This week’s staff pick is a hysterical bite-s-zed novel, perfect for some beach reading. Our staffer literally laughed out loud several times reading this. This is a fast read, all written via letters of recommendation that a beleaguered creative writing professor writes over the course of a year, and his story […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
14 posts
The Franklin Park Branch Young Adult Yarn (YAY) Club will meet Wednesdays this summer starting June 17! For more information please visit the YAY Club tab at the top of the blog.
Elton H. L. (Henry Lee) Wade was an amateur photographer who lived in the Middlebush area of Franklin Township for most of his life. The collection presented here is a small sample of the over 2,000 photographs taken by Mr. Wade during his lifetime. The collection, in the form of […]
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! It’s officially time to turn on the grill and start barbecuing! We hope that whatever plans you have for this unofficial start to the summer weekend are happy, safe, and entertaining. We would like to thank everyone who is or has served in the military, for […]
Have you checked out our Franklin Township High School’s students ceramics exhibit in our lobby and Circulation area? We have pieces from several ceramics classes taught by Finn McNeil, James Ransavage and Matthew Feuer. They’ve used a variety of techniques, including relief molds, coils, slab, mosaic, and thrown pieces. […]
It is time to apply for the Franklin Township Public Library’s 2015 Reading Buddies Program. This 6-week program takes place Monday evenings, at the Main Library in the Children’s Department (July 6 – August 10). Reading Buddies is a social program that promotes literacy through paired reading. Teens earn volunteer credit […]
This week’s staff pick is Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Six stories in one that follow the same reincarnated souls through time, this novel is wildly inventive. The first part may seem a bit slow, but once you get to the second story, the novel takes off. A wild, complicated ride […]
It is time to apply for the Franklin Township Public Library’s 2015 Reading Buddies Program. This 6-week program takes place Monday evenings, at the Main Library in the Children’s Department (July 6 – August 10). Reading Buddies is a social program that promotes literacy through paired reading. Teens earn volunteer credit […]
Now that your little ones are becoming more independent are you considering entering or returning to the workforce? Job Search for Moms is packed full of useful, practical ideas to get you started on a career change or job search. This training, based on Nancy Anderson’s book, presents the tools […]
This week’s staff pick is a heist thriller that a lot of people couldn’t put down… our staffer loved it, and so we recommend to you: Ghostman by Roger Hobbs. “In a daring operation, two crooks-for-hire rob an Atlantic City casino. But their heist goes horribly wrong, and only one […]