for sale at $15. 

Sarah Booth Cookbook

A collection of updated New England tea-time recipes based on the nineteenth-century recipe book of Sarah Booth, wife of Cyrenius H. Booth.  All recipes thoroughly tested and adapted for modern cooks by Carolyn Greene and Michele Grillo. Winner of the Special Merit Award in the McIlhenny Community Cookbook contest and the Daintiness Award in the Epicurious Community Cookbook Review. Price is $6

Library Fundraiser Items for Sale

Booth Library Brick
Personalized bricks are incorporated into the paths on the library grounds.  Purchase a brick as a lasting memento to commemorate a special occasion, a favorite quote, special people in your life or just a friendly thought. 
$50 donation.

Additional Offerings for Sale

Publications and art of the Newtown Historical Society are on sale at the C.H. Booth Library

A Mosaic of Newtown History by Daniel Cruson - $20

Images of America Series: Newtown by Daniel Cruson - $19

Touring Newtown's Past by Mary Mitchell and Albert Goodrich - $25

Educating Newtown's Children by Daniel Cruson - $8

Newtown's Slaves: A case study in early Connecticut rural black history by Daniel Cruson - $10

David Merril Lithograph $40

Eleanor Mayer's Cherry Grove Farm by Andrea Zimmermann - $20

Judge William Edmond by Daniel Cruson - $2

Mary Elizabeth Hawley by Daniel Cruson - $2
Matthew Curtis Jr. and his House - $2
Matthew Curtis Jr. note cards - $3

Prehistory of Fairfield County by Daniel Cruson - $13
Tercentennial Coffee Table Book - $10

A Victorian Murder by Daniel Cruson - $3