Monthly Archives: May 2014

17 posts

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day! We hope it’s a fun and fantastic day with your family and that they did lots of great things for you! We have over 1,000 titles with mothers as a subject.  They cover a huge range, from fiction to nonfiction, and all areas of motherhood. Poke around […]

Staff pick of the week: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

In The Sparrow, it’s 2019, and “humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes […]

Mother’s Day is coming!

Mother’s Day is around the corner.  Dads, do something nice for your life partner and make breakfast with your kid(s) that morning.  She’ll love the effort, and the extra uninterrupted sleep time!  (Maybe she’ll even reciprocate next month when it’s your turn.) We have lots of great children’s cookbooks, so […]

Staff Pick of the Week: My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

In My Father’s Dragon, “Elmer Elevator (narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, Elmer disarms the fiercest of […]

2014 Summer Reading Buddies

It is time to apply for the Franklin Township Public Library’s 2014 Summer Reading Buddies Program.  This 6-week program takes place Monday evenings, at the Main Library – Children’s Department (July 7th – August 11th).  Reading Buddies is a social program that promotes literacy through paired reading.  Teens earn volunteer […]